C-Pen FBA_7350085370028 User manual

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C-PEN TEXT SCANNER
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
TheNavWheel
The Nav(igation)Wheel is used for navigating
and selectingon theC-PenDisplay, and for
turningthe pen onand off.
Turn to navigate up,
down, left, and right
Press to select
from a menu
Press and hold for two seconds, then release to
turn C-Pen on or off
QUICKSTARTGUIDE
1. Turn C-Pen on by pressing the Nav Wheel.
2. Holdthe pen over the firstcharacter of the
line you wish to scan, keeping the Scanner
Tip flat against the paper. Aim atthe
middle of the line.
3. Press and hold the Trigger. Drag C-Pen
overthe line at aneven pace, as smoothly
andstraightly as possible. Afterthe end of
theline, releasethe Trigger.
4. Thetextyouhavejustscanned should
appearontheDisplay.
5. Toscananotherline, repeattheprocess.A
spacewillbeautomaticallyinserted
betweenlines. To inserta line break, press
the Trigger once with the pen held away
from the page.
6. On the Display, the most recent line you
scannedis highlighted. Todeletethe
highlightedtext, press theESC button.
7. Whenyouaredonescanning,presstheNav
Wheel. On the menu that pops up, select
Exit. The Save As dialog box appears.
Choose Yes if you want to save the text,
No if you want to discard the text or
Cancel if you want to return to the text.
Contents
QuickStartGuide 1
What is C-Pen good for? 1
TheNav Wheel 1
C-PenApplications 2
EditingText on C-Pen 3
ScanningProblems 3
Languages 3
SampleTexts 3
Scanner
Tip Escapebutton
Trigger Display
NavWheel
InfraredPort
(behindwheel)
What is C-Pen good for?
C-Pen is a completely portable text scanner. It
does not need to be connected to a computer,
though you can transfer text to any PC or Palm
device. C-PenhasitsownOpticalCharacter
Recognitionsoftware,andismuchfasterthana
flatbedscanner for small quantitiesof text.
You could use C-Pen to copy quotations for a
paper,withnon-circulatingorarchivalmaterial,
or with any materials that wouldn’t do well on a
flatbedscanner.
C-Pen is not able torecognize handwriting or
badly obscured printed text. For these items you
might want to try the HP CapShare, the KNC’s
portableimagescanner.

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C-Pen Applications
The main menu on the C-Pen display shows icons for several C-Pen applications. Turn the Nav wheel in either
direction to display icons that may be not be visible in the Display.
Storageisan areaforstoring C-Penfiles for transfer to
a PC. When the C-Pen is connected to a PC that has
theC-Pensoftwareinstalled,Storage canbeaccessedas
if it were a disk drive.
C-Address is an address book application. It can be
synchronizedwithMicrosoftOutlookonaPC,orwith
theAddressBookinyourPalmdevice. SincetheKNC’s
C-Pen has many users, you are welcome to experiment
withC-Address,butpleasedeleteanyentrieswhenyou
aredoneusingC-Pen.
C-Dictionary lets you look up words that you have
enteredintotheC-Pen. TheKNC’sC-Penhasonlythe
defaultMerriam-Webster’s CollegiateDictionary,10th
Edition. To use the dictionary, open the C-Dictionary
programandscaninthewordthatyouwishdefined. If
the word is not scanned correctly, or if you would like
to enter the word manually, see “Editing Text” (p.3).
Other dictionaries are available that include options to
translatebetween several languages, but theKNC does
not own any of these.
C-Direct allows you to scan text directly into a PC, at
any text cursor. The C-Pen software must be installed
onthePC,andthepenmustbeconnectedtothePCby
the cable. You must initiate C-Direct from the PC.
Infogivesyouaccesstoseveraltextfilesofinformation
about using C-Pen. Topics include Getting Started,
Troubleshooting, Support, and About C-Pen.
Notescontainsyourreadandstoredtextfiles. Thebasic
Notes menu allowsyoutoselectExit (toexit Notes)or
New (tocreateanewtextfile). Youmayalsoseealistof
text files. You can Open, Rename, or Delete an
individual file; view its Properties; Beam it to a Palm
deviceorcomputerwithaninfraredport;orselectCancel
to move back to the main Notes menu.
C-BeamallowsyoutobeamfilesdirectlytoyourPalm
device, without installing any other software on your
Palm. Tobeamafile, highlightthatfileintheNotesor
Address menu, click Nav once to view the options
availableforthatfile,andselectBeamfromthoseoptions.
C-Pen will immediately look for the other infrared
device,sobesurethatyourPalm’sIRportiswithinrange,
and that you have set Beam Receive to “On” on your
Palmpreferences.
C-Write lets you use the C-Pen as if it were a regular
pen,hand-writingthecharactersthatyouwantentered
inyourtextfile. Thisprocessismorecomplicatedthan
most beginning users will want to deal with. More
information is available in the User’s Guide.
Settingsallowsyoutoaccessandchangethesettingsof
your C-Pen. From the main Settings menu you may
adjust Text Language, Read Mode, Text Quality, C-
Write Feedback, Calibration, or System Settings. See
“Customizing C-Pen” (p.3) for more information.
Main
Menu

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Editing Text on C-Pen
As with all character recognition tools, sometimes C-
Pendoesnotreadthelettersonthepagecorrectly. You
can calibrate C-Pen to deal with less-than-optimal
conditions, but that may not solve all problems.
Additionally,severalletters arecommonlyconfused.
e -> c
r+n -> m
l -> I i -> l t -> c c -> o To edit
text, open a file and move the cursor to the
beginning of the line you wish to edit. Press
Nav once, and select Edit/C-Write. The
cursor will change to a blinking line, and the
edit mode symbol will appear in the status
area.
Movethecursortotheareayouwishtoedit,andpress
the Nav wheel again. On this sub-menu, you can
choosetoChangealetter,toInsertaspace,linebreak,
orcharacter(s),to Delete acharacter,toSelecttextfor
manipulation,tochange theSettings, or to Go to the
beginningor end of the file.
Edit
mode
symbol
When you select Change or Insert, you will see a
characterset menu atthebottomofyourscreen. Use
the Nav wheel to move to the character you want to
insert,andpressthewheeltoselectthatcharacter. The
order of the character set (from left to right) is:
lowercase letters, uppercase letters, numbers,
punctuation,andspecialcharacters(umlauts,accents,
etc.) Youmayhavetoscrollsome distance before you
reachthecharacteryouneed.
Character
setmenu
If the file needs more than a little bit of editing, it is
usuallyeasier to transfer that file to aPalm device or a
PCandeditthere.
Languages
C-Pen can scan text in most languages that use some
variationontheRomanalphabet. Availablelanguages
include: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French,
German,Italian,Norwegian,Portuguese,Spanish,and
Swedish. Selecttheappropriatelanguagethroughthe
“Settings”controlontheHomescreen. Choose“Text
Language” on the Settings menu, and use the
Navigationcontroltoskippastthe“OK”and“Cancel”
buttons,tothelist of languages. Turn theNavigation
controltohighlightthelanguageofyourtext,andpress
the Nav wheel in to select that language. Then click
the“OK” button to exit the Settingsdialog. Youmay
also set the language to “Numbers only” for better
recognitionofnumbers.
Sample Texts
Test your C-Pen on these lines of text.
MakesuretosetEnglishas
yourlanguage underSettings.
Utilisez ces lignes de texte pourtester C-Pen.
Choisissezlefrançaiscommelangue
danslemenuParamètres.
Pruebe su C-Penen estas líneas de texto.
Asegúrese de seleccionar el
idiomaEspañolenAjustes.
To readinverted text:
SelectSettingsfromthemenu.
ChooseTextQuality,thenInverted.
Pourlireuntexteinversé:
Sélectionnezlaqualitédutexte,
inversédanslemenuParamètres.
Paraleertextoinvertido:
SeleccioneAjustesenelmenú.Seleccione
Calidaddetexto,despuésInvertido.
ScanningProblems
IfC-Penishavingtroublereadingyourtext,firstcheckthattheLanguageandText Qualityaresetcorrectly. You
canalsoCalibrateC-Pento increaseitsreadingabilityifthetextisnotblack,ifthebackgroundisnotwhite,orif
the text quality is poor. The calibrated setting is not saved when C-Pen is turned off. If calibration does not
improvethereadingaccuracy,returntothedefaultsetting.Note:evenwithcalibration,itisimpossibletoreadred
text. See pp. 91-93 in the User’s Guide for more information.