Penpower mini ScanEYE User manual

mini ScanEYE
User Manual
Version: V3.0
Edition: Released in July, 2009

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Contents
Chapter 1 Product Features............................................................................... 1 - 1
1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................1 - 1
1.2 Features ..................................................................................................................1 - 1
Chapter 2 Installation........................................................................................ 2 - 1
2.1 System Requirements .............................................................................................2 - 1
2.2 Hardware Specification ..........................................................................................2 - 1
Function button: ...................................................................................................2 - 1
2.3 Software Installation...............................................................................................2 - 2
2.4 Hardware Installation .............................................................................................2 - 5
Chapter 3 Character Input ............................................................................... 3 - 1
3.1 Run Penpower mini ScanEYE ...............................................................................3 - 1
3.1.1 Toolbar .........................................................................................................3 - 1
3.2 Scan to Computer ...................................................................................................3 - 3
3.2.1 Scan & Recognize .......................................................................................3 - 3
3.2.2 Send Image ..................................................................................................3 - 3
3.3 Settings and Scan Tips............................................................................................3 - 4
3.3.1 Language Settings........................................................................................3 - 4
3.3.2 Scan Direction..............................................................................................3 - 5
3.3.3 Speech..........................................................................................................3 - 7
3.3.4 Scanning Horizontal or Vertically Aligned Text..........................................3 - 8
3.3.5 Property Settings..........................................................................................3 - 8
3.3.6 Translation Website Set Up ......................................................................3 - 9
3.3.7 Interface Language Settings .....................................................................3 - 9
3.4 Using Balloon UI..................................................................................................3-10
3.4.1 Correct a Certain Character .......................................................................3-10
3.4.2 Original Image ...........................................................................................3-14
3.4.3 Punctuation ................................................................................................3-14
3.4.4 Translation .................................................................................................3-14
3.5 Displaying Original Image ...................................................................................3-15
3.6 Online Translation ................................................................................................3-16
Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader................................................................... 4 - 1
4.1 Open Penpower Voice Reader ................................................................................4 - 1
4.2 VoiceReader Setting ...............................................................................................4 - 2

The software application may have a newer version at the time when this product was being
manufactured and/or packaged. If the content on your application screen differs from your
User Manual, please follow the latest application screen upon installation.
4.3 Turn off Penpower VoiceReader.............................................................................4 - 2
Chapter 5 Penpower Translator ....................................................................... 5 - 1
5.1 Open Penpower Translator .....................................................................................5 - 1
5.2 English Character Dictionary Lookup....................................................................5 - 1
5.3 Chinese Character Dictionary ................................................................................5 - 3
5.4 English Phrasal Dictionary.....................................................................................5 - 4
5.5 Chinese Phrasal Dictionary ....................................................................................5 - 5
5.6 Translating Scanned Input......................................................................................5 - 6

Chapter 1 Product Features 1-1
Chapter 1 Product Features
1.1 Introduction
Penpower mini ScanEYE, the best scan pen, scans and recognizes words or pictures into
the software such as MS Word, Excel or PowerPoint etc. of your computer via the USB
interface. With the high scan speed of 15 cm per second, every minute can scan up to 800
characters.
Whenever you come across any particular words or sentences that you do not understand,
the auxiliary software, Transtar or translation website can translate for you.
The new version of mini ScanEYE includes French, German, Italian and Spanish recog-
nition languages. It becomes a great tool for the international business and study.
1.2 Features
· A brand new ergonomic design
Provide a comfortable handle which ts all left and right-handed users. Scan away effort-
lessly with its transparent scan tip. Where you see, where you scan. The stand alone USB
cable can prevent cable damage and connection problems.
· The best input and translation device
Unlike the complicated process of the traditional scanner, mini ScanEYE provides the
easiest way for inputting words. The input speed is ten times faster than typing manually.
It is the best input and translation tool for ofcer, businessman/businesswoman, professor,
teacher, student, journalist, traveler and everyone.
· Huge recognition boundary
It can recognize 13060 Traditional Chinese characters, 6763 Simplied Chinese charac-
ters, 4184 Hong Kong characters, 3580 Japanese characters, English, Korean, French,
German, Italian, Spanish, numbers and punctuation.
· Multiple language recognition system
The adjustable multiple language recognition system with the 99% recognition rate pro-
vides Traditional Chinese, Simplied Chinese, Hong Kong characters, English, Japanese,
Korean, French, German, Italian and Spanish recognition languages.

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. Automatic Tilt Calibration
Auto-detect and calibrate the tilt angle of the scanned pictures to improve the recognition
accuracy.
· Balloon Interface
Balloon interface offers you a non-interference environment. All scan results will directly
transfer to the desired application. Balloon interface pops up and provides online transla-
tor, pronunciation, candidate words and related words whenever you need.
· Scanning and Recognizing Synchronously
Multi-thread architecture allows you to scan continuously without pause while recognition
is being done on the y.
. Scan Image
The new feature of scanning images lets you scan and save the important images into MS
Word les.
· Bidirectional Chinese to English document translation
Come with translation software, Transtar, which can translate phrases or characters from
English to Chinese or vice versa and have your complete Chinese document translated
into English right away, with a read back function which reads out your document to you
aloud.
. Online Translation
The manageable online translation menu is attached on the toolbar. You can set up the
translation website for translating instantly.
. Penpower VoiceReader
Penpower VoiceReader utilizes a state of the art text-to-speech technology, it reads in u-
ent Mandarin or Cantonese of any articles. You can use it as a tool for fast proofreading or
in teaching the correct Mandarin/Cantonese pronunciation.
. Penpower OCR
Penpower OCR can recognize any complicated document or table images, which are took
by any digital camera or atbed scanner.

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Chapter 2 Installation
Function button:
When scanning words, the function button can be used as Enter function. It also works as
checking next word in the Penpower Translator.
Chapter 2 Installation
2.1 System Requirements
· Pentium II 300 CPU or above
· 128MB of RAM
· 250MB of available hard disk space
· Windows 2000/XP/Vista 32 bit
· USB port
2.2 Hardware Specication
· Dimensions: 131mm x 31mm x 19mm
· Weight: 45g (excludes USB cable)
· Interface: USB 2.0
· Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec
· Character size: 5~22 pt
Scan tip
Function Button

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2.3 Software Installation
1. Insert the mini ScanEYE setup CD into your CD-Rom drive. System will run installation
program automatically. Click mini ScanEYE on the Installation window to install mini
ScanEYE.
2. Select an installation language and click
OK to install.
Tip: mini ScanEYE provides TranStar dictionary and OCR optical character recognition
software as free gifts. You can installation them from Installation window.
3. Click on Next to continue.

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Chapter 2 Installation
4. Please read the License Agreement, select
I accept the terms of the license agree-
ment and click Next to continue.
4. Choose the destination folder to install
the software. This is usually left as de-
fault. Click Next to continue.
5. Choose the folder that you want to install
mini ScanEYE to in Program Files. This
is usually left as default. Click Next to
continue.
Note: When installing mini ScanEYE in
the Vista OS, the system may show
that Windows can't verify the pub-
lisher of this driver software. Please
choose Install this driver software
anyway.

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7. Click Finish to restart your computer.
Then you will see icon on your desk-
top, double-click to run mini ScanEYE.
6. After the software is installed, a register
reminder window will pop up to remind
you registering your product at www.
penpower.net/reg.html for ensuring the
warranty service. Click Register now to
register. If you click Register later, you
may go to About/Register when you
need.

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Chapter 2 Installation
3. Click on Finish to end the installation.
2.4 Hardware Installation
1. Plug in the mini ScanEYE into your
computer’s USB port. Some systems
may show Found New Hardware Wiz-
ard. Please select [No, not this time]
and click Next to continue.
Note: Some computers may shut down
accidentally after connection. This
is due to lack of power to support
several USB devices. To avoid this
problem, connect your mini Scan-
EYE and other USB devices to an
extra-powered USB hub.
2. Select [Install the software automati-
cally] and click Next to continue.

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4. When rst time execute mini ScanEYE,
some systems may show Found New
Hardware Wizard. Please select [No,
not this time] and click Next to con-
tinue.
5. Select [Install the software automati-
cally] and click Next to continue.
6. Click on Finish to end the installation.
Note: When connecting mini ScanEYE to another USB port, you may follow the Hard-
ware installation steps to install the Found New Hardware Wizard.

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Chapter 3 Character Input
Chapter 3 Character Input
3.1 Run Penpower mini ScanEYE
Go to [Start/All Programs/Penpower miniScanEYE /Penpower miniScanEYE] or
double click the icon on the desktop to start miniScanEYE toolbar.
Note: When running the miniScanEYE
rst time, the Scanning Guide's win-
dow will apper. Please use the miniS-
canEYE as the Guide show you.
3.1.1 Toolbar
1. Scan Mode: Provide [Scan & Recognize] and [Send Image], click to select scan
mode. If you select Scan & Recognize mode, it will scan and recognize text to your com-
puter. If you select Send Image mode, it will send the scanned image to your computer.
Note: When you use Send Image mode, you need to run the software which supports im-
age format such as MS Word.
Scan & Recognize
Send Image
Scan Mode About
Recognition Language
Balloon Interface Original Image VoiceReader Translator Settings Help
To Tray icon
Online Translation

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2. Recognition Language: mini ScanEYE can recognize English, Traditional Chinese,
Simplied Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Italian and Spanish languages.
Click to select the language you desire to recognize.
3. Balloon UI: provides candidates, phrase correction, split character, merge characters,
original image, punctuation, previous characters, related characters and translation. See 3.4
Using Balloon UI.
4. Original Image: display the scanned image. See 3.5 Displaying Original Image.
5. Voice Reader: read aloud Chinese articles in Mandarin or Cantonese. See Chapter 4 Pen-
power Voice Reader.
6. Translator: open Penpower Translator to translate Chinese-English/English-Chinese
words and articles. See Chapter 5 Penpower Translator.
7. Online Translation: Open the dictionary website for inputting and translating words.
8. Settings: provide Recognition Setting, General, Property, Translation Website Set up and
Interface Language settings. See 3.3 Settings and Scan Tips.
9. Click to minimize the toolbar to Taskbar.
10. Click to minimize the toolbar to tray icon. Double-click the tray icon will open the
toolbar. Right click on to open the function menu.

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Chapter 3 Character Input
3.2 Scan to Computer
3.2.1 Scan & Recognize
1. Select [Scan & Recognize] from [Scan Mode] .
2. Select the language you desire to recognize from [Recognition Language].
3. Open any word processor (i.e Microsoft Word or Wordpad) and place your cursor in there
as usual before you start typing.
4. Place a document on the table and place scanner head at the starting word position and
aim the arrowhead at the word, then press and drag mini ScanEYE lightly. During the
scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
5. The characters that the pen has passed through will be recognized to your desired word
processor as following:
3.2.2 Send Image
1. Select [Send Image] from [Scan Mode] .
2. Open a word processor which can contain images (i.e Microsoft Word) and place your
cursor in there as usual before you start typing.
3. Place a document on the table and place scanner head at the starting word or picture posi-
tion and aim the arrowhead at the word, the press and drag mini ScanEYE lightly. During
the scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
4. The words or pictures that the pen has passed through will be scanned to your desired
word processor as following:

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3.3 Settings and Scan Tips
3.3.1 Language Settings
Besides selecting recognition language from the toolbar, you can also click [Settings]
from the toolbar to select recognition language and recognition results. Different settings
will get different recognition results.
Tip: mini ScanEYE can actually convert Traditional text on your document to a Simplied
Chinese oriented result vice versa, in which you can select a different combination.
In [Recognition Setting], you will nd
Recognition Language setting.
If you select Traditional Chinese or Sim-
plied Chinese, you can nd the setting of
Recognition results on the right side, select
the one you wish to input to your computer.
* Recognition Language
Accord with your document to choose
a recognition language.
* Recognition Results
Select the type of Chinese for the in-
putting Chinese characters.
* Recognize HK Character
If you select Traditional Chinese recognition language, you can check Check this op-
tion to recognize Hongkong characters. You can connect to http://www.microsoft.com/hk/
hkscs/default.aspx to check the Hong Kong characters list.
* After Scanning Insert Space
If you select English recognition language, you can check After Scanning Insert
Space. When scanning English words, the system will automatically add a space in the
end.

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Chapter 3 Character Input
3.3.2 Scan Direction
* Scan Direction Settings
mini ScanEYE must be used to scan the
characters in a consistent direction, any
changes to the direction will cause inaccu-
rate recognition results.
Go to the General tab and you will be
able to change the conguration settings
according to how you hold the pen and the
direction which you want to scan.
* Scanning Vertically Aligned Text
When scanning vertically aligned text, please scan the text in top to bottom fashion and
have the characters centered at the middle of your pen as indicated by the centre marker line.

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* Scanning Horizontal Text
When scanning horizontal text, you can choose the left-hand or right-hand option and
please the pen on the text, moving from left to right or right to left depending on the option
you have set previously.
Note: Penpower mini ScanEYE is able to scan and recognize one row of characters at any
time, please place the pen in such a way that the centre marker is at the centre of
the character.
Left hand: Scan from right to left or from left to right
Right hand: Scan from left to right or from right to left

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Chapter 3 Character Input
3.3.3 Speech
mini ScanEYE can speak English, Mandarin and Cantonese. When select Traditional Chi-
nese or Simplied Chinese as the Recognition Language in the Recognition setting, it will
be able to speak Mandarin and Cantonese. When select English, you can choose speak or
none speak.
蒙恬掃譯筆中文辨識掃描翻譯 蒙恬掃譯筆中文辨識掃描翻譯
* Practice
According to what has been discussed previously, please scan the illustrated text below,
in a horizontal and vertical fashion. Do not introduce abrupt changes when scanning, i.e the
speed of moving your pen or scanning too fast.
If you have successfully scanned the text with the correct recognition results, you are
now ready to put mini ScanEYE to actual use!