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Volume Control
Turning the round volume control switch allows you to set the speaker volume.
Outlet for Earphones
You can connect earphones to the earphones port located to the right of the volume control.
As soon as earphones are plugged in, the speakers are switched off.
The Save Key
The Save key is used to quickly save scanned text within text mode. This key has no function
in CD mode. Sophie Pro can detect whether a Handy Tech Braille system and/or an MP3
player or USB stick is connected to it. If this is the case, Sophie will announce either that the
text will be saved on the Braille system as a Text file, or on the MP3 player or USB stick as an
MP3 file. The name under which the text will be saved consists of the first 40 characters of
the text, followed by the date and time. You can confirm the save command by pressing the
scan key, or cancel it with the start/stop key.
Either way, Sophie Pro will announce that the text is being saved in its own memory. You may
also confirm this action by pressing the scan key, or cancel it with the start/stop key.
The Save key will continue to blink until the text has been saved. Once saved, the file will be
deleted from Sophie Pro's active memory and you can immediately scan a new page.
If you need to read aloud text in any language other than English, you can set the reading
output accordingly. First, halt reading by pressing the start/stop key, and then press the Save
key at the same time as either the "up" or "down" key on the navigation cross. Now the
available languages will be announced, followed by the name of the speech output, for
example, "English Emily". Whenever you press the start/stop key, the scanned text will be
read starting from your current position in the selected language.
You cannot change Sophie Pro's language itself. Please ask your Handy Tech dealer about
the availability of any additional languages.
The Navigation Cross
In Text Mode:
After pausing the reading procedure with the start/stop key, you can use
the "right" and "left" keys of the navigation cross to jump forward or backward through the
text. You can control how far you wish to jump with the "up" and "down" keys of the
navigation cross. Your options are moving character by character, word by word, sentence
by sentence, row by row, table by table, headline by headline, or page by page. With the
selection "Beginning or end" you can move to the beginning or to the end of the current
text. If a Braille display is connected to Sophie Pro, you can also set the increments to one
Braille line.
By pressing both the "up" and "down" key of the navigation cross at the same time, you
will reach Sophie Pro's menu, which provides options for saving, opening, or deleting
scanned text. You can move through the menu items with the "up" and "down" keys. To
