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Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0)
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Table of Contents .............................................. 1
Introduction........................................................ 3
Copyrights ........................................................ 4
Contact and Support Information...................... 4
Terminology...................................................... 5
Getting Started................................................... 6
Setting up the Pen............................................ 6
The Pen Parts .................................................. 7
The Pen Buttons............................................... 8
Selecting options................................................... 8
Button Presses ...................................................... 9
Regular Press .................................................................... 9
Long-Press......................................................................... 9
Scanning........................................................... 9
How to Scan ........................................................... 9
If you are Left-handed: ....................................................... 9
Scanning with the Trainer..................................................10
Scanning without the Trainer .............................................11
Troubleshooting .................................................. 12
Scanning Limitations .........................................................12
Causes of Incorrect Scanning Results ...............................13
Solutions to Incorrect Scanning Results.............................13
Troubleshooting the Dictionary Lookup..............................13
Tutorials............................................................ 14
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Table of Contents Table of Contents ..........1 Introduction............3 Copyrights ............4 Contact and Support Information...... 4 Terminology............5 Getting Started........... 6 Setting up the Pen..........6 The Pen Parts ..........7 The Pen Buttons.......... - Page 2 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Before Starting: Turning the Pen on....15 Tutorial 1 - Scanning a Single Word ....16 Tutorial 2 - Scanning a Whole Line ....21 Tutorial 3 - Words with Multiple Entries..24 The Pen Screens..........
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Page 3: Introduction
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Introduction Congratulations on your choice of the state-of-the-art Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 from WizCom Technologies! The Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 is a simple, easy to use, portable, discreet, device that provides immediate word support to the reader. It helps achieve a smoother and more continuous reading flow and provides quick and simple comprehension. -
Page 4: Copyrights
Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2006 WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. WizCom Technologies Ltd. uses the Ligature OCR-on-a-Chip copyright © 1995-2006, Ligature Compression Technology copyright © 1996-2006, and Ligature reverse inflection and derivation technology copyright © 1997-2006 under license from Ligature Ltd. All rights reserved. -
Page 5: Terminology
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Terminology Pen: The Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 scanning device. Scan: To roll the Pen over printed text. Highlighted: When text, numbers or graphics appear inversed on the Pen screen. For example, when text is highlighted, it appears green with a black background (instead of black text on the green background). -
Page 6: Getting Started
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Getting Started Setting up the Pen To set up the Pen, insert 2 AAA batteries as shown in the following illustration: Important: please note the correct position and polarity of batteries. -
Page 7: The Pen Parts
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen Parts The Pen contains the following parts: Front view Rear view Important: before using the earphones please lower the volume control on the earphones, to prevent ear irritation. If your earphones do not have volume control, please access the Set Volume option (see page33). -
Page 8: The Pen Buttons
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen Buttons The keypad contains seven buttons for operating your Pen: • Power - used to turn the Pen on and off. • Enter - used to enter a sub-menu or screen, confirm a selection or perform an operation. -
Page 9: Button Presses
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Button Presses There are 2 types of button presses: Regular Press A single short press of the button. In this manual, when you are instructed to ‘press’ a button – it means you should perform a Regular Press. -
Page 10: Scanning With The Trainer
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) 1. In the Settings menu, scroll using until the option Right-/Left-Handed appears on the screen and press 2. Scroll to the mode you prefer by using 3. Press Scanning with the Trainer The transparent trainer helps maintaining the correct scanning angle. -
Page 11: Scanning Without The Trainer
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) 3. The text should be positioned at the center of the opening of the trainer. 4. Glide (‘scan’) the Pen from right to left in a straight line over the text. The area you scan should start ½ an inch before the text, and end ½... -
Page 12: Troubleshooting
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) 5. When rolling the Pen over the text, do not press down too hard. 6. Don’t scan too quickly. Troubleshooting After you scan text, the Pen processes the image of what has been scanned and attempts to recognize the various letters and words from it. -
Page 13: Causes Of Incorrect Scanning Results
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) on white. The Pen cannot scan inverse text (light text on dark background). Causes of Incorrect Scanning Results Sometimes the Pen may have difficulty recognizing the scanned words. Here are some examples of when this could happen: •... -
Page 14: Tutorials
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) lookup of the word you scanned. Here are some of the problematic situations you may encounter: • When the word you scanned is not included in the dictionary, you will receive the “Word not found” message. -
Page 15: Before Starting: Turning The Pen On
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Before Starting: Turning the Pen on The starting point for each of the following tutorials should be turning the Pen on, as following: Task: o Remove the protective cover from the Pen & press the power button to turn the Pen on. -
Page 16: Tutorial 1 - Scanning A Single Word
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Tutorial 1 - Scanning a Single Word Step 1: Scan the word you wish to learn Task: o Let’s learn the word ‘device’: From the following sentence, only scan the word ‘device’. Place the Pen before the word and roll it over the word, using the arrows as guides for where to start and stop: Roll the scanning device over printed words... - Page 17 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Note: Each letter is highlighted as it is spoken. Step 4: View the syllable division of the word Task: o Press to view the syllable division of the word. The Pen display will show: Syllable breaks in the Large-Type Screen Task: o Press...
- Page 18 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) forth from the condensed display and the full display. More Information: When the scroll arrow is hollow ( ) it means the display is condensed. When the scroll arrow is full ( ) it means the display is full, showing all the available information for the scanned word.
- Page 19 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Note: If the icon appears, it means that you are in the full display and you will need to press twice to access the Thesaurus. o Press to view the thesaurus entry (from the American Heritage Thesaurus) for the same headword.
- Page 20 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Highlight mode activated in the Dictionary Screen Notes: • You are now in highlight mode. • Each highlighted word will be read out loud. Step 9: Hear the sections read out loud Task: o When in highlight mode, long-press (until the...
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Page 21: Tutorial 2 - Scanning A Whole Line
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Step 11: Cross-Reference Task: o When a single word is highlighted, you can press to learn it, too. The Pen display will show: The word ‘equipment’ in the Large-Type Screen Note: You have activated a cross reference, and are now viewing the new word (‘equipment’). - Page 22 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Roll the scanning device over printed words ↑ ↑ Tip: If the scanning results displayed on the Pen are not accurate (meaning they do not match the text you wished to scan), simply scan again. The Pen display will show: Word Selection Screen Step 2: Hear the line read out loud...
- Page 23 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen display will show: The word ‘device’ highlighted in the Word Selection Screen Note: Each highlighted word is read out loud. Step 4: View Dictionary Entry of the word (in the Word Selection Screen) Task: o Press to view the English English dictionary...
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Page 24: Tutorial 3 - Words With Multiple Entries
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen display will show: Large-Type Screen To continue learning the word ‘device, see step 3 onward, from Tutorial 1, on page 16. Tutorial 3 - Words with Multiple Entries Step 1: Scan a word (with multiple entries) Task: o Scan the word 'cat': place the Pen before the word and roll it over the text, using the arrows as guides for... - Page 25 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen display will show: The English Spanish dictionary's Word List for the word 'cat' Tasks: o Press to select the highlighted suggestion 'cat The Pen display will show: The Spanish translation of ‘cat ’...
- Page 26 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Screen. The Pen display will show: The word 'cat' in the main display of the Large-Type Screen Step 3: View the English Definition of the word (in the Dictionary Screen) Task: o Press to view the English English dictionary entry in the Dictionary Screen.
- Page 27 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen display will show: The English English dictionary's Word List for the word 'cat' Task: o Press to select the highlighted suggestion 'CAT'. The Pen display will show: The English definition of ‘CAT’ displayed in the Dictionary Screen Task: o Press to display 'CAT' in the Large-Type Screen.
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Page 28: The Pen Screens
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Pen Screens The Pen includes the following 4 major screens: The Input Screen This is the opening screen of the Pen. Just start scanning! Just scan a word or a line! If at any time you wish to return to this screen, simply press... - Page 29 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) See the syllables of the word by pressing Translate Translate the word into Spanish by pressing Define and learn Define the word (in English) and view its synonyms by first pressing The Dictionary Screen English English This screen is...
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Page 30: Menu Options
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Word Selection Screen The Word Selection Screen displaying the scanned line This screen appears after scanning a line Hear the whole line read out loud (more than one to you by pressing word). -
Page 31: The Main Menu
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) The Main Menu The Main Menu contains the following options: o Scanned Words o Settings o View Training Scanned Words The Scanned Words menu contains the following options: o View History o View Adjacent Entries o Reset History View History This option displays a chronological list of the most... -
Page 32: Reset History
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) • If the History list is empty, or if you haven’t yet looked up a word during the current session, the list opens at the first word in the dictionary. To learn a word from the list: 1. -
Page 33: Voice Settings
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Voice Settings The Voice Settings menu contains the following options: o Set Volume o Set Auto Speak On/Off o Set Reading Speed The Pen reads words out loud through its built-in speaker or through the earphones included in the package. -
Page 34: Lock Dict. Access
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) To set the reading speed: 1. Select the Set Reading Speed option. 2. Scroll to the speed you want by using . The higher the number, the faster the speed. 3. Press Lock Dict. -
Page 35: Forgot Your Password
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) Use this option to unlock the access to the dictionary entries (after having locked it). To unlock dictionary access: 1. Select the Unlock Dict. Access option. Enter the password (which you wrote down and saved aside!) by using the arrows: •... -
Page 36: Word/Line Display First
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) 2. The active option (the one currently set) appears with a check mark (√). 3. Scroll to the mode you prefer by using , till it is highlighted. 4. Press Word/Line Display First Use this option to set what is displayed on the screen - after scanning a line;... -
Page 37: View Serial Number
Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0) To set the display contrast: 1. Select the Set Contrast option. 2. The adjustment bar appears; Adjust the contrast using . The higher the number, the darker the display. 3. Press View Serial Number Select this option to view the serial number of the Pen. - Page 38 Quick Start Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 (ver. 1.0)
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