Now move on to the top of the Reader. Here you will find a light lid, hinged at the
rear. Lift this lid and underneath you will find a rectangular glass plate, slightly
recessed into the top of the Reader. This is the scanning window.
Documents to be read must be placed face down on this window, using the edges of
the recess to align the document. The alignment of the document does not have to
be particularly accurate, as the Reader can adjust the image. Also it does not matter
which way round the paper is placed, except when you wish to read an open book,
both pages at once. In this case, the top of the book must be towards the right hand
side of the Reader, otherwise the second page will be read first.
It is recommended that the glass of the scanning window should be regularly
cleaned using a soft dry cloth. The lid should be lowered during scanning, the hinges
will adjust to accommodate books up to about one inch thick. For greater thickness
books leave the lid open in the vertical position.
Across the front of the machine is the Control Panel.
At the left hand end you will find a large oblong key.
This is the "Start" key.
This is the key you press to begin the scanning and the reading process.
Moving to the right of the "Start" key, you will find four smaller square keys,
arranged one above three.
These are the Navigation or Cursor Keys.
The top single key is "SENTENCE or LINE UP", and immediately below this is
"SENTENCE or LINE DOWN".
The key to the left is "WORD LEFT" and to the right is "WORD RIGHT".
These keys will also be referred to as: "UP", "DOWN", "LEFT" and "RIGHT".
Moving to the right of these four keys, you will find another group of four keys.
This time arranged with a single oblong key below three square keys, and further to
the right is a final group of three square keys.
For ease of reference, we will number the upper six square keys.
From left to right. 1, 2, 3. And 4, 5, 6.
Key 6 is the Stop Speaking key.
Key 5 is used to change between automatic, column and page scanning modes.
The first four keys come into operation when either a document has been
completely read or when you have heard enough. They determine what happens to
the current document, as follows:
1 - Store the current document internally:
2 - Append the current document to the last document saved:
3 - Erase the current document:
4 - Store the current document to USB pen drive:
Only when one of these options has been chosen can another document be scanned.
The larger oblong key situated below the first set of three square keys is the
"FUNCTION" key. This key has no use on its own. It is used in conjunction with other
keys to instigate certain facilities, which will be detailed later in this User Guide.
