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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ............... 4 Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your MATT Connect ....... 5 Box Contents ............... 5 MATT Connect at a Glance ..........6 Setting Up ................13 Chapter 3: Using The Prodigi Software ........16 The Button Banner .............
  • Page 3 Downloading Books ..........37 Using the Calculator ..........39 Viewing Saved Documents ........40 The Action Menu ............ 41 Navigating Out of Advanced Interface ....43 Using the Distance Camera ........44 Toggling Between Distance Camera and Magnifier ...45 Using Distance Camera and Magnifier Simultaneously .........45 Viewing Distance Camera Images ......

  • Page 4: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing the APH MATT Connect™ running the Android operating system with Prodigi™, the touch-controlled personal vision assistant system from HumanWare, a global leader in assistive technologies for people who have low vision. Carefully read the operating and safety instructions described in this user guide prior to using your MATT Connect.

  • Page 5: Chapter 2: Getting To Know Your Matt Connect

    Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your MATT Connect Box Contents Tablet Box • MATT Connect • Power Supply Cable • USB Cable • Quick Start Guide • User Guide • Warranty Sheet • Transportation Bag Protective Carrying Case • Folding Stand Distance Viewing •...

  • Page 6: Matt Connect At A Glance

    MATT Connect at a Glance Front Face 1. Front-Facing Camera 2. Micro-SD Slot 3. USB-C Port 4. Recharge Port 5. Micro-HDMI Port 6. Headphone Jack 7. Speakers...
  • Page 7 Bottom Edge 1. Volume Down-Up 2. Power Button Back Side Connect™ 1. Camera...
  • Page 8 Button Banner 1. Back Button 2. Settings Button 3. Light Button 4. Capture/Read Button 5. Zoom Out Button 6. Zoom In Button...
  • Page 9 1. Open Banner Button Folding Stand...
  • Page 10 Distance Camera 1. Distance Camera 2. Distance Camera Stick...
  • Page 11 Front View Top View 1. Power Button 2. Microphones...
  • Page 12 Left View 1. Zoom Lever 2. Shutter Button IMPORTANT: It is essential to keep the Quick Start guide provided with your Distance Camera as it contains your camera’s pairing information.

  • Page 13: Setting Up

    Setting Up 1. On a flat and stable surface, hold your stand upright, making sure the panel with the words “MATT Connect” is facing towards the back. Hold the handle with one hand, and unfold the lower panel with your other hand until it is flat on the table.
  • Page 14 2. Unfold the top panel until it is roughly parallel with the lower panel.
  • Page 15 3. Hold your MATT Connect with the screen side facing you, making sure the HumanWare logo is at the top. Carefully insert the top of your tablet into the slot and slide it forward until you reach the back end of the slot. Push the bottom part of the tablet down;...

  • Page 16: Chapter 3: Using The Prodigi Software

    Chapter 3: Using The Prodigi Software The Button Banner Most of MATT Connect’s actions are performed through the Virtual Button banner located at the bottom of your screen. If you wish to hide this banner to better see your screen, do a downward swipe on the button banner (move your hand downwards while touching the screen with a finger).

  • Page 17: User Interfaces

    Tap this button or swipe upward to display the Button Banner. User Interfaces The MATT Connect provides three unique user interfaces designed to address the differing needs and skill levels of consumers. This chapter will discuss the capability of each interface and how to navigate between them.

  • Page 18: Magnifying

    Magnifying Contrast button – cycles through selected contrast modes Distance button – switches to distance viewing Zoom Out Zoom In Distance Viewing Back button – returns to magnification screen Contrast button – cycles through selected contrast modes Zoom Out Zoom In Menus To enter the Contrast and Settings menus press and hold the Contrast button for 3 seconds.

  • Page 19: Navigating Out Of Basic Interface

    Contrast Menu Text & buttons – Navigates user to a list of color contrast options for on-screen text and buttons Magnification – Navigates user to list of 20 color contrast options which can be added or removed from the cycling list accessed through the Contrast button Navigating Out of Basic Interface From the Settings Menu, select User Interface;...

  • Page 20: Viewing Captured Images

    Contrast button – cycles through selected contrast modes Distance button – navigates to distance viewing mode Capture button – captures image on screen Zoom Out Zoom In Viewing Captured Images Once you capture an image, the Capture button will now become the Read button.

  • Page 21: Navigating Out Of Standard Interface

    hidden menu to delete the gallery content and lock/unlock the camera’s autofocus feature. Contrast Menu Text & buttons – Navigates user to a list of color contrast options for on-screen text and buttons Magnification – Navigates user to list of 20 color contrast options which can be added or removed from the cycling list accessed through the Contrast button Navigating Out of Standard Interface...

  • Page 22: Magnifying

    Magnifying • Power on the tablet. • Align the tablet above the document or object you wish to view. • It is recommended to use the folding stand to stabilize your tablet above the document you wish to view. • Move the object or document under your tablet to find the information you are looking for.
  • Page 23 • To toggle between color, positive, and negative contrasts, simply swipe vertically on the right side of the tablet’s screen (see Chapter 4: Choosing your contrast for more details). Note: Prodigi allows you to decide whether to lock or unlock the camera’s autofocus.

  • Page 24: Capturing

    to prevent your tablet from refocusing on your hand or pencil, for example. To lock autofocus, simply perform a double tap gesture (tap twice quickly) anywhere on your screen. Double tap again anywhere on the screen to unlock autofocus. The following icon will appear on the right side of your screen when autofocus is turned off: Capturing...

  • Page 25: Full Page Capture

    indicating that the document has been captured. • Once you make a capture, the Light button will be replaced by the Save button. This button allows saving of capture in Gallery. • Tap the Save button to save your document in the Gallery for future use.

  • Page 26: Multi-Capture

    • To return to Live mode and capture smaller objects or documents, simply tap on the Button Banner button to open it and press the Zoom In button once. Multi-Capture • To capture a multipage document, toggle to Multi-Capture mode by swiping vertically on the left side of the tablet’s screen: Note: You can also toggle to Multi-Capture mode from the Settings.

  • Page 27: Reading

    • Tap on the first page of your document to open it. Tap the Read button to start reading. • When you are done reading, tap the Back button to return to your document. Tap Back again to return to Magnifier mode. •...
  • Page 28 Note: When you press read, the Button Banner will collapse to provide a better view of your image. It can be re-opened by pressing the Open Banner Button or by doing an upward swipe on the lower section of the screen. •...
  • Page 29 adjust the zoom level, and release once you reach your desired zoom level. • In addition to the Zoom In-Out buttons, you can use the pinch and zoom gesture to adjust the zoom level. • To instantly zoom to an area of interest, perform a single tap on the area you wish to view and the image will zoom at that location at your preferred zoom level.
  • Page 30 Note: Text can be presented in three different formats (Reading Modes): it can be changed in the settings to a single line in the Line mode, a column in the Column mode (default), or you can read text without losing its configuration in the Page mode. Two “greater than”...
  • Page 31 on the touchscreen, and decrease the speech rate by swiping to the right. Note that changing the speech rate will change the reading speed (text scrolling speed) accordingly. Note: You can also increase or decrease the speech rate permanently from the Settings. Tap the Settings button, select Speech Rate, and select a value.

  • Page 32: Handwriting Tool

    language of the selected voice is the same as in the document you want to read. • Tap Back to stop reading and return to camera view. Handwriting Tool MATT Connect features a handwriting tool useful for highlighting, drawing on or writing text on your captured images. To open the Handwriting Tool: •...
  • Page 33 The Eraser Tool is used to erase pen/highlighter strokes and text. The Color Selection button opens the color menu. Tap it to choose the color of your selected tool. The Size Selection button opens the size menu. Tap it to choose the size of your text or the pen/highlighter strokes of your selected tool.
  • Page 34 • Drag your finger over what you wish to erase. • When you are done, deselect the Eraser Tool by tapping the Eraser Tool button again. Note: The Eraser Tool will only erase strokes of the selected tool type. To write text: •...

  • Page 35: Using The Carousel Menu

    • Tap once on your text to select it. You will see a red rectangle around your text which means it is now selected. • Change the text size by making a pinch gesture: decrease the distance between two reduce text size, and increase fingers to the distance to enlarge your text.

  • Page 36: The Aph Toolbox

    • The currently selected application is positioned in the center of the screen. • Swipe left or right in the carousel menu to select an application. • To launch a selected application, simply tap. • To cancel and return to the carousel menu, tap Back. Note: You can access the Carousel menu from anywhere in the system by double tapping with two fingers anywhere on the screen.

  • Page 37: Downloading Books

    The APH Toolbox is also customizable. You can change the apps listed in the toolbox and the order in which the apps appear. To access the menus to perform these tasks, simply press and hold the Back button while in the APH Toolbox. Downloading Books Prodigi’s Books application allows you to download eBooks using Bookshare, the world’s largest online library of accessible books.
  • Page 38 • To search for books, select Search Books and tap. You can search by Title, Author, Category, and Content. Select your choice and tap. • To search by title, author, or content, select your choice, enter your search criteria using the virtual keys on screen, and tap the blue Search button on the right side of the keyboard.

  • Page 39: Using The Calculator

    • Press Read again to pause. You will then be able to swipe left or right to navigate between the book’s pages. • You can also navigate by chapter in your downloaded book using the Table of Contents button on the button banner: •...

  • Page 40: Viewing Saved Documents

    • Once you have your answer, you can tap CLR to clear the top section. • By default, the Calculator is set to standard mode. To use mathematical functions such as sin, cos, tan, etc., you will need to toggle to scientific mode. To do so, press and hold the Back button, and tap to set the Calculator mode setting to scientific.

  • Page 41: The Action Menu

    • The currently selected document is in the center of the screen. Prodigi will announce and indicate the first word contained in the currently selected document. If the document contains no words, Prodigi will tag it as an image. A notebook icon will indicate a multipage document: •...
  • Page 42 • Move a document to a category • Export the text from document to a text file in Android file system • Move an image captured with the Distance Camera to the Gallery for Diamond Edge processing • Delete, replace, insert, or append pages in a multipage document.

  • Page 43: Navigating Out Of Advanced Interface

    Export the text from a document to a text file in Android file system • Long press on the document whose text you wish to export. • Tap Export OCR text. • The OCR (optical character recognition) text will be saved as a text file in the Root of your tablet.

  • Page 44: Using The Distance Camera

    options for selection. Once you have chosen the desired interface, engaging the Back button will confirm the selection. Using the Distance Camera MATT Connect features a distance camera that can be extremely useful when you need a better view of something at a distance, such as a presentation or the teacher’s slides during a lecture.

  • Page 45: Toggling Between Distance Camera And Magnifier

    • Enter the Carousel menu by tapping the Back button in the magnifier mode. • Select the Distance Camera icon, then tap. • You are now in your camera’s live view. To take a picture, Tap the Capture button. Alternatively, you can take a picture by holding down the Shutter button located next to the Zoom lever on the left side of your camera.

  • Page 46: Viewing Distance Camera Images

    To do so, simply touch the arrow on the left side of the screen and your screen will split into two with the distance camera in the top section and the magnifier view in the bottom section. You will notice there is a red or blue selection box around either the top or bottom view;...

  • Page 47: Reading With The Distance Camera

    Prodigi will announce and indicate the date the picture was taken. • Swipe left or right to scroll through the available pictures. • To open a selected document, simply tap. Reading with the Distance Camera To read a picture taken with the Distance Camera, you will need to transfer the picture from the Distance category to the root of the Gallery.
  • Page 48 To paste a text file in Prodigi: • Copy to your tablet’s clipboard the text you wish to add to Prodigi. This can be done outside Prodigi in Android applications that allow you to copy text (e.g. your internet browser, Dropbox or your emails.). •...

  • Page 49: Chapter 4: Choosing Your Contrast

    Chapter 4: Choosing Your Contrast Prodigi allows you to view documents, pictures and objects in three types of contrast: color, positive or negative. For documents containing text, a fourth type of contrast can be used: Diamond Edge™. Positive, negative, and Diamond Edge contrasts are enhanced;...
  • Page 50 • Your text will appear in Diamond Edge in column reading mode (original layout and images are not available). • Tap back to return to the Text section of the Gallery. • The text you pasted will now be saved in the Text section of the Gallery and will be named after the first word of your text.

  • Page 51: Chapter 5: Changing Your Settings

    Chapter 5: Changing Your Settings Prodigi’s settings menu is contextual; different settings will be displayed depending on what you are doing or where you are in the system. To access the settings, tap the Settings button. Swipe down to see the battery level, and swipe up to select an item.
  • Page 52 • Mode (Standard mode only): Live*, Multi-Capture • Autofocus (Live mode only): Locked, Unlocked* • Angle Correction: Enabled*, Disabled • Speech: On*, Documents only, Off • Voice: Voice 1*, Voice 2 • Speech Rate: Very slow, Slow, Normal*, Fast, Very fast •...
  • Page 53 • Mode (in Calculator app, press and hold Back to reach this setting): Standard*, Scientific • Grid (in Calculator app, press and hold Back to reach this setting): Locator color*, Red, Orange, Yellow, Purple, Cyan, Green, Blue • Gestures (while magnifying, viewing an image, or reading a document, allows you to enable/disable gestures.
  • Page 54 “submenu” if a selected menu contains submenus and display an arrow on the right edge of the screen. To open a menu, submenu, or an item, simply select it and tap. Once you have reached the setting you want to modify, tap or swipe up in a list of values. Tap Back to return to a previous screen.
  • Page 55 System: • Wi-Fi Setup: • Wi-Fi: Turn Wi-Fi On or Off. • Wi-Fi Networks: List of available networks. When connected, shows network you are connected to. • Saved Networks: Saved networks configurations. To forget a network configuration, tap network, tap Forget, and tap Yes.

  • Page 56: Chapter 6: Bluetooth Keyboard

    About: • Software (Version) • Voices (Version) • OCR (Version) • Books (Version) • Calculator (Version) • Distance (Version) • Prodigi Updater (Version) • Serial Number • Model • Android (Version) • Android (Build) • Base (Version) • Weather (powered by) Chapter 6: Bluetooth Keyboard Connecting a Bluetooth Keyboard To connect your Bluetooth keyboard to your MATT Connect:...

  • Page 57: Chapter 7: Accessing Android

    Chapter 7: Accessing Android Prodigi allows you to access Android applications while operating in the Advanced Interface. Please note that HumanWare provides limited support for Android and Android applications. Android is accessible from the Settings in the carousel menu. Tap the Settings icon and swipe down to select Exit to Android.

  • Page 58: Chapter 9: Recharging Your Matt Connect

    Youtube tutorials: Here you have access to webinars and many useful tutorials on how to use your MATT Connect tablet. Make sure to check it out occasionally to see if there’s anything new. Chapter 9: Recharging Your MATT Connect Maximizing operating efficiency: •...

  • Page 59: Chapter 10: Recharging Your Distance Camera

    Battery safety precautions: • Do not disassemble or modify the battery. • There is a risk of overheating, fire or explosion if the battery is put in a fire, heated, subjected to impact, put in contact with water, or if its terminals are shorted. Chapter 10: Recharging Your Distance Camera Your camera has a battery life of 4 hours and will eventually need to...

  • Page 60: Automatic Update

    • Tap to open Wi-Fi Setup. • Select Wi-Fi Networks, and select the network you wish to connect to. • Tap Connect. A keyboard will appear on the screen. Enter your password and tap on the blue button. Then, tap on Connect.

  • Page 61: Release Notes

    Release Notes To view the Prodigi software release notes: • Access the settings from the main menu, then select System. • Select software update. • Select Release notes, if available. Chapter 12: Troubleshooting If the screen is blank: • Zoom out of the image for minimum magnification. •...
  • Page 62 If the audio reading does not make sense: • Make sure the voice setting is the same as your document’s language. Change it in the Settings if necessary. If the tablet is not responding: • Make sure the battery is not empty. Recharge it if necessary. Other problems: •...

  • Page 64: Customer Support

    Customer support For customer support, please contact the HumanWare office nearest you or view our website at: www.humanware.com North America: 1 (800) 722-3393 support@humanware.com Europe: (0044) 1993 415 800 eu.support@humanware.com Australia / Asia: (02) 9686 2600 au.sales@humanware.com...