OrCam User Guide
Version 7
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Reading with OrCam
1.
Make sure that OrCam is powered on and awake (not in Suspend mode).
2.
Prepare what you want to be read. If you are reading a book, newspaper,
or similar document, turn to the page you wish to read and place the text
at a distance of about 12 inches from your face. Make sure your fingers
are not covering any of the text.
3.
Direct your gaze directly at the page and point to the upper part of the
page or area where you wish OrCam to begin reading. The OrCam device
reads the entire page, beginning from where you pointed and
downwards, and when finished, it makes a chime sound. Once reading
has begun, you can lower the text, and the device continues to read to
the end of the section from its memory. Note that reading begins from
your fingertip downwards.
If you would like to stop the reading before OrCam has finished, press the trigger
button, point at an area without text, or use the Stop Gesture. To activate the Stop
Gesture command, extend your hand from your face forward to arm’s length with
the back of your hand facing you and all fingers fully spread and extended
upward.
Note
: The Stop Gesture feature is disabled by default. It can be adjusted in the
"Gesture Settings" sub-menu in the Audio Settings Menu.
Touch Reading Mode
The OrCam device enters “Touch Reading Mode” when pointing and keeping your
finger in one place for three seconds.
1.
Reading begins approximately three lines above where the point gesture
finger is detected, always from the beginning of the line. When no text is
identified “Can't read text” is announced.
