ZOOM-Ex or ZOOM-Twix
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1. 3 You will be asked to confirm your instruction Click yes ZoomOffice Message Are you sure you want to delete this book 4 The dialog gets dismissed and the selected book is deleted Closing a Book To close a book you can click the Exit button or go to the Book menu and click on Close Book 33 3 zoomex Book joseph 12 Application View Book Voice Effects Help Current p Save Current Book As Save Current Book Text Add Pages Delete This Page The book will be closed and the book bar dismissed Saving Book as Text After you have scanned the book you can convert the whole book to one text file Under the Book Menu click on Save Current Book As Text to save the book as text file The file is saved in the folder My Documents ZoomOffice Texts Depending on the power of your computer it could take approximately from 3 to 6 seconds to save each page So for 200 pages the process may take from 10 to 20 minutes If the Status parameter box is checked under General Settings Zoom Ex will tell you the current page number Copying a Saved Book The fastest way to initially save a book is to save it on the hard drive After you have scanned your book you can use the Save Current Book As menu item to copy the book onto a CD or a memory key 1 Go to the Book menu and click on Save Current Book As 2 Use the Browse button to select the drive and or folder where you want to copy the2. 37 To increase the contrast press CONTROL and the lt key To decrease the contrast press CONTROL and the gt key NOTE Changes will only take effect if Zoom Frog is on How do I change the color of an image when using Zoom Frog To change the colors of an image when using Zoom Frog press the C key or F3 There are 4 colors that are currently available 1 Color 2 Enhanced color 3 Black and white 4 Inversed black and white You can also go to Effects on the menu bar and down to Color Application Camera View Book Voice Effects Help Sharp Contrast F4 Brightness lt gt gt NOTE Changes will only take effect if Zoom Frog is on How do I rotate the image on the computer screen while using Zoom Frog To rotate the image on the computer screen while using Zoom Frog press R or F6 Zoom Frog has to be ON in order for the image to be rotated How do Point Zoom Frog Zoom Frog can be moved manually With the Zoom Frog camera ON take it and move it with your hand to where you need it Zoom Frog can be moved up and down and left 38 to right Look on the computer screen to verify the location of the image produced by Zoom Frog How do open a saved image taken by Zoom Frog Currently at this point in time you can not open a saved image taken by Zoom Frog in the application Zoom Office To open the image you must locate the folder where the image was saved and open it from there
3. Texts My Recent Documents My Documents My Computer File name Save Save as type Text Files txt doc Cancel we My Network A Save text dialog box will appear Type in the name for your document and click the Save button Document will be saved in the default directory My Documents ZoomOffice Texts Again you can select another directory in which to save the document When saving a previously saved image as text there is no need to stop the camera because it is already stopped Follow same steps listed above 19 To save a document as a WAV File To save a document as a WAV file that is currently under the Zoom Ex camera press E to stop the camera Once camera is stopped you can save the document as text NOTE Do not use SPACE BAR to stop camera unless you are able to see a stable image on the screen Once the page has finished being read or you have stop the reading yourself go to Application menu and select Save WAVE then press Enter A Save text dialog box will appear Type in the name for your document and click the Save button Document will be saved in the default directory My Documents ZoomOffice WAVE You can also select another directory in which to save the document Opening a WAV file A WAV or sound file CAN NOT BE OPENED in Zoom Ex You have to go into the directory where the file was saved and open it from there The default directory that WAV files are saved in My Do
4. 41 Speech output control keystrokes Increase voice speed Shift Q or F9 Decrease voice speed Shift Z or F8 Hear page description Shift E Hear current control Shift Stop speaking current control Control Zoom Book Keyboard Command Keys Add page A while creating a new book Next page N Previous page P Zoom Book Menu Accelerator Keys ALT B is an accelerator for Book Sub Menu Key Function B Book Menu Create new book O Open Book D Delete Book L Close book V Save current book as A Save current book as text G Add pages T Delete this page 42 Zoom Ex Visual Keyboard Command Keys Key ee Function Zoom In Out F2 F Switch between Preview Magnification and Formatted modes UB Go one screen Up Down in reformatted mode F3 C Toggle color F4 S Toggle sharpness F5 V Show Hide preview panel in magnified mode F6 R Rotate image 90 degrees CTRL Pu Quick Image Saved CTRL L Turn LED On Off Home Go to the first line of the page in reformatted mode i L T Save current image If option Use arrow keys to simulate X Y table is checked the following keys may be used In CCTV mode to move magnified portion of the i s image Up Down Left Right In reformatted mode go one line Up Down lt gt Brightness adjustment when camera is On When Ru
5. ABISee Inc Zoom Twix Zoom Office Training Guide and User Manual Release 4 0 77 Powdermill Rd Unit 4 Acton MA 01720 800 681 5909 Patent Pending TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting UND ZO i dicerc MORET QUICK SUIEE odio debes rate ESEA pect dace tei A eed A want bosse biben tre E D dee How to place a document under the camera 4 eere eese eee rete eee ee eene esee eeose sese essseee esos O Do you want Zoom Ex to talk to you ecce eee ecce eere eee eee en e eese ense esee eose sees essseseeesssseees D Having your Document Read to You ccce eerte eee eee eee ene seen ese ens ose ssesesssseessseessseessss D To Read from the beginning of the page sss nnne nennen nennen trente rnit 10 Page description sess x To Read from the Beginning of the Section usss 10 Moving To the Next Word Sentence Section or another Document suse 10 Viewing Magnified Graphics and Listening to the Voice Reading the Description of the Graphics s Following the text on the screen while listening nennt tnetne treni teen re einst e trennen 11 Changing the voice Settings e eere esee eee eee ee eee enn os eensesesaseseseseeesnsseeseseeesesseesesseeses LI Changing the TSA AIDE E AAEEPNI 12 Working in Magnification CCTV Mode u
6. 34 book 3 Enter the New Name for the book 4 Click the Save button It may take a few seconds to save the book You may view and read the copy you made using Zoom Office software on any IBM compatible computer Useful Tips for the Zoom Ex Camera If you are working with more than one windows application at a time Zoom Ex window may loose focus You know that it has lost its focus if you have tried to turn the camera on or off by pressing the space bar and nothing happens Click the mouse anywhere on the screen to bring focus to the Zoom Ex application There is a check box under the General tab of the Settings window Use arrow keys to simulate X Y table The default is unchecked The unchecked option allows you to use arrow keys while reading the text For example to move to the next word sentence etc If you noticed that arrow keys do not behave properly for reading please check this setting How do I use Zoom Frog When you are using the Zoom Frog camera you will hear the computer say Zoom Frog Camera This indicates that the Zoom Frog is on If you press F7 it will take you to the Zoom Ex camera You will hear the computer say Zoom Ex Camera You can only use one camera at a time Moving back and forth from one camera to another by pressing F7 is called toggling You can also toggle between cameras by going to CAMERA on the menu bar and down to TOGGLE CAMERAS 0 ZoomEx Applicaton Camera View Bo
7. Creating Applicaton View Book Voice Effects Help Current page Next page You can save any kind of book using Zoom Ex small paperback books large books 5 Scanning Options One page at a time a Book cont Scanning Mode Manual Only odd or even pages Auto mode c Two pages at once with page size up to 8 5 x11 magazines etc Choose How to Scan a Book Start by selecting one of the three Scanning Options 1 Scan one page at a time Use this option to scan a small amount of large pages 2 Scan only odd or only even pages Use this option to scan a large amount of pages in a large book Open the book and place the left or right page under the camera If a portion of the second page also appears under the camera Zoom Ex will ignore it Do not move the book until you have scanned all odd pages you need want Add Done Once you finished scanning odd pages do the same for the even pages Start by turning the book 180 degrees Be sure that the even pages are now under the camera The fact that the pages appear upside down does not matter Zoom Ex rotates 25 the pages for you automatically when you want to read the book Change the Next Page Number to the first even page number Start scanning the even pages When you finished scanning even pages click the Done button A Book will sort and keep all pages in the right order automatically 3 Scan two pages at
8. be present but Zoom Office software is installed While reading a Book you can use all the same document browsing magnification and formatting capabilities that are available 23 for viewing documents with Zoom Ex You can also listen while the book is read to you page by page You can save the whole book as text and use any third party software to read the text file Why do I need a Book Zoom Book is convenient if you like having a book at your finger tips It is a good tool if you are more then likely to read something more then once A Book allows you to bring your book almost virtually anywhere with you Just save it to a CD or upload it to your MP3 player Zoom Office can be used separately from the Zoom Ex device to read saved documents Creating a Book Have a book or a multi page document handy for scanning and reading with Zoom Ex Place your document under the Zoom Ex device Find the Book menu and click on it or Click Alt B and then the Enter key 3 zoomEx Application View Book Voice Effects Help Create New Bock Open Book Delete Book The Create Book dialog will appear put in the book title and the author s name and click Create 24 Create Book Title Author Book location Starting page umm Create 1 The dialog will go away the Add Pages bar will appear instead 0 ZoomEx Book abc123 C Documents and Settings Other My Docum Cancel
9. black on white inverted white on black green on black yellow on black yellow on blue white on blue Rotating the view of an object To rotate a document in the Magnification CCTV mode press F6 or R on your keyboard The view rotates 90 at a time The preview window allows you to navigate your document and will assist you in deciding where you want to start reading the magnified text You do not need to rotate a document to read it Orientation of the document on the screen also does not matter when being read Using the preview window There are three ways of viewing a page in CCTV mode First is a standard magnified mode The second is a magnified mode with a little picture in picture window on the right top corner of the screen The picture in picture window displays the image of the whole page A focusing rectangle in the preview window identifies an area of the page which is currently displayed on the screen 21 The third mode is a full screen preview mode where the preview of the whole page is displayed on the screen Full screen preview or picture in picture preview may be separately disabled in the Preview Window tab of the Settings dialog Click Application and go down to Settings The Settings dialog will appear On the Settings dialog select the Preview Window tab In the Show Preview Window area select the preview window type that you want to enable you can select either or both When
10. hear the shutter it could be due to one of three reasons a Camera detects some motion wind unstable hands etc b Camera missed a motion when you flip the page or C Zoom Ex turned the camera off because the conditions have changed for example somebody turned the lights in the room on or off It is OK You can always restart the camera and click the Start Auto Mode button again 5 If you are using Manual mode be sure that the page is stable on the screen before clicking Add A 28 Reading a Saved Book To browse through the saved pages of your document 1 Go to the Book menu and select Open Book 2 The Open Book dialog will appear This dialog will show books in the default folder My Documents ZoomOffice Books If you want to open the book was saved in another folder use the Browse button to select desired folder The location of the selected folder will be displayed in the Book location field The list of books in this folder will be displayed on the screen Note Make sure you select the folder that contains all your books and not the folder that bears the name of a specific book In that folder you might see the folder which bears the name of the specific book do not select it 3 Select the book you would like to view and click the Open button Note The Open button is disabled if no book is selected as soon as you click any book in the list the Open button will become enabled and clickable Th
11. position 2 You will find two small electronic parts in the box They both have round metal pins about one inch long The larger rectangular one is the Frog camera The smaller part is the Frog camera mounting platform You will find the pin on the bottom of this mounting platform and a hole on one side Find the camera mount located half way up the vertical Zoom Ex stand At the top of this mount is a hole pointing up Plug the pin of the Frog mounting platform into this hole Push firmly but not hard The hole on the side of the Frog mounting platform should now be pointed toward you 3 Now take the Frog Camera in your hands On the side of the camera there is a rectangle with a lens that rotates The top of the camera is smooth and the bottom of the camera is rough There are screws and holes in the bottom Firmly but gently push the pin on the Frog Camera into the horizontal hole in the Frog mounting platform The smooth side of the Frog Camera should now be on the top 4 Find the 8 inch long round cable in the box It is located in the section with the two plastic bags which contain the USB cables and CD One end is a straight pin and the other end a right angle pin Plug the right angle pin into the hole in the side of the camera mount on the vertical stand Now plug the other end of the 8 inch cable into the hole on the rough bottom side of the Frog camera 5 Take the two USB cables out of the plastic bags and plug
12. previously saved image Go to the Application and go down to Load Image A Load Image dialog box will appear Load Document Look in a Images L Ca Quick 4 j Children Book jpg E Glossy Scientific Journal jpg My Recent lala jpg Documents i Newspaper jpg 9 Old Paperback jpg Small Font Tourbook jpg Student Handout jpg Desktop test jpg i test2 jpg jtest4 jpg mvb jpg My Documents My Computer File name My Network Files of type JPEG Files jpg jpeg Select the image and click Open The image will appear on the screen in CCTV mode with the camera turned off You can manipulate the loaded image exactly as you would the real document i e Format Read Magnify etc 18 Note You do not need Zoom Ex to be plugged in to read previously saved images To Save a Document as a Text File To save a document as text that is currently under the Zoom Ex camera press E to stop the camera Once camera is stopped you can save the document as text NOTE Do not use SPACE BAR to stop camera unless you are able to see a stable image on the screen To quickly save text with default name as date time stamp in the default folder My Documents Zoom Ex Temp and immediately display the text file on the screen press Control SHIFT W You can also save text in any directory and give it any name by going to the Application menu and down to Save text then press Enter Save Text Save in
13. the small end of each into the USB plugs located at the bottom of the vertical Zoom Ex stand 6 Now this next part is very important Place the software installation CD into your computer and follow the installation instructions Do not plug the two USB cables into your PC until the installation tells you to do so 7 The last step when instructed by the setup CD is to plug the two USB cables directly in two separate USB2 ports on your computer or laptop Always plug the two USB cables directly to your PC thru individual USB2 ports Do not use bus powered USB hub Now that you have set up Zoom Twix plug it into a USB port on your computer and locate the Zoom Office application To locate the Zoom Office application press the Windows key plus the D key to bring yourself to the desktop Once on the desktop press the Z key to locate Zoom Office When you locate the application open it Once Zoom Office opens it will announce Camera Started This indicates that the camera is ready to start scanning Zoom Twix runs off your computer s power so there is no need for an additional power source Quick Start How to place a document under the camera Now Zoom Twix should be in the standing position It has two horizontal legs the longer leg is 11 1 2 inches while the shorter leg is 9 inches long These two legs create a corner guide to assist the user in properly aligning documents to be scanned Zoom Ex camera captures and saves the wh
14. By default the images taken by Zoom Frog are saved in My Documents ZoomOfficelmages Zoom Ex Quick Reference Guide 4 0 Notebook Laptop keystrokes for reading functions Start Stop Zoom Ex Camera Space or Caps Lock Dot 39 Note When Zoom Ex is in Magnification Live CCTV mode press y first then Space Switch between Virtual Magnification and Formatted modes F2 or F Switch between Live Magnification and Scanning mode Y Start reading E or Caps Lock Down Stop Pause Resume reading X or Caps Lock End Reading by word Next Control Right or Caps Lock Right Current Control I Previous Control Left or Caps Lock Left Reading by character Next Right Current I Previous Left Reading by sentence Next Down Current Control Caps Lock I Previous Up Reading by section Next Control Down Current Caps Lock Shift I Previous Control Up 40 Keypad keystrokes for reading functions Start Stop Zoom Ex Camera Insert Delete Start reading Insert 2 It will read to the end of page Stop Pause Resume reading Insert 1 Reading by word Next Insert 6 Current Insert 5 Previous Insert 4 Reading by character Next 6 Current 5 Previous 4 Reading by sentence Next 2 Current Control Insert 5 Previous 8 Reading by section Next Control 2 Current Shift Insert 5 Previous Control 8
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16. at any point press the CONTROL key To resume the voice press the X key Reading will stop at the end of the section Moving To the Next Word Sentence Section or another Document Zoom Ex allows the reader to move around the page whether its by word sentence or section The following are a few ways to move around the document page To move to the next word press Control Right Arrow To move to the previous word press Control Left Arrow To move to the next sentence press the Down Arrow To move to the previous sentence press the Up Arrow To move to the next section press Control Down Arrow To move to the previous section press Control Up Arrow To read at an exact point place your cursor on a word and press the mouse wheel Zoom Ex will start reading at the word your cursor was on To stop the document being read press CONTROL key Refer to the Quick Reference Guide to find the keystrokes on the keypad for the above reading functions To read a new page turn the Zoom Ex camera on by pressing the space bar Zoom Ex will tell you that the camera is now on Place the new page at the Zoom Ex base and press the E key Viewing Magnified Graphics and Listening to the Voice Reading the Description of the Graphics The text which is currently read does not have to be seen on the screen You can move the image on the screen to view a picture graph etc and listen to the voice reading the description of the picture
17. at the same time If there is only one picture on the page move the picture to the center of the screen magnify the picture see Working in Magnification CCTV Mode and click the E key Following the text on the screen while listening If you want to follow the text while listening you need to format the text first Double click anywhere in the image or click the F key The formatted text no pictures lines never run of the screen will be displayed Magnify the text as desired You can click the E key to start reading from the beginning of the page The word that is currently read will be in reversed color Text will scroll automatically so the word that is read will always be on the screen See section Different formatted modes for following text on the screen for other ways to read formatted text Changing the voice Settings You can change the voice parameters by going to Application and go down to Settings then click on the Voice tab Settings General Preview Window Formatted Mode Braille Book Voice e Speed OCR Language English Application Language English Cancel Test different voices select one you like and click Apply You can change the speed by clicking the shift Q key to make it faster or the shift Z key to make it slower You can also change the speed by going to Application down to Setting and over to the Voice tab and using the slide bar Zoom E
18. camera is on only Full Screen Preview can be displayed unless Enable real time zoom checkbox in the Preview tab of the Settings dialog is checked To show hide the preview window or alternate between small and full screen preview windows see below By keyboard press F5 or V key The image below shows the full screen preview window enabled the red focus rectangle is positioned in the center You can move the red focus rectangle around to wherever you want to start reading Once you have moved the red focus rectangle to the desired location you can either dismiss the preview window F5 or go directly to formatted mode F2 The displayed magnified text will start from the portion of the document highlighted by the red focus rectangle The focus rectangle disappears The thickness and color of the focus rectangle can be changed via settings dialog View Effects Help p fewer than 100 shares a voluntary program in which they can sell all of fhoir You now own one share of new Agere common stock for every 10 shares of old Class 8 common stock you owned before the reverse stock spit For example To move the red focus rectangle around the document 22 By keyboard use keyboard arrows to move the rectangle around Make sure X Y table is checked under the general tab in settings By mouse left click the document to have the red focus rectangle jump there You can customize how the focus rectangle will look On the main m
19. conds depending on the amount of text on the page and the power of your computer Navigate the formatted document in Full Screen Formatted Mode By keyboard Use up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down line by line Use Page Up and Page Down keys to scroll up and down page by page Use Home End keys to go to the beginning end of thedocument Note This will only work if Use arrow keys to stimulate X Y table is checked under Settings Switching between Formatted Mode and CCTV Mode To go back to Magnification CCTV mode By keyboard press F2 F key By mouse double click anywhere in the text Note 1 After you switch to Magnification CCTV mode from Formatted mode Press F4 16 S key in order to adjust sharpness Note 2 After switching to Magnification CCTV mode from Formatted mode camera remains off and the whole page is in the computer memory Originally when you switch from Magnification CCTV mode to Formatted text mode Zoom Ex will take a snapshot of the page and shut the camera off in order to format the text Once you leave Formatted Text mode and return to Magnification CCTV mode with the camera remaining off Zoom Ex displays the still image of the document It makes no difference as far as reading the document is concerned However in order to go to a different document you need the camera back on For instructions on how to turn the Zoom Ex camera on see Going To The Next Page or Another Docume
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21. cuments ZoomOffice WAVE Once you re in the directory double click on the saved file and it will open in a program such as Windows Media Player The saved WAV file allows you to hear the full text without having to open the saved image changing it over to text format then having it read Having the saved WAV file also allows you to burn it onto CD s and can be uploaded on to your mp3 player so you can take your book with you Printing a Document Zoom Ex allows you to print out the formatted document with any magnification To preview the printed document go to Application and go down to Print Preview Print the document if it is to your liking or you can go back to the formatted document and adjust the magnification Note Multiple pages may be printed depending on the magnification of one page Pages will be able to be read as a book 20 Changing Zoom Ex display characteristics Changing the Sharpness Settings Press F4 or S to alternate between various sharpness modes The sharpness contrast settings should be set separately for the Magnification CCTV mode and the Formatted Text mode Changing the text background color In order to switch between available colors press F3 or C Continue to press C until you have chosen a desired color In Magnification CCTV mode the available color options are black on white inverted white on black color In Formatted Text mode the available color options are
22. d button Note The default selection is Manual Adding Pages to a New Book 26 Now that you ve chosen how to scan save a book lets start adding pages 1 Manual mode a e Put the first page of your document under the Zoom Ex camera it should appear on screen Click the Add A button Use your hands to keep the book flat In a second you will hear a shutter sound The page is now saved and the Current page field should display 1 while the Next page number should display 2 if you are saving one page at a time or 3 if you are saving two pages at a time or even odd pages Put the next page of your document and click the Add button or press A on the keyboard Save as many pages as you need by repeating the previous step If you are saving a lot of pages you can always take a break and continue saving pages later 2 Auto mode a b Click the Start Auto Mode Button Place the open book under the camera use both hands to flatten the page In a few seconds you will hear the shutter sound This lets you know the page has been scanned and saved Turn the page again keep the page flat and in a few seconds you will hear the same sound Continue turning pages until you have all the pages you need scanned and saved When you are all done or need a break click the Stop Auto Mode button and remove the book from under the camera When you are completely finished saving pages click the Done button Once
23. e Open Book dialog box disappears Read Mode bar appears at the top of the screen the first page of the chosen document is displayed on screen as well 6 ZoomEx Book abc123 Application View Book Voice Effects Help 5 Previous Next Goto page 5 Go Exit Current page Reading a Saved Book cont The reading mode bar has the Previous and Next buttons along with the Go to page field and Go button to jump to a page out of order The reading mode bar also has the Current Page field which displays the number of the page currently being viewed If the Status parameter box is checked under General Settings Zoom Ex will tell you the current page number 4 You can magnify the image of the current page format the text part of the image and use all other functions available for viewing documents with Zoom Ex to make your reading efficient and more enjoyable Please read Using Zoom Ex As a Smart Magnifier and Using Zoom Ex As The Fastest Reader to learn about the available Zoom Ex functions Zoom Ex will remember all your selections when you move from page to page or from book to book If you use the Save only odd or only even pages option 29 while saving the book you will need to rotate only the first even odd page Zoom Ex will rotate the rest of the page automatically 5 Click the Next button or letter N on the keyboard to go to the next page of your document or click the Previous button or you can press P on th
24. e keyboard button to go to the previous page You can also put in a page number out of sequence and click the Go button to jump to that page 6 When you are done browsing the book click the Exit button Note When the cursor is on the Current Page or Go To Page field and you are moving from page to page using Previous P or Next N buttons you will hear N or P instead of the Next or Previous To avoid this use TAB to move the cursor Managing Books Adding Additional Pages to an Existing Book To add additional pages to an existing book 1 Open the book of interest by going to the Book menu and go down to Open Book 2 Once the Read Mode bar appears go to the Book menu and select Add Pages 3 zoomEx Book lol Application View Book Voice Effects Help Current p Close Book Save Current Book As Save Current Book Text Delete This Page 3 The Add Pages Book bar will appear 4 Place the page you want to scanned under the camera set its page number and press the Add button or the letter A You can also use the Auto save mode and or save two pages at a time See Creating Zoom Book section for details 30 5 Repeat step 4 as needed 6 When you finish adding new pages click the Done button If you were saving pages in Auto mode click the Stop Auto Mode bution first and then click the Done button The Add Pages book bar will disappear and the Read Mode book bar will appear a
25. enu click Application and go down to Settings The Settings dialog will appear On the Settings dialog select the Preview Window tab You can select focus rectangle color red blue or green and border thin medium thick Changes made to the preview window do not take effect until you click OK Changing Advanced Zoom Ex Display Characteristics Fine Tuning the Contrast Setting To change contrast Press Ctrl key and gt on the keyboard in order to increase contrast press Ctrl key and lt on the keyboard in order to decrease contrast Note make sure Ctrl key is pressed prior to lt or gt key Pressing or gt keys without pressing the Ctrl key will adjust camera brightness Changing the Brightness Setting By default the camera operates in auto brightness mode In order to overwrite auto brightness mode and change brightness press on the keyboard to decrease brightness press gt to increase brightness Note Brightness can be changed only while camera is on that is in Magnification CCTV Mode When in Reformatted Text Mode first switch to Magnification Mode press space bar which will re start the camera Creating and Managing Book A Book is an electronic copy of a book that you can create using Zoom Ex Zoom Ex allows you to scan and save multi page documents on a computer You can view saved books at any computer where a Zoom Ex device may not
26. g e eeeee eere eee eee esee enses sees sseees JD Zoom Ex Quick Reference Guide 4 0 c eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees OD Keypad keystrokes for reading functions eese AL Reading DY WOFG 3 oett se ED erit Qiiod eot eile teer re Deed Po Ln erae EE det Meet nid dens 41 Reading ey Aen Ezeiza 41 Reading by sentence Reading Dy SCCUOM Ams esce pO EN I SERERE I BEC IE EIE I I E 41 Zoom Book Keyboard Command Keys e eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eee eese eeeeseeses 42 Zoom Book Menu Accelerator Keys scsccsscsscsscsscsssssssssssssssssscsscsccsscsscsscesce 42 ABISee Contact and Customer Service Information cce ee ecce eee e ecce eee eee eese sess 44 What is Zoom Twix and Zoom Office Zoom Twix is an electronic scanner reader magnifier that aids visually impaired persons in reading printed material viewing distant objects and writing in real time Zoom Twix is a device with two cameras The first camera is called Zoom Ex and the second camera which is a flexible CCTV camera is called Zoom Frog Zoom Twix can generate magnified images of blackboards and other distant objects with its Zoom Frog camera Both Zoom Ex and Zoom Frog cameras are connected to your PC or laptop through a USB 2 0 port Zoom Twix weighs about 2 pounds making it easy to bring to and f
27. gain Deleting Pages in an Existing Book In order to delete a page in a book 1 Open the book of interest by going to the Book menu and click on Open Book The Read Mode Book bar will appear 2 Navigate to the page that you want to delete by putting the page number into the Go to page field and pressing Go 3 Go to the Book menu and click on Delete This Page 0 ZoomEx Book lol Application View Book Voice Effects Help Current p ious Ne Close Book Save Current Book As Save Current Book Text Add Pages Delete This Page 4 You will be asked to confirm your instruction Click yes 31 ZoomOffice Message Are you sure you want to delete this page 5 The page will be deleted the display will automatically move to the next page or to the previous page if the deleted page was the last page of the document Deleting a Book In order to delete a book 1 Go to the Book menu and click on Delete Book Applicaton View Book Voice Effects Help Create New Book Open Book Delete Book 2 The Delete Book dialog box will appear Select the book that you wish to delete and click the Delete button You cannot delete the open book 32 Delete Book ESE abc1234 all123 angela ap book jgklifdjgl august jhihi book456 john43 book6754 joseph fffffff joseph 12 gbcvgrtbcgt Kent23 gfgfg kk hbihblil Inji Book location unes and Settings Other M Delete Cancel
28. gram JAWS so there is really no need to run JAWS while using Zoom Ex Having your Document Read to You To Read from the beginning of the page To start reading from the beginning of the page place the page under the camera click the Space Bar to turn camera on and press the E key You will hear the voice in a few seconds To stop or pause the voice press the CONTROL key To resume the voice press the X key To hear and see the text being read hit F2 F to bring you to the text formatted mode You can also start reading by going to Voice on the tab menu and down to Speak Entire Page Page description A page may have text pictures graphics etc We define sections as page elements or parts of the page that can be easily visually separated from the rest of the page For example if the page is a newspaper than each column will be a section If the page has a picture in the middle of the page then the text above the picture is the first section and the text below the picture is the second section The key combination Shift E will describe the page layout It will tell How many words are on the page How many sections are on the page What percentage of the page is text How many columns and headers if any To Read from the Beginning of the Section To start reading from the beginning of the next section press the CONTROL key plus the Down arrow You will hear the voice in a few seconds To stop or pause the voice
29. lle Book Voice Application start u Flicker compensation 60 Hz North America C 50 Hz Europe Speech output v Status iv Menus and dialogs Advanced Camera Use arrow keys to simulate X Y table p Settings If box ix checked arrow keys will behave as described above i e the user can navigate the screen in CCTV mode with arrow keys Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll up and down in both the CCTV and formatted mode If this box is unchecked the arrow keys can be used for reading functions as described in section Notebook Laptop keystrokes for reading functions Default value for this 13 setting is unchecked Working in Formatted Text Mode Formatted text mode separates text from pictures and wraps the text according to the selected magnification Pictures are ignored focusing on just the text The document is scanned and changed over to true font like in a word document The text is put in 1 long column and no matter how much you magnify the text it will not run off the screen There is no need for an X Y table Lines wrap on Lines wra screen for easy P Li nes scroll down with on screen no need for an X for easy Wrap on iii scroll down Screen Different Formatted Modes for Following Text on the Screen If you go to APPLICATIONS and down to Settings click on the tab labeled Formatted Mode and go down to the section called Formatted Mode There you will see four optio
30. nning line Auto Scrolling Mode is Enabled lt gt 5 LI Speed adjustment 43 ABISee Contact and Customer Service Information Please feel free to contact us regarding any questions or concerns you may have ABISee Inc 77 Powdermill Rd Acton MA 01720 Phone 978 461 0007 Toll free 800 681 5909 Fax 253 595 3623 E mail info abisee com 44
31. ns to read formatted text The four options are Full Screen Highlighted Line Auto Scroll and Word by Word General Preview Window Formatted Mode Braille Book Voice Mous wheel acts as C Auto scroll C Highlighted line C Word by word Display separation lines between paragraphs v True font format Wait for stable image before formatting The first option is labeled as Full Screen is it the DEFAULT it will show text on the screen as if it was a word document Full Screen option highlights the word as it is being read The next option is Highlighted Line This option has one line that goes across the screen and it highlights the word as it is being read This allows you to follow along with 14 ease The next option is Auto Scroll Auto scroll is an option that keeps the text moving in a running line at a constant speed across the computer screen Auto scroll is controlled by using the lt and gt keys slows down the scrolling text line while increases the scrolling text line Auto scroll is used to read the flowing words across the computer screen with no highlighting or spoken words To stop or pause the auto scrolling press the X key To resume or start auto scrolling press the X key or the key Note You can not use speech output with auto scroll The last option is word by word The word by word option takes one word at a time and shows it on the screen as i
32. nt topic below Going to the next page or another document If the camera is on all you need to do is place the new page at the Zoom Ex base it will instantly appear magnified on the computer screen if you are working in live Magnification CCTV Mode Or in scanning mode you will see a full image of the page that is to be scanned Press Y to toggle between these two modes If you are working in Formatted Text Mode the Zoom Ex camera is off the camera needs to be turned on To turn on the Zoom Ex camera press space bar Saving a document and opening a previously saved document Place a new page at the Zoom Ex base Go to Application and down to Save Image A Save Image dialog box will appear Save Document Save in a Images quick E Children Book jpg E Glossy Scientific Journal jpg My Recent jlala pg Documents Newspaper jpg Ij Old Paperback jpg E Smal Font Tourbock jpg ij Student Handout jpg ifjtest1l jpg E test2 jpg m test4 jpg mvb jpg My Documents My Computer File name Save Save as type JPEG Files jpg jpeg Cancel x My Network Type in the name for your document and click the Save button The image will be saved in the default directory My Documents ZoomOffice lmages You can also select another directory in which to save the document You can save images while in either CCTV or Formatted mode Either mode will save the image of the document To view a
33. ok Voice Effects Help Start Freeze Toggle cameras 35 How do I Zoom In and Out using Zoom Frog To zoom in on an object press the key You can also zoom in on an object by going to VIEW on the menu bar and down to ZOOM IN To zoom out on an object press the key You can also zoom out on an object by going to VIEW on the menu bar and down to ZOOM OUT NOTE In order to use keyboard commands to zoom in and out make sure the little cable is connected to Zoom Frog then to Zoom Ex or they will not work There are 2 buttons on the back of Zoom Frog The left button when held down zooms in The right button when held down zooms out NOTE Little cable does not need to be connected to Zoom Frog then to Zoom Ex to zoom in and out When you are zooming in on a close image such as a written test at the base of Zoom Ex with Zoom Frog you need to make sure that the macro lens is in front of the camera The macro lens is the 1st lens in front of the Zoom Frog camera that can be adjusted down or up by turning it to the left or right The macro lens is used to focus in on close objects and make them more clear Without this lens close objects will be blurry When you are zooming in on distant objects such as the blackboard the macro lens is not needed If you do use the macro lens when zooming in on distant objects they will appear blurry and hard to see How do I freeze a Zoom Frog image To take snap shots with Zo
34. ole page 11 inches by 8 1 2 inches When you are placing your document under the camera try to make it as flat as possible and align it with the legs When the camera is turned on two modes are available Scanning mode and Live Magnification CCTV mode When Zoom Office starts up the camera is turned on and it is in scanning mode A full image of the page that is placed under the camera appears on the screen Zoom Ex is ready to take an image and read the text In this mode magnification is not available In Magnification Live CCTV mode Zoom Ex displays what is currently placed under its camera on the computer screen In this mode you can fill out forms or look at small objects or pictures under the camera You can toggle between scanning and magnification mode by pressing the letter Y Place a document under the Zoom Ex camera and make sure that the camera is in scanning mode 1 To scan and listen to the Document under the camera Press E 2 To see your Document in Formatted Text Mode Press F To see your Document magnified in Formatted Text Mode Press to increase the font size 3 You can also press E to have the text read to you while following the text on the screen 4 Press F2 to see an image of your document to increase magnification press 5 To start using the Zoom Frog camera press F7 you will hear the computer say Zoom Frog Camera This indicates that the Zoom Frog is on If you
35. om Frog press the Space Bar The camera will be stopped and the image will now be frozen on the screen You can also go to Camera on the menu bar and down to Start Freeze to stop the camera and have your picture taken with Zoom Frog 0 ZoomEx Applicaton Camera View Book Voice Effects Help Start Freeze Toggle cameras 36 How do I save an image using Zoom Frog Once you have the image on the screen that you want to save press CONTROL S The save document dialog box will appear Type in a name for your image and click the Save button Save Document Save in a Images Quick E Children Book jpg Glossy Scientific Journal jpg My Recent Jlala jpg Documents Newspaper jpg Old Paperback jpg E Smal Font Tourbook jpg E student Handout jpg test1 ipg rjtest2 ipg E test4 ipg Evb jpg File name Save as type JPEG Files jpg jpeq CD My Network The image will be saved in the folder My Documents ZoomOffice lmages Image is saved as a JPEG file To quick save an image press CONTROL SHIFT S NOTE You will not hear anything or see anything done on the screen to indicate that the quick save has been performed The image will be saved as a date time stamp in the folder My Documents ZoomOffice Images Quick How do I change the brightness and contrast when using Zoom Frog To increase the brightness press the key lt To decrease the brightness press the key gt
36. once Use this option to scan small size books If you place the open book under the camera and can see both pages in the preview window F5 you can save both pages at once While using this option book orientation is important always put the book in the landscape format and align the edges of the book with Zoom Ex base When you scan two pages at once both pages will be saved with their respective numbers When your reading saved pages you will be able to view each page separately If the Book failed to separate two pages it will be indicated by error sound and will save both pages as one page In this case you can delete that page See Deleting a Page in a Book section adjust the book and save the same pages again Note The default selection is Scan one page at a time Scanning Modes There are 2 types of scanning modes 1 Manual Mode In this mode you press the A key or click the Add button to scan and save the page You will hear a shutter sound indicating that the page has been scanned and saved 2 Auto Mode In this mode all you have to do is click the Start Auto Mode button to start scanning saving pages Then simply turn the pages The Zoom Ex camera has motion detectors so it will scan each page as soon as the page image stays still for a few seconds It waits while you turn the pages Auto Mode allows you to use both hands to hold the pages in place since you don t have to operate the mouse or keyboard to push the Ad
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38. press F7 it will take you back to the Zoom Ex camera You will hear the computer say Zoom Ex Camera 6 When you are zooming in on distant objects such as the blackboard the macro lens is not needed The macro lens is the 1st lens in front of the Zoom Frog camera that can be adjusted down or up by turning it to the left or right If you do use the macro lens when zooming in on distant objects they will appear blurry and hard to see You can only use one camera at a time Do you want Zoom Ex to talk to you You can customize Zoom Ex software in many different ways When you start Zoom Ex for the first time it will work according to the default settings There are customizable features that can be changed to your liking One of these customizable features is Speech Output By default Zoom Ex will read menus dialogs etc It will also tell you when the camera is on or off if your document is placed as portrait or landscape etc If you do not want Zoom Ex to talk to you and you would rather have a program like JAWS assist you go to Applications and down to Settings Under the Speech output uncheck Status Zoom Ex will not inform you about the camera and or uncheck Menus and dialogs it will not read menus and dialogs Click OK See image below There is one more option that can be used on all toolbars message boxes etc To speak the current control press shift NOTE Our application speaks menu bars and dialogs just like the pro
39. rom the classroom Zoom Office is a software program that runs on your computer controlling both Zoom Ex and Zoom Frog cameras Together Zoom Twix and Zoom Office make reading easy and fun for anyone who has to strain to see that small and fuzzy print Zoom Ex can be used to read books magazines newspapers documents medicine bottle labels and anything else that has printed text on the computer screen You can also listen to the voice of your choice that reads the text For simplicity we will use the name Zoom Ex to describe features of both the device and the software Zoom Ex is very easy to use the user places a printed document under Zoom Ex camera and Zoom Ex displays it on a computer screen instantaneously There are no buttons on the device everything can be done using either a keyboard or a mouse Zoom Ex works with many languages Zoom Ex allows navigating the text for reading off the screen without moving the page responds to commands instantly and supports text formatting for easy reading Zoom Ex reads text documents aloud with sophisticated natural language speech synthesizers No third party software installation required it s included Zoom Ex allows you to create books by capturing multiple pages under one name Setting up Zoom Twix 1 Take the Zoom Twix stand out of the box and unfold the two legs Pivot the two pins at the base of the vertical camera stand outward over each leg This locks the legs in
40. t is simultaneously being read You have the ability to change the size of the font seen on the screen by pressing to increase the font and to decrease the size of the font You can also change the speed at which the words are being spoken by pressing shift Q to increase the voice speed or shift Z to decrease the voice speed Other Formatted Mode Options You also have the option to turn on off the Display separation lines between paragraphs as well as True font format The option Display separation lines between paragraphs if enabled put lines on the screen separating paragraphs If disabled the text will flow the same as a word document If true font format is enabled the text will show up on the screen like in a word document If this option is disabled the text or font on the screen will show up just like it is in the actual document placed under the camera General Preview Window Formatted Mode Braille Book Voice Mouse wheel acts as Scroll C Zoom Formatting Mode Full screen C Auto scroll C Highlighted line Word by word Cancel Working in Formatted Text Mode without Speech Output 15 Formatting a document By keyboard press F2 F key By mouse double click anywhere in the text The Knowledge and Energy Merger Experience onsider the possibilities tf each of us were able to bum aa L X Be Pe Pe SU a 5pm L Formatting the text may take a few se
41. x can talk in many languages Select the language you want to read Changing the Language When you go to Application and down to Setting and over to the Voice tab you will see that there are two other options that you can modify The first is OCR Language Settings General Preview Window Formatted Mode Braille Book Voice Cancel OCR Language is the language of the document that you are putting under the Zoom Ex camera By default the OCR Language is English The second is Application Language Application Language is the language of the application This includes text menus 12 and dialog boxes By default the Application Language is English Working in Magnification CCTV Mode Magnify Zoom In and shrink Zoom Out whatever you see on the screen By keyboard Press and plus and minus signs to respectively Zoom In and Out By mouse Roll the mouse wheel forward backwards to Zoom In Out Move the view without moving the magnified document By keyboard Press left right up or down arrows If you are unable to do this see below for further instructions By mouse Click left mouse button at any point on the screen and move the mouse in the direction you want to move the document Under Applications go down to Settings there is a setting called Use arrow keys to simulate X Y table under the General Tab Settings General Preview Window Formatted Mode Brai
42. you have clicked the Done button the Add Pages book bar will disappear and the Read Mode book bar will appear Note You can add more pages to this book later See Adding Additional Pages to an Existing Book section of the manual for more details 27 0 ZoomEx Book abc123 Application View Book Voice Effects Help Current page 9 Previous Next Goto page 5 Go Exit The Read Mode bar allows you to easily read your saved book with navigation buttons For more information on reading your book with Read Mode book bar see Reading a Saved Book topic below If you are done with your book for now click the Exit button to close the book More Tips on Saving a Book 1 Place a piece of white paper under the camera and place a book on the paper Then Zoom Ex will not scan the background as part of your document x ZB S 2 Make the book as flat as possible If you are saving a thick book ee with a lot of pages choose the Auto mode and use both hands to flatten the book 3 When you are saving a book in Auto mode Zoom Ex will automatically adjust brightness to the light conditions at that time If you are taking a lot of time saving all of the pages take a break occasionally click Stop Auto Mode and then click Start Auto Mode to allow Zoom Ex to readjust brightness according to the illumination of your room as they may have changed 4 When you are saving a lot of pages in Auto mode you may notice you have to wait longer to
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