Readingpen Advanced User Manual
Table of Contents Introduction ............................................................................................... 1 Copyrights and Trademarks ..................................................................... 2 Getting Started.......................................................................................... 3 Familiarizing Yourself with the Pen ...................................................... 3 The Pen Parts ......................................................................
Additional Information ............................................................................. 34 Batteries ............................................................................................. 34 Pen Maintenance ............................................................................... 34 Product Specification.......................................................................... 35 Appendix ..............................................................................................
Introduction Introduction Congratulations on your choice of the state-of-the-art Readingpen® Advanced Edition from WizCom Technologies. WizCom makes personal, portable scanning Pens that assist with reading, understanding and utilizing text. The Readingpen® Advanced Edition is designed specifically to help college level and adult readers improve their reading skills.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Copyrights and Trademarks The American Heritage® College Dictionary, Fourth Edition published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Roget's II: The New Thesaurus. Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin. Company. Copyright © 2006 WizCom Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved. WizCom Technologies Ltd.
Getting Started Getting Started Familiarizing Yourself with the Pen The Pen Parts Your Readingpen® contains the following parts: Front and Rear Views Top View Important: Before using the headphones, please adjust the volume using the Volume Settings option in the Settings Menu. Standard Pen Functions The keypad contains seven keys for operating your Readingpen®. Use the keys as follows to perform standard Readingpen® functions. Use the power key to turn the Pen on and off.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Use the escape key to navigate backwards, close a screen, or cancel an operation. Use the arrow keys for scrolling. The Pen Keys Navigating Menus and Lists To select a menu item or option from a list: 1. Scroll through the menu, using or highlighted. 2. Press . until the item you want is To return to the previous menu level from a sub-menu, option or list, press . To select a command key on the display: 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the command key. 2.
Getting Started Scanning Guidelines Scanning Mode The Pen is in scanning mode when the red light at the tip of the Pen is blinking. Scanning mode is disabled when accessing menus. Scanning Direction Text can be scanned from right to left or from left to right. Both will produce the same results. Scanning Restrictions The Pen scans and recognizes printed text in a wide range of languages, font types and point sizes (6-22 points, up to 8mm).
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Unpacking the Pen To get started: 1. Remove the Pen from the protective case. 2. Remove the battery compartment cover from the back of your Readingpen®. 3. Insert the batteries into the Pen with the positive and negative terminals corresponding to the markings on the sides of the battery compartment. 4. Close the battery compartment. 5. Remove the protective cover from the Pen tip. 6. Press to turn the Pen on. 7.
Getting Started Tutorial 1: Learning to Scan The Scanning Training appears when you turn the Pen on the first time. Follow the instructions on the Pen to practice scanning using the plastic trainer and the training card provided with your Readingpen®. If you wish to repeat the training at any time, select View Training from the Main Menu. This tutorial provides an additional practice session with the trainer.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Tutorial 2: Scanning a Word Print this page to use the sample word provided. 1. Access the Input Screen a. If the Pen is off, press b. If the Pen is on, press to turn it on. until you reach the Input Screen. The Input Screen 2. Scan the word you wish to learn Scan the following word: device The Large-Type Screen appears displaying the scanned word: The Large-Type Screen Note: If you have not changed the default Pen settings you will hear the word read aloud.
Getting Started Syllable breaks in the Large-Type Screen 5. Translate the word (into Spanish) a. Press or to return to the Large-Type Screen. b. Press to view the Spanish translation of the word in the Dictionary Screen. c. Press and to scroll through the translation. The Spanish translation of ‘device’ displayed in the Dictionary Screen 6. View the English definition of the word a. Press or to return to the Large-Type Screen. b.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide The thesaurus entry of ‘device’ displayed in the Dictionary Screen b. Press to return to the definition. 8. Activate highlight mode Press to activate highlight mode. Note: The following features are supported only in English definitions. Highlight mode activated in the Dictionary Screen 10. Hear the sections read aloud a. Long-press to hear the whole section read aloud, word by word. Each word is highlighted as it is spoken.
Getting Started The word ‘purpose’ in the Large-Type Screen d. Press to return to the original word.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Tutorial 3: Scanning a Line Print this page to use the sample sentence provided. 1. Access the Input Screen a. If the Pen is off, press b. If the Pen is on, press to turn it on. until you reach the Input Screen. The Input Screen 2.
Getting Started b. Press to view The American Heritage® College Dictionary definition of the highlighted word on the bottom section of the screen. c. Use and to scroll through the entry. The AHD Dictionary entry of ‘device’ displayed in the Word Selection Screen 4. View the word in the Large-Type Screen Press to view the highlighted word in the Large-Type Screen.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Tutorial 3: Scanning Words with Multiple Entries Print this page to use the sample word provided. 1. Access the Input Screen a. If the Pen is off, press b. If the Pen is on, press to turn it on. until you reach the Input Screen. The Input Screen 2.
Getting Started The Spanish translation of ‘cat1’ displayed in the Dictionary Screen c. Press d. Press e. Press to return to the Word List. to highlight 'cat2'. to select 'cat2'. The Spanish translation of ‘cat2’ displayed in the Dictionary Screen f. Press to return to the word 'cat' in the Large-Type Screen. The word 'cat' in the main display of the Large-Type Screen 4. View the English Definition of the word a. Press to view the entry in the Dictionary Screen. b. The Word List appears.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide c. Press d. Press e. Press to return to the Word List. to highlight 'clear-air turbulence'. to view the definition. The English definition of ‘clear-air turbulence’ displayed in the Dictionary Screen f. Press to return to the word list or press Large-Type Screen.
Main Menu Options Main Menu Options Accessing the Main Menu The Readingpen® Main Menu contains four menu options: Scanned Words, Settings, View Training and Information. The Main Menu To display the Main Menu, go to the Input Screen and press . To return to the Input Screen from the Main Menu, press . To select a menu item, scroll using the and keys and press . Scanned Words The Scanned Words submenu contains a series of dictionary tools.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide 4. From the Large-Type Screen, use the arrow keys to access the different functions. 5. Press to return to the history list. 6. Press again to return to the Scanned Words menu. 7. Press again to return to the Main Menu. View Adjacent Entries This option displays a list of all the headwords in the AHD College Dictionary, placing you on the last word you highlighted, or on the last word you selected from the history list.
Main Menu Options Voice Settings Set Volume Use this option to adjust the volume level of the speaker. 1. Select Set Volume. The adjustment bar appears. 2. Adjust the volume level to the setting you want, using 3. Press . or . Set Auto Speak On/Off When auto speak is selected, the Readingpen® automatically pronounces the word you select or highlight. 1. Select Set Auto Speak On/Off. 2. Scroll to the mode you prefer using or . 3. Press .
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Forgot your Password? This option only appears if dictionary access is locked. 1. Select Forgot your Password? 2. Write down the 10-digit recovery code. 3. Send the code to usa.support@wizcomtech.com. They will assist you with unlocking the dictionary access. Highlight Spoken Words Use this option to select whether words are highlighted as they are read aloud from the Word Selection Screen or Dictionary Screen. 1. Select Highlight Spoken Words. 2.
Main Menu Options View Training Use this option to repeat the Scanning Training that appeared when you used your Readingpen® for the first time. The Scanning Training Screen 1. Select View Training. 2. The question "Do you have the Trainer and Training Card? appears. 3. Press to select . This will run the original Scanning Training requiring the plastic trainer and training card supplied with your Readingpen®. 4. Press and to select .
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Guides and Glossaries Select this option to view the Pronunciation and Abbreviations Guides for the AHD College Dictionary. Pronunciation Guide This option displays a list of phonetic symbols used in the expanded mode of the AHD College Dictionary and Roget's II Thesaurus. Each symbol is followed by an example of the correct pronunciation of the symbol. Scroll through the list using or . See Appendix: Pronunciation Guide for a full list of symbols.
The Readingpen Application The Readingpen Application The Input Screen The Input Screen appears when you turn the Pen on. The red light at the tip of the Pen indicates that the Pen is in scanning mode. The Input Screen Note: Long-pressing from the Input Screen reveals the Pen Main Menu. This menu contains additional Pen settings, which are not used by your Readingpen®. To return to the Readingpen application from the Pen Main Menu, scroll to the Readingpen option using or and press .
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Functions of the Large-Type Screen Use the Large-Type Screen to: 1. Read the word out loud Press to hear the word read aloud. Note: If Set Auto Speak On/Off in the Settings menu is set to On, the selected word will be read aloud automatically after it appears on screen. 2. Spell the word aloud Press to hear the word spelled aloud. Long-press to cancel the function.
The Readingpen Application The Word Selection Screen The Word Selection Screen appears after scanning a line of text (more than one word). Text can be scanned into the Pen from this screen. Any text that has already been scanned will be over-written. The Word Selection Screen Note: If the Word/Line Display First setting in the Settings menu is set to Word, scanning more than one word will reveal the LargeType Screen. Press to access the Word Selection Screen.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide The Dictionary Screen The Dictionary Screen displays entries from the English to Spanish Dictionary, The American Heritage® College Dictionary (AHD Dictionary), and Roget's II: The New Thesaurus. The Dictionary Screen can be accessed from the Large-Type Screen. The Dictionary Screen Accessing the Dictionaries 1. English to Spanish Dictionary The English to Spanish Dictionary entries can be accessed from the Large-Type Screen by pressing . 2.
The Readingpen Application To return to the AHD Dictionary entries: The and icons visible at the top of the Dictionary Screen indicate that you are viewing a thesaurus entry. If is visible, press to return to the AHD Dictionary entry. If is visible, press twice to return to the AHD Dictionary entry. The Word List If the word you are accessing has more than one definition or translation the Word List will appear before the Dictionary Screen.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Note: If highlight mode is activated (one of the words in the entry appears highlighted), press to deactivate the highlight mode and then long-press . To hear entire sections of dictionary entries read aloud: a. Activate the highlight mode by scrolling to the section you wish to hear using and and pressing . b. The first word on the screen will be highlighted. c. Long-press that can be spoken a. Scroll to the section you wish to hear read out loud. b. Press .
The Readingpen Application 3. Cross Reference from within the current entry When you are in the Dictionary Screen of the AHD Dictionary and Roget's II Thesaurus, it is possible to look up words from within the current entry. a. Use and to scroll to the word you wish to look up. b. Activate the highlight mode by pressing . The first word on the screen will appear highlighted. c. Use the arrow keys to highlight the word you wish to look up. d. Press .
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide The Dictionary and Thesaurus Entries The dictionary and thesaurus entries contain various elements. These examples are derived from the AHD Dictionary. 1. Headword The selected word or a derivative of the selected word. The headword 'cat' The word ‘walked’ is a derivative of the headword 'walk' Compound Headword A headword made up of two smaller words. The compound headword 'cross reference' 2.
The Readingpen Application 4. Definitions If the headword has more than one definition for a particular part of speech, each definition is numbered, with the most common definition appearing first. Definitions of the noun form of the headword 'view' Sub-definitions of the noun form of the headword 'view' 5. Idioms Expressions or phrases, usually composed of a sequence of words. They can be identified: Automatically within a sentence (scanned/typed).
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide 7. Phonetics The phonetic transcription of the headword. This can be seen when the AHD Dictionary and the thesaurus are set to expanded view. Phonetics of the headword 'protection' 8. and indicators Indicate that a thesaurus entry is available for the current headword in the AHD Dictionary. Pressing twice from the expanded view and once from the condensed view will access the thesaurus entry. 9. and indicators Indicate that you are in the thesaurus.
The Readingpen Application 3. Sample Sentences An example demonstrating the use of the headword within a sentence. A sample sentence from the headword 'reflect' 4. Word History Extra information regarding the historical origin of a headword. Word history of the headword 'Zeus' 5. Usage Notes Information on how or where the headword can or cannot be used. A usage note from the headword 'alleged' 6. Synonyms The dictionary entry may contain synonyms for the headword.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Additional Information Batteries Your Pen comes with 2 AAA Alkaline batteries. If the batteries are low, the "Replace Batteries" message appears on the Pen. When the batteries are about to run out, the Pen shuts down automatically. Safety Points (Batteries) CAUTION: Risk of explosion if battery is replaced by an incorrect type. Use AAA Alkaline batteries only. Always place 2 fresh batteries in the Pen.
Additional Information Product Specification Feature Display Information Keypad CPU Memory RAM ROM Optical Scanner Power Size Weight Safety Operating Temperature Range Description Touch Screen Monochromatic FSTN Resolution: 122 x 32 pixels Size: 61mm x 20mm / 2.4” x .8” Push Buttons Power/ESC/ENT/Up/Down/Left/Right) ARM 7 TDMI 192KB 8 MB 128 pixels linear array image sensor 400 DPI resolution 2 x 1.5V AAA Alkaline batteries L x W x H: 163 mm x 38 mm x 23 mm (6.4” x 1.5” x 1”) 90 grams (3 oz.
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide Appendix The Pronunciation Guide The Pronunciation Guide can be found on your Pen under Guides and Glossaries in the Information menu. It provides a list of symbols corresponding to the phonetic code that is seen when the dictionary and thesaurus entries are in expanded view.
Appendix ou p r s sh t th th ŭ r v w y y y z zh ә әr Foreign: œ KH N Stress: Primary ( ): Secondary ( ): boot, rude out, cow pop roar sauce ship, dish tight, stopped thin this cut urge, term, firm, heard valve with yes cure abuse, use zebra, rose, size,xylophone vision, pleasure, garage ago, silent, pencil, lemon, circus butter French feu, German sch n French tu, German ber German ich Scottish loch French bon global (glô bәl) globalize (glô bә-lîz ) 37
WizCom Readingpen Advanced User Guide The Abbreviations Guide The Abbreviations Guide can be found on your Pen under Guides and Glossaries in the Information menu. Abbreviation Complete Word Parts of Speech: abbr. abbreviation adj. adjective adv. adverb conj. conjunction def. art. definite article indef.art. indefinite article interj. interjection n. noun n. pl noun plural pref. prefix prep. preposition pron. pronoun suff. suffix v. verb v. aux. auxiliary verb v. intr. intransitive verb v.
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Index A Abbreviations Guide ........28, 51 About......................................28 Adjacent Entries.....................22 Auto Speak ............................24 B Batteries.............................8, 45 Battery Compartment...............3 Battery Status ........................28 D Dictionary Entries...................40 Dictionary Screen ..................34 Dictionary Use American Heritage College Dictionary ...12, 16, 18, 31, 34, 40, 48, 51 English to Spanish Dictionary ....................
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