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4-1

Chapter Four: Balloon Interface

Balloon Interface

is an environment of full screen continuous handwriting. It can

be used together with software application such as MS Office, Outlook, and the most of
applications. You can write anywhere on the screen, the recognized characters are sent
to the cursor location.

Balloon Interface

provides

Toolbar

and

Flotation Menu

, which

will be explained in this chapter.

4.1 Balloon Interface Toolbar

Tips:

1. If you have switched to

Window Interface

, you can click

Menu

button

and select

Setting/

Balloon UI

in the

Interface

tag to switch back.

2. If the system recognizes the character before you finish writing very often, you can adjust the

Writing Speed

. Please refer 4.2.1 for details.

3. If you have minimized the Toolbar, you can click with the pen on a blank area. The Toolbar

will show up automatically.

Move Toolbar

Pause/Resume

Recognition

Open/Close

On-Line

Translator

Related

Phrase

Signature

Full/Half

Shape

Setting

Minimum

Close Program

Basic

Symbols

4.1.1 Pause/Resume Recognition

When you do not need to recognize your handwriting, you can click

Pause

Recognition

button

. The

Balloon Interface Toolbar

will become small to avoid

occupying your screen. Click

Resume Recognition

button

, when you wish to resume

recognition.

Summary of Contents for EZ Handwriter

Page 1: ...EZ Handwriter User Manual Version 1 0 Release Date November 2011 ...

Page 2: ... of the Software for your personal backup purposes All other acts of copying are strictly prohibited The backup copy shall not be installed nor used while the Software is being used You may not sell lease dissemble reverse engineer copy translate adapt or derive the Software or obtain the source code of the Software by any other means You may not use the Software for any purposes other than those ...

Page 3: ... any reason under this Agree ment The maximum amount of compensation payable by Penpower in respect of any dam age incurred by you for any reason under this Agreement is limited to the amount you have already paid to Penpower in respect of the Software Under no circumstances will Penpower be held liable for the possibility of loss notwith standing Penpower may be aware of the possibility of such l...

Page 4: ...ng Tips 2 4 2 6 1 Relationships among the Pen Tablet and Screen 2 4 2 6 2 How to write Chinese characters 2 4 2 6 3 Editing Symbols 2 5 2 6 4 Duplicator 2 5 2 7 Language Settings for English Environments 2 6 2 8 Additional Software Installation 2 7 Chapter Three Window User Interface 3 1 3 1 Editing Area 3 1 3 2 Candidates 3 2 3 3 Editing Buttons for Editing Area 3 2 3 3 1 Delete 3 2 3 3 2 Split 3...

Page 5: ...Close On Line Translator 4 2 4 1 3 Related Phrase 4 3 4 1 4 Signature 4 3 4 1 5 Basic Symbols 4 5 4 1 6 English Script Recognition 4 5 4 2 Settings 6 4 2 1 General Setting 6 4 2 2 Chinese Recognition Setting 8 4 2 3 Inking Setting 1 0 4 2 4 User Interface Setting 1 1 4 2 5 Tablet Options Setting 1 2 4 2 6 Update Method Setting 1 3 4 2 7 Version Setting 1 4 4 3 Flotation Menu 1 5 4 3 1 Candidates 1...

Page 6: ... 4 3 10 Previous Character 2 1 4 3 11 Related Character 2 1 4 3 12 Translation 2 2 Chapter Five Learning Tool 5 1 Chapter Six Edit Phrase 6 1 Chapter Seven Export Import Personal Handwriting Data 7 1 Chapter Eight Application 8 1 8 1 Drawing in MSN Messenger 8 1 8 2 Install Office Inking and Vocie Reader 8 2 8 2 1 Office Inking 8 2 8 2 2 Voice Reader 8 4 8 2 2 1 Open Voice Reader 8 4 8 2 2 2 Open ...

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Page 8: ...ognition software and your personal handwriting script information on the go No need to install EZ Handwriter in any computer All you need to do is plug EZ Handwriter into the computer and then you can use handwriting recognition immediately 1 2 Hardware Specification Size 176 6mm L 111 6mm W 5 95mm H Handwriting Area 4 x 2 25 Weight 150g ...

Page 9: ... a personal handwriting system Personalized interface Two writing interfaces for you to choose from full screen continual writing interface and writing pad interface Moreover we also provide infinity mode writing interface as another option Just set your own pace and write in relax You can try to revise again on your side Efficient assistance Combining with many functions such as pre related and p...

Page 10: ...1 3 Chapter One Product Introduction ...

Page 11: ...m will be launched automatically If your Windows OS is Vista or above the system will display an AutoRun menu when the writing pad is connected Please select Run Freeime2 exe to launch the EZ Handwriter handwriting system Notes 1 EZ Handwriter contains two flash disks The first flash disk is EZ Handwriter It stores EZ Handwriter handwriting system program files While the EZ Handwriter pad is conne...

Page 12: ...handwriting system for the first time the system will display an Attention window Please follow the instructions to click the Close button when you want to exit the EZ Handwriterr handwriting system And then diskonnect the EZ Handwriter pad Tip If you close the EZ Handwriter handwriting system with the handwriting pad still connected to the computer and you want to use it again you can double clic...

Page 13: ...anging Stylus Pen Tip After using the stylus pen for a while the pen tip may be run down You can follow the steps below to change the stylus pen tip Note The upper button the one farther from the pen tip is not functional 1 Gently pull off the end cap of the stylus 2 Insert a new battery Alkaline 1 5V size AAA with the negative terminal poninting into the pen nib 3 Push the battery up 4 Push the e...

Page 14: ...sically using the pen to write on the screen 2 6 2 How to write Chinese characters When you write several Chinese characters please leave certain spacing between characters place all the strokes of a single character comfortably close together When you write a Chinese character in cursive style it is imperative to write in correct stroke order and finish all strokes Proper Writing For example writ...

Page 15: ...cter before the cursor 3 Enter Change line in the cursor point Or 4 Space Insert a blank in the cursor 2 7 Language Settings for English Environments If you use the Windows XP English operating system your computer may not properly display Chinese characters Recommend setting up your operating system environment s language encoding support 1 Click the Start button and then point to Settings 2 Clic...

Page 16: ...ab 5 Check 10002 MAC Traditional Chinese Big5 and 10008 MAC Simplified Chinese GB 2312 and then click OK 6 A reminder that you must restart the computer before the settings will take effect displays Now just click Yes to restart the computer ...

Page 17: ...des applications such as TranStar OCR Pro Photo Cap and Tux Paint Please go to Penpower Official Website http www penpower net index html Select Service Download Software User Manual and go to the EZ Handwriter product section Enter the 8 9 digit product serial number to download these applications ...

Page 18: ...n click the Menu button and go to Setting Interface Switch display interface to select Window UI Please refer to 4 2 4 for details 2 If the system recognizes the character before you finish writing very often you can adjust the Writing Speed 3 If you have minimized the Toolbar you can click with the pen on a blank area The Toolbar will show up automatically 3 1 Editing Area After writing on the sc...

Page 19: ...rong recognition character from the Edit Area and click the Split button to separate it into two characters Please refer section 4 3 5 3 3 3 Merge If you write the left and right parts of a character too far apart they might be recognized as two characters You select the first character of the wrong recognition characters from the Edit Area and click Merge button to unite the second character into...

Page 20: ...blet as a handwriting pen or mouse It is suitable for the users who get used to the tablet 3 Mouse Mode Only use the tablet as a mouse You may use it when you do not want to handwrite or when you want do draw pictures 3 4 2 Open Close On Line Translator Click the Open On Line Translator button to turn the On Line Translator on Click the Close On Line Translator button to turn the On Line Translato...

Page 21: ...rs to speed up inputting speed Please refer chapter 5 3 Edit Phrase EZ Handwriter provides several hundred thousands default phrases for your use You can also add your own phrases Please refer chapter 6 4 Export Import handwriting data You can use EZ Handwriter to export and import your own personal handwriting artificial intelligent learning file and setting file Please refer chapter 7 5 User Man...

Page 22: ...1 Related Characters For any two character phrase the first character is the Previous Character of the second character and the second character is the Related Character of the first character for example 1 Write 股 2 Want to input 份 behind it 3 Click the character 份 from the Related Character area the character 份 will be inputted after 股 Related Previous Characters Memory Characters Homophones Mul...

Page 23: ...acter you want you can click button to see more Previous Characters 3 6 3 Homophone If you forget how to write a Chinese character or it is too complicated to write you can write simpler homophone to find the character that you would like to input For example you want to input 豫 1 Write any homophone of 豫 such as 玉 2 Click 玉 from the Editing Area 3 Check the Homophones If you do not see 豫 click bu...

Page 24: ...tions One of it has the same pronunciation as 耗 You can write 好 and look into Homophone to find 耗 If you do not see it click Homophones to choose the right pronunciation The multiple pronunciation homophones will be shown in the Homophones area Tips If you cannot find the character you want you can click button to see more Related Characters ...

Page 25: ...itch If you need other symbols you can click button to see more symbols 3 6 5 Memory Characters When you input Chinese characters you may have your own habitual words EZ Handwriter memorizes the recent words that you were using and displays the characters in the Memory Character Area for you to choose easily Tips If you cannot find the character you want you can click button to see more Related Ch...

Page 26: ...ou can rewrite or delete them You can also use Delete Split Merge Artificial Intelligent and Phrase Correction to edit them The first character in the Editing area will be sent to the Edit software you are using when the Editing area is full Click Send button can send all the characters in the Editing area to the Edit software If clicking a Symbol the all the characters in front of the red frame o...

Page 27: ... Redo and Finish functions With these functions you can write stroke by stroke The character will be sent as long as you click Finish button Single Grid Double Grid Clear Undo Redo Finish Clear Undo Redo Finish Tips 1 When using Unlimited time writing to write any stroke the system will provide the candi dates for you to input quickly 2 In Double Grid writing you can write a character on any grid ...

Page 28: ...Chapter Three Window Interface 3 11 ...

Page 29: ... select Setting Balloon UI in the Interface tag to switch back 2 If the system recognizes the character before you finish writing very often you can adjust the Writing Speed Please refer 4 2 1 for details 3 If you have minimized the Toolbar you can click with the pen on a blank area The Toolbar will show up automatically Move Toolbar Pause Resume Recognition Open Close On Line Translator Related P...

Page 30: ...ters and a translation window pops up to explain them for you When you move the cursor outside the interactive scope the window will disappear In the window you can press the play button or character or phrase explanation buttons English Translation Chinese Translation Note The On Line Translator and Floating Menu all apply flotation method To avoid they ap pear at the same time the Floating Menu ...

Page 31: ... on the MS Word MS Excel and other applications which can contain picture and text 1 Move the cursor to the place you want to sign in your document and click Signature to enter the Signature mode 2 You can move the Signature window to the place you want to sign and according to the size of the place to adjust the Signature window size To move the Signature window please position your mouse pointer...

Page 32: ...ew area you may click the Preview button to view your signature Signature area Preview area Tip The default signature direction is in horizontal If you wish to sign the direction in vertical you may check Vertical before clicking Signature Tip Before signing your signature in the MS Excel you can select some cells first And then click Fit cell Excel form the menu The Signature window will be adjus...

Page 33: ...ols button which means the inputted symbols are in half shape Click it to change to full shape 4 1 6 English Script Recognition If your Windows OS is Vista Home Premium or higher version you may see English Script Recognition button When you write English you can click it to recognize English script Note The system will only recognize English when English Script Recognition is on Tips You can chec...

Page 34: ...ill be deemed as one character to recognize to avoid mistakes in character segmentation Writing Speed Adjustment After handwriting the system will begin to recognition your handwriting EZ Handwriter provides ten speed scales 1 10 the small the number the shorter the time for the recognition engine to kick off Use bigger number if your handwriting is slow When writing on the Writing Pad of the Wind...

Page 35: ...and then everytime you restart the computer when EZ Handwriter pad is not disconnected from the USB port the EZ Handwriter handwriting system will also be launched automatically Add black after every Chinese character Check this option to add a space after every Chnese character automatically Add blank English Script Recognition If your Windows OS is Vista Home Premium or higher version you may se...

Page 36: ...d characters the recognition result is displayed as traditional characters Simplified Character No matter whether you write traditional or simplified characters the recognition result is displayed as simplified characters Traditional Simplified When you write traditional characters they show up as traditional characters When you write simplified characters they show up as simplified characters EZ ...

Page 37: ...on to recognize run on cursive When you do not need to recognize running hand characters uncheck this function to have higher recognition rate Note This recognition mode is only available when the EZ Handwriter is set to the traditional Chinese version Hongkong Character Check this option to recognize Hongkong characters You can connect to http www microsoft com hk hkscs default aspx to check the ...

Page 38: ...t pen styles such as Mark pen Chalk and Writing brush You can also set pictures as the texture for your pen style In Pen Style select Texture mapping then click the Browse button to bring up the Open dialogue The system offers 10 default graphics but you can also choose other pictures you like on the computer Press Open to set the selected picture as the texture map for your pen style Note Only bm...

Page 39: ...terface Setting Click User Interface tag to switch display interface and styles Vertical Style Horizontal Style Switch Display Interface EZ Handwriter provides Balloon and Window user interface Balloon UI You can select Vertical or Horizontal styles ...

Page 40: ...eing easily Writing Pad Mode Depends on your needs to select Single Grid writing or Double Grid writing 4 2 5 Tablet Options Setting You can select the orientation of the EZ Handwriter pad as Horizontal or Vertical The horizontal mode provides the writing pad placement at right side or left side The default setting is Horizontal Right handed ...

Page 41: ...o set the update method as Auto Update to let the system automatically check for and download updates You can dertermine the check interval as daily weekly biweekly or monthly Manual Update You can also set the update method as Manul Update Please click on Update Now to check for updates manually ...

Page 42: ...lified Chinese Japanese or Korean version 2 Select Use English Message the entire interface will be in English 3 After finishing setting click OK button The EZ Handwriter handwriting system will be closed and then relaunched automatically 4 The setting will be applified after the EZ Handwriter handwriting system is relaunched ...

Page 43: ...ction Homophonic Character function or Phrase Correction function to correct character use Previous Character function or Related Character function to insert the related character you may click button to see the stroke order of a Chinese character Click button to split one character into two Click button to combine two characters into one Click Script button to see the script Click to input symbo...

Page 44: ...he character 揠 you can enter the character 一 instead to input 一苗助長 2 Move the pen mouse over the character 一 and wait for the Flotation Menu to show up Click the Phrase Correction button and the 一 character will be changed to 揠 3 If the Phrase Correction function came up with multiple candidates these will be shown in the candidate window for you to choose from For example if the input was 股份一限公司...

Page 45: ...ition Since the system has learnt your handwriting style next time the same handwriting of yours will be correctly recognized 4 3 3 Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligent helps you to correct incorrect recognition character It also learns your handwriting style to improve the recognition rate 4 3 4 Pronunciation and Stroke Order Tutor 1 Write some characters for example 蒙 2 Move the pen mo...

Page 46: ... display on the right in Pinyin 4 3 5 Split When two characters are written too close they may be treated as one character You can use split function to separate it into two characters 1 Write 日月星辰 the Sun the Moon Stars and Galaxies see illustration 2 If the first two characters are too close to each other they will be recognized as one character 明星辰 Bright Stars and Galaxies three characters 3 M...

Page 47: ...ton to combine 木 wood and 東 east together as 棟 beam 4 3 6 Merge If you write the left and right parts of a character too far apart they might be recognized as two characters You can use the merge function to unite them into one character 4 3 7 Script Checking 1 Write a few characters E g 蒙恬科技 2 Move the pen mouse over the character 技 for a couple of seconds for the Flotation Menu to show up 3 Mov...

Page 48: ...e If you forget how to write a Chinese character or it is too complicated to write you can write simpler homophone to find the character that you would like to input For example you want to input 豫 1 Write any homophone of 豫 such as 玉 2 Move the pen mouse to 玉 for a couple of seconds for a couple of seconds for the Flotation Menu to show up 3 Move the pen mouse over the Homophone button to list al...

Page 49: ... mouse over the character 科 and wait for the Flotation Menu 4 Move the pen mouse over the Previous Character button and all the two character phrases will be listed Click 科技 to insert 科 4 3 11 Related Character As the explanation of the section 4 3 10 the second character is the Related Character of the first character 1 Write a few characters e g 蒙科技 2 Want to insert 恬 between 蒙 and 科 3 Move the ...

Page 50: ...hrases E g write 手寫輸入 four words and want to know the translation of 寫 1 Write 手寫輸入 2 Move the pen mouse over the character 寫 and wait for the Flotation Menu to pop up 3 Move the pen mouse over the Translation button the translation will show up ...

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Page 52: ...f using a simple symbol to represent a string of characters to speed up inputting speed 1 Click Menu button and select Setting Learning Tool It will open the Learning Tool Window 3 Input a string of characters Then Click Start button 2 Click Learning string to open the Learning Tool dialogue box ...

Page 53: ...anage DB on the Learning Tool window to look up or modify the learned results 4 Draw a symbol twice to finish the learning Note If the symbols you draw have too big differences the learning will be failed Please redraw the symbol ...

Page 54: ... thousands default phrases for your use You can also add your own phrases Click Menu button and select Setting Edit Phrase It will open the Phrase Window 2 Click Insert to open the Phrase Input dialog You can input a new phrase here e g If you want to insert 一不做二不休 as a phrase input 一不做二不休 ...

Page 55: ...it into current database The text file format must follow this rule one phrase in each line You can edit it by any editor e g NotePad Note Every imported phrase would own phonetecs by default Their phonetics may be wrong You can modify them from phrase dialog You need to update the phonetics on the right side Click button to hear their pronunciation and check if the one you choose is right Note Th...

Page 56: ...utton and select Setting Export Import personal handwriting data In the Export Import personal handwriting data dialogue box please click Export to writing pad to export your artificial intelligent learning file and preference settings to the writing pad 2 Import to PC Insert EZ Handwriter pad to another computer and click Menu button Then select Setting Export Import personal handwriting data In ...

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Page 58: ...r as what you have previously set If you want to clear the words you have written you can select and use the eraser shown in the scroll bar After you have input your message you can click Send button to send your handwritten message When you use MSN Messenger version 6 1 or higher after signing in to the MSN Messenger double click a contact to begin the conversation box In the conversation box the...

Page 59: ...s you to insert annotations into the document You can select the brush style color and size can be set here The eraser can also be used to remove undesired writing 8 2 Install Office Inking and Voice Reader EZ Handwriter additionally provides the functions of Office Inking and Voice Reader Please right click on first flash disk EZ Handwriter and select Open Open the Accessories folder and click Se...

Page 60: ...omments into the document In Outlook 2003 the Ink Drawing and Writing function will show up It operates just like Word s Eraser Brush style Brush Color Select Show Hide Brush Marking Brush Size Note When you run the EZ Handwriter on Office 2007 or 2010 you have to click Review first and then select Start Inking Then you can start the inking function ...

Page 61: ...nstalled successfully you can launch Voice Reader by clicking Start All Programs EZPen Accessories Voice Reader 3 Choose a paragraph click and select Start Stop Text to Speech the selected paragraph will be read out Check your speaker if there s no sound 4 During reading click and selecting Start Stop Text to Speech it will stop reading 2 When it starts up there will be an icon on off button on th...

Page 62: ... Setting window will appear Speech Speed Adjust speak speed Speech Tone Adjust tone level Speech Volume Adjust speak volume 8 2 2 3 Turn off Voice Reader 1 Click select Exit 2 When you see the following image VoiceReader is turned off and the icon on the upper right corner disappears ...

Page 63: ...r and find the first character from Previous Character or 2 Related Character or and Related Phrase When writing a Chinese character you can check and select the next character or phrase from the Related Character or or Related Phrase to save time 3 Memory Characters After writing a character you can select a recent habitual word in the Memory Characters to input quickly Writing Mistake Correction...

Page 64: ...e some characters and the selected character to replace the selected character Inputting the Same Characters to Multi software When writing in the Writing Pad of the Window Interface and you wish to input the same characters to multi software you can click one of the software and click Send button the characters of from the Editing Area will be send to the selected software Click the other softwar...

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