Patriot Voice User Manual

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Page 2: Table Of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ........................................03 Setting up Your Patriot ® Voice ................................04 Controls ........................................... 05 Starting the System ....................................06 Controls .......................................... 06 Additional Keys ......................................09 Menu Zone ........................................10 System Settings ......................................15 Technical Data ......................................20 AudioIdent ........................................
Page 3: Introduction
Voice. It will help you become very familiar with your new companion. The Patriot® Voice is a system which reads out printed words. It is able to digitize and play back nearly any text with printed characters. The only restriction is handwritten texts. Using an optical character recognition (OCR), and with the help of a scanner, the chosen texts are scanned in and converted to digital text format.
Page 4: Setting Up Your Patriot ® Voice
CONNECTING THE POWER CORD First connect the round end of the cable into the back of Patriot® Voice, with the ﬂat side of the cord facing the top. Connect the other end of the cord into a wall outlet. In order to avoid any damage of the device or the plug, check to see if you properly connected the plug to the socket.
Page 5: Controls
Speakers CONTROLS Main Switch Headset Connector Volume Control Keyboard Trainer Scan and Read Out Switch Language Start/Stop Help Cross Switch...
Page 6: Starting The System
The headset connector is located approx. 1” to the right of the main switch on the lower border. The integrated loudspeakers of Patriot ® Voice switch oﬀ automatically when the external headset is connected. THE VOLUME CONTROL Next to the main switch and the headset connector, you can ﬁnd the volume controller knob to adjust the volume up or down.
Page 7 • START STOP KEY (TRIANGLE SHAPE) Use this triangle key to start and stop the system during your work with Patriot® Voice. You can use this key to start and stop the document speaker. You can start and stop the recording of your document name in the archive-menu.
Page 8 • YES-KEY This key is located at the lower left side under the cross switch. This key allows you to accept a selection in the menu. Pressing this key conﬁrms your choice. With this key you can have the current text passage repeated when you navigate within the document.
Page 9: Additional Keys
ADDITIONAL KEYS You’ll also ﬁnd three very small round buttons on the right lower area of the front-panel. They are additional functions of Patriot Voice. From left to the right, these functions are: ® 1. HELP By pushing this key once, you can get individual help to any menu point. By pushing this key a second time, you can get information about your current position within the menu.
Page 10: Menu Zone
MENU ZONE This section will explain the menu structure and its functions. PROCEDURE Select a menu point by pushing the cross switch up or down. Conﬁrm your choice with the YES-key. If you select such a function like “scan and read out” the system begins to carry out the order at once. If you select a menu point, which contains more functions (for example “archive”), push the YES-key to jump into this domain.
Page 11 MENU ZONE (continued) • SCAN ONLY This function allows you to scan a document page, without starting the read out modus automatically or without switching to the document modus. You will be informed as soon as the system has completed the scan. You can use this function, if you like to read in complete books and wish to listen to them at a later date.
Page 12 MENU ZONE (continued) ARCHIVE In this group, you can ﬁnd all the functions you need to access your already archived documents. You have the possibility to rename, to remove, and to delete documents as well as the folders. You can ﬁnd the following functions: •...
Page 13 RENAME FOLDER This function enables you to rename an already existing folder. After selecting the folder by pushing the cross switch up or down, you can use the voice input to give your folder a new name. DELETE FOLDER This function allows you to delete a folder you don’t need anymore.
Page 14 This function allows you to rename an archived document. After selecting this menu item, you are requested to select the folder containing the speciﬁc document by pushing the cross switch up or down. To conﬁrm your choice push the YES key. Then, use the voice input to rename the document.
Page 15: System Settings
SYSTEM SETTINGS You can use this function to make additional settings to the system, for example, change the speaker voice or modify the scan settings. PROCEDURE: Push the cross switch up or down to select the menu item which settings are to be changed. Conﬁrm your choice with the YES-key.
Page 16 SYSTEM SETTINGS (continued) SCAN OPTIONS With this menu item, you are able to change the already deﬁned settings, which are used to scan the documents. • SCANNER-RESOLUTION By selecting this item, you can deﬁne the scanner resolution up to your needs. You may choose between: 200, 300, 400 or 600 dpi.
Page 17 SYSTEM SETTINGS (continued) AUTOMATIC MODE Here the system automatically makes the scan settings. We recommend this setting for usual working. LINE MODE This function enables the scan line by line. COLOR MODE With this function you can select the color mode for the scan. Note that the black/white scan is generally the fastest.
Page 18 Here you can have the document contents read out. As soon as a document is selected, you can switch from the menu zone to the document zone. That means that after you have scanned a text or imported a document, Patriot® Voice informs you at once if no active document can be found. MOVING WITHIN THE DOCUMENT...
Page 19 SYSTEM SETTINGS (continued) • WORD BY WORD The speaker reads out or repeats one word of the text per keystroke. If you wish to move through the text, it also happens word by word. • LINE BY LINE The speaker reads out or repeats one line of the text per keystroke. If you wish to move through the text, it also happens line by line.
Page 20: Technical Data
TECHNICAL DATA Scanner: CIS ﬂatbed scanner Optical resolution: 600 x 1200 Max. Page size: A4 • Letter 8.5” x 11” Audio system: 2 x 12 W Stereo System Frequency: 120 Hz – 20kHz...
Page 21: Audioident
AUDIOIDENT PROCEDURE • Switch on your Patriot® Voice reading system and then switch on AudioIdent by pushing the button of the camera just once. • After the system has reported its being on, you can hold an object, with its optic label showing on the front, at distance of 6”...
Page 22: Extension Audiopocket
• Connect the AudioPocket storage unit with the USB adaptor (Important: First take away the headphones!) • In the Patriot® Voice menu select the menu item “archive” by pushing the cross-switch up or down and conﬁrm your choice with the YES-key.