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1. 3 0 Magnification 3 1 Enable Disable magnification By default iZoom_ starts with zooming enabled The screen will be magnified and only a part of the unmagnified screen will be visible at any given time Press the large magnifying glass icon as shown in Figure 7 to Enable Disable magnification 15 Figure 7 Figure 8 shows a grey magnifying glass indicating magnification is disabled Figure 8 3 2 Increase Decrease Magnification iZoom provides magnification 16 levels from 1X to 36X Magnification occurs in increments of 0 25X until 3X Above 3X it occurs in increments of 1X Increase the magnification pressing the button Decrease the magnification by pressing the button It is possible to change the magnification using the mouse wheel Refer to Hotkeys Section 3 3 Zoom Modes 17 We Exit Zoom v3 Le a ee Magnifier _ Speech 4 Zoom t ve s Sm othina NF 2 e 2 n FullScreen Original Color Original White Locator Options Font image Misc e Speech ar Lens Line Docked Lens close Split Top Split Right Split Left Split Bottom Figure 9 iZoom offers 8 zooming modes The default zoom mode is Full Screen To change the zoom mode click the Lens button on the iZoom window As shown in Figure 9 the iZoom window will expand vertically revealing additional zoom modes 18 Full Screen The magnification area w2. 44 3 14 Caret Tracking Caret tracking keeps track of your cursor while typing by showing you a caret on the position of your cursor i A Untitled Notepad tojas File Edit Format View Help P iZoom Screen Magnifier and Reader Figure 20 45 46 3 15 Screen Panning For easier navigation when magnified iZoom has a new feature called Screen Panning This allows users to navigate the screen using the numpad keys by default To use make sure your Num Lock key is on Pressing the number 8 will scroll the screen up 2 to scroll down 4 to scroll left and 6 to scroll right You can briefly press 5 to return to your panning starting point or press and hold it to easily scroll down 47 3 16 Dual Monitors iZoom J segner Speech General Settings Helo loom Leve Locator Smoothing Misc o a i To Cis 2x Locator Opti Font Image Misc h FullScreen Original Color oF _Hot Keys Preferences Dual Monitor Figure 22 iZoom supports using two monitors for magnification You can choose amongst the following options F gure 23 48 Single monitor Magnifies primary monitor and leaves the other at original state ale Figure 24 Stretch Magnifies the content of the primary monitor that is stretched across two screens p F Figure 25 49 Independent Magnifi
3. sit straight and press the button Set current position as good posture Refer to Figure 32 When done correctly iZoom will give a message saying that Calibration was successful After calibration is completed iZoom will prompt the user to sit 68 properly if they are too close to the screen Select check boxes Showing a Message for a video prompt and Speaking to me for an audio prompt when user is too close to screen The distance at which the messages appear can be configured by selecting the drop down menu a A little close to the monitor b Close to the monitor c Very Close to the monitor 69 edeme Video webcam E Figure 32 70 When too close to the computer and seated poorly iZoom shows Figure 33 on screen Figure 33 71 When the computer cannot locate you in front of it iZoom shows Figure 34 on screen Figure 34 www issist com 72
4. youremail school co workers or family n WSR version but allaf them re run Odds are if you re using a computer can be a very persal iZoom USB is Purlable We re go Walk upto any Windows it s that simple No installation Figure 18 To Enable Disable zoom scroll bars click the Misc button in the iZoom window Click the Preferences tab as shown in Figure 19 Use the Zoom Scroll 42 Bars check box to enable disable zoom scroll bars Press the Misc button or the Esc key when done issist Zoom v3 0 j Magnifier _ Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse B ee 2X A FullScreen Speech OFF Hot Keys Preferences V Show Caret while Typing Enable Smart Align Use Alternative Display V Enable Zoom Scroll Bars Locator g Misc T amp Original Color Original White Locator Options Font mage Misc Scroll Padding J Smoothing V Enable Focus Rectangle Press ESCAPE to Figure 19 43 3 13 Focus Highlighting When using the keyboard for navigation focus highlighting displays a red rectangle around the selected object making it easier to find To Enable Disable focus highlighting click the Misc button in the iZoom window Click the Preferences tab Use the Enable Focus rectangle check box to enable disable focus highlighting Press the Misc button or the Esc key when done
5. Echo Caret Line Echo Message Box MSN Signin Echo Item Number Echo Smart Align Figure 29 ds Echo Words speaks each word as it s 54 rtcuts Announces the shortcut key for a 1 such as Ctrl S act under Mouse Mouse echo will read the mouse pointer trol Name Announces the name of the trol trol State Announces the state of the trol such as checked and disabled ntrol Type Announces the type of the ntrol such as button or checkbox et Line Speaks the text on the current line gt caret moves to a new line 55 N Signin Speaks the name of the contact s into MSN s Echo Keys allows you to hear the keys that you type tips When a tool tip appears beneath er it is spoken dow Title The content of a window title when a window becomes active trol Value Announces the current value tive control trol Description Speaks the description of e control 56 enu Open When a menu is opened title 1 is spoken essage Box Announces the content text ssage box when activated 1m Number Announces the item number of controls followed by the total number gt in the list 1vartAlign Speaks the text displayed on the when SmartAlign is activated ration 57 yn speaks web pages in Internet Explorer cuments in Notepad and Microsoft Word ints To narrate ensure speech is enabled ace the mouse over text to start speaking ad press the narra
6. USER MANUAL iZoom Screen Magnifier Reader Support Email support issist com www issist com iSSIST Table of Contents 1 0 Installation 2 0 Starting Closing iZoom 3 0 Magnification 3 1 Enable Disable 3 2 Increase Decrease 10 15 16 3 3 Zoom Modes 3 4 Adjusting Lens Size Position 3 5 Freeze Window 3 6 Mouse Enhancements 3 7 Locators 3 8 Color Enhancements 3 9 Smoothing 3 10 Smart Align 3 11 Scroll Padding 3 12 Zoom Scroll Bars 3 13 Focus Highlighting 3 14 Caret Tracking 3 15 Screen Panning 3 16 Dual Monitor 17 22 23 25 27 29 31 33 36 38 41 42 45 46 4 0 Speech 4 1 Voice Properties 4 2 Echo Settings 4 3 Narration 5 0 Other Settings 5 1 Hot Keys 5 2 Start iZoom on startup 5 3 Transferring License 50 51 57 57 64 65 6 0 Back Pain 6 1 Introduction 6 2 Position Calibration 66 67 Introduction iZoom is a Screen Magnifier Reader designed to help those with visual impairments iZoom can enhance various aspects of your screen such as size colour mouse pointer etc to make your computing experience easier It is available in various versions such as a downloadable version known as iZoom Standard a flash drive known as iZoom USB and more For a comprehensive listing of Issist s iZoom line of products visit www issist com 1 0 Installation iZoom USB iZoom NET and iZoom WEB require no installation However iZoom Standard does If you purchased iZ
7. e area to lock then release CTRL ALT SHIFT The locked area will appear in one of the 4 corners of the screen To remove the freeze window press CTRL ALT SHIFT and release quickly without moving the mouse 27 Enable Disable Magnification Alt Insert Enable Disable Speech Cm alt s box x Aa Increase Zoom Level Ctrl Up Font Decrease Zoom Level il Down other page magnify it keep molise cursor on start of d keep keys pressed CNTRL ALT SHIFT and use mouse a rectangle to cover the data which is needed for refere Release keys Goto other program or page Magnify to choice The fri Lens data with different magnification factor will alway visiblefor reference Whenever mouse pointer is move freeze window it will shift to another corner making d under freeze window available I Figure 12 3 6 Mouse Enhancements To change the appearance of the mouse press the Mouse Button on the iZoom Window The iZoom window will expand as shown in 28 Figure 13 Select Pointer size and color based on your preference When completed press the Mouse butto n again or press the Esc key eb Issist Zoom v3 0 Speech OFF Press ESCAPE to Close Magnifier _ Speech see Q Zoom tevel Lens Mouse Misc Uraa LS a Lens Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image Misi Please select your choice of Mouse Pointer Pointer Size Normal Large XLarge Point
8. e Down witch Voices Bring to Front Send to Back trl Shift Z Ctrl Shift M trl Alt Shift Ctrl Ctri Alt C CtrI Alt U Ctri Alt D Ctri Alt R Ctri Alt T CtrI Alt V Ctri Alt A 63 Scroll Right croll Left ump Back to Start Read Highlighted Ctrl Shift V Text S J 64 5 2 Start iZoom on Startup f Magnifier Speech _ General Settings viRun iZoom on Startup Check Update About iZoom Restore Default Settings Check on Startup Figure 31 Select the General Settings tab and check Run iZoom on Startup as shown in Figure 31 to start iZoom when Windows starts 5 3 Transferring License iZoom Standard requires a license to function If you wish to move 65 your license of iZoom to another machine you must transfer your license before registering iZoom on another machine To transfer your license click the General Settings tab on the iZoom Window Click About iZoom If 66 iZoom Standard is registered on your machine a button saying Remove Registration from this Computer will be visible Click the button and you may now register iZoom Standard on another machine 6 0 Back Pain 6 1 Introduction The iZoom Back Pain module reminds the user to be seated properly using both audio and 67 video alerts To enable this feature click the check box Enable Back Pain Reminders as shown in Figure 32 6 2 Position Calibration Once ready
9. er Color Figure 13 29 3 7 Locators Locators are used to help locate the mouse pointer To select locators press the Locator button on the iZoom Window The iZoom Window will expand as shown in Figure 14 Locator type has 6 options Circle 1 will display a circle around the mouse pointer at all times Circle 2 will display a circle only when the mouse is moving Mini Cross 1 will display a small cross around the mouse pointer at all times Mini Cross 2 will display a small cross only when 30 the mouse is moving Full Cross 1 will display a full cross around the mouse pointer at all times Full Cross 2 will display a full cross only when the mouse is moving Wanie N TEF General Settings Zoom Level Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc E 2x on Se ee ia iO lLocator Option isc Sy Lens Original Color Original White spee ch Please select your choice of Locator Type Circle 1 Mini Cross 1 Full Cross 1 Circle 2 Mini Cross 2 Full Cross 2 Thickness Press ESCAPE to Thin Thick Close Col Red Green Blue stom No Locator Figure 14 31 Use the Thickness and Color options to set thickness and Color of the locator Once done press the Color button or the Esc key to collapse the iZoom Window to normal 3 8 Color Enhancements Screen colors can be adjusted to reduce glare replace colors etc iZoom supports var
10. es both monitors independently from each other To pan to the other screen without scrolling the current screen hold down Alt Shift 50 eh Figure 26 Original and Magnified Leaves primary monitor at original state and displays magnified output of primary monitor on the non primary monitor 51 4 0 Speech Use the Speech button to enable disable speech S Zoom arm Magnifier _ Speech General Settings Echo O me 1 soe OFF Re o voume Vote Jennifer Female U Figure 28 52 To adjust the voice properties click the Speech tab on the iZoom window Use the sliders to increase decrease speech rate volume Use the Voice dropdown box to select a different voice if available 4 2 Echo Settings Echo settings control what iZoom speaks when you type and navigate various applications These settings allow you to control the amount of information spoken 53 to your personal needs To change Echo ress the Echo Options button in control er the speech tab as shown in Figure 29 menena J Speech General Settings Volume y Rate g Please set your Echo Settings Echo Words a Echo Keys Echo ShortCuts 7 Echo ToolTips 0 Objects under Mouse 3 Echo Window Title Echo Control Name Echo Control Value Echo Control State Echo Control Description Echo Control Type Echo Menu Open
11. he unmagnified view will remain in the right half Split Right Lens The screen will be split into equal two areas The magnified view will remain in the right half while the unmagnified view will remain in the left half 22 3 4 Adjusting Lens Size Position The Lens mode and Docked Lens Mode display a rectangular lens on the screen in which the magnified area is displayed The size and position of this lens may be adjusted as follows Select Docked Lens or Lens zoom mode A blue button will appear below the Lens button and will display 23 Adjust Lens as shown in Figure 10 Qi issist Zoom v3 0 ZE Magnifier Speech General Settings Zoom Level tens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc ai wh a aa SS se G tes Tt tr Misc Lens Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image 7 dust Lens Figure 10 Select the Adjust Lens button A rectangular lens will appear with red buttons on the corners Adjust the lens to desired size and position by holding the red squares and dragging When done adjusting press the Esc key or right mouse button to return to iZoom 24 sala be resized by selec Figure 11 3 5 Freeze Window Use iZoom s Freeze Window feature to lock any area of the screen and keep it in view on top 25 of all other items of the screen 26 To lock an area of the screen hold down CTRL ALT SHIFT together Drag the mouse pointer across th
12. ill occupy the whole screen and only a portion of the unmagnified screen will be visible at any given time Lens The magnification area will be a rectangular area following the mouse cursor magnifying everything under it The unmagnified screen will be visible at all times Once lens mode is selected the size of the 19 rectangular area can be adjusted by pressing the Adjust lens button See section 3 4 for details Line The magnification area will be a wide line across the screen following the mouse cursor Areas under the line will appear magnified while areas outside the line will remain unmagnified Docked Lens The magnification area will be a rectangle and all items around the mouse pointer will appear magnified 20 The rectangular area itself will not change position Once docked lens is selected the position and size of the rectangular area can be adjusted by pressing the Adjust lens button See section 3 4 for details Split Top Lens The screen will be split into equal two areas The unmagnified view will remain in the bottom half while the magnified view will remain in the top half Split Bottom Lens The screen will be split into equal two areas The 21 magnified view will remain in the bottom half while the unmagnified view will remain in the top half Split Left Lens The screen will be split into equal two areas The magnified view will remain in the left half while t
13. ing the Image and Font Smoothing options Press the Smoothing button or the Esc key when done 3 10 SmartAlign Use SmartAlign to swiftly realign text on web pages in Internet Explorer or Firefox MS Word and PDF files Place the mouse pointer over text to be read Hold down the left mouse button on text to be read for half a second The computer 36 will produce a short beep indicating iZoom has detected your request to realign the webpage If the webpage is large it may take a few seconds before the reformatted web page will appear on the screen Use the Up Down arrow keys to scroll through text Alternatively you may use Page Up Page Down to scroll Once done reading simply move the mouse to exit from SmartAlign mode 37 means you can t use a computer you want to iZoom is the only professional screen magnifier which allows you to use any computer any where without licensing or installation issues Best of all iZoom is affordable At about half the price of most professional screen magnifiers iZoom is without question the best value for money iZoom is even offered as an affordable Figure 16n example of SmartAlign 38 3 11 Scroll Padding Scroll Padding determines how far the mouse must be moved to the edge of the screen before the viewing area is moved Setting scroll padding to 0 will require movement of the mouse to the absolute edge of the magnified view in order to scroll Setting
14. ious preset color schemes and also supports creation of custom color schemes To select a color scheme press the 32 Color button on the iZoom Window The iZoom Window will expand as shown in Figure 15 GY Issist Zoom v3 0 speech OFF Press ESCAPE to Close Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing S gt fel o e T Full Screen Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image Please select your color preferences Blue Tint Replace White Yellow Inverted Contrast Invert High Contrast Gray Scale Remove Red Remove Green Remove Blue Custom Color1 7 Custom Color2 7 Custom Color3 7 Figure 15 Reverse Video Original Colors is the default color scheme It will not make any 33 changes to the screen colors Try the different color schemes to find a suitable fit Press the Color button or the Esc key when done 3 9 Smoothing iZoom supports Font and Image smoothing These options improve the font and image quality 34 However both of these options require more computing power and cause iZoom to run slower on older computers Font smoothing may cause overlapped text in some circumstances Disable font smoothing during such situations to resolve the issue By default Image Smoothing is Off and font smoothing is On To change these options click the Smoothing button on the iZoom Window 35 The iZoom Window will expand reveal
15. oom Standard double click the setup file provided as shown in Figure 1 and 1 2 Figure 1 Setup Wizard compat in your compat Figure 1 2 2 0 Starting Closing iZoom iZoom Standard Double click the iZoom icon on your desktop as shown in Figure 2 iZoom Figure 2 iZoom USB Insert iZoom USB drive into any available USB port If your operating system is 10 Windows XP iZoom will automatically start in a few seconds Windows Vista A prompt will appear as shown in Figure 3 Press Run LaunchU3 exe and iZoom will start Check Always do this for software and games to avoid the prompt in the future 11 Closing iZoom All versions of iZoom must be closed by pressing the X button on the top right of the iZoom window as shown in Figure 4 12 Alternatively iZoom may be closed using a shortcut key Refer to section 5 1 HotKeys for details GS Issist Zoom v3 0 gt e gt Magnifier Speech General Settings _ Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc J 2x 7 amp T amp FullScreen Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image Misc speech OFF Figure 4 If you are running iZoom USB DO NOT simply pull out the USB drive after closing or while running iZoom Doing so may corrupt the data on the USB drive To safely 13 eject click on the eject button on the top right As shown in Figure 6 Figure 6 14
16. scroll padding to 50 will result in scrolling even with the slightest movement of _ the mouse Experiment with scroll padding to find your preferred setting 39 To change scroll padding press the Misc button on the iZoom Window Select the Preferences tab as shown in Figure 17 Use the Scroll Padding slider to set scroll padding Press the Misc button or the Esc key when done Tm olo ea J Magnifier Speech General Settings __ Hele Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc a FA la a225 m 0S Full Screen Original Color Original Locator Options Font Image Misc on Hot Keys Preferences Dual Monitor Back Pain El Show Caret while Typing Use Alternative Display Enable System Colors on UI W Enable Smart Align Text Color Background color M Enable Zoom Scroll Bars Color V Enable Focus Rectangle V Enable Caret Tracking Press F to 0 Scroll Padding Figure 17 3 12 Zoom Scroll Bars Zoom Scroll Bars help to determine location of the original screen being magnified They appear as two red rectangles at the bottom and right of the screen As the magnified view is scrolled up the vertical scroll bar moves up and vice versa As the magnified view is scrolled right the horizontal scroll bar moves right and vice versa The intersection is the area of the original screen being viewed 41 Zoom USB 3 0 Magnifi Ever had to check
17. tion shortcut key By the hotkey is Ctrl Shift Z Narration will vithin a few seconds depending on the gt f the document To stop narration press e shortcut key again h to work on another document while e text from current document minimize document by using Key M Open another document equired and work on it 58 or Settings ys also known as shortcut keys allow z iZoom through keyboard shortcuts es the following Hotkeys by default In et custom click the Misc icon on the iZoom A drop down will appear as shown in To change a hotkey use the textboxes e feature and enter the new hotkey Press tkeys when done Press Restore Default to revert back to the default hotkeys 59 Figure 30 60 Default Hotkeys Feature Hotkey Enable Disable Alt Insert rs his ana Enable Disable Increase Zoom Ctril Up Level Arrow or Ctrl Mouse Scroll Up Decrease Zoom Level Ctrl Mouse Scroll Down 61 Toggle between Ctrl Shift W selected and default lens Toggle between Ctrl Shift C selected and default color Toggle between selected and default mouse smoothing Smoothing Toggle Locator Ctrl Shift L QuitiZoom Ctrl Shift Q 62 Start Stop Narration Toggle Echo objects under mouse loating Window Halt Speech Dock CCTV Window peech Volume Up Speech Volume Down peech Rate Up Speech Rat
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