Penpower mini ScanEYE User manual

Penpower mini ScanEYE
User Manual
Release: April, 2012
Version: V 3.5.0 EJK

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Contents
Chapter 1 Product Features ...........................................................................1 - 1
Chapter 2 Getting Started ..............................................................................2-1
2.1 System Requirements ........................................................................................2 - 1
2.2 Hardware Specification .....................................................................................2 - 1
2.3 Software Installation ..........................................................................................2 - 2
2.4 Launching mini ScanEYE ................................................................................2 -4
2.5 Registration ......................................................................................................2 - 4
2.6 Scanning Guide .................................................................................................2 -4
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings ...................................................................3 - 1
3.1 mini ScanEYE Toolbar ......................................................................................3 -1
3.2 Scan Text and Image .........................................................................................3 - 3
3.2.1 Text Mode ...............................................................................................3 - 3
3.2.2 Image Mode ............................................................................................3 - 3
3.3 Online Translation .............................................................................................3 -4
3.3.1 Dictionary ...............................................................................................3 -4
3.3.2 Sentence Translation ...............................................................................3 -5
3.4 Business Mode ..................................................................................................3 - 6
3.5 Original Image ...................................................................................................3 - 7
3.6 Settings ..............................................................................................................3 - 8
3.6.1 General Settings ......................................................................................3 - 8
3.6.2 Recognition Settings .............................................................................3-10
3.6.3 Business Mode ......................................................................................3-12
3.7 Help .................................................................................................................3-13
3.8 About ...............................................................................................................3-13
There may be newer versions of the software that was released during or after this prod-
uct’s manufacturing date. If the content in the User Manual differs from the on-screen
interface, please follow the instructions on the on-screen interface instead of the User
Manual.

Chapter 1 Product Features 1-1
Chapter 1 Product Features
• Minimize your typing efforts
Scan words, sentences, and excerpts from printed materials and convert them into edit-
able texts with a high accuracy rate for applications such as Words, Excel, Outlook,
and etc.
• Recognize 193 languages
mini ScanEYE can scan and recognize 193 languages, including English, French, Ger-
man, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplied Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and
etc. For the detailed recognition language list, please refer to the appendix.
• Ergonomic design
The light and ergonomic design ts all right and left-handed users and makes you hold
with comfort even long-time scan. Scan away effortlessly with the transparent scan tip.
Where you see, where you scan.
• Seamless scanning
Users do not have to pause and wait for the recognition to be done to continue with an-
other scan. They can just keep scanning and focus their attention to scanning properly
their interested excerpts
• A great language learning tool
Don't worry about typing and learning unfamiliar languages. By using mini ScanEYE's
dictionary function, you can see the translations of the words or sentences you scan im-
mediately. You will nd mini ScanEYE a wonderful companion for learning languages.
• Support Business Mode
mini ScanEYE provides with the business mode, which supports the recognition of
barcodes and fonts such as OCR-A/B, MS Gothic, and MICR fonts. With the business
mode, you can scan and recognize barcodes and numbers or characters on invoices,
checks, bills, coupons, and ect.

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Chapter 2 Getting Started
Function Button:
While scanning text or images, the function button functions as the [Enter] key on the
keyboard.
Chapter 2 Getting Started
2.1 System Requirements
· Intel based Mac
· Mac OS X 10.6 version or later version
· 512MB memory or more
· 500MB of available hard disk space
· CD-ROM driver
· USB port
2.2 Hardware Specication
· Dimensions: 130mm x 37mm x 18.5mm
· Weight: 30g (excluding USB Adapter)
· Interface: USB 2.0
· Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec.
· Character size: 5~22 pt
Scan Tip
Function Button
USB Port
Scan Button
Tip: You can refer Section 3.6.1 to congure the function button as Enter, Tab, and-
Space.

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2.3 Software Installation
1. Insert the mini ScanEYE setup CD
into the CD-ROM drive. Run the Setup
and click [mini ScanEYE Mac] on
the Installation window to install mini
ScanEYE Mac.
3. Please read the License Agreement, and
click [Continue].
2. Please click [Continue] to install.

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Chapter 2 Getting Started
4. Click [Agree] to accept the license
agreement.
5. Conrm the installation location and
click [Install] to continue.
6. Click [Close] to nish the installation
process.

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2.5 Registration
When you first time run the mini ScanEYE, a registration reminder will appear.
Please click on [Register now] to register and ensure the warranty service. You can also
click [Register later] to close the reminder. When you need to register, click the [Tools]
button and select [About] from the toolbar and then click on [Register]. If you have reg-
istered, please tap [Already Registered].
2.4 Launching mini ScanEYE
Run [Go/Applications/mini ScanEYE/mini ScanEYE] to launch mini ScanEYE.
Tip: If you do not need to be reminded
again, you can check [Don’t show
this registering window at startup].
2.6 Scanning Guide
A Scanning Guide will appear after
the registration reminder. Use the mini
ScanEYE as the guide directs.
Note: If you don't want to read the mes-
sage again, you can check [Do not
display this scanning guide next
time], and click [OK].

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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
3.1 mini ScanEYE Toolbar
1. Language recognition: mini ScanEYE can scan and recognize 193 languages, in-
cluding English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplied Chi-
nese, Traditional Chinese, and more. Click the language eld to select the language
you would like to scan. For more information about the recognition languages, please
refer the appendix.
2. Text mode: The [Text mode] is the default scan mode for scanning an article or
a sentence directly. The scanned word or sentence will be recognized and sent as typed
text to your computer. Please refer to 3.2.1 Text Mode for more detailed information.
3. Image mode: You can select [Image mode] in the drop-down menu from the but-
ton to scan images or text. They will be sent to your computer in image formats.
Please refer to 3.2.2 Image Mode for more detailed information.
4. Dictionary: Selecting [Dictionary] in the drop-down menu from the button can
provide you the translation result of every scanned word. Please refer to 3.3 Online
Translation for more detailed information.
5. Sentence translation: Selecting [Sentence translation] in the drop-down menu from
the button will provide the translations of the sentences you scan. Please refer to
3.3 Online Translation for more detailed information.
Text mode\ Image mode
Language recognition
Tools
Business mode
Dictionary\ Sentence translation

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6. Business Mode : You can select [Barcode], [MICR], or [OCR A/B] from Busi-
ness Mode. These modes allow you to scan barcodes, invoices, checks, bills, postal
codes, coupon numbers, and racing numbers. In order to have higher recognition accu-
racy, you may use the Business mode to recognize different documents. Please refer
to 3.4 Business Mode for more detailed information.
7. Tools : Provide Original Image, Settings, Help and About miniScan EYE.
. Original Image: Display the scanned image. See 3.5 Displaying Original Image.
. Settings: Provide general, recognition, and business mode settings. See 3.6 Set-
tings for more detailed information.
. Help: Open this user manual.
. About: See the product information.

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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
3.2 Scan Text and Image
3.2.1 Text Mode
When you want to scan an article or a sentence directly into your computer, you can
use [Text mode] :
1. Select [Text mode] in the drop-down menu from the button .
2. Select the language of the text that you want to scan from [Language recognition].
3. Open any word processor, for example Microsoft Word or WordPad, and then click
the location where you want to input.
4. Place a document on a at surface and place the scan tip at the front of your desired
scan area. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press
and drag the mini ScanEYE pen in a straight line across the area like a highlighter.
During the scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
5. Stop applying pressure to the pen to stop scanning. The text that the pen has scanned
will be displayed in your word processor immediately.
Note: mini ScanEYE is able to scan and recognize one row of characters at a time.
Please place the scan tip arrow at the center of the line.
3.2.2 Image Mode
When you want to scan text or images into your computer in image formats, you can
use [Image mode] .
1. Select [Image mode] in drop-down menu from the button .
2. Open a word processor that is able to input images, for example Microsoft Word. Click
the location where you would like to input the scanned images.
3. Place a document on the a at surface and place the scan tip at the starting word or
picture. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the scan area, and then press and drag
the scan pen in a straight line like a highlighter. The white auxiliary light from the
scan tip indicates the pen is scanning.
4. Stop applying pressure to the scan pen to stop scanning. The scanned picture will be
displayed in your word processor in an image format.

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3.3 Online Translation
mini ScanEYE provides online translation function to translate scanned words and
sentences by [Dictionary] and [Sentence Translation]. mini ScanEYE collects the trans-
lations results from websites and display them in its translation window.
3.3.1 Dictionary
1. Select [Dictionary] in the drop-down menu from the button .
2. Select the language you want to translate from and the language you want to translate
to.
3. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press and drag
the mini ScanEYE pen in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the
scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
4. Stop applying pressure to the scan pen to stop scanning. The word and its translation
result will be displayed in the window as below. At the bottom of the window, you
can see the source of the translation. If you scan more than one word, you can press
the [Function button] on the scan pen to see the translation of the next recognizable
word.
5. The translated word will also be shown in the search box. You can click to listen
to the pronunciation of this word or click to search for more information
on Google, Wikipedia, or YouTube. You can also type in the search bar to nd more
information.
Note: Please connect to the internet while using the online translation function.

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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
3.3.2 Sentence Translation
1. Select [Sentence translation] in the drop-down menu from the button .
2. Select the language you want to translate from and the language you
want to translate to .
3. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press and drag
the mini ScanEYE pen in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the
scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on. The original image, scanned
sentence, and translation result will be displayed automatically in the window as be-
low.
4. You can click to delete the contents, click to send the scanned text out by
e-mail, and click to listen to the pronunciation.
Tip: You can select words in the sentence and see their translations.

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3.4 Business Mode
The Business Mode allows you to scan barcodes, invoices, checks, bills, postal codes,
coupon numbers, racing numbers, and etc. The fonts which the Business Mode supports
are OCR A, OCR B, MS Gothic, and MICR fonts as the samples below:
• OCR A: 0123ABCabc
• OCR B:
• MS Gothic: 0123ABCabc
• MICR (E-13B):
For barcodes, the Business Mode supports Codabar, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93,
EAN 8, EAN 13, IATA 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5, Patch,
PostNet, UCC-128, UPC-A, and UPC-E.
In order to have higher recognition accuracy, you may use the [Business Mode] to
recognize these fonts:
1. Select [Barcode], [MICR], or [OCR A/B] in the drop-down menu from the but-
ton .
Note: For higer recognition accuracy, before you start the Business Mode, please select
the font that you want to scan in [Tools] \ [Settings] \ [Business Mode]. Please
refer to 3.6.3 Recognition Settings.
2. Open your application or any word processor, for example Microsoft Word. Click the
location where you would like to input the scanned text or numbers.
3. Place a document on a at surface and place the scan tip at the front of your desired
scan area. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press
and drag the mini ScanEYE pen in a straight line across the area like a highlighter.
During the scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
4. Stop applying pressure to the pen to stop scanning. The scanned text or numbers are
displayed in your application or word processor immediately.
Note: When scanning barcodes, please aim mini ScanEYE at the upper side of
barcodes, not at the center, to have higher recognition accuracy.
Tip: You can select a range of your desired scan document in the Settings to have
higher recognition accuracy. Please refer to 3.6.3 Recognition Settings.

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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
3.5 Original Image
Click [Tools] button and select the [Original Image] option from the drop-down
menu to open the [Original Image] window. After scanning, the [Original Image] win-
dow displays the scanned image. You can check the scanned image to compare with the
original text. This can help you improving your scan technique for more accurate recog-
nition results.
Tip: You can right click on the original image to save the image to .bmp or .pcx le.

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Scan Direction
mini ScanEYE must be used to scan the characters in consistent direction, so any
changes to the direction will cause inaccurate recognition results.
When choosing Traditional Chinese, Simplied Chinese, Japanese, or Korean as the
recognition language, you can accord to the document you want to scan to choose the
scan direction manually.
3.6 Settings
Click [Tools] button and select [Settings] from the drop-down menu to set the
preferences.
3.6.1 General Settings
In the [General] setting page, you can set up the button denition, pronunciation, scan
direction, and left/right-handed preference.
Button Denition
The default function of Function Button is Enter. You can replace Enter by Space and
Tab. Select the options under Button denition and then you can select which function
you want the Function Button to be.

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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
Scanning Vertically Aligned Text
When scanning vertically aligned text, you can choose [Vertically] and then select
[Left-hand] or [Right-hand]. You may scan the text in a straight top-to-bottom fashion.
Align the Scan Tip arrow on your pen to the center of the characters.
Left Hand Right Hand
Note: mini ScanEYE is able to scan and recognize one row of characters at a time.
Please place the pen in such a manner so that the Scan Tip arrow is at the center
of the line of text.
Left hand: Scan from up to down Right hand: Scan from up to down
Scanning Horizontal Text
When scanning horizontal text, you can choose the [Horizontal] option. Place the pen
on the text or image, move the pen left-to-right or right-to-left when scanning.
Left hand:
Scan from right-to-left or from left-to-right
Right hand:
Scan from left-to-right or from right-to-left
Note: The Left/Right-handed option is only available when you select the vertical direc-
tion.

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3.6.2 Recognition Settings
In the [Recognition] page, you can set up the recognition languages, Chinese recogni-
tion option, recognition contents and at the end of scan, insert a space automatically.
Recognition Languages
mini ScanEYE provides 193 recognition languages for you to choose. In the toolbar,
you can drag down the recognition menu to select the recognition language you want.
You can modify the recognition language menu in the Recognition Language tab of
Setting. In the Recognition Language Tab, the right column contains 193 recognition
languages for you to choose. The languages appear in the left column will all appear on
the recognition language drag down menu on the tool bar. In this tab, you can select the
recognition language in the right column and click [add] to add it into the left column.
If you want to remove a language from the left column, you can select the language you
want to remove and click [Remove] to remove it from the left column.
Tip: Select a language in the right column and click or , you can change
this language's order.

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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
Chinese Recognition Option
When choosing Chinese Traditional or Chinese Simplied as the language recognition,
you can choose to output the recognized characters in Traditional Chinese or Simplied
Chinese. Check the [ Output full-width punctuations] option to set the punctionations as
full-width. When choosing the Chinese Traditional as the language recognition, you can
check the [Recognize HK Character] to recognize Hongkong characters. If you do not
need to recognize Hongkong characters, please do not check it for higher recognition ac-
curacy. You can connect to the http://www.microsoft.com/hk/hkscs/default.aspx to check
the Hong Kong characters list.
Recognize English characters & numbers
You can select [Recognize English characters & numbers] to make mini ScanEYE
recognize English characters and numbers when choosing Traditional Chinese, Simplied
Chinese, Japanese or Korean as the language recognition,
JIS Level 2 Kanji Characters
When choosing the Japanese as the language recognition, you can check the [JIS
Level 2 Kanji Characters] to recognize the JIS level 2 Kanji characters. If you do not
need to recognize JIS level 2 Kanji characters, please do not check it for higher recogni-
tion accuracy.
At the End of the Scan, Insert a Space Automatically
When choosing the English, French, German, Italian or Spanish as the language rec-
ognition, you can check the [At the end of the scan, insert a space automatically].
While scanning text, the system will automatically add a space at the end of the scan.