voxiweb VoxiVision User manual

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User manual
Version 3.0

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I –FIRST STEPS
What's in the box?
•VoxiVision (with protective case)
•Foldable stand + carry case
•Accessories
•Detachable neck lanyard
•Power adapter + USB Type-C cable
•QR code labels x50
•VoxiVision remote
VoxiVision
Foldable stand
The folding stand consists of 3 elements: the wooden stand on which the VoxiVision will be
placed, the vertical stand (equipped with a rotating stop) and the metal tray (with a QR Code on)
on which the document will be placed.
Volume +
Volume –
On / Off
(long press - hollow button)
Speech recognition
(short press)
Sleep
(double-press)
Navigation bar
USB Type-C Port
BATTERY
AUDIO

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Steps to unfold the stand:
1 - Hold the metal tray
•Move it away from the wooden support: there is a slight resistance here
•Rotate it until it cannot move any more (you will feel a click)
2 - Hold the wooden stand
•Rotate it until it cannot move any more
Position the metal tray and the wooden stand, facing you.
To place a document perfectly, you can lower the rotating stop at the bottom of the vertical stand
to the right side.
VoxiVision remote
The VoxiVision remote control lets you activate voice recognition. This is useful when the
VoxiVision is on its stand.
LED
Voice command
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To connect the remote for the first time, go to Settings > Wireless connections > Pairing remote,
and then follow the instructions.
Or use the voice command "remote".
Power on / off
To turn on your VoxiVision, press and hold the On / Off button (located on the right side under the
volume buttons) until you feel a vibration. It takes less than a minute to fully turn on the device. If
the VoxiVision does not turn on, you may need to charge it.
To shut down your VoxiVision, make a long press on the On / Off button and choose « Shut
down ».
Sleep Mode
To set sleep mode, double press the On / Off button.
By default, VoxiVision goes to sleep after 2 minutes of inactivity (time can be changed in the
Advanced settings).
To exit the sleep mode, single press the On / Off button.
Choice of version/mode
There are two modes available:
•Basic mode: Access to only the main functions with simplified navigation (with only the 3
buttons on the navigation bar)
•Standard mode: Access to all functions and advanced settings
Voice commands
You can also control your device by voice using voice commands (see Chapter 8 for Standard
mode).
To launch a voice command, press the On / Off button, located on the right side of your VoxiVision.
Once you hear a beep (a blinking microphone appears on the screen), you can start speaking.
The speech recognition stops as soon as you stop talking.
Or press the central button on the remote (if you have already paired it).
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Charging
To charge your VoxiVision, plug the charger into the USB Type-C port on your VoxiVision (located
on the bottom middle edge).
When the battery drops below 20%, you will get a notification on the home screen.
To check the battery level, long press the On/Off button (located on the right side of the
VoxiVision) or use the voice command "battery".

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II –BASIC MODE
If you have not chosen this mode from the start-up screen, you can access it from Settings >
Basic mode.
Navigation
Use the right button on the navigation bar to change functions.
1 –Reading machine
Automatic reading (with stand)
Put your VoxiVision on the wooden stand, as soon as you hear "Autoread enabled", you can place
your document on the metal tray.
As soon as your hands are no longer over the document, reading starts automatically.
You can interact whilst it is reading in 2 ways:
•With hand gestures
Pause / Resume reading
Right hand (flat above the document)
Read the previous sentence
Left hand (flat above the document)
As long as you leave your left hand over the document, you can move back
from sentence to sentence
•Or via voice commands: press the button on the remote control and say
"play" / "pause" or "previous"
To stop reading, remove the document from the metal tray. The VoxiVision is ready for the next
document.
Change mode
Right button
Reading machine
Scanner
Barcode / label / banknote
Magnifier

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On the stand, in automatic reading, the text recognition is read in audio only (without text). If you
wish to display the text, simply hold the VoxiVision in your hand, the text will appear on the screen
and playback will continue.
Manual reading (without stand)
To launch text recognition, press the middle button on the navigation bar.
Playback will start automatically.
When reading text, the navigation bar changes.
You can navigate through the text by using gestures:
•Previous sentence: swipe your finger from the right to the left on the screen
•Next paragraph: swipe your finger from the left to the right on the screen
Read across columns
This function lets you read a table line by line.
To enable this feature, long press the On/Off button, then choose Settings > Customisation >
Reading Machine: Read across columns and choose Enable.
To start reading across columns, press the left button on the navigation bar.
Change mode
Right button
Launch text recognition
Middle button
Change mode
Right button
Back to reading
machine
Left button
Play / pause
Middle button
Launch Read across
columns
Left button

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The VoxiVision needs to be in its stand to do this. Put your VoxiVision on the wooden stand, as
soon as you hear "reading across columns enabled", you can place your document on the metal
tray.
As soon as your hands are no longer over the document, reading starts automatically
If you wish to display the text, simply hold the VoxiVision in your hand, the text will appear on the
screen and playback will continue.
2 - Scanner
This mode combines the barcode reader, label reader and banknote detector on a single screen.
You can use the scanner either in your hand or on the stand.
Barcode reader
Position your VoxiVision at least 15 cm above your product. Present the different sides of your
product until you hear a beep indicating that a barcode has been detected. The VoxiVision will
then announce the name of the product it has identified.
Barcode customisation allows you to add information by voice to an existing barcode (e.g. dosage
of a medicine, cooking time of a food, etc.) or to add your own barcodes if they are unknown.
Once the result of a barcode has been announced, press the middle button.
Press the middle button again to start then stop recording (maximum recording time is 1 minute).
Next time you scan the barcode, the speech synthesis will announce the name the product
announced followed by your customised recording.
By pressing the middle button (represented by a bin), you can delete your recording. Deleting a
customised barcode will only erase your voice recording and not the product from the database.
Voice labeller
Take one of the labels from the label sheet, then move your VoxiVision over the label (be sure to
position your device at least 15 cm from the label). As soon as the label is detected, you will feel
a vibration.
Change mode
Right button
Barcode customisation / add unknown barcode
Middle button

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Start recording your voice by pressing the middle button. Press again this button to end the
recording (maximum recording time is 1 minute).
If you move your VoxiVision over an already recorded label, you will feel a vibration and the
corresponding recording will automatically play back.
By pressing the middle button (represented by a bin), you can delete your recording. You can
then reuse this label for a new recording.
These labels are water resistant and reusable.
Banknote detector
Place a banknote under the VoxiVision, its value will be instantly displayed on the screen and
voiced.
3 - Magnifier
By default, this function is hidden. To enable this feature, long press the On/Off button, then
choose Settings > Customisation > Show magnifier.
Image freeze
To freeze the image, press the volume up button (located on the right edge of the VoxiVision).
Once the image is frozen, you can enlarge or reduce it (middle and left buttons) or pinch the
screen directly with 2 fingers.You can move within this image with one finger on the screen.
To exit freeze mode, press the volume up button again.
Change mode
Right button
Back to scanner
Left button
Record label
Middle button
Change mode
Right button
Zoom out
Left button
Zoom in (up to x25)
Middle button

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Enhanced 2 colour mode
By pressing the volume down button located on the right edge of the VoxiVision, you can change
the colour modes (before or after freezing the image). In addition to full colour, you can choose
between 6 different enhanced colour combinations
The last used colour combination is saved by default. Each time you want to change colour
combinations, they will be in the following order: your preferred colour scheme, full colour and the
other enhanced colour combinations.
To customise the list of colour combinations, long press the On/Off button then choose Settings
> Customisation > Magnifier > Enhanced 2 colour mode customisation.
Settings
Press and hold the On/Off button (located on the right edge of the VoxiVision under the volume
buttons) and select the Settings menu.
•Accessibility: Contrast, Text size, Speech synthesis, Speech rate, Brightness
•Customisation: Enable Read across columns (Reading machine), Show magnifier
(enhanced 2 colour mode customisation)
•Wireless connections: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (add audio device), pairing remote
Voice commands
•"reading machine": launch the reading machine
•"scanner" / "barcode" / "label" / "banknote": launch the scanner
•"magnifier": launch the magnifier
•"pause": pause reading
•"play": resume reading
•"lighting": enable / disable lighting
•"contrast": change contrast
•"text size": change text size
•"speech synthesis": change speech synthesis
•"speech rate": adjust speech rate
•"brightness": adjust brightness
•"remote": pair remote
•"wifi": access Wi-Fi
•"bluetooth": access Bluetooth
•"sleep": put on standby
•"power off": shut down
•"battery": announces the battery level

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•"time": announces time
•"date": announces date
To exit basic mode, press and hold the On/Off button (located on the right edge of the VoxiVision
under the volume buttons) and select "Settings" then "Exit basic mode".

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III –STANDARD MODE
If you have not chosen this mode from the start-up screen, press and hold the On/Off button
(located on the right edge of the VoxiVision under the volume buttons) and choose Settings then
Exit basic mode.
Navigation
1/ READING MACHINE
Automatic reading (with stand)
Put your VoxiVision on the wooden stand, as soon as you hear "Autoread enabled", you can place
your document on the metal tray.
As soon as your hands are no longer over the document, reading starts automatically.
VoxiVision can detect and read documents in their original language (see supported languages
at the end of the manual).
You can interact during playback with hand gestures.
Pause / Resume reading
Right hand (flat above the document)
Read the previous sentence
Left hand (flat above the document)
As long as you leave your left hand over the document, you can move back
from sentence to sentence
Save the document
Right fist (above the document)
To return to the previous screen
Two-finger press on the screen

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Or via voice commands. Press the button on the remote and say:
"pause" / "play": pause / resume reading
"previous": read the previous sentence
"save": save the document
To stop reading, remove the document from the metal tray. The VoxiVision is ready for the next
document.
On the stand, in automatic reading, the text recognition is read in audio only (without text). If you
wish to display the text, simply hold the VoxiVision in your hand, the text will appear on the screen
and playback will continue.
Manual reading (without stand)
To launch text recognition, press the middle button on the navigation bar.
Playback will start automatically.
To pause or resume reading, one-finger tap anywhere on the screen.
When reading text, the navigation bar changes.
Options:
•Save: Save to Gallery (Text Recognition folder)
•Smart extraction (only appears if results are detected)
•Translate
Launch text recognition
Middle button
Next paragraph
Right button
Previous sentence
Left button
Options
Middle button

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Smart extraction
Automatic detection of telephone numbers, postal addresses and email addresses in text
recognition results. These are only displayed if results are detected.
Translation
Translation is available into more than 10 languages.
Reading by word / character
To enable this feature, go to Settings > Advanced settings > Reading machine: Reading by word
/ character.
To start using this function, long press with one finger anywhere on the screen where you want
to read by word or character. From then on, you can move from word to word using the arrows in
the navigation bar.
When you stop on a word, it is automatically spelled out.
To turn off word-by-word reading, long press with one finger on the screen again.
This also works when reading text from the Gallery.
Handwriting recognition
VoxiVision can accurately read handwriting.
This advanced recognition only works if VoxiVision is connected to the Internet (see Chapter 7 –
Settings > Wireless connections).
Read across columns
This function lets you read a table line by line.
To enable this feature, go to Settings > Advanced settings > Reading machine: Read across
columns.
Next word
Right button
Previous word
Left button
Launch Read across
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Left button

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To start reading across columns, press the left button on the navigation bar.
Reading across columns requires the VoxiVision to be in the stand.
Put your VoxiVision on the wooden stand, as soon as you hear "reading across columns enabled",
you can position your document on the metal tray.
As soon as your hands are no longer over the document, reading starts automatically.
If you wish to display the text, simply hold the VoxiVision in your hand, the text will appear on the
screen and playback will continue.
2/ MULTIPLE PAGES
The multiple pages mode allows you to extract text from several documents in sequence and
save them in a single document.
Place your VoxiVision on the wooden stand, as soon as you hear "Multiple pages enabled", you
can then position your document on the metal tray.
The document will be automatically detected and processing of the first page will start.
It will only start if no hand is detected above the document so that you have time to position your
document correctly.
However, if you need to use your hands to hold the document flat (e.g. for a book), you can still
force the document to be captured using the voice command "read".
Once the first page has been captured, you will have the choice either to place a new document
or to end and save.
To place a new document, remove your current document and place a new document on the
metal tray. The processing is automatically launched and takes a few seconds.
You can repeat the process up to 50 pages.
At the end of the process, you have 2 options for saving:
•Via a gesture: position your right fist above the document
•Via voice command: say "save"
The current document is automatically saved, after 2 minutes of inactivity.
The document will be saved in the Gallery > Text recognition. Filename will start with "multipages"
followed by a number.
3/ SCANNER
The scanner combines a barcode reader, a voice labeller and a banknote detector on a single
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Barcode
Position your VoxiVision at least 15 cm above your product. Present the different sides of your
product until you hear a beep indicating that a barcode has been detected.
Once the result is on the screen, if you want to scan a barcode again, go back to the previous
screen (two-finger press on the screen).
Barcode customisation / Add new barcode
Barcode customisation allows you to add information by voice to an existing barcode (e.g. dosage
of a medicine, cookingtime of a food, etc.) or to add your own barcodes if the barcode is unknown.
Once you hear the barcode result, press the middle button.
Press the middle button again to start then stop recording (maximum recording time is 1 minute).
Next time you scan the barcode, the speech synthesis will announce the name the product
announced followed by your customised recording.
By pressing the middle button (represented by a bin), you can delete your recording. Deleting a
customised barcode will only erase your voice recording and not the product from the database.
Voice labeller
VoxiVision is supplied with 50 reusable, cold- and water-resistant labels.
Take one of the labels from the label sheet, then move your VoxiVision over the label (be sure to
position your device at least 15 cm from the label).
As soon as the label is detected, you will feel a vibration. Start recording your voice by pressing
the middle button. Press again this button to end the recording (maximum recording time is 1
minute).
If you move your VoxiVision over an already recorded label, you will feel a vibration and the
corresponding recording will automatically play back.
To listen to the recording again, one-finger tap anywhere on the screen.
By pressing the middle button (represented by a bin), you can delete your recording. You can
then reuse this label for a new recording.
Customise / add barcode
Middle button

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Banknote
Place a banknote under the VoxiVision, its value will be instantly displayed on the screen and
voiced.
To change the currency, go to Settings > Advanced settings > Scanner (banknote): Currency
choice.
Updating barcode and banknote databases
To check if an update is available, go to Settings > System > Databases update.
You must be connected to the Internet (see chapter 7 - Settings > Wireless connections).
4/ MAGNIFIER
The magnifier can be used in portrait or landscape mode.
Image freeze
To freeze the image, press the middle button.
Once the image is frozen, you can enlarge or reduce it (middle and left buttons) or pinch the
screen directly with 2 fingers.You can move within this image with one finger on the screen.
To save the image, press the middle button. The image will be saved in the Gallery > Images.
From the frozen image, you can extract the text using the "read" voice command.
To exit the freeze mode, use the Back gesture (two-finger press on the screen).
Zoom In (up to x25)
Right button
Zoom Out
Left button
Image freeze
Middle button
Decrease image size
Right button
Decrease image size
Left button
Save image
Middle button

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Enhanced 2 colour mode
By pressing the volume buttons on the right side of the VoxiVision, you can change the colour
modes (before or after freezing the image). In addition to full colour, you can choose between 6
different enhanced colour combinations.
The last used colour combination is saved by default. Each time you want to change colour
combinations, they will be in the following order: your preferred colour scheme, full colour and the
other enhanced colour combinations.
You can choose the list of colour combinations visible for the Magnifier (go to Settings > Advanced
settings > Magnifier Enhanced 2 colour mode customisation).
5/ GALLERY
The gallery allows you to view text files saved from the Reading Machine or Multipage pages as
well as images saved from the Magnifier.
Text file (Text recognition folder)
Files are sorted from the most recent to the oldest one. Select from the list the file you wish to
consult.
Once inside the selected text, the navigation bar changes.
Options :
•Copy to USB stick (if USB stick inserted)
•Rename (with voice input)
•Smart extraction (only visible if results are detected)
•Translate
•Delete
Multiple pages text
Texts saved from the Multiple pages mode (file name starting with multipages) provide advanced
features, not available for regular text files:
•Resume reading: start reading and resume, at the point where you stopped
•Page by page navigation: long press on the left or right button to reach previous or next
page
Next paragraph
Right button
Previous sentence
Left button
Options
Middle button

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Translations
If you have saved at least one translation, the Translation folder will be visible in the Gallery.
Image file (Images folder)
The images are sorted from the most recent to the oldest one. Select from the list the image you
wish to consult.
Once the image is on the screen, the navigation bar changes.
Options :
•Copy to USB stick (if USB stick inserted)
•Extract text (then there is an option to save and translate this text)
•Rename (with voice input)
•Delete
USB Reader
Plug a USB storage device into the USB Type-C port on the bottom middle edge.
If your storage device is not compatible with Type-C, use a USB Type-A to Type-C adapter.
Compatible formats: FAT32, NTFS, ex-FAT
Once the USB storage device is connected, it will be visible on the root of the Gallery.
File types displayed:
•Text file: text (.txt), Word (.doc, .docx), Open Office (.odt), PDF (.pdf)
•Image: .gif, .jpg, .png
PDF Reader
By default, the PDF reader displays the text version of the document. If you want to display the
original format, press the middle button.
Zoom In
Right button
Zoom Out
Left button
Options
Middle button