PEARL / Zoom-Office Training Guide and User Manual for Mac OS X

PEARL /

Zoo

Off

Guide and User

for Mac

VERSION 10.7 and

her

Release 6.2

TABLE OF

CONTENTS:

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE ....................................................................................................................................... 4

What are PEARL and Zoom-Office?..................................................................................................................... 6

Setting up PEARL ................................................................................................................................................. 6

Quick Start ............................................................................................................................................................... 7

How to Place a Document under the Camera ..................................................................................................... 7

Do you Want PEARL to talk to

you?

..................................................................................................................... 7

Having your Document Read to You ........................................................................................................................ 8

To read from the beginning of the page ............................................................................................................. 8

Page description.................................................................................................................................................. 8

To read from the beginning of the section ......................................................................................................... 8

Moving to the next word, sentence, section, or another document.................................................................. 9

Viewing magnified graphics and listening to the voice reading the description of the graphics ....................... 9

Following the text on the screen while listening.................................................................................................... 9

Changing the Voice Settings.................................................................................................................................... 9

Changing the Language ......................................................................................................................................... 10

Working in Magnification (CCTV) Mode .................................................................................................................. 10

Working in Formatted Text Mode......................................................................................................................... 11

Different Formatted Modes for following text on the screen .......................................................................... 11

Other Formatted Mode options........................................................................................................................ 11

Working in Formatted Text Mode without speech output............................................................................... 12

Navigate the formatted document in full screen formatted mode .................................................................. 12

Switching between Formatted Mode and ............................................................................................................ 12

Preview Mode ....................................................................................................................................................... 12

Going to the Next Page or another Document ..................................................................................................... 13

Saving a Document and Opening a Previously Saved document .......................................................................... 13

To save a document as a text file ...................................................................................................................... 13

To save a document as an audio - MP3 f

ile

........................................................................................................ 14

Opening an MP3 File ............................................................................................................................................. 14

Printing a Document ............................................................................................................................................. 14

Changing PEARL Display Characteristics............................................................................................................ 15

Changing the sharpness s

ettings

....................................................................................................................... 15

Changing the text/background color ................................................................................................................ 15

Rotating the view of an o

bject

.......................................................................................................................... 15

Using the preview window................................................................................................................................ 15

Changing Advanced PEARL Display Characteristics........................................................................................... 16

Fine-tuning the contrast setting........................................................................................................................ 16

Changing the brightness s

ett

........................................................................................................................ 17

Creating and Managing Books............................................................................................................................... 17

Creating a Book ................................................................................................................................................. 17

Choose how to scan a

Book

............................................................................................................................... 17

Scanning m

odes

................................................................................................................................................. 18

Adding pages to a new Book ............................................................................................................................. 19

tips on saving a B

ook

................................................................................................................................ 20

Reading a saved B

ook

........................................................................................................................................ 20

Managing Books .................................................................................................................................................... 22

Adding additional pages to an existing

Book

..................................................................................................... 22

Deleting pages in an existing B

ook

.................................................................................................................... 23

Deleting a Book ................................................................................................................................................. 23

Closing a Book ................................................................................................................................................... 23

Saving a Book as t

ext

......................................................................................................................................... 23

Saving a Book as MP3 files ................................................................................................................................ 24

Copying a saved Book........................................................................................................................................ 24

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE

Access Menu options

Command + A

Application; Up/Down arrows to access

sub-menu.

Command + C

Camera; Up/Down arrows to access sub-

menu.

Command + V

View; Up/Down arrows to access sub-

menu.

Command + B

Book; Up/Down arrows to access

sub-menu.

Command + B + O

Open book.

Command + B + D

Delete book

Command + right

arrow

Access Voice, Effects, Help.

Keystrokes for Reading Functions

Space bar

Start/Stop Camera.

Key

Start reading from the top of page

Key

Pause/Resume reading.

Right/Left arrow

Read by character

Up/Down arrow

Read by sentence

Ctrl+Right/Left arrow

Read by word

Ctrl+Up/Down arrow

Read by paragraph

Esc

Key

Cancel processing.

NOTE: For Mac OS X (Lion) users.

Uncheck Mission Control Options under the Keyboard/Keyboard Shortcuts

of the System Preferences to read by word and by paragraph using

Zoom-Office shortcuts.

Speech Output Control Keystrokes

Shift + Q

Increase voice speed.

Shift + Z

Decrease voice speed.

Shift + E

Hear page description.

Ctrl

Stop

speaking

Book Keyboard Command Keys

Command+B+O

Open

Book

Command+B+D

Delete

Book

Key

Add

Page

Key

Page

Key

Page

Continuous Book Reading

Continuous Book

Reading

Mode

Check the box

under

Application/Setting/Book

Key

Start reading from the top

Key

Pause/resume

NOTE: Using the arrow keys will stop the continuous reading.

Press X key to resume the continuous reading.

Magnification Mode

Space bar

Start Camera.

Key

Switch from reading to

magnification and back

NOTE: When switching back to reading mode, press Space bar to

start the camera.

What are PEARL and Zoom-Office?

PEARL is a computer-connected scanner-reader-magnifier that aids visually

impaired users to read and magnify printed material. PEARL camera is

connected through a USB 2.0 port.

Zoom-Office is a software program that runs on your computer controlling Zoom-

Ex camera. For simplicity, we will use the name PEARL to describe features of

both the device and the software.

PEARL is used to read aloud books, magazines, newspapers, documents,

medicine bottle labels, and other types of print. It also simultaneously displays

magnified formatted text on a screen for easy navigation.

PEARL’s lightning-fast scanning, up to 20 pages per minute, enables a user to

create audio and textual books without physically destroying an original bound

print.

Setting up

PEARL

Insert the enclosed software CD into a CD/DVD drive or download the software

from the www.FreedomScientific.com web site. You will be presented with

two files, XQuartz.pkg and ZoomOffice.pkg. Run XQuartz.pkg first. This will

install X-Windows (the Windows emulator needed to run Zoom-Office). Next,

run ZoomOffice.pkg. When this is complete it will auto restart your Mac.

Pull PEARL from the shipping box, unfold and lock its legs using small latches

located on the base of the device. Legs form a 90 degree 9 by 11 inches area and

are used as guiding rails to place printed material.

After the software installation is complete, connect PEARL to a USB port. It is

now ready to be used.

Select Zoom-Office from the Applications directory or from the Tool bar. Once

Zoom-Office opens up, it will announce “Camera Started”. This indicates that the

camera is ready to start scanning. PEARL 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 PEARL should be in the standing position PEARL camera captures and saves

the whole page (8 ½ by 11 inches). When placing a 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/Reading

mode and Live Magnification (CCTV) mode.

When Zoom-Office starts up, the camera is turned on and it is in

scanning/reading mode. A full image of the page that is placed under the

camera appears on the screen. PEARL is ready to take an image and read

the text. In this mode, magnification is not available.

In Live Magnification (CCTV) mode: PEARL 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/reading and

Magnification mode by pressing the

letter

Note: Please switch slowly from scanning/reading to Live Magnification

mode and back again, wait to hear the announcement: “Reading mode”/

“Magnification mode”.

Place a document under the PEARL camera and make sure that the camera

is in scanning/reading mode:

1. Press

To .have the document under the camera read to you.

2. Press

to see your document in Formatted Text mode.

3. Press

“+”

to increase the

font size

in Formatted Text mode.

Do you Want PEARL to talk to you?

You can customize PEARL software in many different ways. When you start

PEARL 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, PEARL will read

menus,

dialogs, etc. It will also tell you when the camera is on or off, or if your

document is placed as portrait or landscape, etc. If you do not want PEARL to

talk to you, and you would rather have a program like JAWS assist you, go to

Applications (Command+A) and down arrow key to Settings.

Under Speech Output uncheck Status (PEARL will not inform you about

the camera) and/or

uncheck

Menus and dialogs (it will not read menus

and

dialogs). Select

OK.

NOTE: Application speaks menu bars, dialogs, reads aloud using native

Mac voices, just like the voice over on your Mac computer.

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, select

the Space bar to turn the camera

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,

press F to see the text in Formatted mode. You can also start reading by g

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, then 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, such as:

- 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 pause the

voice at any point, press the X key. To resume the voice, press the X key again.

Reading will stop at the end of the section.

Moving to the next word, sentence, section,

another

document

PEARL allows the reader to move around the page, whether it’s 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 a new page, turn the PEARL camera on by pressing the Space bar.

PEARL will tell you that the camera is now on. Place the new page at the

PEARL 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. Press

V key to view a picture, graph, etc. and listen to the voice reading the description

of the picture at the same time.

If there is only one picture on the page, move the picture to the center of the

screen, press V key to view and magnify the picture and press E key to read the

text.

Following the text on the screen while

listening

If you want to follow the text while listening, you will have to format the text

first.

Press the F key. The formatted text (no pictures or lines ever run of the screen)

will be displayed. Magnify the text as desired using ‘+’ or ‘-‘keys.

You can select the E key to start reading from the beginning of the page or X key

to resume reading from the place you have paused it.

The word that is currently read will be highlighted 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 S

etti

ngs

To select any Mac native voice from a drop down list of available voices, go to

Application/Settings/Voice.

All voices available on your computer become available for selection from Zoom- Ex

application automatically.

NOTE: For better performance, select any Application voice you wish and then

match it with the same computer System Voice.

You can change the voice parameters by going to Application, down to

Settings, and on the Voice tab:

Test different voices, select one you like and select Apply, then OK.

You can change the speed by using the Speed slide bar

under

the Voice tab in

Settings.

Changing the Language

When you go to Application, down to Settings, and over to the Voice tab,

there are two other options that you can modify. The first is OCR Language.

OCR Language is the language of the document that you are placing under the

PEARL camera. By default, the OCR Language is English.

Application Language is the language of the application, including text, menus,

and dialog boxes. By default, the Application Language is English.

Once you made changes to OCR and Application Language, select Apply, then

OK buttons. Exit the application and launch it again for the changes to take

effect.

Working in Magnification (CCTV) Mode

Text can be magnified when in Formatted Mode (F).

Image can be magnified when in Preview Mode (V) or Live Magnification Mode

(Y).

Magnify (Zoom-In) and shrink (Zoom-Out) whatever you see on the

screen:

Press k e y b o a r d ’ s ” +” (plus sign to zoom in); press “–“ (minus sign to

zoom out).

To 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.)

Under Application, go down to Settings. There is a setting called Use arrow

keys to simulate X-Y table under the General Tab. If the box is checked, the

arrow keys will behave as described above, i.e. t

he user

can navigate the

screen in Preview or Live Magnification 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 the section Keystrokes for reading functions. Default value for

this

setting is unchecked.

Working in Formatted Text Mode

Formatted Text mode ignores the pictures and wraps the text according to the

selected magnification. The document is

scanned and changed over to true font,

as in a word document. The text is displayed in one 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.

Different Formatted Modes for following text on

the

screen

Go to Application, down to Settings, select the tab labeled Formatted Mode

There are three options to read formatted text: Full Screen, Highlighted

Line, and Word by Word.

Full Screen is the DEFAULT setting and it will display the text on the screen as if

it were a word document. Full Screen option highlights the word as it is being

read.

Highlighted Line is the option having one line going across the screen as it

highlights the word being read. This allows you to follow words with ease.

The last option, Word by Word, takes one word at a time and displays it on the

screen as it is simultaneously being read.

You have the ability to change the size of the font seen on the screen by pressing

(+) to increase the size of 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 it or Shift + Z to decrease it.

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

aratin

para

raphs.

If disabled, the text will flow the same as in a word document.

If True Font format is enabled, the text will show up on the screen as in a word

document. If disabled, the

or font on the screen will show up exactly

as it is

in the actual document placed under the camera.

Working in Formatted Text Mode without speech

output

Formatting a document:

By keyboard: Press the F key

Formatting the text may take a few seconds depending on the amount of text on

the page and the power of your computer.

Navigate the formatted document in full

screen

formatted

mode

Use Up and Down arrow keys to scroll up and down line by line. Use the Page

Up and Page Down keys to scroll up and down page by page.

Note: This will only work if “Use arrow keys to simulate X-Y table” is checked

under the Application Settings.

Switching between Formatted Mode

Preview

Mode

Press the F key.

Note 1: After you switch to Preview mode from Formatted mode, press the S

key in order to adjust sharpness.

Note 2: After switching to Preview mode from Formatted mode, the camera

remains off, and the whole page is in the computer memory.

Originally, when you switch from Preview mode to Formatted Text mode,

PEARL 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 Preview mode, with the

camera remaining off, PEARL 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 have to turn the camera back on by

pressing the Space bar. You’ll hear ‘Camera started’.

Going to the Next Page or another Docume

If the camera is on, just place the new page at the PEARL base. It will instantly

appear magnified on the computer screen if you are working in live

Magnification (CCTV) mode. In Scanning/Reading 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 camera has to be turned on.

To turn on the PEARL camera, press the Space bar.

Saving a Document and Opening a

vio

Saved d

cume

Place a new page at the PEARL base. Press the Space bar to start the camera,

press the Space bar again to stop the camera and take a picture. Go to

Application and down to Save Image. A Save Image dialog box will appear.

Type in the name for your document, and select the Save button. The image will

be saved in the default directory

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\images.

You can also select another directory in which to save the document.

You can save images only when the camera stopped and image was taken.

To view a previously saved image: Go to Application and down to Load Image.

A Load Image dialog box will appear.

Select the image and select Open. The image will appear on the screen. You can

manipulate the loaded image exactly as you would the real document, i.e.

Format, Read, and Magnify, etc.

Note: PEARL does not have to be plugged-in to read previously saved images.

To save a document as a text

file

To save under the camera document as text, press the Space bar to stop the

camera. Once the camera is stopped, you can save the document as text.

To quickly save text with a default name as date/time stamp in the default folder

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\images

\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, down to Save text.

A Save text dialog box will appear. Type in the name for your document and

select the Save button. The document will be saved in the default directory

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\Text.

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 the same steps listed above.

To save a document as an audio - MP3

ile

To save a document as an Audio file that is currently under the PEARL camera,

press Space bar to stop the camera. Once the camera is stopped, you can save

the document as an Audio file.

Go to Application menu, select Save Audio, then press Enter. A Save Audio

dialog box will appear. Type in the name for your document, and select the Save

button. The document will be saved in the default directory

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\Audio.

You can also select another

directory in which to save the document.

Opening an MP3

File

An audio MP3 or sound file CANNOT BE OPENED in PEARL. G o into the directory

where the file was saved and open it from there. The default directory

audio files

are saved in is

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\Audio.

elect the saved

file and it will open in a program such as iTunes.

The saved MP3 file allows you to hear the full text without having to open the

saved image. Also it can be uploaded on to your mp3 player so you can take your

“book” with you.

Printing a Document

PEARL allows you to print out the formatted document with any magnification.

Press F to display a document in Formatted mode, and select Print.

To preview the printed document, go to Application and down to Print

Preview.

Print the document, or go back to the formatted document and adjust the

magnification.

Note: Multiple pages may be printed depending on the magnification of

one page.

Changing PEARL Display

harac

ist

ics

Changing the sharpness

ettings

Press S to alternate between various sharpness modes. The sharpness/contrast

settings should be set separately for the Live Magnification (CCTV) mode and

the Formatted Text mode.

Changing the text/background

color

In order to switch between available colors, press C. Continue to press C until you

have chosen a desired color.

In Preview mode, the available color options are:

- black-on-white,

- inverted (white-on-black),

- color

In Formatted Text mode, the available color options are:

- black-on-white,

- inverted (white-on-black),

- green-on-black,

- yellow-on-black,

- yellow-on-blue

- white-on-blue

Rotating the view of an

bject

To rotate a document in the Magnification (CCTV) mode, press R on your

keyboard. The view rotates 90 degrees 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 have 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 the Magnification (CCTV) mode. The

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.

The third is 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. Select

Application and go down to Settings. The Settings dialog will appear. 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 the

camera is on, only

Full Screen Preview can be displayed, unless the

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 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 where you want to start reading. The

thickness and color of the focus rectangle can be changed via settings dialog.

Once you have moved the red focus rectangle to the desired location, you can

either dismiss the preview window (V), or go directly to Formatted mode (F).

The displayed magnified text will start from the portion of the document

highlighted by the red focus rectangle. The focus rectangle disappears.

To move the red focus rectangle around the document:

Use the keyboard arrows to move the rectangle around. (Make sure the X-Y table

is checked under the General tab in Settings).

You can customize how the focus rectangle will look. On the main menu, select

Application and go down to Settings. The Settings dialog will appear. S

elect

the Preview Window tab. You can select the focus rectangle color (red,

blue or

green) and border (thin, medium or thick). Changes made to the preview window

do not take effect until you select OK.

Changing Advanced PEARL Displ

aract

eris

Fine-tuning the contrast

setting

To change contrast:

Press Control key and ‘

‘

the keyboard to increase the contrast or press

Control key and

‘

<‘

the keyboard to decrease the contrast.

Note: Make sure the Control key is pressed prior to “<” or “>” key. Pressing

“<” or “>” keys without pressing the Control key will adjust camera brightness.

Changing the brightness

ett

By default, the camera operates in Auto-brightness mode. In order to overwrite

Auto-brightness mode and change the brightness, press “<”on the keyboard to

decrease it or press “>”to increase it.

Note: The brightness can be changed only while camera is on.

Creating and Managing

Book

A Book is an electronic copy of a book that you can create using the PEARL

camera.

You can view saved books at any computer where a PEARL device may not 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 for viewing documents with PEARL.

You can also listen while the book is read to you page by page. The whole book

can be saved as text, using any third party software to read the file.

A Book allows you to bring your book anywhere with you. Just save it to a CD or

upload it to your MP3 player.

Zoom-Office can be used separately from the PEARL device to read saved

documents.

Creating a

Book

Have a book or a multi-page document handy for scanning and reading with

PEARL. Place your document under the PEARL camera.

Press Command + B, then the Enter key.

The Create Book dialog will appear. Put in the book title, the author‘s name, and

select Create.

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 standard 8,5” X 11” large

pages.

2. Scan only odd or only even pages: Use this option to scan 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, PEARL will ignore

it. Do not move the book until you have scanned all odd pages you want.

Once you have 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. PEARL rotates the pages for you automatically when you want to read

the book.

Change the Next Page Number to the first even page

number

and start

scanning the even pages. When you have finished, select the Done button. A

Book will sort and keep all the pages in the right order automatically.

3. Scan two pages at once: Use this option to scan small sized books. If you

place the open book under the camera and can see both pages in the preview

window V you can save both pages at once.

While using this option, the book

orientation is important. Always put the book in

landscape format and

lig

the

edges of the book with the PEARL base.

When you scan two pages at once, both pages will be saved with their

respective numbers. When you are reading saved pages, you will be able to

view each page separately. If the Book failed to separate two pages, this will

be indicated by an error sound and will be saved as one page. In this case,

you can delete that page. See Deleting a Page in a Book section to adjust

the book and save the same pages again.

Note: The default selection is to scan one page at a time.

Scanning

odes

There are 2 types of scanning modes:

1. Manual Mode: Press the A key or select 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: Select the Start Auto Mode button to start scanning and saving

pages. Then simply turn the pages. The PEARL camera has

on de

ors

so it will scan each page as soon as the page image is 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.

Note: The default selection is Manual mode.

Adding pages to a new Book

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 PEARL camera and it will

appear on the screen.

b) Select the Add (A) button. Use your hands to keep the book flat and in a

second, you will hear a shutter sound. The page is now saved, and the

Current page field should display 1. 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 odd or even) pages.

c) Put the next page of your document down, select the Add button, or press

A on the keyboard.

d) Save as many pages as you need by repeating the previous step.

e) If you are saving many pages, you can continue saving pages later.

2. Auto mode:

a) Select the Start Auto Mode Button

b) Place the open book under the camera and use both hands to flatten the

page. In a few seconds you will hear the shutter sound, as the page is been

scanned and saved.

c) Turn the page, again keep the page flat and in a few seconds you will hear

the same sound.

d) Continue turning pages until you have all the pages you want to be

scanned and saved.

e) When you are done or need a break, select the Stop Auto Mode button

and remove the book from under the camera.

f) When you are completely finished saving pages, select 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 the Adding Additional

Pages to an Existing Book section of the manual for more details.

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 the Reading a Saved Book topic below.

If you are done with your book, select the Exit button to close the book.

tips on saving a

ook

1. Make the book as flat as possible. If you are saving a thick book with many

pages, choose the Auto mode and use both hands to flatten the book.

2. When you are saving a book in Auto mode, PEARL 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. Select Stop Auto Mode

and then select Start Auto Mode to allow PEARL to re-adjust the

brightness according to the illumination of your

room.

3. When saving a lot of pages in Auto mode, you may notice you have to wait

longer to hear the

shutter.

It could be due to one of three reasons:

a) The camera detects some motion such as wind, unstable hands, etc. ;

b) The camera missed a motion when you flipped the page; or

c) PEARL turned the camera off because the conditions have changed;

for

example, the lights in the room were turned on or off.

You can always restart the camera and select the Start Auto Mode button

again.

4. If you are using Manual mode, be sure that the page is stable on the screen

before selecting Add (A).

Reading a saved

ook

To browse through the saved pages of your document:

1. Go to the Book menu and select Open Book (Command + B + O).

2. The Open Book dialog will

appear,

showing the books in the default folder

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\Books.

If you want to open a book

that was saved in another folder, use the Browse button to select the 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.

3. Select the book you would like to view, and select the Open button.

Note: The Open button is disabled if no book is selected. As soon as you select

any book in the list, the Open button will become enabled and selectable.

The Open Book dialog box disappears. The Read Mode bar appears at the top

of the screen and the first page of the chosen document is displayed.

The Read Mode bar has the Previous and Next buttons, the Go to page field

and Go button to jump to a page out of order. The Read 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, PEARL 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

PEARL to make your reading efficient and more enjoyable. Please read

Using PEARL as a Smart Magnifier and Using PEARL as the

Fastest Reader to learn about the available PEARL functions. PEARL 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 while

saving the book, you will have to rotate only the first even (odd) page. Zoom-

Ex will rotate the rest of the pages automatically.

5. Select the Next button or N on the keyboard to go to the next page of your

document. Select the Previous button or P on the keyboard to go to the

previous page. You can also put in a page number out of sequence, and select

the Go button to jump to that page.

6. When you are done browsing the book, select 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 “Next” or “Previous”. To avoid this, use TAB to move

the cursor.

Continuous Book Reading

You can now read the entire saved book from the first to the last page without

using any key to move from the previous page to the next page.

To enable this functionality please go to Application (Command + A), down to Settings

(use down arrow key). Select the Book tab.

Select the Continuous Book Read Mode checkbox, then Apply and OK buttons to

enable the Continuous reading.

Please follow these steps for the continuous book reading:

1. Go to Book/Open book (Command + B + O)

2. Select a book

3. Open it. Voice message will announce: Opening page one of ….

4. Press F key to go to the Formatted mode.

NOTE: It’s important to be in a Formatted mode for continuous reading.

5. With a continuous Book Read Mode enabled, reading will not stop at the

bottom of the first (or any selected) page and will go on until the bottom of

the last page of the book.

Reading by character (right/left arrow), word (ctrl+l/r arrow), sentence

(up/down arrow), paragraph (ctrl+up/down arrow) will stop the continuous

reading mode. To resume it press X key.

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 down to Open

Book.

2. Once the Read Mode bar appears, go to the Book menu and select Add

Pages.

3. The Add Pages Book bar will appear.

4. Place the page you want to scan 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 the Creating Zoom-Book section for

details.

5. Repeat step 4 as needed.

6. When you finish adding new pages, select the Done button. If you w

ere

sav

g pages in Auto mode, select the Stop Auto Mode button first and then

select the Done button. The Add Pages Book bar will disappear, and the

Read Mode Book bar will appear again.

Deleting pages in an existing

ook

In order to delete a page in a book:

1. Open the book of interest by going to the Book menu, and select 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 select on Delete this page.

4. You will be asked to confirm your instruction. Select yes.

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 select on Delete Book.

2. The Delete Book dialog box will appear. Select the book that you

wish to delete and select the Delete button. You cannot delete an

open book.

3. You will be asked to confirm your instruction. Select yes.

Closing a

Book

To close a book you can select the Exit button or go to the Book

menu, and select Close Book.

Saving a Book as text

After you have scanned the book, you can convert the whole book to one

Under the Book Menu, select on Save Current Book as Text.

The file is saved in the folder

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\Texts. Depen

the power of

your computer, it will take approximately 3 to 6 seconds to save each page.

For 200 pages, the process may take 10 to 20 minutes.

If the Status box is checked under General Settings, PEARL will tell you

the current page number.

Saving a Book as MP3

files

Under the book menu, select on Save current book as MP3 file. The

book will be saved as MP3 files in the folder

\Users\Username\Documents\ZoomOffice\MP3.

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 flash drive.

1. Go to the Book menu, and select on Save Current Book As.

2. Use the Browse button to select the drive and/or folder where you

want to copy the book.

3. Enter a New Name for the book.