WorldPenScan Series User Manual Release: February, 2013 Version: v3.
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Contents Chapter 1 Product Introduction.................................................... 1-1 1.1 Introduction........................................................................................................1 - 1 1.2 Features..............................................................................................................1 - 1 Chapter 2 Getting Started...............................................................................2 - 1 2.1 System Requirements............................
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Chapter 1 Product Introduction Chapter 1 Product Introduction 1.1 Introduction WorldPenScan series, the best input device, scans and recognizes 193 languges and put the scanned material into your computer via the USB interface. Whenever you come across any particular words or sentences that you do not understand, WorldPenScan series will scan for you. With an ergonomic design, WorldPenScan series provides a comfortable handle which fits all left and right-handed users.
Chapter 2 Getting Started Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.1 System Requirements · Windows 8 desktop mode/7/Vista/XP SP3 · 650MB of available hard disk space · USB port · Bluetooth module-WIDCOMM or Microsoft Bluetooth stack(WorldPenScan BT) 2.2 Hardware Specification 2.2.1 WorldPanScan · Dimensions: 130mm x 37mm x 18.5mm · Weight: 30g · Interface: USB 2.0 · Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec.
2-2 WorldPenScan Series 2.2.2 WorldPanScan BT · Dimensions: 130mm x 37mm x 18.5mm · Weight: 35g · Interface: USB 2.0/Bluetooth v2.1+EDR · Transmit Data Rate: GFSK (1Mbps), p/4-DQPSK (2Mbps), 8-DPSK(3Mbps) · Built-in lithium polymer rechargeable battery · Voltage and amperage: 4.75~5.25V (<100mA) · Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec.
Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.3 Software Installation 1. Insert the WorldPenScan/ WorldPenScan BT setup CD into the CD-ROM drive. The installation program will start automatically. Click [WorldPenScan]/ [WorldPenScan BT] to install WorldPenScan/ WorldPenScan BT. (WorldPenScan BT for example) 2. Please select an installation language and click [Next] to install. 3. Click [Next] to install. 4.
2-4 WorldPenScan Series 5. Select a destination folder to install the software to. Click [Next] to continue. 6. Choose the program folder that you want to install WorldPenScan BT to. If left as default, the software will create a new folder for you. Click [Next] to continue. 7. When the installation is finished, please restart your computer. Click [Finish] to restart your computer. Note: When installing in the Windows 7 or Vista OS, the system may pop-up a warning message twice.
Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.4 Running Penpower WorldPenScan Series Go to [Start/ All Programs/ Penpower WorldPenScan or Penpower WorldPenScan BT/ WorldPenScan or Penpower WorldPenScan BT] or double-click the shortcut or on the desktop to start the WorldPenScan/ WorldPenScan BT toolbar. When running the software for the first time, a Registration Reminder will appear. Please click on Register now to register and receive the warranty service. You can also click Register later to close the reminder.
2-6 WorldPenScan Series 2.5 Connect to Pen Scanner You can plug pen scanner into your computer's USB port via the USB cable to use WorldPenScan or WorldPenScan BT. Besides, WorldPenScan BT can be connected with computer via Bluetooth for use. 2.5.1 Via USB Cable Please follow the instructions to connect pen scanner with computer. 1. Plug in pen scanner into your computer’s USB port and a window will appear. Select [No, not this time] and click [Next] to continue.
Chapter 2 Getting Started 2.5.2 Via Bluetooth (for WorldPenScan BT) Please follow the instructions to pair your computer and pen scanner with Bluetooth at first time use. 1. Press the function button on pen scanner until the status light blinks. When the status light blinks, you can begin to pair the computer with pen scanner. 2. Launch WorldPenScan BT and click [Tools] button to select [Settings] from the drop-down menu. Then go to the [Hardware info] page. 3. Click [Pair]. 4.
2-8 WorldPenScan Series 5. Select [WorldPenScan] and click [Next]. 6. Select [Use the passkey found in the documentation] and enter the default passkey of pen scanner: 1234. Then Click [Next]. 7. Click [Finish] when pen scanner was successfully paired to your computer.
Chapter 2 Getting Started 8. Then, the pen scanner will connect to your PC automatically. When pen scanner is paired with your PC successfully, the status light on pen scanner blinks slowly (blink every 3 seconds), and the pen scanner will connect with WorldPenScan BT automatically. You can begin to use WorldPenScan BT when the pen bluetooth status changed to [Paired and connected]. Note 1: Long press the function button on pen scanner will turn off pen scanner.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings 3.1 WorldPenScan Series Toolbar Minimize Minimize to Tray Icon Tools Voice Reader Business mode Dictionary\ Sentence translation Text mode\ Image mode Language recognition 1. Language Recognition: The WorldPenScan series can recognize Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish and more text. Click to select the language you would like to scan.
3-2 WorldPenScan Series 6. Business Mode : You can select [Barcode], [MICR], or [OCR A/B] from Business Mode. These modes allow you to scan barcodes, invoices, checks, bills, postal codes, coupon numbers, and racing numbers. In order to have higher recognition accuracy, you may use the Business mode to recognize different documents. Please refer to 3.4 Business Mode for more detailed information. 7. Voice Reader : Read aloud Chinese articles in Mandarin or Cantonese.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings 3.2 Scan Text and Image 3.2.1 Text Mode When you want to scan an article or a sentence directly into your computer, you can use [Text mode] : 1. Select [Text mode] in the drop-down menu from the button . 2. Select the language of the text that you want to scan from [Language recognition]. 3. Open any word processor, for example Microsoft Word or WordPad, and then click the location where you want to input. 4.
3-4 WorldPenScan Series 3.3 Online Translation WorldPenScan series provides online translation function to translate scanned words and sentences by [Dictionary] and [Sentence Translation]. WorldPenScan series collects the translations results from websites and display them in its translation window. Note: Please connect to the internet while using the online translation function. 3.3.1 Dictionary 1. Select [Dictionary] in the drop-down menu from the button . 2.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings 3.3.2 Sentence Translation 1. Select [Sentence translation] in the drop-down menu from the button 2. Select the language you want to translate from want to translate to . and the language you . 3. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press and drag the pen scanner in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
3-6 WorldPenScan Series 3.4 Business Mode The Business Mode allows you to scan barcodes, invoices, checks, bills, postal codes, coupon numbers and racing numbers etc.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings 3.5 Original Image Click [Tools] button and select the [Original Image] option from the drop-down menu to open the [Original Image] window. After scanning, the [Original Image] window displays the scanned image. You can check the scanned image to compare with the original text. This can help you improving your scan technique for more accurate recognition results. Tip: You can right click on the original image to save the image to .bmp or .pcx file.
3-8 WorldPenScan Series 3.6 Settings Click [Tools] button and select [Settings] from the drop-down menu to set up the general, recognition, online translation and interface language settings. 3.6.1 General Settings Click [Tools] preferences. button and select [Settings] from the drop-down menu to set the Button Definition The default function of Function Button is Enter. You can replace Enter by Space and Tab.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings Scanning Horizontal Text When scanning horizontal text, you can choose the [Horizontal] option. Hold the Pen firmly, as you would hold a highlighter, while the Pen's tip is at an angle of between 70 and 80 degrees to the page. Align the Scan Tip arrow on your pen to the center of the characters. Then move the pen left-to-right or right-to-left to scan.
3-10 WorldPenScan Series 3.6.2 Recognition Settings In the [Recognition] page, you can set up the recognition languages, Chinese recognition option, recognition contents and at the end of scan, insert a space automatically. Recognition Languages WorldPenScan series provides 193 recognition languages for you to choose. In the toolbar, you can drag down the recognition menu to select the recognition language you want. You can modify the recognition language menu in the Recognition Language tab of Setting.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings Chinese Recognition Option When choosing Chinese Traditional or Chinese Simplified as the language recognition, you can choose to output the recognized characters in Traditional Chinese or Simplified Chinese. Check the [Output full-width punctuations] option to set the punctionations as full-width. When choosing the Chinese Traditional as the language recognition, you can check the [Recognize HK Character] to recognize Hongkong characters.
3-12 WorldPenScan Series 3.6.3 Business Mode When using the business mode, you can accord with the scan content to choose the scan mode as below for higher recognition accuracy and the font the mode supports will show in the window. yy Barcode: Recognize barcodes. yy MICR (E-13B): Recognize MICR font Text. yy OCR A/B: Recognize OCR A/B font Text. (The options below are only for OCR A/B) - Alphabet only: Recognize from A to Z and from a to z. Numbers only: Recognize from 0 to 9.
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings 3.6.4 Hardware Information (For WorldPenScan BT) In [Hardware info] page, you can view the Bluetooth status and pen status. yy Host Bluetooth status: Show whether the Bluetooth of your computer is turned on or not. yy Pen Bluetooth status: Show the connecting status of pen scanner. yy Pair: Press this button to pair your computer and pen scanner. For more information, please refer to 2.5.2. yy MAC Address: The address means the identification of the pen scanner.
3-14 WorldPenScan Series 3.7 Help Selecting [Help] in the drop-down menu from the button al of WorldPenScan series. can find the user manu- 3.8 About Selecting [About] in the drop-down menu from the button can see the information of WorldPenScan series, or you can go to Penpower Technology Ltd. official website for more informaiton. If there is any problem or suggestion, please click [Contact us] and send an e-mail to us.
Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader Penpower Voice Reader utilizes a state of the art text-to-speech technology, it reads in fluent Mandarin or Cantonese of any articles. You can use it as a tool for fast proofreading or in teaching the correct Mandarin/Cantonese pronunciation. 4.1 Open Penpower Voice Reader 1. Click [Voice Reader] button from the toolbar or [VoiceReader] from the tray icon menu to run Penpower Voice Reader. 2.
4-2 WorldPenScan Series 4.2 Voice Reader Setting Click , select [Setting] , the [Setting] window will appear. Speech Speed: Adjust speak speed. Speech Tone: Adjust tone level. Speech Volume: Adjust speak volume. 4.3 Turn off Penpower Voice Reader 1. Click , select [Exit]. 2. When you see the following image, the Penpower VoiceReader is turned off and the icon on the upper right corner disappears.
Appendix: Recognition Languages Abkhaz Adyghe Afrikaans Agul Albanian Altai Armenian (Eastern) Armenian (Grabar) Armenian (Western) Avar Aymara Azerbaijani (Cyrillic) Azerbaijani (Latin) Bashkir Basque Belarusian Bemba Blackfoot Breton Bugotu Bulgarian Buryat Catalan Cebuano Chamorro Chechen Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Chukchee Chuvash Corsican Crimean Tatar Croatian Crow Czech Dakota (Sioux) Danish Dargwa Dungan Dutch (Belgium) Dutch (Netherlands) English Eskimo (Cyrillic) Eskimo (Latin) Es
Hausa Hawaiian Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Ingush Irish Italian Japanese Jingpo Kabardian Kalmyk Karachay-balkar Karakalpak Kasub Kawa Kazakh Khakass Khanty Kikuyu Kirghiz Kongo Korean Koryak Kpelle Kumyk Kurdish Lak Latin Latvian Lezgi Lithuanian Luba Macedonian Malagasy Malay (Malaysian) Malinke Maltese Mansi Maori Mari Maya Miao Minangkabau Mohawk Moldavian Mongol Mordvin Nahuatl Nenets Nivkh Nogay Norwegian (Bokmal) Norwegian (Nynorsk) Nyanja Ojibway OldEnglish OldFrench OldGerman OldItalian OldSpan
Provencal Quechua Rhaeto-Romanic Romanian Romany Rundi Russian Russian (Old Spelling) Rwanda Sami (Lappish) Samoan Scottish Gaelic Selkup Serbian (Cyrillic) Serbian (Latin) Shona Slovak Slovenian Somali Sorbian Sotho Spanish Sunda Swahili Swazi Swedish Tabasaran Tagalog Tahitian Tajik Tatar Tok Pisin Tongan Tswana Tun Turkish Turkmen Tuvinian Udmurt Uigur (Cyrillic) Uigur (Latin) Ukrainian Uzbek (Cyrillic) Uzbek (Latin) Welsh Wolof Xhosa Yakut Zapotec Zulu Esperanto Ido Interlingua Occidental Arabic number
Penpower WorldPenScan Series User Manual Release: February, 2013 Version: v3.
