User manual english.
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Contents introduction to c-pen ............................... 5 your personal digital assistant ...................................... 5 optimum reading conditions ......................................... 6 user documentation and support ................................. 8 care & safety .............
Connecting to a pc .................................. 48 installing software ........................................................ 48 connecting c-pen to a pc ............................................ 49 getting help .................................................................. 50 c-pen v...
5 introduction to c-pen congratulations - you have just bought yourself a photographic memory! C-pen is a mobile information collector that reads, remembers, processes and transfers printed text cordlessly to your windows-equipped pc. C-pen is in essence an electronic high- lighter that remembers th...
6 c direct enables you to transfer the read text directly from c-pen into your pc. The text will be placed at the cursor position in for instance a word or excel document. C address is an application in c-pen for storing and looking up contact information such as addresses, phone numbers and e-mail ...
7 the following conditions affects the quality of the character recognition: • the print quality of the text high-quality printed text produces, of course, maxi- mum ocr accuracy. With lower-quality pages, e.G. Fax copies, ocr accuracy may be poorer. You can calibrate c-pen to optimize its performan...
8 • certain colors c-pen cannot read red or yellow text on a white or red background, or white text on a red background. • small or large character sizes the size of the characters should be 7–20 points. User documentation and support there are different sources to support your use of c-pen: • this ...
9 care & safety • keep c-pen away from direct sunlight, heat, moisture and dust. • do not expose c-pen to extreme variations in tempera- ture. • make sure that the camera opening is free from dust or any other objects. • clean c-pen with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or other chemicals when cle...
10 presentation of the pen parts of the pen on/off turns c-pen on or off, when pressed for one nav second. This button is also used as a control for moving around in menus and texts (turn control left or right) and to select an item or an option (press briefly). Display used to display read text and...
11 the orientation of the text on the display can be changed to suit left-handed users. See system settings, p. 45. Ir port the infrared (ir) port is used for wireless data transfer between c-pen and a pc that also is equipped with an ir port. Trigg to be pressed and held down while reading text. Es...
12 status field the area on the left side of the display is called the status field. This field displays the text settings (text quality and text language). See settings, p. 42. Application icon the applications are represented by application icons in the main screen. The applications will all be de...
13 edit field dialog box a dialog box appears when you need to enter information or give commands to c-pen. A dialog box contains one or more objects such as edit fields or dialog buttons. Edit field it is possible to enter and edit text in an edit field. An edit field is recognized by its dotted li...
14 getting started installing the batteries 1. Remove the battery cover from the rear panel of c-pen. 2. Insert two alkaline aaa batteries (1.5 v type lr03) as shown below. It is imperative to observe the polarity of the batteries. The orientation of the plus and minus ends are shown inside the batt...
15 turning c-pen on and off to turn c-pen on and off, press the on/off button until the display is activated/deactivated. C-pen turns off automatically after 4 minutes of non-use. To change the automatic power-off time, see system settings, p. 45. Navigating and selecting nav (the navigation control...
16 the result when selecting an objectis explained for each situation later in this manual. Below are some general remarks about selecting objects. Menus selecting a menu item marked with a will display further alternatives in a new menu. Menu item with alternatives selecting cancel will close the m...
17 edit fields to be able to edit text in an edit field you have to select it. A cursor will appear in the edit field and the status field shows the edit mode symbol. See editing text, p. 21. Check boxes to mark an alternative in a list of check boxes, navigate to the alternative of your choice: exe...
18 reading and saving text please follow the instructions in this chapter in order to get the best results from your c-pen. Take a few minutes to learn how to use c-pen correctly. (see also optimum reading conditions, p. 6) reading text to read a line, follow the steps below. 1. Turn c-pen on. Make ...
19 4. Move c-pen over the line of text. Keep trigg pressed as you move c-pen over the text. 5. Release trigg at the end of the line. The text screen will appear. The read text is placed in a new text file in notes; see p. 33. You can also create a new, empty text file by selecting new ... And then f...
20 reading another line read the second line the same way you read the first. A space or a line break is inserted between the lines (see read mode, p. 43). You can also insert a line break by clicking trigg once. The last line is highlighted (inverted), i.E. White text on a black background. To canc...
21 editing text to be able to edit text in a text file or in an edit field you have to enter edit mode. Entering edit mode you enter edit mode in different ways depending on your starting-point. You can enter edit mode in the text screen or in edit field. Entering edit mode in the text screen press ...
22 in edit mode you move the cursor one character at a time by turning nav. Move the cursor to a position where you want to edit the text. Press nav to open the edit menu. The items in the edit menu are: quit editing leaves the edit mode in the text screen. Done leaves the edit mode in an edit field...
23 some of the menu items are explained more in detail below: change place the cursor to the left of the character you want to change and select change from the menu. Turn nav to select the new character from the character set and then press nav. Insert move the cursor to the place where you want th...
24 select use the select command to edit more than one charac- ter at a time. Then select characters and turn nav to mark multiple characters. Press nav and choose cut , copy or delete from the menu. If you select all , the whole text will be selected. Delete place the cursor to the left of the char...
25 c write c write is a feature that allows you to draw characters by using c-pen as an ordinary pen. C-pen can track its own movement over a surface and recognize the move- ment as a letter, digit or a symbol. Using c write is an alternative to using the character frame when inserting characters in...
26 basic rules when using c write • in order to obtain maximum accuracy when writing with c-pen, your characters should resemble the pro- totypes on the following pages as much as possible. • a character must be drawn in one single stroke. • the dot indicates the starting point of the stroke. • the ...
27 if you write two shift signs, c write will enter caps lock mode. All letters will be capitals until you write a shift sign again. Symbols press trigg briefly to enter symbol mode. The status field displays the symbol mode icon. Write one of the symbols in the symbol table. You are automatically b...
28 c write prototypes letters, digits and shift shift space backspace new line aa bb cc dd ee ff gg hh ii jj kk ll mm nn oo.
29 pp qq rr ss tt uu vv xx ww yy zz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
30 special characters accents and umlauts write the letter first and then the accent or umlaut. Example: ä = a + symbols enter symbol mode by pressing trigg briefly. Çç Ææ Øø ¨ º ^ ´ ` ~ . , : ; / \.
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32 applications c-pen’s application icons are shown in the main screen. You can move between the icons by using nav. Press nav to start an application. Notes contains text files. See p. 33. C address is an address book, where you can store business cards and search for contact information. It can be...
33 notes notes contains the text files you have read and saved. Enter notes by selecting the notes icon in the main screen. Inside notes, move between items using nav. Creating a new file or folder selecting new ... Will open a dialog box: select file to create a new file. You do not have to do this...
34 use your c-pen to read a name or press nav to enter edit mode. To save the folder, select ok . The folder is placed in notes. If you want to save a file within a specific folder, you must create the file by opening the folder, selecting new ... And then selecting file in the dialog box. The comma...
35 the text menu in the text screen you move the cursor line by line with nav. You can insert a new line at the cursor position (the flashing triangle) by reading a new line with c-pen. Press nav if you want to edit the text, change text settings or stop working with the text. Pressing nav opens the...
36 c address c address is an application in c-pen for storing and looking up contact information such as addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses to people and organiza- tions you communicate with. Start c address by selecting the c address icon in the main screen. C address main screen the c a...
37 in the contact edit screen, turn nav to go to the first field, called first name. Read the first name of your contact with your c-pen, for instance from a business card or a telephone list. Redo the reading if you are not satisfied or turn nav to move to the next field, last name. Read the last n...
38 selecting top at the end of the field list brings you to save & close . Select save & close when you are finished . The save as dialog box appears. The suggested file name is the name you entered in the full name field. If this field is empty or unchecked the suggested file name will be “last nam...
39 delete deletes the contact file. Top brings you to the top of the c address main screen ( exit ). Cancel closes the contact menu. View a contact select view to view a contact. The contact information is presented in the contact view screen. At opening the scroll bar rectangle is blinking, which i...
40 2. Select edit in the contact view screen. In both cases the contact edit screen will open, display- ing the stored information in the fields. You can move between the fields by turning nav. If you want to change the content in a field, you can read a new field text with c-pen or edit the text in...
41 select done to close the screen and return to the c address main screen. If no matching text is found, a dialog box appears telling you “nothing found”. Select ok to go back to the find contact screen. Delete a contact select a contact in the contact list and select delete . A dialog box asks you...
42 settings settings contains the parameters controlling c-pen. Enter settings from the main screen by selecting the settings icon. You can also enter text settings from the text menu (p. 35) and the edit menu (p. 21). A list of the available settings appears. To modify a setting: 1. Select the sett...
43 text language select the language of the text you want to read from the list of check boxes. If you read text containing numbers only, select numbers only as language. Read mode this setting indicates how c-pen should format the readings. The read modes are: continuous text : a space is inserted ...
44 4. Move c-pen over the text, in circles or back and forth. Continue to move c-pen until the progress bar has reached the end. 5. A message shows up to indicate that the calibration is ready: during the calibration process, c-pen will find the appropriate balance of black and white for the particu...
45 in the calibration dialog box, select done to go back or default setting to revert to the factory setting. If you press the scan button (trigg), a calibration will start. You can do a calibration whenever you use c-pen. This method increases c-pen’s reading ability if the text is not black and/or...
46 if pin-code is enabled, you must enter the pin each time c-pen is turned on. After three unsuccessful attempts, c-pen will turn off. You get three attempts each time you start c-pen. Warning! If you start c-pen by select- ing disable pin code in the start up dialog box, all data in c pen will be ...
47 info info contains a list of help and information topics. Exit exits info. Getting started gives instructions on performing a successful reading. Press nav or esc to close the topic. Troubleshooting gives solutions to common problems. Press nav or esc to close the topic. Support contains support ...
48 connecting to a pc c-pen can be connected to a pc by infrared (ir) commu- nication. A working ir connection with a pc is required to install and remove applications in c-pen. To enable this communication certain hardware and software must be installed and configured properly on your pc. The follo...
49 software on a laptop. If you have questions and the readme file does not help, please refer to c-pen windows software help or your laptop retailer or manufacturer. To install c-pen windows software: 1. Put the c-pen windows software cd into your computer’s cd-rom drive and the installation progra...
50 when c-pen is within range of the computer’s ir port, an ir icon will appear in the status field on c-pen’s display. On most laptops the built-in ir port - a red or black glossy square - is found on the back or side of the computer. The installation program has placed the c-pen icon (my c-pen) on...
51 c-pen. The user interface looks like windows explorer and you will recognize the applications from the main screen in c-pen. Use c-pen viewer to open and browse files in your c-pen , to create new folders and to remove applications from your c-pen. Installing and removing applications the applica...
52 c address c address, the c-pen address book, is available in c-pen viewer on your pc. Double-clicking on c address in c-pen viewer presents the address files stored in c-pen, listed by their contact name. The address files are stored as vcard files (filename.Vcf) and can be opened by a vcard view...
53 c direct c direct gives you the opportunity to enter text from your c-pen at the cursor position in windows programs. To activate c direct place c-pen in front of the ir port on your pc, click the right mouse button on the c-pen icon (my c-pen) and select c direct from the context menu. The c dir...
54 c-pen edit c-pen edit is a simple text editor that lets you edit files stored in c-pen directly, without having to first move them to your pc. C-pen edit can communicate directly with your c-pen to open and save files. If you are using c-pen edit and open a file from c-pen, it can be saved either...
55 troubleshooting problem: c-pen will not turn on. Solution: the batteries might be depleted. Replace the batteries. You must press the on/off button for one second. Problem: the text on the display does not match the text you are reading. Solutions: make sure you have chosen the correct text langu...
56 problem: a dialog box with the message “nothing read” appears. Solution: you must keep trigg pressed as you move c-pen over the text. You must hold the pen tip flat against the surface before you press trigg. Problem: the infrared communication to the pc does not work. Solutions: make sure that y...
57 technical specifications size: 140x35x24 mm weight: 80 g (including batteries) display: 2 rows processor: intel © strongarm ™ 100 mhz memory: 512 kb ram 2 mb flash memory, battery lifetime: 3–4 weeks normal use reading speed: 15 cm/s character sizes: 7–20 points.
58 index a application 32 application icon 12 b battery 14 battery compartment 10 c c address 6, 32, 36, 52 c address main screen 36 contact edit screen 36 contact list 36 contact menu 38 delete a contact 41 edit a contact 39 enter a new contact 36 find a contact 40 find contact screen 40 options 37...
59 editing text 21 c write 25 edit field 21 edit menu 21 edit mode symbol 21 entering edit mode 21 text screen 21 escape button (esc) 10, 11 exchange trigg/esc 46 f file creating a new file 33 delete 34 open 34 properties 34 rename 34 i info 32, 47 infrared (ir) communication 48 infrared driver 48 i...
60 s saving text 20 scroll bar 12 selecting 15 settings 32, 42 c write feedback 45 calibration 43 read mode 43 system settings 45 text language 43 text quality 43 status field 12 support 8, 47 synchronizing address files 52 system settings 45 contrast 46 exchange trigg/esc 46 menu language 46 pin co...
61 warranty c technologies ab warrants that this product is free from defects in materials and function at the time of original purchase and for a period of one year from that date. When the name c technologies is mentioned in the following text, it means, unless otherwise stated, c technologies ab ...
62 warranty information serial number: customer: date: address: dealer: address: ct number:.