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- Page 1 ® ONYX Portable Video Magnifier User’s Guide Supplement to the ONYX Deskset HD User’s Guide Freedom Scientific, Inc. www.FreedomScientific.com 440901-001 Revision A...
- Page 2 © 2017. Freedom Scientific, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ONYX® is a 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 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Close (Red) ............................. 9 General Operation ........................... 10 Magnifying a Document ........................ 10 Reading a Document ........................10 ONYX OCR Main Menu ........................11 Opening and Closing the Main Menu .................... 11 Using the Main Menu ........................12 Save .............................. 12... - Page 5 Delete ............................18 Voice ............................. 19 View .............................. 20 Settings ............................22 Restore Defaults ........................... 28 About ............................28 Service and Support ........................29...
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Page 7: Introduction
Continue to add more pages to the document, and quickly save it to an SD card In addition to processing and reading text, the ONYX OCR can also be used as a picture viewer, This lets you capture a photograph, zoom in to view details, and save the picture to an SD card. -
Page 8: Quick Start
Quick Start Note: The ONYX OCR has two operational modes: video magnifier mode and OCR mode. When in video magnifier mode, the unit functions exactly as an ONYX Deskset HD video magnifier without OCR functionality. For standard video magnifier operation, please refer to your ONYX Deskset HD user guide. -
Page 9: Tap And Go
Tap and Go To get started with your ONYX OCR, do the following: 1. Tap the screen once in the bottom right corner to start OCR mode. The screen goes dark for a moment as the unit switches from the video magnification camera to the ONYX OCR camera. - Page 10 2. When “Speech on” is announced, do the following: Place the document you want to read under the side-mounted OCR camera Position the document so that it displays inside the yellow document outline box that appears on the screen.
- Page 11 3. Tap the screen, and the ONYX OCR captures and processes the document and starts reading within several seconds.
- Page 12 These numbers represent the most likely order of the text in the document. You can tap any number and the ONYX OCR starts reading from the selected zone. The white numbered bullet is the zone that is being read.
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Page 13: Changing Text And Background Colors
Changing Text and Background Colors To enhance the contrast of the text, a text foreground and background color can be selected. If no high contrast color is needed, the text can be displayed in its original colors. To quickly change color settings, tap followed by and then Refer to Color on page 20 for more information about color settings. -
Page 14: Button Bar
Button Bar Use the ONYX OCR button bar to start and pause speech, adjust magnification, adjust volume, adjust reading speed, activate the Main menu, and exit OCR mode and return to video magnifier mode. The button bar displays across the bottom of the screen when in OCR mode. -
Page 15: Speech Volume (Blue)
Button Description Speech Volume (Blue) Tap the left blue speaker button to decrease speech volume. Tap the right blue speaker button to increase speech volume. Reading Speed (Green) Tap the left green button to decrease reading speed. Tap the right green button to increase reading speed. Close (Red) Tap the red button with the “X”... -
Page 16: General Operation
To start reading, tap the white Play/Pause Speech button in the middle of the button bar. To pause reading, tap the button again. The ONYX OCR marks your reading position in the document with a highlight. To start reading at another position in the document: ... -
Page 17: Onyx Ocr Main Menu
ONYX OCR Main Menu This chapter will familiarize you with the ONYX OCR Main menu. Use it to save, open, and delete files; select different languages and voices; choose how text is formatted and displayed on the screen; and configure various speech options. -
Page 18: Using The Main Menu
Using the Main Menu The ONYX OCR menu contains two rows of three large buttons: Save Open Delete Voice View Settings To open a menu item, tap its button. Activating a button will either change a setting, or open a submenu or list. - Page 19 When saving a document as an audio MP3 file, you will need to select the reading voice. The list of voices to choose from are the Nuance® voices of the selected language, or the voices of the languages detected if automatic language detection is enabled. Not all voices can be used to save as an MP3 audio file.
- Page 20 3. After you selected the format to save the document in, you will be asked if you would like to save your document with a voice label. Select No if you wish to save a document without a voice label. The document will be saved using the first line of the document as the name of the document.
- Page 21 4. When the document is saved, the ONYX OCR will ask if you would like to append more pages to the document. If you select No, the menu closes and shows the document again. If you select Yes, you can start appending more pages to the document by placing the page in the document outline and tapping the screen once to capture the new page.
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Page 22: Open
Open To open a document or view pictures, do the following: 1. In the Main menu tap the green Open button. Select the Document button to see the list of saved documents. The most recently saved document appears first. ... - Page 23 3. In the list, tap the document or picture you wish to read or view. The menu closes and the document or picture opens. Pictures can be magnified. It is also possible to open text documents in TXT format or photos from a USB stick.
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Page 24: Delete
Delete To delete a document, do the following: 1. In the Main menu tap the red Delete button to see the list of documents. 2. Select the document you wish to delete. A confirmation message appears. 3. To delete the document, select Yes. To cancel deleting the document, select No. -
Page 25: Voice
Voice Tap the white Voice button to select a reading voice and language. To select another reading voice, tap the button again to switch to the next configured voice. If adjusting the reading voice results in a change of language, the menus will automatically change to the same language. -
Page 26: View
View The View menu contains three buttons: Color. Choose a pre-defined color combination (for example, yellow text on a black background) to reduce glare and provide contrast. This makes it easier to read text on the screen. Mode. Choose different ways to format text on the screen, for example, column or line format ... - Page 27 Mode Tap the yellow Mode button to select the default viewing mode. The viewing modes that can be selected are Column, Line, Page high contrast and Page full color. Column mode. Text is reformatted and displayed in a column to fit the width of the screen regardless of the text size.
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Page 28: Settings
Settings Tap the gray Settings button to enter the Settings menu. It contains four buttons: Voice Options Restore Defaults About Voice (Settings) The Voice button in the settings menu opens a list with all available reading voices and languages. Selecting this button will open the languages list. - Page 29 To add or remove a reading voice, select the language from the list by tapping the language. This will display a list with available voices for the selected language. To enable a reading voice, select it from the list by tapping it. A checkmark in front of the voice name indicates it is enabled.
- Page 30 Options The Options menu contains the following configuration settings: Text recognition quality Activate Speech Automatic language detection Column filter...
- Page 31 Text Recognition Quality This option lets you set the recognition quality. The “Optimal” setting is the recommended mode and will offer the best text recognition quality. The “Fast” mode is for simple documents without columns and pictures. The “Fast” mode is up to 30% faster than the “Optimal” mode.
- Page 32 Activate Speech (Starting OCR Mode) This option lets you configure how to start OCR mode by tapping either in the bottom right corner (default) or anywhere on the screen.
- Page 33 Note: In case the ONYX OCR is not able to detect the language, the language of the menu is being used. If English is one of the selected languages, the ONYX OCR will use an English voice and will ignore...
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Page 34: Restore Defaults
Column Filter This option contains two settings: Ignore incomplete columns Include incomplete columns When “Ignore incomplete columns” is enabled, the OCR algorithms will try to detect if text columns are cut off at the left or right margin of the picture. Disabling the filter will include partial columns and will read all detected text on the page. -
Page 35: Service And Support
Warranty Information and Product Registration The ONYX OCR and its accessories come with a two-year warranty against manufacturing defects. Note: These devices have no user-serviceable components. Any unauthorized attempt to service or replace internal components will void the product warranty. - Page 36 Notes...
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