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1. Echo Control Name Echo Control Value Echo Control State Echo Control Description Echo Control Type Echo Menu Open Echo Caret Line Echo Message Box Echo MSN Signin Echo Item Number r Echo Smart Align Figure 27 48 Echo Words Echo Words speaks each wordasit s typed Echo Shortcuts Announces the shortcut key for a menu item such as Ctrl S Echo object under Mouse Mouse echo will read text under the mouse pointer Echo Control Name Announces the name of the active control 49 Echo Control State Announces the state of the active control such as checked and disabled Echo Control Type Announces the type of the active control such as button or checkbox Echo Caret Line Speaks the text on the current line when the caret moves to a new line Echo MSN Signin Speaks the name of the contact who signs into MSN 50 Echo Keys Echo Keys allows you to hear the individual keys that you type Echo Tooltips When a tool tip appears beneath the pointer it is spoken Echo Window Title The content of a window title is spoken when a window becomes active Echo Control Value Announces the current value of the active control 51 Echo Control Description Speaks the description of the active control Echo Menu Open Whena menu is opened title of menu is spoken E2. button on the iZoom Window Select the Preferences tab as shown in Figure 15 Use the Scroll Padding slider to set scroll padding Press the Misc button or the Esc key when done Kssist Zoom v3 0 Scroll Padding p o Ea J Magnifier _ Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing 2x o e T OFF wa FullScreen Original Col lor Original White Locator Options Font mage M speech OFF Hot Keys Preferences 7 Show Caret while Typing 7 Enable Smart Align 7 Enable Focus Rectangle Use Alternative Display 7 Enable Zoom Scroll Bars Figure 15 35 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 36 iZoom USB 3 0 Magnifi Area being viewed Ever had to check your email school co workers or family ni USP version but all of them re tun Odds are if you re using a computer can be a very perso Zoom USB is Portable We nya It s that simple No installation n it Attach it to your keychain and ca
3. Blue Tint Replace White Press ESCAPE to Contrast Invert High Contrast Remove Red Remove Green Custom Color1 Custom Color2 7 Figure 13 Yellow Inverted Gray Scale Remove Blue fo o E Magnifier _ Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc xt e o T amp FullScreen Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image Misc Speech 7 OFF Please select your color preferences Reverse Video Custom Color3 7 Original Colors is the default color scheme It will not make any changes to the screen colors Try 28 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 29 However both of these options reguire 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 30 The iZoom Window will expand revealing 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 F
4. Alt S Increase Zoom Level k Decrease Zoom Level fetl Down other page magnify it keep mouse 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 10 3 6 Mouse Enhancements To change the appearance of the mouse press the Mouse Button on the iZoom Window The iZoom 23 window will expand as shown in Figure 11 Select Pointer size and color based on your preference When completed press the Mouse button again or press the Esc key Issist Zoom v3 0 Press ESCAPE to a Red Green Blue White ah J Magnifier _ Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc Z 2x amp C m goH Lens Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image Misc J Speech OFF Please select your choice of Mouse Pointer Pointer Size Normal Large XLarge Pointer Color Figure 11 24 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 12 Locator type
5. Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing 2x T FullScreen Original Color Original White Locator Options Font Image Hot Keys Preferences Enable Disable Magnification Alt Enable Disable Speech Ctrl Alt S Increase Zoom Level Ctrl Up Decrease Zoom Level Ctrl Down Toggle between Selected and Default Lens Full Screen Ctrl Shift W Toggle between Selected and Default Color Original Color Ctrl Shift C Toggle between Selected and Default Mouse Original Mouse Ctrl Shift P Press pete to Toagle between Selected and Default Font Smoothing Ctrl Shift F Toggle between Selected and Default Image Smoothing Ctrl Shift S Enable Disable Locator Ctrl Shift L Quit Zoom Ctrl Shift Q Start Stop Narration Ctrl Shift Z Toggle Echo Object Under Mouse Ctrl Shift M lt 2 Apply Hotkeys Figure 28 Feature Hotkey Enable Disable Alt Insert Magnification Enable Disable Ctri Alt S Speech 56 Increase Zoom Level Decrease Zoom Level Toggle between selected and default lens Toggle between selected and default color Toggle between selected and default mouse Toggle font smoothing Ctri Up Ctrl Down Ctrl Shift W Ctrl Shift C Ctrl Shift P Ctrl Shift F 57 Toggle Image Ctrl Shift S Smoothing Toggle Locator Ctrl Shift L Quit iZoom Ctrl Shift Q Start Stop Ctrl Shift Z Narration Toggle Echo objects Ctrl Shift M under mouse Default Hotkeys 58 5 2 Start iZo
6. 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 25 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 Issist Zoom v3 0 ols _o J Magnifier Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc oa T Gon OFF X A Lens Original Color Original White Locator Options Font mage Misc OFF 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 Color oa co rds om No Locator Figure 12 26 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 various preset color schemes and also supports creation of custom color schemes To select a color scheme press the Color button on the iZoom 27 Window The iZoom Window will expand as shown in Figure 13 33 Issist Zoom v3 0
7. 3 14 Caret Tracking Caret tracking keeps track of your cursor while typing by showing you a caret on the position of your cursor Untitled Notepad ui File Edit Format View Help Ww iZoom Screen Magnifier and Reader Figure 18 40 Figure 19 41 3 15 Screen Panning For guick and easy navigation use iZoom s screen panning feature Press Shift Arrow keys to automatically move the screen from left to right or from top to bottom Pressing the Shift arrow keys multiple times will increase the movement speed of your screen while panning To return to the horizontal starting point of your screen press the Ctrl key Alternatively press and hold Ctrl key while panning to move the screen downwards 42 3 16 Dual Monitors Q iZoom Le x bin cee Speech General Settings Heb oom Level Locator Smoothing Misc Pa Full Sere Ori B riginal Locator Options Font Image Misc Hot Keys Preferences Dual Monitor Figure 20 iZoom supports using two monitors for magnification You can choose amongst the following options 43 e Figure 21 Single monitor Magnifies primary monitor and leaves the other at original state amp Figure 22 Stretch Magnifies the content of the primary monitor that is stretched across two screens 44 Figure 23 Independent Magnifies both monitors independently from each other amp Figur
8. USER MANUAL iZoom Screen Magnifier Reader Support Email support issist com www issist com iSSIST 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 1 3 2 3 3 34 3 5 3 6 3 7 Table of Contents Installation Starting Closing iZoom Magnification Enable Disable Increase Decrease Zoom Modes Adjusting Lens Size Position Freeze Window Mouse Enhancements Locators 12 13 14 18 21 23 25 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 4 0 Speech 4 1 Voice Properties 4 2 Echo Settings 4 3 Narration 27 29 31 34 36 39 40 42 43 46 47 53 5 0 Other Settings 5 1 Hot Keys 5 2 Start iZoom on startup 5 3 Transferring License 6 0 Support 6 1 Frequently Asked Questions 6 2 Contact Support 55 59 59 61 61 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 yo
9. ata on the USB drive Click on the Eject button at the top right hand corner before you remove the USB 11 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 5 to Enable Disable magnification Figure 6 shows a grey magnifying glass indicating magnification is disabled 12 Figure 6 3 2 Increase Decrease Magnification iZoom provides magnification levels from 1X to 36X 13 Increase the magnification pressing the button Decrease the magnification by pressing the Lam button 3 3 Zoom Modes 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 7 the iZoom window will expand vertically revealing additional zoom modes 14 Wo sist Zoom a0 som gt i Full Screen i Lens Line Docked Lens Close Split Top Split Right Split Left Split Bottom Figure 7 Full Screen The magnification area will 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 15 everything under it The unmagnified screen will be vis
10. cho Message Box Announces the content text of a message box when activated Echo Item Number Announces the item number in a list of controls followed by the total number of items in the list 52 Echo SmartAlign Speaks the text displayed on the screen when SmartAlign is activated 4 3 Narration Narration speaks web pages in Internet Explorer text documents in Notepad and Microsoft Word documents To narrate ensure speech is enabled Then place the mouse over text to start speaking from and press the narration shortcut key By default the hotkey is Ctrl Shift Z Narration will 53 begin within a few seconds depending on the length of the document To stop narration press the same shortcut key again If you wish to work on another document while hearing the text from current document minimize the current document by using Windows Key M Open another document magnify if required and work on it 5 0 Other Settings 54 5 1 HotKeys Hotkeys also known as shortcut keys allow controlling iZoom through keyboard shortcuts iZoom uses the following Hotkeys by default In order to set custom Hotkeys click the Misc icon on the iZoom Window A drop down will appear as shown in Figure 28 To change a hotkey use the textboxes next to the feature and enter the new hotkey Press Apply Hotkeys when done 55 ts Issist Zoom v3 0 Magnifier __ Speed General Settings Zoom Level
11. de 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 Adjust Lens as shown in Figure 8 GQ sist Zoom v3 0 foe Lens Original Color Original White Locator Options Fontimage Misc Magnifier Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc x Ss O T ReH speech Adjust Lens Figure 8 19 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 sguares and dragging When done adjusting press the Esc key or right mouse button to return to iZoom 20 alicia be resized by selec Figure 9 3 5 Freeze Window Use iZoom s Freeze Window feature to lock any area of the screen and keep it in view on top of all other items of the screen 21 To lock an area of the screen hold down CTRL ALT SHIFT together Drag the mouse pointer across the 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 22 Enable Disable Magnification Alt Insert Enable Disable Speech Ctrl
12. e 24 Original and Magnified Leaves primary monitor at original state and displays magnified output of primary monitor on the non primary monitor 45 4 0 Speech Use the Speech button to enable disable speech Echo Options S Zoom Sloe Magnifier Speech General Settings Echo S Volume voice Jennifer Female X Rate DESS Speech OFF Figure 25 4 1 Voice Properties Zoom fel 2 ea Magnifier Speech General Settings a Echo voume U voe Jennifer Female J Echo Opti Rae y speech Figure 26 46 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 according to 47 your personal needs To change Echo settings press the Echo Options button in control panel under the speech tab as shown in Figure 27 issist Zoom v3 0 Magnifier _ Speech _ General Settings E cho Volume y OFF wa Rate ini ON Speech Please set your Echo Settings Press ESCAPE to Close Echo Words Echo Keys Echo ShortCuts Echo ToolTips Echo Objects under Mouse 3 Echo Window Title
13. ible at all times Once lens mode is selected the size of the 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 16 will appear magnified 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 17 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 the 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 3 4 Adjusting Lens Size Position 18 The Lens mo
14. irefox 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 will produce a short beep 31 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 32 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 gt r Figure 14 An example of SmartAlign 33 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 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 34 To change scroll padding press the Misc
15. om on Startup Magnifier Speech _ General Settings Run iZoom on Startup Check Update p About iZoom Restore Default Settings Check on Startup Figure 29 Select the General Settings tab and check Run iZoom on Startup as shown in Figure 29 to start iZoom when Windows starts 5 3 Transferring License iZoom Standard requires a license to function If you wish to move your license of iZoom to another 59 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 iZoom Standard is registered on your machine a button saying Remove Registration from this Computer will be visible Click the button You may now register iZoom Standard on another machine 60 6 0 Support 6 1 Frequently Asked Questions For FAQs or Tutorials please visit www issist com and click on the Support page 6 2 Contact Support To contact support you can email support issist com or call 1 888 909 2544 ext 2 61 Issist Assistive Technologies Inc www issist com 62
16. rry it with you whereever you go Walk upto any Windows compatible computer and plug it in Within a few seconds itll stat up No administrative rights needed No License restrictions It just rks Figure 16 To Enable Disable zoom scroll bars click the Misc button in the iZoom window Click the Preferences tab as shown in Figure 17 Use the Zoom Scroll 37 Bars check box to enable disable zoom scroll bars Press the Misc button or the Esc key when done ka Issist Zoom v3 0 dh jam Sa J Magnifier Speech General Settings Zoom Level Lens Color Mouse Locator Smoothing Misc Sa AU 2X z FullScreen Original Color Original White Locator Options _ Font Image Speech OFF Hot Keys Preferences V Show Caret while Typing 7 Enable Smart Align V Enable Focus Rectangle Use Alternative Display Enable Zoom Scroll Bars Scroll Padding 0 ee Press ESCAPE to Close Figure 17 38 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 39
17. u purchased iZoom Standard double click the setup file provided as shown in Figure 1 Figure 1 If a security warning dialog appears press Run Then follow the on screen instructions to complete installation 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 Windows XP iZoom will automatically start in a few seconds Windows Vista 7 8 A prompt will appear as shown in Figure 3 Press Run Launcher exe and iZoom will start Check Always do this for software and games to avoid the prompt in the future AutoPlay ol z CD Drive E V Always do this for software and games Install or run program from your media Run launcher exe Publisher not specified General options b Open folder to view Files using idows Explorer View more AutoPlay options in Control Panel Figure 3 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 Alternatively iZoom may be closed using a 10 shortcut key Refer to section 5 1 HotKeys for details O Issist Zoom v3 0 3 E 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 d
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