USER’S MANUAL English
C Pen The symbol on our products signifies that they have been certified according to the EMC directive 89/336/EEC and the Low Voltage directive 73/23/EEC when applicable. The products fulfill the requirements according to the following standards: EN 50 081-1:1992 Electromagnetic compatibility, Generic Emission Standard. EN 50 082-1:1992 Electromagnetic compatibility, Generic Immunity Standard. Second edition (April 1999). This manual is published by C Technologies AB, without any warranty.
Contents C PEN ............................................................... 5 The Battery .................................................................................. 6 How C Pen Works ....................................................................... 7 The Buttons ................................................................................. 9 Turning On and Off ................................................................. 10 The Main Menu ..............................................
C Pen C DICTIONARY ............................................... 43 Dictionary license key .............................................................. 43 Introduction .............................................................................. 44 Translation screen ..................................................................... 45 Word selection list .................................................................... 46 Word selection screen ...................................................
C PEN Congratulations - you have just bought yourself a photographic memory! C Pen is a Mobile Information Collector that reads, remembers, processes and transfers printed text cordlessly to your Windows-equipped PC. C Pen is in essence an electronic highlighter that remembers the text that you are marking. C Pen is equipped with 8 MB of memory, of which 6 MB can be used to store about 3,000 standard size pages. C Pen communicates with your PC via a built-in infrared interface, using the IrDA standard.
C Pen The Battery Attaching 1. Place the battery as shown below. 2. Push down until you hear a click. 3. Secure the battery by pushing the locking catch forward. Locking catch To remove the battery, press the locking catch away from the reading end of the pen and lift the battery upwards. Charging 1. Connect the charger to C Pen. 2. Plug the charger into a mains socket. When the battery is fully charged, the charging stops automatically. You cannot overcharge the battery.
How C Pen Works As C Pen is moved over the text, C Pen’s internal light source illuminates the characters and a camera takes pictures of the text. These images are transformed to computer-readable text by an OCR-system. What is OCR? Optical Character Recognition is the process of turning an image into computer-readable text. During OCR, C Pen analyzes the images taken by its camera and translates them into text characters.
C Pen • Anything that is not a printed character, and any character distorted by a mark or smudge on the paper could be unrecognizable. • Characters in the text should not overlap. • Underlined text is difficult for C Pen to read because the underline changes the shape of descenders of the letters q, g, y, p, and j. • C Pen can’t read red or yellow text on a white or red background, or white text on a red background. • The size of the characters should be 7–20 points.
The Buttons Navigation control (Nav) Trigger button (Trigg) On/Off and Escape (ESC) button Press to select an item Turn to navigate the menus Nav Turn the navigation control left or right to move in menus and text. Press it to select an item or option. Trigg Press and hold down to read text. On/Off ESC This button is used to turn C Pen on and off. It also closes menus and cancels text.
C Pen Turning On and Off To turn C Pen on and off, press and hold down the On/Off button until the display is activated/deactivated. C Pen turns off automatically after 4 minutes of non-use. To change the automatic power-off time, see Settings, p. 30. Press to turn C Pen on.
The Main menu The Main menu is what you see when you turn C Pen on. It displays C Pen’s different applications. Move the cursor with Nav Notes contains the collected texts; see p. 17. C Address is an address book, where you can store and search for information about your contacts; see p. 36. C Dictionary is an application where you can translate words from one language to another; see p. 43 Settings contains parameters you can change like poweroff time and reading options; see p. 30.
C Pen Status field The area on the left is called the status field. This field displays the time, the current text settings and the battery indicator. Text settings are described in Settings, p. 30. Text quality (see Settings) Battery power Current time Text language (see Settings) Using dialogs C Pen uses a number of graphic elements on the display to give information. Some of these require interaction from the user.
List Box A list box contains a list of items that can be selected by the user. Edit Box It is possible to enter and edit text in an edit box. Select the box and the text will be highlighted. Use your C Pen to read a text or press Nav to enter edit mode. In edit mode you can use the Edit menu or C Write for editing text, see p. 19 and p. 22. Check box Check a box by clicking the item with Nav. Normally, only one item in a list of check box items can be selected.
C Pen Reading text Please follow the instructions in this chapter in order to get the best results from your C Pen. Take a few minutes to learn how to use C Pen correctly. To read a line, follow the steps below. 1. Turn C Pen on. Make sure that the text settings are set for the appropriate values. The text settings are Text Quality, Text Language and Read Mode. There is also a possibility to calibrate C Pen for best performance. Refer to Settings, p.
4. Move C Pen over the line of text. Keep the trigger pressed as you move C Pen over the text. 0-15 cm/s 5. Release the trigger at the end of the line. The text will appear on the display. The collected text is placed in a new text file in Notes; see p. 17. You can also select New... and then File in Notes. This creates a new, empty text file. ! NOTE: You can move C Pen either left-to-right or rightto-left over the text. You can read up to 15 cm/second.
C Pen Reading another line Read the second line the same way you read the first. A space or a line break is inserted between the lines (see Read Mode under Settings, p. 31). You can also insert a line break by clicking Trigg once. The most recent line read is shown as negative text, i.e. white text on a black background. To cancel the last line collected, press ESC briefly. Stop reading Press Nav to open the text menu (see Notes, p. 17) and choose Exit. The Save As dialog box appears.
NOTES Notes contains the text files you have read. Enter Notes by moving the cursor to the Notes icon in the main menu and by pressing Nav. Inside Notes, move between items using Nav. The Command menu The Command menu contains commands for handling texts. Open the menu by selecting a text file and pressing Nav. Press Nav to open the command menu The options in the Command menu are: Open Rename Opens a file. Renames a file. A dialog with an edit box appears; see Using Dialogs, p. 12.
C Pen Creating a new file or folder To create a new file, close the open text, if any, and read a line. You can also create a new file with the command New… in Notes. Select FILE in the dialog box and press Nav. The new file is placed in Notes. Create a new folder with the command New... in Notes. Select FOLDER in the dialog box and press Nav. A dialog box appears. Select the edit box if you want to edit or read a folder name. Use your C pen to read a name or press Nav to enter edit mode.
Edit Enters edit mode. You can edit text either by using the Edit menu (see below) or by using C Write (see p. 22). Settings Sets the text settings of the text you are reading; see Settings, p. 30. Select Selects a read line/word. After selecting a reading, you automatically enter edit mode. Cancel Closes the text menu. The Edit menu In edit mode you move the cursor one character at a time by turning Nav. Move the cursor to a position where you want to edit the text. Press Nav to open the Edit menu.
C Pen Delete Deletes a character or a selection. Select Selects characters or a whole text. Settings Sets the text settings of the text you are reading. Cancel Closes the edit menu. Change Place the cursor to the left of the character you want to change and choose Change from the menu. Turn Nav to select the new character from the character frame and then press Nav. The character frame Insert Move the cursor to the place where you want the insertion and select Insert from the menu.
When you are finished, press ESC to return to the text you are editing. Select Use the Select command to edit more than one character at a time. Choose Select > Characters and turn Nav to select multiple characters. Press Nav and choose Cut, Copy or Delete from the menu. If you select All, the whole text will be selected. Delete Place the cursor to the left of the character you want to delete and choose Delete from the menu. If text is selected, the whole selection will be deleted.
C Pen C Write C Write is a feature that allows you to draw characters by using C Pen as an ordinary pen. C pen can track its own movement over a surface and recognize the movement as a letter, digit or a symbol. Using C Write is an alternative to using the character frame when inserting characters in a text. To be able to use C Write, the surface you “write” on must have a distinct pattern. A printed text is the best choice. Use C Write in the following way: 1. Enter edit mode 2.
This visual feedback can be switched on/off in Settings. Select C Write Settings (called C Write if you enter Settings from Notes) and press Nav. A dialog box appears where you can check or uncheck the Feedback utility. Basic rules when using C Write • In order to obtain maximum accuracy when writing with C Pen, your characters should resemble the prototypes on the following pages as much as possible. Start here • A character must be drawn in one single stroke.
C Pen In order to write a capital letter, you have to write the shift sign first (see C Write Prototypes). Only the first letter will be a capital. The status field will reflect this choice. C Write Capital letter icon If you write two shift signs, C Write will enter Caps Lock mode. All letters will be capitals until you write a shift sign again. C Write Caps Lock mode icon Symbols Press Trigg shortly to enter symbol mode. The status field displays a symbol icon.
C Write Prototypes Letters, digits and shift Shift Space Backspace Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo 25
C Pen 26 Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
Special characters Çç Ææ Øø Accents and umlauts Write the letter first and then the accent or umlaut. Example: ä = a + ¨ º ^ ´ ` ~ Symbols Enter symbol mode by pressing Trigg briefly. .
C Pen 28 ( ) [ ] { } - + * $ @ “ # _ < > ? ¿ ! ¡ £ § ß %
Closing a text Press Nav to open the text menu, then select Exit. C Pen prompts you to save before closing if changes have been made. Leaving Notes To leave Notes, close the open text and select Exit in the Notes application.
C Pen SETTINGS Settings contains the parameters controlling C Pen. Enter Settings from the main menu by moving the cursor to the Settings icon and pressing Nav. A list of the available settings appears. To modify a setting: 1. Select the setting from the settings list with Nav. A dialog box appears. 2. Turn Nav to highlight the setting value. Press Nav to modify. 3. Turn Nav to change the value and press Nav to confirm. 4. Select the OK button to close the dialog and save the changed setting. 5.
Text Language Select the language of the text you are reading from the list of check boxes. If you read text containing numbers only, select Numbers Only as language. Read Mode This setting indicates how C Pen should format the readings. The read modes are: Continuous text: A space is inserted between two separate readings with C Pen. Suitable when you read a complete paragraph which will be used in a document on your PC. Separate lines: Each reading starts on a new line.
C Pen Calibration C Pen’s reading ability can be adjusted to the present contrast between the text and its background in the following way: 1. 2. 3. 4. Hold C Pen with the pen tip flat against the surface. Press Trigg for two seconds without moving C Pen. A progress indicator appears on C Pen’s screen. Move C Pen over the text, in circles or back and forth. Continue to move C Pen until the progress bar has reached the end. 5.
Select Calibration and press Nav and a dialog box appears: In the calibration dialog box, select CANCEL to go back or DEFAULT SETTING to revert to the factory setting. If you press the scan button (Trigg), calibration will start. You can do a calibration whenever you use C Pen. This method increases C Pen’s reading ability if the text is not black and/or the background is not white. Inverted text must still be set in Text Quality. Remember that red text is not possible to read.
C Pen System Settings PIN code You can control the access of your C Pen by a four-digit code. Enter the PIN code setting to enable or disable your PIN (Personal Identification Number). When the dialog box opens, the zero in the first position is blinking. Turn Nav to select the first digit in your PIN. Then press Nav to go the next postion. Continue in the same way. When you have reached OK, press Nav and confirm the PIN in a new dialog box.
Menu The language that C Pen uses in its Language menus and dialog boxes. Select the desired menu language in the list of check boxes. Power-off The time of inactivity in minutes before time C Pen turns off automatically. STORAGE Storage is a storage area that can be used as a floppy disk when C Pen is connected to a PC. See Connecting to a PC for how to use Storage, p. 56. This application has the following menu items: Delete Removes a file.
C Pen C ADDRESS C Address is an application in C Pen for storing and looking up contact information such as addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses to people and organizations you communicate with. Start C Address by moving the cursor to the C Address icon in the main menu and press Nav. The C Address main screen will open: Your contact list starts here C Address main screen Below Exit, New... and Find you will find your contacts in a list.
Enter a new contact To enter a new contact, select New... and press Nav. The Contact edit screen will open. Contact edit screen You can change the choice of contact details (addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses etc.) in OPTIONS. Select OPTIONS, press Nav and scroll through the options. Check or uncheck the boxes according to your personal preferences. When you are finished, select OK and press Nav or just press ESC.
C Pen a box called Full name. The name in this box will later be suggested as your contact file name. Continue reading text into the following boxes in the same way. You can always move to any box you want by turning Nav. If you want to redo a reading with C Pen, just select the box and read again. You can edit the content of a box by selecting it and pressing Nav. A cursor indicates that you are in edit mode: Blinking cursor Press Nav again to open the edit menu or use C Write to edit the text.
A file name must not be longer than 64 characters. Invalid characters like ‘\’ or ‘.’ will be replaced with a blank space. If the file name already exists, a number suffix will be added to the file name, for instance ‘John Mill (1)’ if ‘John Mill’ already exists. To save the contact file, select Yes and press Nav. A new contact is added to your contact list. View a contact Select a contact in the contact list and press Nav. You will see the following menu: To view a contact, select View and press Nav.
C Pen To select OK or EDIT, first press Nav to deactivate the scroll bar - the rectangle stops blinking - then turn Nav to go to the buttons. If the buttons are not visible, just turn Nav to the right to scroll the text sideways. Edit a contact There are two ways to edit a contact: 1. Select a contact in the contact list, press Nav, select EDIT and press Nav again. 2. Select EDIT in the Contact view screen and press Nav.
If the Search all fields check box is checked, all information stored in C Address will be searched in order to find matching text. If the check box is not checked only names will be searched, (First name, Last name and Full name). To start the search, select Find and press Nav. The Find contact screen closes and a contact list containing only the contacts with matching information will be displayed. You can select these files, just as you do in the contact list.
C Pen Exit C Address You can exit C Address from the C Address main screen by selecting EXIT and pressing Nav or by pressing ESC.
C DICTIONARY C Dictionary is an application where you can translate a word from one language to another. One word is translated at a time, but you can read several words at the same time and then select and translate word by word. Dictionary license key After a dictionary is installed, you must enter the dictionary key for this dictionary. The dictionary key is obtained when buying a dictionary from http://www.cpen.com.
C Pen Introduction Start C Dictionary by moving the cursor to the C Dictionary icon in the main menu and press Nav. C Pen is now ready to read words to be translated. If you want to change dictionary before you start reading, see DICTIONARIES button p. 49. The language from which you translate Word edit box Button for selecting dictionaries C Dictionary main screen To translate a word, just read the word with C Pen as usual. One of the following situations occur: 1.
3. Several words are read and the words are shown in a new screen (see Word selection screen p. 47). 4. A dialog box appears, telling that the word cannot be found in the dictionary. When you are reading a word it may happen that the word (or part of the word) in front of and/or behind your look up word is also included.
C Pen Pressing Trigg briefly will delete the current reading and bring you back to the C Dictionary main screen. You can start reading a new word without closing the screen. Word selection list If the look up word doesn’t match any word in the dictionary, the application will search for similar words and present these alternatives in a Word selection list. The reason why a word isn’t found can be that the word is misspelt or that the OCR has given an erroneous result.
Close the Word selection list by selecting Cancel and press Nav or by pressing the ESC-button. Pressing Trigg briefly will delete the current reading and bring you back to the C Dictionary main screen. You can start reading a new word without closing the list. Word selection screen If more than three words are read the Word selection screen appears. Turn Nav to select a word and then press Nav.
C Pen Word edit box The read word or words are directed to an edit box where you can edit them in the usual way. To be able to do this you must first close dialogs, lists or screens that have turned up after reading. Turn Nav to select the edit box and then press Nav. A cursor indicates that you are in edit mode. Press Nav again to open the edit menu or use C Write to edit the word.
In this menu you can select to look up the reference, canceling the menu or closing the translation containing the reference (wrote in our example). If you choose to look up the reference (write in our example), this word will be translated. Text Language The Text Language is automatically set to the language you are translating from; i.e. German is set for the German-English dictionary. Exiting C Dictionary will restore the Text Language to the language that was set before entering C Dictionary.
C Pen If you want to use the same dictionary the next time you use your C Pen you do not have to repeat this procedure, since the dictionary setting is stored when C Pen is turned off. INFO button The INFO button displays information about the currently selected dictionary; number of words, manufacturer of database, explanatory chart and abbreviations. Removing dictionaries Dictionaries are removed from the Host Computer.
CONNECTING TO A PC C Pen can be connected to a PC by Infrared (IR) Communication. To enable this communication certain hardware and software must be installed on your PC and configured properly. The following are required: 1. IR port. Portable computers often have a built-in IR port. Refer to your computer’s manual to find out whether your notebook is equipped with an IR port and if so, where it is located. Most desktop computers do not have a built-in IR port.
C Pen file does not help, please refer to C Pen Windows Software Help or your notebook’s retailer or manufacturer. To install C Pen Windows Software: 1. Put the C Pen Software CD into your computer’s CDROM drive and the installation program will start automatically. 2. If the installation does not start, open the Start menu in the Windows taskbar, select Run and type d:\setup.exe, where d: is the drive letter for your CDROM drive. 3. To install C Pen Windows Software, click on Install C Pen.
C Pen is within range of the computer’s IR port, the On/ Off button flashes with a green and red light). The installation program will place the C Pen icon (My C Pen) on your computer’s desktop. Double-click on the icon to connect to C Pen. Getting help To get help using C Pen Windows Software, first open C Pen Viewer (by double-clicking on My C Pen) and from the Help menu select C Pen Help Topics. You can also press F1 on your keyboard to enter C Pen Windows Software Help.
C Pen Pen Viewer, find the file you want to transfer (e.g. a text file in Notes) and drag the file to a folder on your PC. When transferring files from the PC to C Pen, remember that each application, except Storage, accepts only its own kind of files. Notes, for example, may only contain text files. Storage accepts any kind of file. C Address C Address, the C Pen address book, is available in C Pen Viewer on your PC.
C Direct C Direct gives you the opportunity to enter text from your C Pen at the cursor position in all Windows programs. To activate C Direct place C Pen in front of the IR-port on your PC, click the right mouse button on the C Pen icon (My C Pen) and select C Direct from the menu. The C Direct icon will appear in the system tray in the lower right corner of your screen. The display on your C Pen will show “C Direct”. When you read text now with C Pen, it will appear as usual on the display.
C Pen is automatically opened in C Pen Edit and it can be saved directly back into C Pen. Storage To start using Storage, double-click its icon in C Pen Viewer. Files in Storage are opened if you double-click on them. Text files (files with the extension .txt) are opened by C Pen Edit. Other file types are first copied to a temporary folder on your hard drive (as defined in Settings) and then opened by their default Windows application.
TROUBLESHOOTING Problem: C Pen won’t turn on. Solution: Battery is not charged. Charge battery or use AC/DC adapter. You must press the On/Off button for two seconds. Problem: The text on the display does not match the text you are reading. Solutions: Make sure you have chosen the correct language under Settings. Make sure that you have chosen inverted text if the text is white on black background, or normal text if you have black text on white background. These are also under settings.
C Pen Problem: The infrared communication to the PC does not work. Solutions: Make sure that you have an external IR receiver installed on your stationary PC. If you have a portable PC, it is normally equipped with a built-in IR receiver. Check the infrared under the Control panel in Windows 95/98. Problem: C Pen turns off itself too quickly. Solution: 58 Enter Settings and increase Power-off time; see Settings, p. 30.
CARE & SAFETY • Keep C Pen away from direct sunlight, heat, moisture and dust. • Do not expose C Pen to extreme variations in temperature. • Make sure that the camera opening is free from dust or any other objects. • Clean C Pen with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or other chemicals when cleaning C Pen. • Do not use other batteries than the one supplied with C Pen. Should you need a new battery, contact your local dealer. • When charging, use the charger supplied with C Pen.
C Pen TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS Size: 150x38x23 mm Weight: 100 g (with battery installed) Display: 202x32 pixels, 40 characters per row, 4 rows Processor: Intel© StrongARM™ 100 MHz processor Memory: 1 MB RAM 8 MB flash memory, of which 6 MB can be used for text files Reading speed: max 15 cm/s (up to 75 characters/s) Character sizes: 7-18 points 60
INDEX B M Battery 6 Battery indicator 12 Buttons 9 Main Menu 11 Menus 13 C Navigation control, Nav 9 Notes 17 C Address 36, 54 C Dictionary 43, 54 C Direct 55 C Pen Edit 55 C Pen Viewer 53 C Write 22 C Write Prototypes 25 Calibration 32 Command menu 17 Connecting to a PC 51 Contrast 34 N O OCR 7 P PIN code 34 R Read Mode 31 Reading text 14 S Date 34 Dialog box 12 Settings 30 Status field 12 Storage 35, 56 System Settings 34 E T Edit box 13 Edit menu 19 Technical specifications 60 Text, inve
C Pen Warranty C Technologies AB warrants that this product is free from defects in materials and function at the time of original purchase and for a period of one year from that date. When the name C Technologies is mentioned in the following text, it means, unless otherwise stated, C Technologies AB (reg. number 556532-3929), its subsidiaries and retailers.
