Optelec ClearView Speech User manual

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Contents
1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 4
1.1 About this manual ........................................................................................................ 4
1.2 What’s in the box.......................................................................................................... 4
2. Setup..................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 To install the ClearView+ Speech to the Optelec ClearView+...................................... 4
3. Getting to know your ClearView+ Speech......................................................................... 6
3.1 Switching the ClearView+ Speech on and off .............................................................. 6
3.2 Resetting the ClearView+ Speech ............................................................................... 6
3.3 Getting started.............................................................................................................. 6
3.4 The Button Bar............................................................................................................. 8
3.5 Reading modes............................................................................................................ 9
3.5.1 Table Mode ...................................................................................................... 9
3.6 Overview and reading zones........................................................................................ 9
3.7 Magnifying a document .............................................................................................. 10
3.8 Reading a document.................................................................................................. 10
3.9 Scrolling the document............................................................................................... 10
3.10 Text color ................................................................................................................... 10
4. The ClearView+ Speech Menu.......................................................................................... 11
4.1 Activating and closing the menu................................................................................. 11
4.2 Using the menu.......................................................................................................... 11
4.3 Save........................................................................................................................... 11
4.4 Open .......................................................................................................................... 12
4.5 Delete......................................................................................................................... 13
4.6 Voice .......................................................................................................................... 14
4.7 View ........................................................................................................................... 14
4.7.1 Color ............................................................................................................. 14
4.7.2 Contrast .......................................................................................................... 15
4.7.3 Highlight.......................................................................................................... 15
4.8 Settings ...................................................................................................................... 15
4.8.1 Voice............................................................................................................... 15
4.8.2 Options ........................................................................................................... 16
4.8.2.1 Text Recognition Quality.......................................................................... 16
4.8.2.2 Activate Speech ....................................................................................... 16
4.8.2.3 Automatic Language Detection................................................................ 16
4.8.3 Restore defaults.............................................................................................. 16
4.8.4 About .............................................................................................................. 17
Appendix A: Safety .................................................................................................................... 18
Appendix B: Operating, Storage & transportation conditions............................................... 20
Appendix C: Warranty Conditions............................................................................................ 20

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User Manual
Version 0.1
© 2013 Optelec, the Netherlands
All rights reserved
Optelec
P.O. Box 399
2990 AJ Barendrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.optelec.com

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WEEE Notice
The directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), which entered into force as European
law on February 13, 2003, resulted in a major change in the treatment of electrical equipment at end-of-life.
The purpose of this Directive is, as a first priority, the prevention of WEEE, and in addition, to promote the
reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce disposal.
The WEEE logo (shown at the left) on the product or its box indicates that this product must not be
disposed of or dumped with your other household waste. You are liable to dispose of all your
electronic or electrical waste equipment by relocating over to the specified collection point for
recycling of such hazardous waste. Isolated collection and proper recovery of your electronic and
electrical waste equipment at the time of disposal will help conserve natural resources. Moreover,
proper recycling of the electronic and electrical waste equipment will ensure the safety of human health and
the environment. For more information about electronic and electrical waste equipment disposal, recovery,
and collection points, please contact your local city centre, household waste disposal service, shop from
where you purchased the equipment, or manufacturer of the equipment.

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1 Introduction
Congratulations on choosing the Optelec ClearView
+
Speech, an intuitive video magnifier to listen to,
view and magnify text.
The ClearView+ Speech will add speech as well as full page view, a picture viewer and fast document
navigation to your ClearView+.
1.1 About this manual
This manual will familiarize you with the speech features and functions of the ClearView+ Speech.
Please read this manual carefully before using your ClearView+ Speech. For the standard
ClearView+ video magnifier functionality, please refer to the ClearView+ manual.
1.2 What’s in the box
The ClearView+ Speech packaging contains the following:
- The Optelec ClearView+ Speech monitor
- The ClearView+ Speech monitor arm
- SD card to save documents
- This user manual
If any of these items are missing from your package, please contact your Optelec distributor.
2. Setup
2.1 To install the ClearView+ Speech to the Optelec ClearView+
A) Install the ClearView+ Speech arm onto the ClearView+

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B) Place the ClearView+ Speech monitor on the arm
C) Connect the VGA, power and USB cable to the monitor and to the ClearView+
D) Insert the SD card at the right side of the monitor

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3. Getting to know your ClearView+ Speech
This chapter will familiarize you with the operation of the Optelec ClearView+ Speech.
3.1 Switching the ClearView+ Speech on and off
To switch on both the ClearView+ and ClearView+ Speech module, press the ON / OFF button
located right above the magnification button on the reading table. It takes about 10 seconds for the
ClearView+ to initialize before it displays an image. In addition, the start-up process for the
ClearView+ Speech module will take approximately 40 seconds. You will hear the start-up sound to
indicate that the ClearView+ Speech is ready to use.
To switch off the ClearView+ Speech, press the ON / OFF button located right above the
magnification button on the reading table again. The ClearView+ will switch off after which it will take
approximately 40 seconds for the ClearView+ Speech module to power down.
3.2 Resetting the ClearView+ Speech
In case a reset of the ClearView+ Speech is needed, press the black button, located on the right side
of the monitor above the SD card slot to power down the ClearView+ Speech. This will take
approximately 15 seconds. Press this button again after 15 seconds to switch the ClearView+ Speech
back on. After about 40 seconds, the ClearView+ Speech will play the start-up sound to indicate it is
ready to use again.
3.3 Getting started
To get started with your ClearView+ Speech:
Step 1:
Switch the ClearView+ Speech on with the <red> button.
Step 2:
After 40 seconds the ClearView+ Speech will play a start up sound.
Now, tap the screen in the bottom right corner to activate speech.
Step 3:
Place the document you want to read under the ClearView+
Speech, inside the document outline, which is shown on the
monitor.

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Step 4:
Tap the screen to activate the document capture process and
start the speech. This can take approximately 15 to 20
seconds.
Step 5:
The speech will start reading the document and the document
zones will be marked on the screen with large blue numbered
bullets. Tap a bullet to start reading the specific text zone.
Step 6:
Press the pause button to pause the speech.
Step 7
Select another zone by tapping once on another blue bullet.
Photos are displayed in the original colors. To view photos
magnified, tap it once. To return to the full page view, tap the
photo once again.
Step 8:
Tap the button marked with the “X”on the right end of the button
bar to return to ClearView+ mode. Tap and hold the button
marked with the “X”on the right end of the button bar to capture
a new page.

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3.4 The Button Bar
The following figure shows the ClearView+ Speech button bar. Use the button bar to start and pauze
the speech, adjust the magnification, adjust the volume, adjust the reading speed, activate the menu
and to exit Speech mode and return to ClearView+ mode.
Play / Pause button: Orange button in the centre of the button bar to start and pause the speech.
Magnification: The blue “–” button will decrease the magnification. The blue “+” button will
increase the magnification. Tapping the magnifier will switch between
Overview and the last used magnification level.
Volume The purple “–” button will decrease the volume of the speech. The purple “+”
button will increase the volume of the speech.
Reading speed The green “–” button will decrease the reading speed. The green “+” button
will increase the reading speed.
ClearView+ mode Tap the white button with the “X”to switch back to the ClearView+. Tap and
hold the white button with the “X”to take a new picture.
Menu button Grey button marked with the character “M” on the left side of the button bar
will enter the menu.
Menu
Zoom out
Play/
pause
Speed up
Speed down
Zoom in
Go to full
page
overview
Volume
down
Volume
up
Close

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3.5 Reading modes
The ClearView+ Speech has two modes: ClearView and Speech mode.
When in ClearView mode, the ClearView+ operation is not changed. All ClearView+ buttons, located
on the reading table function exactly the same as with a ClearView+ without the ClearView+ Speech
module. For the standard ClearView+ video magnifier functionality, please refer to the ClearView+
manual.
To activate the Speech mode, touch the screen once. When “Speech on” is announced, please place
the document you wish to read inside the document outline and tap the screen to start reading.
The ClearView+ Speech will capture and process the document and will start reading within several
seconds. To read another text, press and hold the “X” button, place a new page inside the document
outline and tap the screen. To exit the Speech mode, tap the white Exit button marked with an “X” at
the right side of the button bar at the bottom right of the screen.
3.5.1 Table Mode
By default, the Speech will automatically capture text in column mode. When table mode is desired,
press and hold for two seconds on the touch screen to take a picture. After two seconds, remove
your finger and the Speech will capture the text in Table Mode. Use Table Mode to read across
documents (left to right) instead of down (top to bottom).
3.6 Overview and reading zones
The ClearView+ Speech always provides an overview of the full page when it starts reading the page
for the first time. In the overview, blue numbered bullets mark the detected text zones in the
document. The navigation bullets can be used to quickly navigate through a text. Tap a navigation
bullet and the speech will start reading the selected text zone. The number of the navigation bullets
represent the most likely order of the text. The speech reads the zone with navigation bullet number
1, followed by navigation bullet number 2, and so on.

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3.7 Magnifying a document
To leave the full page Overview with navigation bullets, and magnify your document, tap the blue “+”
button on the left hand side of the Button Bar right of the magnifying glass. To decrease the
magnification, tap the blue “–”button left of the magnifying glass. The minimum magnification is the
Overview with the navigation bullets. To quickly switch between Overview and the last used
magnification level, tap the magnifying glass in the Button Bar. Besides the zoom buttons there is
another possibility to magnify documents. Touch the screen by pointing on the text you wish to read
and it will be magnified stepwise and automatically centralized. Touch the screen as long as you
would like to zoom in.
3.8 Reading a document
To start reading, tap the Play button in the middle of the Button Bar. To pause reading, tap the button
once again. The ClearView+ Speech will mark your reading position in the document with a highlight.
To start reading at another position in the document, tap on a blue bullet in page overview, or magnify
the text and tap on a word where you would like the ClearView+ Speech to continue reading.
3.9 Scrolling the document
To scroll up, down, left or right within the magnified document, simply touch the screen with one
finger and swipe up, down, left or right.
3.10 Text color
To enhance the contrast of the text, a text foreground and background color can be selected. This will
not influence the representation of pictures. Pictures are always displayed in their original colors. If no
high contrast color is needed, the text can be displayed in its original colors. Please refer to the
following chapter on how to configure the high contrast colors.

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4. The ClearView+ Speech Menu
This chapter will familiarize you with the ClearView+ Speech Menu.
4.1 Activating and closing the menu
To activate the menu, tap on the grey Menu button. The Menu button is the most left button on the
Button Bar marked with the character “M”. To close the menu, tap the white button marked with the
“X” at the bottom right corner of the menu. Any changes made in the menu are automatically saved.
4.2 Using the menu
The ClearView+ Speech menu contains two rows of three large buttons. To activate a button, tap the
button once. Activating a button will either change a setting, or open a submenu or list. If a button is
greyed out, the option is not available.
The menu contains the following buttons:
•Save
•Voice
•Open
•View
•Delete
•Settings
4.3 Save
To save a document, open the menu and tap the blue “Save” button.
First you will be asked if you would like to save your document with a voice label.
Change
settings
Change viewing
mode
Change
voice
Delete
saved documents
Open
documents
Save
documents

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If you wish to save a document without a voice label, select “No”. The document will be saved using
the first line of the document as the name of the document. If you would like to add a voice label,
select “Yes”. You will hear a beep after which you have 5 seconds to record a voice label. At the end
of the recording you will hear another beep sound. The document will be saved with the recorded
voice label.
When the document is saved, the ClearView+ Speech will ask if you would like to append more
pages to the document.
If you select “No”, the menu will be closed showing the document again. If you select “Yes” you can
start appending more pages to the document by placing the page in the document outline and tapping
the screen once to capture the new page. To stop appending more pages to the document, press the
close button marked with the “X”.
The ClearView+ Speech will prompt you with the question if the captured pages should be processed.
If “No” is selected, the convertion to text will be done while reading the document. If “Yes” is selected,
all pages will be processed before returning to the document reding mode. This process may take
several minutes, depending on the number of pages of the document.
By default a document will be saved on the SD card delivered with the ClearView+ Speech. If you
wish to save your document on a USB drive, connect a USB drive to the ClearView+ Speech. When a
USB drive is connected the document will be saved automatically on the drive.
4.4 Open
To open a document, open the menu and tap on the green “Open” button. Select the “Document”
button to see the list of saved documents, showing the most recently saved document first. To open
and view pictures, select the “Picture” button.

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Scroll the list of documents or pictures using the scroll bar on the right side of the screen. If you touch
the screen and slowly move your finger over the documents, the title of the document will be read
aloud. To select a document simply tap on it.
In the list with documents or pictures, tap the document or picture you wish to read or view. The menu
will be closed and the document or picture will be opened. Pictures can be magnified. It is possible to
open photos from a USB stick.
4.5 Delete
To delete a document, open the menu and tap on the “Delete” button to see the list of documents.
Select the document you wish to delete.
You will be prompted to confirm to delete the document. To delete the document, select “Yes”. To
cancel deleting the document, select “No”. Both choices will return you to the list of documents.

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4.6 Voice
This menu item lets you select your reading voice and language. To select another reading voice, tap
the “Voice” button.
The ClearView+ Speech will switch to the next configured voice. If by adjusting the reading voice
results in a change of language, the menus will automatically change to the same language. To add
or delete voices and languages from the voice selection, please refer to paragraph 4.8.2.
4.7 View
By selecting the “View” button, the “View” menu will be opened. The “View” menu contains three
buttons:
- Color
- Contrast
- Highlight
4.7.1 Color
This option is only available when the Contrast submenu is enabled. Tap the “Color” button to cycle
through the available high contrast text foreground and background color combinations. The colors
that can be selected are:
•Black – White
•White – Black
•Yellow – Black
•Black – Yellow
•Yellow – Blue
•Blue – Yellow
•Black – Red
•Red – Black
•Black – Green
•Green – Black

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•Black – Purple
•Purple – Black
•Blue – White
•White – Blue
•Black – Amber
•Amber – Black
4.7.2 Contrast
Tap the “Contrast” button to enable or disable high contrast text colors. Pictures will always be
displayed in their original colors. Only the text foreground and background colors will be changed.
The default contrast settings are black text on a white background.
4.7.3 Highlight
This option lets you choose a word highlight, line highlight or no highlight. Both the color of the word
and line highlight can be changed from red to yellow. The red word highlight is the default.
4.8 Settings
Select the “Settings” button to enter the Settings menu. The Settings menu contains four buttons:
- Voice
- Options
- Defaults
- About
4.8.1 Voice
The “Voice” button in the settings menu opens a list with all available reading voices and languages.
Selecting this button will open the voices list.
To enable a reading voice, select it from the list by tapping on it. A checkmark in front of the voice
name will indicate if it is enabled. When the voice is enabled, it will be available under the “Voice”
button in the main menu. By deselecting a voice, the voice will be removed from the available reading
voices. The selected reading voices are always displayed first in the list. If you touch the screen and
slowly move your finger over the voices, the name of the reading voices will be read aloud. To select
a voice simply tap on it.

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4.8.2 Options
The “Options” button in the settings menu opens 3 options that you can change:
- Text Recognition Quality
- Activate Speech
- Automatic Language Detection
4.8.2.1 Text Recognition Quality
The ClearView+ Speech offers 2 options when capturing text. Use the “Optimal” setting (default)
when reading complex documents with photos and columns to get the most accurate speech. This
may take a few seconds longer than normal depending on the complexity of the document. Use the
“Fast” setting when reading simpler documents and start reading up to 30% quicker.
4.8.2.2 Activate Speech
The ClearView+ Speech offers 2 ways to activate Speech mode. By default, you must tap the bottom
right corner of the screen to enter Speech mode (“Tap Bottom Right Corner” is selected). If you
select “Tap Screen Anywhere,” you may tap anywhere on the screen to enter the Speech mode.
Selecting the “Bottom Right Corner” keeps the remainder of the screen inactive to prevent accidental
activation of the speech mode.
4.8.2.3 Automatic Language Detection
The ClearView+ Speech can automatically detect the language of the text document. When this
option is enabled (default), the speech will begin reading in the language of the document
automatically. Disable this option if you would like to manually set the language.
Please note that the text language must be selected from the voice list in order for the speech to read
in that language. For example, if only English and French voices are selected, and you place an
Italian document under the camera, the speech will not read in Italian because the Italian voice is not
available.
4.8.3 Restore defaults
If you wish to restore the default settings, select this button. You will be prompted if you are sure to
restore the defaults. To restore the defaults select “Yes”. To cancel restoring the defaults, select “No”.

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Default settings:
View
High Contrast On
Color
Black on White
Highlight
Word - Red
Tex Recognition Quality
Optimal
Activate Speech
Tap Bottom Right Corner
The volume and reading speed settings are also set to the defaults. The Voices and Automatic
Language Detection settings are not changed.
4.8.4 About
This screen gives you information about the speech module including the firmware version, camera
software version, and power settings.

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Appendix A: Safety
Handle the ClearView+ Speech with care. Rough handling will damage internal components.
Contact your Optelec distributor to service this equipment if necessary.
Do not open or remove any parts of the ClearView+ Speech as it will void the warranty.
Do not expose the ClearView+ Speech to excessive heat or direct sunlight to avoid the risk of
fire.
Do not use the ClearView+ Speech near inadequately shielded medical devices.
To avoid risk of electrical damage, keep your ClearView+ Speech away from fluids and
chemicals.
Always disconnect the ClearView+ Speech before cleaning. Use a soft cloth to clean the
exterior. Do not use cleaning agents or abrasive materials as they will damage the product.
Warning – Do not modify this equipment without authorization of the manufacturer.
Warning – To avoid risk of electric shock, this equipment must only be connected to a
grounded power outlet.
The ClearView+ Speech may only be used with the UL listed Optelec ClearView+.
Caution: Please be aware of the risk of explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect
battery type. Please dispose the old battery according to the instructions.
Use of the ClearView+ Speech other than described in this manual will exclude it from warranty
conditions.
Caution, consult ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS.
Follow the operating instructions or consult instructions for use.
STAND-BY.
Direct current.
RoHS Compliance
This product is in compliance with Directive 2011/65/EU, on the restriction of the use of certain
hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS) and its amendments.
European Union Notice
Products with CE marking comply with the EMC Directive (2004/108/EC), the MDD directive
(2007/47/EC) and the Low Voltage Directive (2006/95/EC) issued by the Commission of the
European Community.
Compliance with these directives implies conformity to the following international standards:
EMC
EN 55022
EN 55024
EN 60601-1-2
FCC Safety
FCC part 15 Class B UL 60950-1
EN 60601-1-1