Knowledge Navigation Center • Graduate Library, 2
nd
floor • University of Michigan
734/647-5836 • email: knc-info@umich.edu • http://www.knc.lib.umich.edu
C-PEN TEXT SCANNER
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
The Nav Wheel
The
Nav(igation) Wheel
is used for navigating
and selecting on the C-Pen Display, and for
turning the pen on and off.
Turn
to navigate up,
down, left, and right
Press
to select
from a menu
Press and hold
for two seconds, then release to
turn C-Pen on or off
QUICK START GUIDE
1. Turn C-Pen on by pressing the
Nav Wheel
.
2. Hold the pen over the first character of the
line you wish to scan, keeping the
Scanner
Tip
flat against the paper. Aim at the
middle of the line.
3. Press and hold the
Trigger
. Drag C-Pen
over the line at an even pace, as smoothly
and straightly as possible. After the end of
the line, release the
Trigger
.
4. The text you have just scanned should
appear on the
Display
.
5. To scan another line, repeat the process. A
space will be automatically inserted
between lines. To insert a line break, press
the
Trigger
once with the pen held away
from the page.
6. On the
Display
, the most recent line you
scanned is highlighted. To delete the
highlighted text, press the
ESC button
.
7. When you are done scanning, press the
Nav
Wheel
. On the menu that pops up, select
Exit
. The
Save As
dialog box appears.
Choose
Yes
if you want to save the text,
No
if you want to discard the text or
Cancel
if you want to return to the text.
Contents
Quick Start Guide
1
What is C-Pen good for? 1
The Nav Wheel
1
C-Pen Applications
2
Editing Text on C-Pen
3
Scanning Problems
3
Languages
3
Sample Texts
3
Scanner
Tip
Escape button
Trigger
Display
Nav Wheel
Infrared Port
(behind wheel)
What is C-Pen good for?
C-Pen is a completely portable text scanner. It
does not need to be connected to a computer,
though you can transfer text to any PC or Palm
device. C-Pen has its own Optical Character
Recognition software, and is much faster than a
flatbed scanner for small quantities of text.
You could use C-Pen to copy quotations for a
paper, with non-circulating or archival material,
or with any materials that wouldn’t do well on a
flatbed scanner.
C-Pen is not able to recognize handwriting or
badly obscured printed text. For these items you
might want to try the HP CapShare, the KNC’s
portable image scanner.
