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- Page 1 Eye-Pal ® Eye-Pal Ace Plus Eye-Pal ROL Placement Guide Freedom Scientific, Inc. www.FreedomScientific.com 440791-001 Revision C...
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Page 2: Safety And Maintenance
Freedom Scientific, Inc., 11800 31st Court North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716-1805, USA www.FreedomScientific.com ® © 2015 Freedom Scientific, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Eye-Pal is trademark of Freedom Scientific, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Information in this document is subject to change without notice. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the express written permission of Freedom Scientific. -
Page 3: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Introduction ....................1 Guidelines for Placing a Document to Achieve Optimal Device Functioning ....................2 One Column of Black Text on White Paper ..........3 Glossy Gift Card ..................3 Paperback Novel ..................5 Phone Book ....................6 Compact Disc (CD) .................. -
Page 5: Introduction
Introduction ® The Eye-Pal Ace, Eye-Pal Ace Plus, and Eye-Pal ROL are able to scan and read many types of difficult materials such as food packages and glossy magazines. While the device typically begins reading within 3-5 seconds for simple documents, it takes longer to process more complicated types of print. -
Page 6: Guidelines For Placing A Document To Achieve Optimal Device Functioning
Guidelines for Placing a Document to Achieve Optimal Device Functioning 1. Make sure the bottom of your device is placed on a level surface, with a level 8 ½ by 11 inch landscape area available in front of the device for placing documents. -
Page 7: One Column Of Black Text On White Paper
One Column of Black Text on White Paper This document was on 8 ½ by 11 inch paper and included a numbered list of directions Average time to start reading after scan button is pressed: 8 seconds. This simple document was aligned evenly in front of the device in landscape position with one side flush against the device. - Page 8 When scanning a card such as this, it works best to place it on a blank sheet of paper, under the right camera about two inches away from the device. The following illustrates how to get a better scan. Incorrect Placement of a Glossy Item First, the card was read with the device on a shiny dark surface directly underneath a florescent ceiling light that cast a glare.
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Page 9: Paperback Novel
Again, although this was not as accurate as the simple page, the device performed with much greater accuracy when the card was placed for optimal performance. Paperback Novel This book is 732 pages, 7 inches long by 4 ½ wide, 1 ¾ inches thick. Average time to start reading two page spread after scan button is pressed: 6 seconds. -
Page 10: Phone Book
Correct Placement of a Paperback Next, a sheet of blank, white 8 ½ by 11 inch paper was placed in front of the device in the targeted scan area. This helped avoid having the dark, shiny surface contrast with the dull finish of the book pages so that the camera could capture a uniform image. - Page 11 This is an example of the type of document in the category of “The device will not be able to process every kind of document in the universe with such high accuracy.” A Better Scan However, that being said, there is a way to access the phone numbers, albeit a process that takes much perseverance.
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Page 12: Compact Disc (Cd)
At last, the phone number needed is read! Compact Disc (CD) This CD has black writing on a white background with a matt finish. The design includes a graphic with a cursive style font on top of a music staff, along with text that appears both the entire way across the disc as well as divided into columns, each having a text box and web/email addresses, followed by text that continues across the bottom portion of the disc. - Page 13 Placement for Best Possible Outcome Next, the disc was placed on top of a blank white page in front of the device. There were zero errors in the text that was read, but on multiple attempts, including switching from table mode to column mode and vice versa, the column with date and an email address on the cd was left off.
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Page 14: Restaurant Menu
Restaurant Menu First, here are some comments about scanning restaurant menus in general. Given the countless variety of menu styles from laminated sheets with odd fonts to ones that come folded with a large hardback outer case that is larger than the 8/12 x 11 inch ACE/ROL scanning field, there are dozens of variables about how well the device will be able to read a menu. - Page 15 A Good First Attempt The first attempt was to scan then menu unfolded in landscape position. As expected, the device was not able to process the non-traditional font on the underlined headings, such as House Specialties, Appetizers, etc. and it omitted all but one of these headings when reading.
- Page 16 A Better Scan Since the device was reading all the beverage and desert choices and then one price after another, it was easy to tell that the table mode function on the device needed to be enacted for the device to read that portion correctly. However, by having the menu open to the full page with all three columns placed under the camera, if the device was switched to table mode, it would continue to read over the next sections of the menu instead of just sticking with...
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Page 17: Service And Support
Service and Support You can contact Freedom Scientific Technical Support to receive technical assistance. Note: This device has no user-serviceable components. Any unauthorized attempt to service or replace internal components will void the product warranty. To contact Technical Support by Web, visit www.FreedomScientific.com, choose Support, and complete the form to submit questions. - Page 18 Notes...
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