Orcam MyEye 2.0 User manual

Welcome to OrCam.
This guide will show you how to use your OrCam MyEye to maximize your
independence.

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Table of contents.
Get Prepared
Get Started
Get Comfortable
Terms & Safety
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Get Prepared.

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What’s in the Box.
• OrCam MyEye 2.0 and charger
• Glasses frame with mount
• Mount kit with scissors/clippers
• Leather carrying case and lanyard
The OrCam MyEye’s parts and
buttons.
Outside (long side, facing outwards):
1. Touch bar
2. LED indicator
Inside (long side, facing glasses frame):
3. Magnets that attach to mount
4. Power button and LED indicator
Front:
5. Camera
6. LED lights for low light situations
Back:
7. Speaker
8. Charger port
9. Eyelet loop for attaching to lanyard
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Attaching the mount.
To wear the OrCam MyEye, you need to install a
small mount with magnets on a glasses frame.
We recommend using thicker frames to better
support the device.
Choose whether you want to install the mount
on the right or left arm of your glasses frame.
You will require:
1. Your glasses frame
2. Your OrCam MyEye, powered off
3. The partially-assembled plastic mount
4. Pair of small scissors (provided in the box)
To assemble on the right arm of the glasses
frame, using the partially-assembled mount:
• Place the OrCam MyEye on the mount.
• Insert the right glasses arm through the
mount straps, ensuring the tab is towards the
back and camera is facing forwards.
• Align the front end of the OrCam camera
with the front of the glasses frame to position
the mount correctly on the glasses arm.
• Remove tab from back side of the mount.
• Press the mount onto the arm of the glasses
frame. Ensure the OrCam MyEye is still parallel
to the glasses frame’s arm and that the camera
is facing forward.
• Remove the OrCam MyEye from the mount.
• Push each strap around arm and through
the hole on the mount. Pull tightly to secure
mount.
• Carefully cut off the excess strap close to
the mount.

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The mount is now attached to the glasses
frame and can be left there permanently. The
glasses can be folded with the mount in place.
See www.orcam.com/tutorials for a video
tutorial to help you attach the mount.
Note: If you prefer to attach the OrCam MyEye
to the left arm of the glasses frame, the mount
tab must face forwards during assembly, to
ensure the magnets are properly aligned.
Charging your OrCam MyEye.
• Attach the OrCam charger cable to the USB
outlet on the back of the OrCam MyEye.
• Plug the charger into an electrical socket.
The OrCam MyEye fully charges in 40 minutes.
Charge the device when not in use so it is
ready when you are.
OrCam strongly recommends using only the
original OrCam charger provided.
Turn on your OrCam device.
• Press the Power button on the inside of the
OrCam MyEye for about 2 seconds.
• The LED light on the inside of the device will
turn green.
• After about one minute you will hear, “OrCam
Version 8 is ready. Battery is [this many] percent
charged.”
If you did not hear the phrase, “OrCam is ready,”
or you are not sure that the OrCam MyEye is on,
touch the touch bar. If the device is on, you will
hear a response.

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Turn off your OrCam device.
• Press the Power button once. You will hear
“Suspending. Press again to shut down.”
• Press the power button again. You will hear,
“Shutting down, please wait.”
• Just before the unit shuts down, you will hear,
“Power off. Bye Bye.”
When you turn the OrCam MyEye on or off, it is
recommended to listen to the system messages.
Enter Suspend mode.
• Press the Power button once.
• You will hear, “Suspending. Press again to
shut down”, and then “Suspending” as the device
enters Suspend Mode.
Exit Suspend mode.
• Double tap the touch bar or press the power
button while the device is horizontal.
• You will hear, “Waking up. Battery is [this
many] percent charged.”
Automatic Suspend and Power Off.
• The OrCam MyEye automatically enters
suspend mode after three minutes of inactivity.
This time can be adjusted in the setup menu.
• The OrCam MyEye powers itself off after
three hours in suspend mode.

Get Started.

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Gestures.
You can activate your OrCam MyEye using
simple and intuitive hand gestures.
Pointing Gesture.
OrCam MyEye can recognize text, products,
barcodes and banknotes through a simple
point of your nger. When the camera sees
your ngertip, it knows you want it to read or
recognize something.
• Raise the index nger of your hand, with the
tip of your nger pointed up and the ngernail
facing the camera.
• Extend your arm outward, in front of you, with
your nger at eye level, and point at the area you
want to read or recognize.
• When the camera detects your nger, you will
hear a double-beep.
• Remove your nger away from the camera’s
eld of view. The camera will take a picture
of what it sees and make several beeps as it
processes the picture.

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Stop Gesture.
Use this gesture when you would like OrCam to
stop reading.
• Extend your hand in front of your face and
cover the text, with the back of your hand facing
you and ngers pointing up.
• Hold your hand in place for 1-2 seconds.
Time Gesture.
The OrCam MyEye can announce the current
time and date.
• To hear the current time, raise your hand
upward with your st closed and the back
of your hand facing you, as if looking at your
watch. After a few seconds, OrCam will tell you
the current time.
• To hear the day of the week and the date in
addition to the time, keep your hand in place for
a few more seconds.

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Reading with OrCam.
Reading with Pointing.
Useful when reading paragraphs of text.
• Hold the text about 12 inches (30 cm) directly
in front of your face.
• Point at the text area you want to read, using
the OrCam pointing gesture.
• When you hear a double beep, remove your
nger from the area.
• The camera will sound as OrCam takes a
picture of the text.
• OrCam will make several beeps as it
processes the picture. It will then begin reading
the text and chime when done.
Reading with Automatic
Page Recognition.
For hands-free reading. Default setting is off,
enable via settings menu.
• Look directly at the text you want OrCam to
read from for a few seconds.
• The camera will sound as OrCam
automatically takes a picture of the text.
• OrCam will begin reading the text and chime
when done.
Reading with
Pointing

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Touch Reading.
For reading specic lines of text, such as
menus or newspaper headlines.
• Point and hold your nger directly under the
text you want to read, using the OrCam pointing
gesture, until the OrCam beeps twice.
• OrCam will start to read from about 3 lines
above your nger.
• To read a new section, slide your nger up or
down to a new spot on the page.
• The camera will follow your nger to the next
section you want to read.
• OrCam will then double beep and start
reading from the new location.
Reading with Touch Bar Function.
When you want to read the whole page.
• Look at the text you want OrCam to read.
• Touch the bar. You will hear a single beep.
• The camera will sound as OrCam takes a
picture of the text.
• OrCam will read text and chime when done.
Reading with
Touch Bar Function

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Reading Navigation.
Easily navigate any text.
• To pause reading, double tap the touch bar.
• To resume reading, double tap the touch bar.
• To skip forward, swipe your nger forward
along the touch bar (same as raising volume).
• To skip back, swipe your nger backward
along the touch bar (same as lowering volume).
• To stop reading, touch the bar or use the stop
gesture.
• When OrCam is nished reading, it will make
a chime sound.
Multi-Language Reading.
You can read text in other languages (dependent
on availability in your region)
• Enter the reading settings menu to enable
automatic language detection.
• OrCam’s audio instruction messages
remain in the device’s original language
even if you enable multi-language reading.
Face Recognition.
To help you identify people more easily.
Learn Faces.
• Stand about 3 feet (1 meter) from the person
you want OrCam to learn and look at their face.

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• Place your nger on the touch bar and keep
it there. The device will start making shutter
sounds.
• Ask the person to speak, and tilt or turn their
head slowly in different directions. This will help
the OrCam record several views of the person to
recognize them from different angles.
• When you are done, remove your nger from
the touch bar.
• OrCam will ask you to say the person’s name.
• Then, touch the touch bar to conrm or
swipe to re-record.
• Each time OrCam recognizes a saved face, it
will replay your recording.

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Recognize Learned Faces.
• Stand a few feet from the person you want to
recognize and look at their face. There are two
ways for OrCam to recognize a face:
•Manual face recognition: Touch the touch
bar until you hear a beep followed by a camera
sound.
•Automatic face recognition: Keep your head
steady as OrCam recognizes the person.
• OrCam will play your recorded name aloud
and chime when completed.
Information about new faces.
• Follow the instructions for “How to recognize
learned faces.”
• After taking a picture, OrCam will then tell
you the number of people in front of you, their
general ages and their genders.
Notes on Facial Recognition.
• For best results, make sure to learn one face
at a time, in an area with good lighting.
• If OrCam fails to recognize a previously
learned person you can re-learn that face.

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Product Identication.
To help you identify products more easily.
Identify Products with Barcodes.
Default disabled. Enter settings menu to enable
• Hold the barcode 12 inches (30 cm) in front
of your face.
• Activate your OrCam to scan the barcode:
•Manual activation: Touch the touch bar and
wait for a beep.
•Automatic barcode identication: Look at
the barcode for a few seconds.
•Pointing: Point at the barcode until you hear
a double beep. Remove your nger from the
area.
• The camera will sound as OrCam takes a
picture of the barcode.
• OrCam will announce product information, if
available.
Notes on Barcodes.
• Use pointing for barcodes on small objects.
• Barcode identication is only supported for
certain products in specic countries.
• If a barcode is not available in the pre-loaded
database, OrCam will say “unfamiliar barcode.”

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Learn Products.
Default disabled. Enter settings menu to enable.
• Hold the product you wish to learn 12 inches
(30 cm) in front of your face.
• Look directly at one side of the product.
Touch and hold the bar until you hear a beep.
• OrCam will say “Start new product learning.
Please point at the product three times at
different positions.”
• Point at the center of one side of the product
until you hear a double beep.
• Remove your nger. Wait for camera sound.
• Move the product to a different position and
repeat the above step twice.
• OrCam will tell you when it has learned one
side of the product.
• To learn another side of the product, repeat
the above steps on a new side.
• Once you have completed learning sides, wait
a few seconds to complete product learning.
• OrCam will then ask you to record the name
of the product after the beep.
• After saying the name, touch the bar to
conrm the name or swipe the bar to re-record.
• Each time OrCam identies the product, it will
replay your recording.
Notes on Product Identication.
• OrCam can best identify products between
the size of a playing card and a cereal box.
• OrCam may struggle to identify products with
few distinct features, e.g. wallets or fruits.
• OrCam can learn from one to four product
sides. OrCam can only identify learned sides.

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Banknote
Identication.
To help you identify local banknotes.
Identify Banknotes with OrCam.
• Hold the banknote 12 inches (30 cm) in front
of your face.
• Activate your OrCam to identify the banknote:
•Manual activation: Touch the bar and wait
for a beep.
•Automatic banknote identication: Look
directly at the banknote for a few seconds.
•Pointing: Point at the banknote until you hear
a double beep. Remove nger from the area.
• The camera will sound, and OrCam will
announce the banknote’s value.
Notes on Banknotes.
• OrCam is programmed to identify your
locality’s banknotes. To add other banknotes,
follow instructions for Learn Products.
• In order to ensure the correct value, you may
want to identify the banknote twice.
Color Detection.
Your OrCam can detect different colors
Detect Colors with OrCam.
• Place the colored surface 12 inches (30 cm)
in front of your face.
• Point at the colored surface using the OrCam
pointing gesture until you hear a double beep.
• Hold your nger in place until OrCam
announces the color.

Get Comfortable.