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USER’S GUIDE
English
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PLEASE NOTE! For instructions in other languages please consult our webpage http://www.cpen.com. First edition (March 2001). This manual is published by C Technologies AB, without any warranty. Improvements and changes to this manual necessitated by typographical errors, inaccuracies of current information, or improvements to programs and/or equipment, may be made by C Technologies AB at any time and without notice. Such changes will, however, be incorporated into new editions of this manual inc
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Contents INTRODUCTION TO ......................................................... 5 C-Pen Models ................................................................................ 5 Your Personal Digital Assistant ......................................................7 Optimal Reading Conditions ..........................................................8 User Documentation and Support..............................................10 Care and Safety .................................................
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Getting Help................................................................................74 C-Pen Viewer .............................................................................. 74 Copy and paste in the PC Environment......................................75 Installing and Removing Applications ..........................................76 Transferring Files ......................................................................... 77 C Direct ..............................................
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INTRODUCTION TO Congratulations - you have just bought a photographic memory! C-Pen is a Mobile Information Collector that reads, remembers, processes and transfers printed text to your Win- dows-equipped PC and PDA products. C-Pen is in essence an electronic highlighter that saves the text you are mark- ing. Carry it with you wherever you go! Make it a habit to take your portable text collector with you, and you are always ready to read and save text from books, papers, brochures or business ca
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C-Pen 600MX C-Pen 600MX combines the reading function with transla- tion ability, making it the perfect companion when travel- ling or studying. C-Pen 600MX includes: • C Read C Direct Info C Write Notes Storage C Beam C Dictionary C-Pen 600MX has the ability to read both the Latin and the Cyrillic alphabet. It reads polish, hungarian, czech and russian as well as the languages that other C-Pens read. C-Pen 600MX offers communication by cable as well as by IR. It is powered by two
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Your Personal Digital Assistant Powerful features C Read Reads in text - the basic function of C-Pen. Move C-Pen over the text, and the text will be captured by the pen, where it can be saved as a file for later processing. C Write (only the Latin alphabet) Allows you to enter characters by writing with C-Pen as if it were an ordinary pen. This is useful when editing text, entering file names and looking up words in C Dic- tionary C Direct Enables you to transfer the scanned text directly
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Storage Storage area in C-Pen, which can be used as a floppy disc for files. Optimal Reading Conditions C-Pen uses Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to read text. OCR is the process of turning an image of characters into computer-readable text. As C-Pen moves over the text, its internal light source illu- minates the characters and a camera takes pictures of the text. During OCR, C-Pen analyzes the pictures taken by its camera and translates them into text characters. The OCR quality will de
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Position and movement of C-Pen It is important how you hold and move C-Pen over the printed text. Please see Reading text, p. 22 or read the Quick Start folder to learn how to use C-Pen correctly. It is crucial that you follow these instructions in order to get the best results. The language of the text Set the text language of the text you wish to read, to get the most suitable OCR. See Text Language, p. 55. Deformed characters Anything that is not a printed character, and any character
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User Documentation and Support There are several sources of support for your C-Pen. This User's Guide contains a description of C-Pen, its ap- plications and instructions for reading and editing text and saving files. The following applications are explained: C Read C Direct Storage C Write C Beam C Dictionary Notes Info Settings You can also learn how to connect C-Pen to a PC. The enclosed C-Pen CD contains the C-Win Software for communication between C-Pen and your PC. It als
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Make sure the camera opening is free from dust or any other objects. Do not deliberately insert any object into the camera opening. Clean C-Pen with a dry cloth. Do not use detergents or other chemicals when cleaning C-Pen. C-Pen models that are powered by alkaline batteries, require two 1.5 V AAA batteries of type LR03. See Battery, p. 17. Make backup copies of your C-Pen files regularly and keep the copies in a safe place. Copies are made using C-Win Software, see Using C-Pen with yo
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PRESENTATION OF C-PEN Parts of C-Pen Description of the different parts: 3 5 8 8 7 5 3 1 2 4 7 4 1 6 12
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1. On/Off and Nav Turns C-Pen on or off when pressed and held for more than two seconds. This button is also used to scroll through the menus and texts (push up or down) and to select an item or an option (press briefly). 2. ESC Closes menus. This is the button on the side of C-Pen. The functions of Trigg and ESC can be exchanged to suit your own preferences. See System Settings, p. 59. 3. Display Used to display scanned text and for communication between C-Pen and the user. The orientation of t
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7. Battery Compartment This is where you insert the batteries. 8. Camera Opening The Camera Opening is not protected in any way. This enhances C-Pen’s reading ability but it also makes it important to see to that dust or other objects do not enter the camera opening. Display Objects C-Pen uses the following display objects to communicate with you: status field application icons menus check boxes dialog boxes edit fields dialog buttons Status field The area on the left side of the d
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Text Quality Battery power level Text Language Application icons The applications are represented by application icons on the main screen. The applications are described in the chap- ter Applications, p. 39. C-Pen main screen Application icons Menus Menus provide different options. A scroll bar indicates if there are more menu items available above or below the visible section. Menu items Menu Scroll bar Check boxes Check boxes also provide different options. A check box remains checked until
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Checked box Unchecked box Dialog boxes 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 Dialog box Dialog buttons Edit fields It is possible to enter and edit text in an edit field. An edit field is recognized by its frame, see the figure above. Dialog buttons Dialog buttons are used in dialog boxes to give simple instructions to C-Pen. Common dialog buttons 16
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GETTING STARTED 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 automati- cally after 5 minutes of inactivity. To change the auto- matic power-off time, see System Settings, p. 59. Press Nav to turn C-Pen on and off Battery Installing the batteries 1. Remove the battery cover from the back of C-Pen. Lift the cover here to open It is imperative to observe the polarity of the batteries. The orientation of th
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2. Insert two alkaline AAA batteries (1.5 V, type LR03). 3. Replace the battery cover. You should hear a “click” when it locks in place. Please do not dispose of batteries in a fire as there is a danger of explosion. Please recycle the batteries! ! Battery power level The battery power level is shown by the battery indicator at the bottom of the status field. Text Quality Battery power level Text Language If the battery power level is getting low, the message “Bat- tery low” will appear on the d
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Please note that information may be lost if you remove the batteries without turning C-Pen off first. However, when ! you turn C-Pen off properly, all information is saved in the memory and it is safe to remove the batteries. C-Pen is reset by removing the batteries from the battery compartment. Do this when C-Pen has encountered problems or has “frozen”. Navigating and Selecting Nav (the navigation control) is used for navigation and to select an object. Turn Nav up or down to navigate between
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Menus Selecting a menu item marked with a will display further alternatives in a new menu. Selecting EXIT or CANCEL will close the menu. Instead of selecting EXIT or CANCEL, you can press ESC. Menu item with alternatives Dialog buttons In a dialog box you can instruct C-Pen how to continue by selecting a dialog button: OK You accept a suggestion in a dialog box. YES Your answer is “Yes” to a question in a dialog box. NO Your answer is “No” to a question in a dialog box. CANCEL The dia
