AbiSee Zoom-Ex User Manual

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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 i

If box is 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 do

x Full Screen, is it the DEFAULT, and text will be shown on the screen as if it was a word document. This option highlights the word as it is bein

If true font format is enabled, the text will show up on the screen as in a word document. If this option is disabled, the text or font on the screen

Use Page-Up and Page-Down keys to scroll up and down page by page. Use Home or End keys to go to the beginning or end of the document. Note: This wi

Saving a Document and Opening a Previously Saved Document Place a new document on the Zoom-Ex base. Go to Application and down to Save Image.

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

When saving a ―previously saved‖ image as text there is no need to stop the camera because it is already stopped. Follow the same steps listed above.

Changing Zoom-Ex Display Characteristics Changing the sharpness settings Press F4 or S to alternate between sharpness modes. The sharpness/cont

page. A focusing rectangle in the preview window identifies an area of the page which is currently displayed on the screen. Full screen preview mode

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS:Setting up Zoom-Ex ... 4 Quick Start ...

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-

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

The dialog will go away; the Add Pages bar will appear instead. You can save any kind of book using Zoom-Ex – small paperback books, large 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 b

Now that you‘ve chosen how to scan/save a book, let‘s start adding pages. 1. Manual mode: a) Put the first page of your document under the Zoom-Ex

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

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 w

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

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

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

To save a Document as a WAV File ... 16 Opening a WAV file ...

3. You will be asked to confirm your instruction. Click yes. 4. The dialog will be dismissed, and the selected book is deleted. Closing a Boo

file. The file is saved in the folder My Documents\Zoom-Office\Texts. Depending on the power of your computer it could take approximately from 3 to 6

Start/Stop Zoom-Ex Camera: Space or (Caps Lock + Dot). Note: When Zoom-Ex is in Magnification (Live CCTV) mode, press ‗y‘ first, then Space. Start

Reading by word: Next: Insert + 6. Current: Insert + 5. Previous: Insert + 4. Reading by character. Next: 6. Current: 5. Previous: 4

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

Home Go to the first line of the page in reformatted mode. CTRL + S. Save current image. If option “Use arrow keys to simulate X-Y table” is check

Reading by character ... 32 Reading by sentence ...

What is Zoom-Ex and Zoom-Office? Zoom-Ex is an electronic scanner/reader/magnifier that aids visually-impaired persons in reading printed material a

application, open it. Once Zoom-Office opens, it will announce ―Camera started.‖ This indicates that the camera is ready to start scanning. Zoom-Ex

use the macro lens when zooming in on distant objects they will appear blurry and hard to see. 8. You can only use one camera at a time. Do you wa

- the percentage of text on the page - the number of columns and headers, if any To read from the beginning of the section Press the Control key

Following the text on the screen while listening If you want to follow the text while listening, the text must be formatted first. Double click