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Multifunction Camera with OCR Reader
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  • Page 1 READDESK PC USER MANUAL Multifunction Camera with OCR Reader Support: support@issist.com...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ........... 6 Overview ..........6 FEATURES ..........13 Alignment ..........13 Reading ..........16 Views ............ 21 Original View ........21 Redrawn View ........22 Rotate Image ........25 Toggle Color ......... 25 Save/Load Images ......... 26 Auto Read Images .........
  • Page 5 MENU OPTIONS ........34 Color ............. 35 Reading ..........37 Speech ..........38 Languages ..........40 Help ............40 Quit ............41...

  • Page 6: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION OVERVIEW ReadDesk is a new affordable, easy-to-use portable camera that can be connected to your laptop or desktop. ReadDesk has many special features:  Portability: Weighs only 1.5 lbs.  Minimal assembly: Install the software; Connect camera to the computer using the USB 2.0 cable and its ready to use.
  • Page 7  Easy-to-use: Has an attractive and user friendly interface which is easy to use.  Natural sounding voice: Reads in a high quality, natural sounding voice that is customizable through the menu. ReadDesk Preview: ReadDesk Camera USB 2.0 Cable Figure 1...
  • Page 8 ReadDesk comes with the following Accessories: Item What you can do with it Alignment Bar Align document. USB 2.0 Cable Connect Camera to Laptop or Desktop. Software DVD Install ReadDesk software and drivers. Setup instructions: 1) Insert the SOFTWARE DVD into your computer and install ReadDesk software.
  • Page 9 Windows Vista/7/8 1) Pop-up “Choose what to do with this disk”  Choose “Install or Run program from your media”  Click “Run ReadDeskSetup.exe”. 2) Pop-up “Do you want to allow this program to make changes on your computer?”  Click “Yes”.
  • Page 11 Windows XP 1) Run “ReadDeskSetup.exe”.  2) Read License Agreement  Click “Accept”. 3) Ensure “Install ReadDesk” is checked  Click “Next”. 2) Connect one end of the USB 2.0 CABLE to the CAMERA USB port shown in Figure 2.
  • Page 12 USB port Figure 2 4) Connect the other end of the USB 2.0 CABLE to your LAPTOP or COMPUTER. 5) ReadDesk should AUTOSTART once the camera has been detected. For MANUAL START, double click READDESK ICON on your desktop or...

  • Page 13: Features

    use the keyboard by pressing “Ctrl + Shift + R” to start ReadDesk. 6) Ensure computer has “Active Internet Connection” → Pop-up “Product Registration” → Enter your 11-digit serial number (located on your ReadDesk DVD) in textbox →Click “Ok”. FEATURES ALIGNMENT 1.
  • Page 14 Camera Head Alignment Bar Figure 3 2. Align the page using the “Alignment Bar” as shown in Figure 4.
  • Page 15 Align Page to Alignment Bar Figure 4 3. Pages can be oriented Right-Side Up or Upside-Down which is useful for reading textbooks without manually moving the camera as shown in Figure 5. Figure 5...

  • Page 16: Reading

    4. Once the page has been correctly aligned, continue onto the “Reading” section. [WARNING:] Improper placement of the alignment bar or incorrectly aligned page can negatively affect OCR results. READING 5. Start reader by pressing Spacebar or Clicking on the Blue “Read” icon in the top right corner as shown in Figure 6.
  • Page 17 Read Menu Figure 6 6. Automatically brings up the Loading Screen as shown in Figure 7.
  • Page 18 Pause Stop Figure 7 7. After image is finished loading, reader will start automatically reading text aloud while highlighting text as shown in Figure...
  • Page 19 Highlighted Text Figure 8 Reading can be controlled by either using the KEYBOARD or MOUSE. Here are the READINGSHORTCUTS for both the KEYBOARD and MOUSE KEYBOARD MOUSE Read Spacebar Click Delayed Hold Read (8 Spacebar for seconds) 3 seconds...
  • Page 20 Menu “Esc” Key Click Pause Spacebar Click Play Spacebar Click Stop “Esc” Key Click Left Arrow Last Word Click Last Word Right Arrow Next Word Click Next Word Last Up Arrow Mouse Wheel Sentence Next Down Arrow Mouse Wheel Sentence Down Next Page Down...

  • Page 21: Views

    Go to Home Key Beginning Go to End End Key VIEWS View feature allows you to toggle through 3 different views while reading: ORIGINAL VIEW Original view retains the ORIGINAL IMAGE (See Figure 9).

  • Page 22: Redrawn View

    Figure 9 REDRAWN VIEW Redrawn view replaces the Original Text with DIGITAL TEXT on the ORIGINAL IMAGE (See Figure 10).
  • Page 23 Figure 10 WRAPPED VIEW Wrapped view displays DIGITAL TEXT onto a DIGITAL BACKGROUND and reformats the text so it fits within the width of the screen (See Figure 11).
  • Page 24 Figure 11 Views can be controlled by either using the KEYBOARD or MOUSE. Here are the VIEWSHORTCUTS for both the KEYBOARD and MOUSE: KEYBOARD MOUSE Click “Menu”  Change “V” Key View Click “Reading” ...

  • Page 25: Rotate Image

    Click “View” ROTATE IMAGE Rotate image allows the user to flip the image displayed. Rotate image can be controlled by using the KEYBOARD. Here is the ROTATE IMAGE SHORTCUT for the KEYBOARD: KEYBOARD Rotate Image “R” Key TOGGLE COLOR Toggle color allows the user to toggle through the preset color schemes in the menu.

  • Page 26: Save/Load Images

    KEYBOARD MOUSE Click “Menu”  Click Toggle Color “C” Key “Color”  Select new Color Scheme SAVE/LOAD IMAGES ReadDesk allows you to:  Save Image – Save image to “…My Documents\Pictures\Read Desk\”.  Delayed Save (15 seconds) – Fifteen second delay before image is saved. ...
  • Page 27  Delete Image – Delete currently displayed image from “...My Documents\Pictures\Read Desk”. Save/Load/Delete images can be controlled by using the KEYBOARD. Here are the SAVE/LOAD IMAGES SHORTCUTS for the KEYBOARD: KEYBOARD Save “S” Key Delayed Save Hold “S” Key for 3 (15 seconds) seconds Load...

  • Page 28: Auto Read Images

    AUTO READ IMAGES Auto read images allow the user to automatically read previously saved images in ascending order by date from the current image. To start auto reading images: Press “L” Key to enter “Load Image Mode”  Use the “<” or ”>” Keys to select the “Start Image”...

  • Page 29: Auto Scan Images

    KEYBOARD Start Auto Read “A” Key Stop Auto Read “Esc” Key AUTO SCAN IMAGES Auto scan images allow the user to automatically save images in 15 second intervals. To start auto scanning images: Enter “Live Image Mode”  Press “A” Key to “Start Auto Scan” ...

  • Page 30: Text Saving

    KEYBOARD Start Auto Scan “A” Key Stop Auto Scan “Esc” Key TEXT SAVING Text saving automatically saves text after a page has been read. The text is automatically saved as a text file in “…My Documents\Read Desk”. ZOOM IN/OUT Zoom in/out allows the user to zoom in or out of an image in any view.
  • Page 31 KEYBOARD MOUSE Zoom “+”/”-“ key Right Click + Mouse In/Out Wheel Up / Down If you have 2 Additional Mouse Buttons you can use the following controls to Zoom In/Out (See Figure 12). Side Mouse Button 1 Side Mouse Button 2 Figure 12 MOUSE Zoom In...

  • Page 32: Movement Controls

    MOVEMENT CONTROLS Movement controls allow the user to move to different areas of the image. Movement can be controlled by either using the KEYBOARD or MOUSE. Here are the MOVEMENT SHORTCUTS for both the KEYBOARD and MOUSE: KEYBOARD MOUSE 8 (Num key) Move mouse to Top.

  • Page 33: Transfer License

    TRANSFER LICENSE To transfer a license to another computer, the registration must be removed from the original computer before the serial number can be used again. Once registration has been removed, ReadDesk will return to “Trial Mode” and the license can now be moved to a new computer.

  • Page 34: Menu Options

     Press “Enter” to Confirm MENU OPTIONS Menu options allow the user to customize and change settings as shown in Figure 13. Figure 13 Menu options can be controlled by either using the KEYBOARD or MOUSE. Here are the MENU OPTIONS for both the KEYBOARD and MOUSE:...

  • Page 35: Color

    KEYBOARD MOUSE Enter “Esc” Key Click “Menu” Menu icon Exit “Esc” Key Click “Back” Menu button Up/Down “Up”/”Down” Move mouse to Arrow Keys Top/Bottom Select “Enter” Key Click on Option Option Enter “Enter” Key Click on Submenu Submenu Previous “Backspace” Click on “Back”...
  • Page 36 GRAY SCALE Gray and white colors. Black text with white BLACK ON WHITE background. White text with black WHITE ON BLACK background. BLACK ON Black text with yellow YELLOW background. YELLOW ON Yellow text with black BLACK background. Black text with green BLACK ON GREEN background.

  • Page 37: Reading

    READING HIGHLIGHT Highlight changes the HIGHLIGHTING METHOD used when reading. Highlight text with a colored box (Default). Highlight text UNDERLINE with underline. Highlight text BACKGROUND with background color. VIEW View changes the way TEXT IS DISPLAYED. Digital text displayed by WRAPPED paragraph.

  • Page 38: Speech

    Digital text is redrawn onto REDRAWN “Original” image. SPEECH Speech has 3 submenus: RATE, VOLUME, and VOICE. RATE Rate changes the READING SPEED of the reader. LEVEL 1 Slowest reading speed. LEVEL 2 Slow reading speed. LEVEL 3 Normal reading speed. LEVEL 4 Faster reading speed.
  • Page 39 VOLUME Volume changes the VOLUME LEVEL of the reading voice. Twenty percent volume. Forty percent volume. Sixty percent volume. Eighty percent volume. 100% One hundred volume. VOICE Voice changes the VOICE USED when reading. Reading voice “Kendra” KENDRA (Default).

  • Page 40: Languages

    LANGUAGES Languages allow users to see and select one of the supported languages. Additional language support will be added in future updates. ENGLISH English language. HELP Help has 3 Help submenus: TUTORIAL, SUPPORT, and ABOUT. TUTORIAL Run ReadDesk Tutorial. Displays 9-digit support SUPPORT ABOUT Company information.

  • Page 41: Quit

    QUIT Exit ReadDesk and go to Windows Desktop.

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