WizCom Technologies Readingpen Basic Edition K-12 User manual

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents ..............................................1
Introduction........................................................3
Copyrights ........................................................4
Contact and Support Information......................4
Terminology......................................................5
Getting Started...................................................6
Setting up the Pen............................................6
The Pen Parts ..................................................7
The Pen Buttons...............................................8
Selecting options................................................... 8
Button Presses ...................................................... 9
Regular Press .................................................................... 9
Long-Press......................................................................... 9
Scanning...........................................................9
How to Scan........................................................... 9
If you are Left-handed:....................................................... 9
Scanning with the Trainer..................................................10
Scanning without the Trainer.............................................11
Troubleshooting .................................................. 12
Scanning Limitations.........................................................12
Causes of Incorrect Scanning Results...............................13
Solutions to Incorrect Scanning Results.............................13
Troubleshooting the Dictionary Lookup..............................13
Tutorials............................................................14

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Before Starting: Turning the Pen on...............15
Tutorial 1 - Scanning a Single Word ..............16
Tutorial 2 - Scanning a Whole Line................21
Tutorial 3 - Words with Multiple Entries..........24
The Pen Screens..............................................28
Menu Options...................................................30
Accessing the Main Menu ..............................30
Selecting a Menu Option................................30
Closing the Main Menu...................................30
The Main Menu...............................................31
Scanned Words.................................................... 31
View History......................................................................31
View Adjacent Entries .......................................................31
Reset History.....................................................................32
Settings ................................................................ 32
Voice Settings...................................................................33
Lock Dict. Access..............................................................34
Unlock Dict. Access...........................................................34
Forgot your Password?......................................................35
Highlight Spoken Words....................................................35
Word/Line Display First.....................................................36
View Battery Status...........................................................36
Set Right/Left Handed.......................................................36
Set Contrast......................................................................36
View Serial Number ..........................................................37
About ................................................................................37
View Training ....................................................... 37

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Introduction
Congratulations on your choice of the state-of-the-art
Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 from WizCom
Technologies! The Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 is a
simple, easy to use, portable, discreet, device that
provides immediate word support to the reader. It helps
achieve a smoother and more continuous reading flow
and provides quick and simple comprehension. The
Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 lets the user read and
understand independently.
Just glide the Pen over the printed English word you
wish to learn. Then you can:
•Hear the word read out loud.
•View the word in large font.
•View the syllable division of the word.
•Hear the word spelled out loud.
•View the dictionary definition from The American
Heritage Dictionary. If a word within the definition
is unclear – just cross-reference from it to view its
dictionary entry.
•View synonyms from The American Heritage
Thesaurus.
•Translate the word to Spanish using the
EnglishSpanish dictionary.
•Hear the English dictionary and thesaurus entries
read out loud to you.
•Hear the whole line you scanned read out loud.

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Copyrights
The American Heritage® Children’s Dictionary by the Editors of the American Heritage®
Dictionaries, published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The American Heritage® Children’s Thesaurus by Paul Hellweg, published by Houghton
Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2006 WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
WizCom Technologies Ltd. uses the Ligature OCR-on-a-Chip copyright © 1995-2006,
Ligature Compression Technology copyright © 1996-2006, and Ligature reverse inflection
and derivation technology copyright © 1997-2006 under license from Ligature Ltd. All
rights reserved.
WizCom InfoScan™, QuickLink-Pen®, Quicktionary®, Readingpen®, WizCom
SuperPen™, WizCom and Pen design are trademarks or registered trademarks of
WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
All other brands and product names appearing here are registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
ScanSoft and the ScanSoft logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ScanSoft Inc.
used in the U.S. and/or in other countries. ScanSoft Text-to-Speech software © 2003
ScanSoft Inc. All rights reserved.
Contact and Support Information
For more information on your Pen please refer to the full
User Guide on the CD-ROM that came in the product
package.
If you still have any questions about this product or how
to use it, please feel free to contact us:
•Send an E-mail to:
[e-mail]
•Check our websites at:
http://www.readingpen.net
http://www.wizcomtech.com

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Terminology
Pen:
The Readingpen® Basic Edition K-12 scanning
device.
Scan:
To roll the Pen over printed text.
Highlighted:
When text, numbers or graphics appear inversed on
the Pen screen. For example, when text is
highlighted, it appears green with a black background
(instead of black text on the green background).
Select:
To ‘select’ an option means that you should scroll to
the option until it appears on the screen, or until it is
highlighted and then press the Pen button in
order to activate the option or enter a sub-menu or
screen.
EnglishEnglish Dictionary:
In this manual, this refers to “The American Heritage
Dictionary”.
EnglishSpanish Dictionary:
In this manual, this refers to the dictionary used to
translate English words into Spanish.
Thesaurus:
In this manual, this refers to “The American Heritage
Thesaurus”.
Dictionary Entries and Headwords:
Dictionary entries are the set of definitions,
translations, usage examples, synonyms etc. which
are provided in order to teach the meaning of a
single word – which is called the Headword.

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Getting Started
Setting up the Pen
To set up the Pen, insert 2 AAA batteries as shown in the
following illustration:
Important: please note the correct position and polarity
of batteries.

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The Pen Parts
The Pen contains the following parts:
Front view
Rear view
Important: before using the earphones please lower the
volume control on the earphones, to prevent ear irritation.
If your earphones do not have volume control, please
access the Set Volume option (see page33).

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The Pen Buttons
The keypad contains seven buttons for operating your
Pen:
•Power - used to turn the Pen on and off.
•Enter - used to enter a sub-menu or screen,
confirm a selection or perform an operation.
•Escape - used to navigate backwards, close a
screen, or cancel an operation.
•Arrows , , and - used for scrolling.
Note: Some buttons have additional functions which are
explained in other sections of this document.
Selecting options
To enter a sub-menu or select a menu option:
1. Scroll through the menu or list using and , until
the item you want is highlighted, or until it alone
appears on the screen.
2. Press .

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Button Presses
There are 2 types of button presses:
Regular Press
A single short press of the button. In this manual, when
you are instructed to ‘press’ a button – it means you
should perform a Regular Press.
Long-Press
To long-press a button, press the button and hold it down
briefly.
Scanning
Scanning means to roll the Pen over printed text. When
scanning, the optical head of the Pen scans the surface
and creates a bitmap copy of the scanned text. The
image is then processed using OCR (Optical Character
Recognition) to recreate the actual letters on the Pen.
How to Scan
Following are instructions on how to scan. To see a short
scanning demonstration, please access
http://www.wizcomtech.com/presentations/main_18.html.
When scanning – always be sure that:
1. The Pen is turned on.
2. The Pen cap has been removed.
3. The Pen is in scanning mode – denoted by the red
blinking light at the tip of the Pen.
Note: for proper functioning confirm that the battery level
is not too low (see View Battery Status on page 36).
If you are Left-handed:
The Pen default is set to right-handed scanning. To
change it to left-handed scanning:

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1. In the Settings menu, scroll using and until the
option Right-/Left-Handed appears on the screen
and press .
2. Scroll to the mode you prefer by using or .
3. Press .
Scanning with the Trainer
The transparent trainer helps maintaining the correct
scanning angle. Here is how to scan with it:
1. Slide the trainer on to the tip of the Pen (instead of
the cap) and press firmly into place.
2. Place the trainer flat and steady to the right of the text
you wish to scan. Notice the 90˚angle that is
created. This is the angle you should preserve
whenever scanning, even without the trainer.