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Rev.9- 20090202

CLASSMATE

USER GUIDE

by HumanWare

revision 9- 20090202

Summary of Contents for CLASSMATE

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Page 3: ...as text to speech highlighting dictionary text and vocal notes and audio book navigation The ClassMate s study features are designed to assist you in retrieving information through the use of text notes highlighting bookmarks and voice notes The ClassMate Reader can play various electronic book formats such as the new NIMAS National Instructional Material Accessible Standard format and including D...

Page 4: ...helf 13 2 8 Transferring Files between your PC and ClassMate 13 2 8 1 Upgrading your ClassMate 13 2 8 2 Using Windows Explorer for File Transfer 14 2 8 3 Folders and their respective contents 15 2 8 4 Disconnecting the player from the computer 15 2 9 Access Password protected books RFB D 16 2 10 Key Describer mode 16 2 11 Keyboard Locking 16 2 12 Battery 16 3 Basic Functions 18 3 1 Text Window 18 ...

Page 5: ...t 30 5 1 2 Highlight Settings 31 5 1 3 Add Text Note 32 5 1 4 Add Bookmark 32 5 1 5 Navigate Markings 33 5 1 6 Deleting Markings 33 5 1 7 Exporting Text Notes 33 5 1 8 Consult Dictionary 34 6 Dictionary 35 6 1 Looking up words 35 6 1 1 Looking up words from the text 35 6 1 2 Looking up other words 35 6 1 3 Looking up words in a Definition 35 6 2 Dictionary Features 35 6 2 1 Syllable Spell and Word...

Page 6: ...l charge Please note that you can use your ClassMate player while charging the battery With the power cord the player will still be operational without the battery Note To avoid damaging the touchscreen do not pack the power supply in the carrying case In some countries the package may also contain a card to fill out if you wish to purchase an optional extension to your basic warranty If you find ...

Page 7: ...into three sections A touchscreen occupies the center region and there are buttons on either side of it On the left of the touchscreen are the following buttons from top to bottom Escape Study Tools Home Dictionary Record Note that the microphone is located above the Study tools button On the right of the touchscreen are the following buttons from top to bottom Four way arrow navigation buttons wi...

Page 8: ... edge of the player starting at the back you will find Headphones jack Volume Speed Up and Down Volume and Speed toggle button 2 1 3 Right Edge of the Player On the right edge of the player starting at the back of the player you will find the Power button the SD card slot the built in stylus 2 1 4 Top Edge of the Player When facing the top edge you will find on the left ...

Page 9: ...d locate the finger opening under the front edge of the player and extend it towards the back 2 1 6 Battery removal and installation procedure The ClassMate is shipped with the battery installed If you need to change the battery follow these steps To remove battery Note The following instructions assume that the ClassMate is oriented in the correct up position 1 The battery compartment is located ...

Page 10: ...layer Reset using Power Button If the player does not respond to any key presses including power off hold down the Power button for 10 seconds to force a hard reset The player will shut down without saving anything and will revert to settings during last shutdown A hard reset can also be performed when the Keyboard is locked Note that if you perform a hard reset on a player that is operating norma...

Page 11: ...shelf structure and usage are defined as follows Bookshelf Talking Books VRDTB folder Book types DAISY 2 x NISO Z39 86 NIMAS Usage The files comprising each of your DAISY or NISO books should be saved in separate subfolders under this folder Use the Up and Down navigation buttons to move from folder to folder and from file to file Use the Right arrow to open the contents of a folder and Left arrow...

Page 12: ...ame A Bug s Life Use the UP and Down navigation buttons to move from folder to folder and from file to file Use the Right arrow to open the contents of a folder and Left arrow to close a folder Click Open or press Enter to select the book In this bookshelf the current reading position is saved separately for each book Playback stops at the end of the last file of each book NOTE The folders will be...

Page 13: ...plorer to transfer files back and forth If you have an SD card reader on your PC it will be faster to transfer files using the PC card reader than using the USB cable with ClassMate If you are not familiar with file transfers using Windows Explorer you may want to install the optional ClassMate companion software It is now available on the HumanWare website The ClassMate must remain powered on whi...

Page 14: ...s connected to the computer by way of the USB cable copy the UPG file to the root of your ClassMate s SD card Once the copy is done use the Windows safely remove device feature to end communications between the ClassMate and your computer Shut the ClassMate off and unplug the USB cable Installing the upgrade 9 Connect the ClassMate to AC power and turn it on 10 The ClassMate will recognize the UPG...

Page 15: ...e Single file books Each book may have sections VROtherBooks Other books are files such as MP3 books created with Optical Character Recognition OCR Mass market MP3 audio books or podcasts from the internet VRPodcasts Single file audio broadcasts Podcast files do not contain sections VRText Material that has been saved in html rtf txt and xml formats 2 8 4 Disconnecting the player from the computer...

Page 16: ...ss and hold the Home button for two seconds When in this mode the player will announce the name of each button when they are pressed To exit the Key describer mode press and hold Home again for two seconds When key describer mode has been established a yellow box will appear in the bottom right corner 2 11 Keyboard Locking This player was designed so it could be carried without accidentally activa...

Page 17: ...rge whenever the player is plugged to AC power The player can be used while recharging If the player is powered Off you will see an indication on the screen that the battery is charging A full recharge takes up to 4 and a half hours NOTE When the player is not connected to a power outlet and left in pause mode for more than 15 minutes it will shut Off automatically to save the battery ...

Page 18: ...ngs to your needs The second icon represents the player s Volume setting The vertical bars next to it represent the current volume setting Pressing this icon will bring you directly to the volume menu where you can adjust the settings to your needs To adjust the Speed or Volume Settings please see Speed and Volume Settings in the Settings menu Next to Speed and Volume is the Battery icon This is a...

Page 19: ...o move backwards and forwards in the text To activate the Rewind or Fast Forward button press once The player will announce the rate of progression as it moves through the text To end press the Rewind of Fast Forward button again or Play to begin reading at the new location Finally in the lower left corner you will find the Progress bar which allows you to estimate your position within the text By...

Page 20: ...ayer is unable to open the last book the Open book dialog will ask you to select the right book Note Make sure the book is active open when you shut the player 3 3 Listening to Music To listen to music 1 Press the Home button to access the main menu 2 From the Main menu select the Open Book icon The Open Book dialog will appear 3 From this dialog box open the Music Files and select the Music book ...

Page 21: ...eader Note Bookmarks voice notes and text notes associated to this book will all be removed with the book deletion You may also use Delete a Book to delete a document 3 5 Read a Book To read an open book 1 Press the Play button The player will read the book while highlighting the text As it progresses the screen will scroll down to follow the progression of the text as it is being spoken 2 To stop...

Page 22: ...s keyboard layout From there you can make your selection from the accented letters available Press the OK key to accept the word or text entered to finish up the text note you will then be taken back into the book To the right of the Accents button is the Backspace key It is shaped like an arrow pointing left It is used to erase a letter placed to the left of the cursor The last button found on th...

Page 23: ...op automatically the voice note will be saved and the message Recording stopped out of memory will appear 3 9 Navigating Menus You can navigate menus two different ways You can use the four way navigation buttons to select the menu item of your choice or you can use the touchscreen When using the Four way navigation buttons you can move from one icon to the next When you are ready to make your sel...

Page 24: ...xt navigation mode it is possible to view the text that precedes or follows the passage currently being read You may scroll back or ahead of the selected passage by pressing and holding the Up or Down arrow To stop scrolling simply release the arrow When the player starts reading from the next selected passage the text will automatically scroll back to this location To navigate through files found...

Page 25: ...The Find Text dialog will appear 2 Enter the text you wish to find in the Edit box and press the OK button The Occurrences window will appear The search word will appear in the Edit box The first occurrence of the search word appears in the box below The number of occurrences of the word is listed at the bottom of the screen 3 Use the arrows on the top of the screen to move to the previous or next...

Page 26: ... size and style A check box at the bottom allows you to enable disable the Progress bar It is located in the lower left corner of the main window It allows you to estimate your position within the text It also allows you to jump to another position in the text 4 1 2 Color Text Background This menu option allows you to select the color of the text and the background Use the navigation arrows or sty...

Page 27: ... Playback type selection Depending on books there are two types of playback available If the book has full audio included you will be able to listen to a recorded reading of the text If the book has the full text included you will have the option to listen to the contents by using the Text to Speech feature To apply a playback type to a player press Home and select Audio Settings The first icon wi...

Page 28: ...your player The first item is Speed This adjusts the speed at which the text is read The second item allows you to adjust the volume of the player s external speaker The final item allows you to set the volume heard when using headphones to listen to the player At the bottom of the screen is the option to turn off the beeping sound heard when pressing a button They are called keyclicks To turn off...

Page 29: ...et time is elapsed Once activated you can always cancel the Timer Mode by selecting Timer Off from menu 4 4 Calibration Calibration is a way to keep the touchscreen accurate You will be asked to calibrate the player when it is used for the first time You may also want to recalibrate the player manually To calibrate the touchscreen press and hold the Study tools button for two seconds A window will...

Page 30: ...any types of highlighting options Please see Highlight Settings to learn how to select different types of highlighting options To highlight a text passage 1 Press the Play button to stop the reading of the book 2 Use the Navigation arrows in Text navigation mode only to move to the beginning of the text you want to highlight 3 Press the Study tools menu and select Highlighting You will return to t...

Page 31: ...section for information on how to use the stylus to select text You will notice that the Highlight button at the top of the screen will represent the choice of highlight you have selected Highlighting possibilities include the following highlighting in yellow green pink or blue or in the advanced mode highlighting with underlining with bolding highlighting with star circle or square symbols To sea...

Page 32: ...ere you would like to insert the text note 3 Press the Study tools button and select Text Note from the available icons 4 A dialog window will appear 5 Use the graphical keyboard to enter a text note in the Edit box 6 Press OK when you are finished with the text The player returns to the text You will notice that an icon has appeared at the location of the Text note Press Play to resume reading bo...

Page 33: ...otes and all markings You can also access the Export Text Note feature 1 After selecting the type of marking you want to look for you will be taken to the Search markings dialog You will be able to move to the previous or next marking of this type in the text using the Previous and Next arrows on top of the screen 2 To move to a given marking s location in the text press JUMP This will allow you t...

Page 34: ...otected Use the Backup feature found on the Text notes tab of the ClassMate companion to create a copy of your text notes on your computer Please consult the Creating a Backup of Text Notes section from the ClassMate Companion user guide for additional information 5 1 8 Consult Dictionary The Player comes equipped with a built in dictionary You may use this dictionary to lookup definitions of word...

Page 35: ... box to access this list of words This can be useful if the original word does not exist or is misspelled Select the right word from the list and its definition will appear in the box below 6 1 2 Looking up other words If you want to lookup the definition of another word you can do so by entering this word in the top edit box To type in the new word press the keyboard icon to the right of the edit...

Page 36: ...rd Using the Previous and Next buttons you will be able to move from one occurrence to the next The Context button allows you to see the word as it appears in the text If you press the Definition button while in context mode you will return to the definition dialog At the bottom of the screen you will find the Play and Stop buttons Use the Play button to hear the definition of the selected word Pr...

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Page 38: ...bining form c o n j conjunction c o n t r contraction d e r o g derogatory e g for example e l e c t r electricity electronics e s p especially e t c et cetera and so on f e m feminine g e o l geology g r a m grammar h i s t historical i n f informal i n t interjection i n t e r r o g interrogative l i t literary m e d medical m u s music n noun n p l noun plural n a u t nautical o b j objective o...

Page 39: ...ser agrees not to i modify port translate or create derivative works of the OEM Product ii decompile disassemble reverse engineer or attempt to reconstruct identify or discover any source code underlying user interface techniques or algorithms of the OEM Product by an means whatever or disclose any of the foregoing iii knowingly take any action that would cause any OEM Product to be placed in the ...

Page 40: ...izer Voice Recording Mono encoded in AMR WB 3GP files Encoding 16 bit samples at a sampling rate of 25 600Hz with a bit rate of 20 8kbps DRM 2002 PDTB1 so called I P P and 2006 PDTB2 Approved power adapters For ClassMate units sold as medically approved units only use the following power adapters Brand Fuhua model UE24WCP 050250SPA Care and maintenance To keep your ClassMate clean we recommend tha...

Page 41: ...nterference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help ...

Page 42: ...e battery Do not pierce or strike the battery with sharp objects or a hammer Do not solder the battery Do not reverse the positive and negative terminals Do not use the battery for purposes other than those intended by manufacturer Do not use the battery with primary battery or batteries of different capacities or brands If the battery leaks and liquid gets into the eyes do not rub eyes Instead ri...

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