C Technologies C-Pen, User Manual

Page 1: ...USER S MANUAL English...

Page 2: ...92 Electromagnetic compatibility Generic Immunity Standard Second edition April 1999 This manual is published by C Technologies AB without any warranty Improvements and changes to this manual necessit...

Page 3: ...ommand menu 17 Creating a new file or folder 18 The Text menu 18 The Edit menu 19 C Write 22 Closing a text 29 Leaving Notes 29 SETTINGS 30 Text Language 31 Read Mode 31 Text Quality 31 C Write Feedba...

Page 4: ...Text Language 49 DICTIONARIES button 49 INFO button 50 Removing dictionaries 50 Exiting C Dictionary 50 CONNECTING TO A PC 51 Installing software 51 Getting help 53 C Pen viewer 53 Transferring files...

Page 5: ...the text that you are marking C Pen is equipped with 8 MB of memory of which 6 MB can be used to store about 3 000 standard size pages C Pen communi cates with your PC via a built in infrared interfac...

Page 6: ...locking catch away from the reading end of the pen and lift the battery upwards Charging 1 Connect the charger to C Pen 2 Plug the charger into a mains socket When the battery is fully charged the cha...

Page 7: ...not always expect C Pen to achieve 100 correct character recognition The result depends on a number of circumstances The quality of the printed text you want to read with C Pen You can calibrate C pen...

Page 8: ...cause the underline changes the shape of descenders of the letters q g y p and j C Pen can t read red or yellow text on a white or red background or white text on a red background The size of the char...

Page 9: ...s it to select an item or option Trigg Press and hold down to read text On Off This button is used to turn C Pen on and off ESC It also closes menus and cancels text Turn to navigate the menus Press t...

Page 10: ...C Pen on and off press and hold down 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 S...

Page 11: ...ngs contains parameters you can change like power off time and reading options see p 30 C Direct contains information on how to enter text from C Pen directly into Windows program by infrared communic...

Page 12: ...log Buttons An on screen button e g OK CAN CEL YES or NO To select a button that appears in a dialog use the navigation control turn Nav until the button you want to select is marked with inverted col...

Page 13: ...or editing text see p 19 and p 22 Check box Check a box by clicking the item with Nav Normally only one item in a list of check box items can be selected Using menus Menus provide you with different o...

Page 14: ...gs are set for the appropriate values The text settings are Text Quality Text Language and Read Mode There is also a possibility to calibrate C Pen for best perfor mance Refer to Settings p 30 to read...

Page 15: ...he end of the line The text will appear on the display The collected text is placed in a new text file in Notes see p 17 You can also select New and then File in Notes This creates a new empty text fi...

Page 16: ...e read is shown as negative text i e white text on a black background To cancel the last line collected press ESC briefly Stop reading Press Nav to open the text menu see Notes p 17 and choose Exit Th...

Page 17: ...enu contains commands for handling texts Open the menu by selecting a text file and pressing Nav The options in the Command menu are Open Opens a file Rename Renames a file A dialog with an edit box a...

Page 18: ...folder name Use your C pen to read a name or press Nav to enter edit mode To save the folder select OK and press Nav The folder is placed in Notes The Text menu In an open text you move the cursor lin...

Page 19: ...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...

Page 20: ...ce where you want the insertion and select Insert from the menu When pressing Nav you can choose between inserting a space a line break one character or multiple characters To insert one character sel...

Page 21: ...t to delete and choose Delete from the menu If text is selected the whole selection will be deleted Settings You can change text settings here The text settings are Text Language Select the language o...

Page 22: ...ters in a text To be able to use C Write the surface you write on must have a distinct pattern A printed text is the best choice Use C Write in the following way 1 Enter edit mode 2 Place C Pen agains...

Page 23: ...racter must be drawn in one single stroke The dot indicates the starting point of the stroke The height of the character should be 1 4 cm Trigg must be pressed before you start writing It is important...

Page 24: ...ft signs C Write will enter Caps Lock mode All letters will be capitals until you write a shift sign again C Write Caps Lock mode icon Symbols Press Trigg shortly to enter symbol mode The status field...

Page 25: ...25 C Write Prototypes Letters digits and shift Shift Space Backspace Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo...

Page 26: ...26 C Pen Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0...

Page 27: ...27 Special characters Accents and umlauts Write the letter first and then the accent or umlaut Example a Symbols Enter symbol mode by pressing Trigg briefly...

Page 28: ...28 C Pen _...

Page 29: ...text Press Nav to open the text menu then select Exit C Pen prompts you to save before closing if changes have been made Leaving Notes To leave Notes close the open text and select Exit in the Notes...

Page 30: ...t the setting from the settings list with Nav A dialog box appears 2 Turn Nav to highlight the setting value Press Nav to modify 3 Turn Nav to change the value and press Nav to confirm 4 Select the OK...

Page 31: ...hould format the readings The read modes are Continuous text A space is inserted between two separate readings with C Pen Suitable when you read a complete paragraph which will be used in a document o...

Page 32: ...he 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 P...

Page 33: ...whenever you use C Pen This method increases C Pen s reading ability if the text is not black and or the background is not white Inverted text must still be set in Text Quality Remember that red text...

Page 34: ...he next postion Continue in the same way When you have reached OK press Nav and confirm the PIN in a new dialog box If PIN code is enabled you must enter the PIN each time C Pen is turned on After thr...

Page 35: ...ge is a storage area that can be used as a floppy disk when C Pen is connected to a PC See Connecting to a PC for how to use Storage p 56 This application has the following menu items Delete Removes a...

Page 36: ...mbers and e mail addresses to people and organiza tions you communicate with Start C Address by moving the cursor to the C Address icon in the main menu and press Nav The C Address main screen will op...

Page 37: ...uncheck the boxes according to your personal preferences When you are finished select OK and press Nav or just press ESC In the Contact edit screen turn Nav to go to the first box called First name Re...

Page 38: ...o edit the text When you have finished editing select Done in the edit menu and press Nav If you want to discard the information you have entered press ESC or select Cancel and press Nav A dialog box...

Page 39: ...ave the contact file select Yes and press Nav A new contact is added to your contact list View a contact Select a contact in the contact list and press Nav You will see the following menu To view a co...

Page 40: ...T and press Nav again 2 Select EDIT in the Contact view screen and press Nav In both cases the Contact edit screen will open display ing the previously entered information in the boxes Editing and sav...

Page 41: ...e contacts with matching information will be dis played You can select these files just as you do in the contact list Select EXIT and press Nav to close the screen and return to the CAddress main scre...

Page 42: ...42 C Pen Exit C Address You can exit C Address from the CAddress main screen by selecting EXIT and pressing Nav or by pressing ESC...

Page 43: ...tionary license key After a dictionary is installed you must enter the dictionary key for this dictionary The dictionary key is obtained when buying a dictionary from http www cpen com A dialog box ap...

Page 44: ...49 C Dictionary main screen To translate a word just read the word with C Pen as usual One of the following situations occur 1 The word is found in the dictionary and the transla tion is presented on...

Page 45: ...cording to the following rules If two words are read the longest word is looked up If three words are read the middle word is looked up If more than three words are read the Word selection screen see...

Page 46: ...he reason why a word isn t found can be that the word is misspelt or that the OCR has given an erroneous result Another reason can be that the word is not in its base form e g chairs instead of chair...

Page 47: ...are read the Word selection screen appears Turn Nav to select a word and then press Nav The selected word is looked up and either the Translation screen a Word selection list or the Can t find dialog...

Page 48: ...ou are in edit mode Press Nav again to open the edit menu or use C Write to edit the word When you have finished editing select Done in the edit menu then press Nav and the edited word will now be loo...

Page 49: ...automatically set to the language you are translating from i e German is set for the German English dictionary Exiting C Dictionary will restore the Text Language to the language that was set before...

Page 50: ...ed off INFO button The INFO button displays information about the currently selected dictionary number of words manufac turer of database explanatory chart and abbreviations Removing dictionaries Dict...

Page 51: ...adapter 2 Infrared drivers for Windows 95 included on the C Pen Software CD If you use Windows 98 or Windows NT please read the ReadMe file on the C Pen Software CD 3 C Pen Windows Software This softw...

Page 52: ...dows taskbar select Run and type d setup exe where d is the drive letter for your CD ROM drive 3 To install C Pen Windows Software click on Install C Pen To install Infrared drivers click on Install I...

Page 53: ...m the Help menu select C Pen Help Topics You can also press F1 on your keyboard to enter C Pen Windows Software Help C Pen Viewer C Pen Viewer enables you to browse the contents of your C Pen The user...

Page 54: ...ape Communicator or Microsoft Outlook on your PC by double clicking on it and clicking Yes in the dialog Please note that this will open a copy of the file and that your changes will be saved on your...

Page 55: ...eye towards the IR port of the PC The text will disappear from C Pen s display and be transferred to the cursor position in Windows The easiest way to control C Direct is from the C Direct icon in th...

Page 56: ...efault Windows application In this case if you edit the file and save your changes will be saved on your hard disk and not in C Pen Copying files is done according to Windows standard i e either by us...

Page 57: ...if the text is white on black background or normal text if you have black text on white background These are also under settings Make sure that you hold C Pen so that the nose is flat against the sur...

Page 58: ...external IR receiver installed on your stationary PC If you have a portable PC it is normally equipped with a built in IR receiver Check the infrared under the Control panel in Windows 95 98 Problem...

Page 59: ...h a dry cloth Do not use detergents or other chemicals when cleaning C Pen Do not use other batteries than the one supplied with C Pen Should you need a new battery contact your local dealer When char...

Page 60: ...th battery installed Display 202x32 pixels 40 characters per row 4 rows Processor Intel StrongARM 100 MHz proces sor Memory 1 MB RAM 8 MB flash memory of which 6 MB can be used for text files Reading...

Page 61: ...File properties 17 35 I Info 35 Infrared communication 51 Installing software 51 Inverted text 31 L Language setting 30 M Main Menu 11 Menus 13 N Navigation control Nav 9 Notes 17 O OCR 7 P PIN code...

Page 62: ...rading with additions to or alterations of the product using software or hardware not produced by or approved in writing by C Technologies If your C Pen product requires warranty service you should re...