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ACEManual rev.080614
you have finished adding pages, press and hold the Action Button, then press the Back
Button. You will hear: “Book saved.”
Opening a Document or Book
To open a previously saved single-page document or a book, begin at the Main Menu
and select Scan and Read. Next, press and hold the Action Button, and while holding
it, press the Back Button. Scroll to and select Open. The Ace will read the label for the
last saved document.
Scroll through the label list, and select one you want to open. If you select a single
page document, it will open as an image, and then be converted to text and read aloud.
If you select a book, you will hear, “Open Book.” Press the Action Button again, and it
will open as an image and then be converted to text and read aloud for this reading.
Unlike single-page documents, you can choose to convert books to text permanently
so that the book will start reading faster when it is subsequently opened. To do this,
follow these steps:
Converting a Book to Text
Select the Open option as instructed in the previous paragraph. Press the Action
Button to select a book you’d like to read. Three menu options will be given:
 Open Book
 Convert Book to Text
 Convert Book to MP3
Scroll with the Right Roller to Convert Book to Text, and press Action Button to select.
You will hear: “Please wait.” Do not interrupt the process of converting images to text.
Next, you will hear: “Conversion complete.” Please note that conversion to text may
take a long time and depends on how many pages are being converted. To read the
converted book, go to Open book, select the book you would like to read, then select
the text file.
Converting a Book to MP3
NOTE: This option is available only for books that are scanned through the Ace
and saved onto a flash drive. Do not use it for books saved to the internal
memory.
Select the Open menu as instructed previously. Press the Action Button to select a
book you’d like to convert to audio. Three menu options will be given: