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Polish

Yes

Agnieszka (Female), Ewa (Female), Jacek
(Male), Jan (Female), Maja (Female)

Portuguese

Yes

Cristiano (Male – Portuguese), Ricardo (Male
- Brazilian Portuguese), Vitoria (Female -
Brazilian Portuguese)

Romanian No Carmen

(Female)

Russian Yes Tatyana

(Female)

Spanish

Yes

Conchita (Female - Castilian), Enrique (Male
- Castilian), Miguel (Male - American),
Penelope (Female - American)

Swedish Yes Astrid

(Female)

Turkish Yes

Filiz

(Female)

Welsh

No

Geraint (Male), Gwyneth (Female)

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Summary of Contents for ReadEasy Evolve

Page 1: ...Standard User Manual English Version 1 2 Copyright 2022 Visionaid International Ltd all rights reserved ...

Page 2: ...for use 8 Camera 9 Plugging in 12 Turning on off 13 LED lighting on off 14 Audio 15 Volume adjustment 15 Headphone socket and headphones 15 Positioning documents for capture 16 A4 page US Letter document positioning 16 Larger format documents 17 Cylindrical objects e g tins 18 Positioning Tips 18 Controls 19 Capturing a document 20 Navigation 21 Table navigation 22 ...

Page 3: ...iles 24 Menu settings 27 Advanced Settings 27 1 Date and time 27 2 ReadEasy camera calibration 27 3 Features management 28 4 Sentence break 28 About 28 Languages 28 Upgrading software 34 FAQ and Troubleshooting 35 Terms and conditions of sale 37 Appendix A Technical Information 38 ...

Page 4: ...etters bank statements newspapers food packaging etc and reads the text aloud using natural sounding voices Improvement program Users are the best people to help us further improve and develop our products so if you have any ideas or suggestions no matter how small please do contact us Email suggestions visionaid com Post ReadEasy Evolve MAX Suggestions Visionaid International Ltd Bridge Lodge Spa...

Page 5: ... 2000 2015 Intel Corporation all rights reserved Copyright C 2009 2011 Willow Garage Inc all rights reserved Copyright C 2009 2015 NVIDIA Corporation all rights reserved Copyright C 2010 2013 Advanced Micro Devices Inc all rights reserved Copyright C 2015 OpenCV Foundation all rights reserved Copyright C 2015 Itseez Inc all rights reserved Third party copyrights are property of their respective ow...

Page 6: ...h handling may damage internal components and will void your warranty Always operate the unit in a place where the temperature is between 10 and 35 C 50 and 95 F Do not expose to excessive heat cold or direct sunlight Keep the unit away from wet areas rain and other sources of fluid moisture and chemicals Do not submerge the unit Do not attempt to repair the unit any unauthorised attempt will void...

Page 7: ...ure Pack purchased If any of these items are missing from your box please contact your local distributor immediately Unpacking Lift out the cardboard tray containing the power brick in its own box power cable headphones and documentation Then lift the ReadEasy Evolve MAX out of the box and carefully remove its side packaging Place the ReadEasy Evolve MAX onto a stable flat surface where it is goin...

Page 8: ...d position it is easy to grasp and move the unit You can lower the handle back down by gently pushing it down until it sits flush with the unit Positioning for use When placing the ReadEasy Evolve MAX onto a surface for use ensure it is clean flat and large enough to position the items you wish to read Ensure that the unit is not directly underneath any bright lighting as this could affect its acc...

Page 9: ...cing towards you run your fingers 1 inch 2 5cm up the back of the left edge You will feel a half circle shaped cut out Push the camera head backwards using this recess and fully remove it Unfolding the camera With the camera removed from the unit it then needs to be unfolded When the camera is folded the part of the camera that will insert into the unit is slightly shorter It also has a rectangula...

Page 10: ...e other part of the arm facing towards you angle the camera head a few degrees forwards and slowly insert the camera into the camera slot The camera will slide down approximately 1 5 inches 4 cm Once in position you may need to apply a small amount of downwards force to connect the camera fully As you do you will feel it positively locate into position The camera will only go into its slot one way...

Page 11: ...the upright part slightly towards you with a small amount of force as you lift it upwards it reduces the force needed to remove the camera Returning the camera to its stored position With the camera removed gently fold the camera in at the hinge by holding onto both sections Then return it to the back of the unit for safe storage in the opposite way to which you removed it It magnetises back into ...

Page 12: ... s power socket With the ReadEasy Evolve MAX facing towards you run your index finger up the back of the unit on the far left hand side 2 5 inches 6cm up you should feel a round area with a round recess This is where the tip of the power cable is inserted 3 Insert the mains plug into a wall socket ensure it s switched on ...

Page 13: ...round hole Once pressed and released the on off button will illuminate in blue After 3 seconds an audible beep will sound if the volume is up and 15 seconds after that the ReadEasy Evolve MAX will announce it is ready To turn the ReadEasy Evolve MAX off press the on off button again The ReadEasy Evolve MAX will announce that it is turning off IMPORTANT If you wish to unplug the unit after turning ...

Page 14: ...g the integrated LED lighting can cause reflections which may impact the speech accuracy Therefore if you are having difficulties with glossy documents ensure the ReadEasy Evolve MAX s LED lights are switched off The lights are controlled by a rocker switch This is located on the underside of the camera arm approx 1 25 inches 3 cm from the back of the head in the middle To switch the light on rock...

Page 15: ...The ReadEasy Evolve MAX includes a pair of over ear headphones They have a standard 3 5 mm audio jack connector The loudspeakers will automatically mute as soon as the headphones are plugged in To alter the headphone volume use the volume slider The headphone socket is located on the right hand edge of the machine 3 inches 8 cm from the front and 2 5 inches 6 5 cm up from the bottom Volume slider ...

Page 16: ...s x 13 inches 440mm by 330mm which is larger than A3 paper size This ensures all of your document will be captured Please keep the whole capture area free of any other objects or text to ensure it doesn t capture and any unexpected pieces of text A4 page US Letter document positioning Place the top edge of the A4 Letter sized document you wish to read in line with and up against ReadEasy Evolve MA...

Page 17: ... integrated A3 positioning guide located on the right edge of the unit at the bottom There is a finger cut out 3 inches 7 cm from the front and the guide pivots outwards 90 degrees towards you so that it is in line with the front of the unit ...

Page 18: ...is is especially important if the object is thick to ensure all of the object and text can be seen by the camera Cylindrical objects e g tins Generally for best results place the object directly under the centre of the camera The part of the object you wish to read needs to be facing upwards towards the camera This means you may have to rotate the tin and re capture it several times before it is r...

Page 19: ...colour location and shape is fully described later in this section Faster Quick press Previous sentence Press hold Previous word spell on release Quick press Next sentence Press hold Next word spell on release Slower Play Pause Faster slower simultaneously Change Voice Quick press Capture Press hold Table mode e g bank statements ...

Page 20: ...ed after a safe amount of time after the last movement was detected An audible beep will be emitted while movement is being detected To override this function and force ReadEasy Evolve MAX to capture your document press Capture again Your document will start being read aloud a few seconds later Capture as table press and hold To capture documents with tabular information like bank statements simpl...

Page 21: ...e are the buttons to the right and left of the Play Pause button They have an arrow embossed on them Word by word with spelling To navigate forwards or backwards word by word press and hold the next or previous sentence buttons the right or left crescent buttons On release the current word is spelt out letter by letter Next paragraph To navigate to the next paragraph press and hold the Play Pause ...

Page 22: ...y differently Next and previous cell To navigate to the next or previous cell press the Next and Previous Sentence button Next row To jump down one row press and hold the Play Pause button and quick press the Next Sentence button Previous row To jump up one row press and hold the Play Pause button and quick press the Previous Sentence button Speech Control Faster slower There are a total of 40 voi...

Page 23: ...ugh the reading voices for your document s language quick press the Faster and Slower buttons together Cycle recognition profiles To cycle through your Recognition Profiles press and hold the Play pause button and press the Faster or Slower buttons Recognition Profiles can be set up in Main menu Recognition profiles This is fully described on page 24 ...

Page 24: ...n To scroll up use the Faster button To select or choose the current option press the Play Pause button To go back press the previous sentence button The Menu is organised as follows 1 Recognition profiles 2 Menu settings 3 Advanced settings 4 About 5 Exit Recognition profiles Recognition profiles allow you to adjust how the ReadEasy Evolve MAX recognises your documents There are 3 customisable Re...

Page 25: ...these before your ReadEasy Evolve MAX is delivered to you or during training 1 Start reading when recognition complete enabled by default When enabled documents start being read out loud as soon as they have been recognised If you prefer to magnify documents first available with the optional Feature Pack disabling this could be useful 2 Pause at line breaks disabled by default When enabled adds a ...

Page 26: ...anguage is active 5 Available recognition languages A list of the available recognition languages that the ReadEasy Evolve MAX supports follows Primary recognition language The ReadEasy Evolve MAX will look for the enabled languages within any captured document We recommend enabling no more than 5 languages per Recognition profile Enabling more at once is supported but it may reduce the accuracy a...

Page 27: ...lume Adjust the volume of the ReadEasy Evolve MAX s capturing and motion detection sounds Advanced Settings 1 Date and time Change the date and time time zone and enable or disable Automatic network time synchronisation for units connected on a network 2 ReadEasy camera calibration Enables re calibration of ReadEasy Evolve MAX s camera This should only be required if your camera is lost or damaged...

Page 28: ...l support information Languages Obtaining additional voice sets features If you wish to purchase an additional set of voices or a feature pack please contact your local distributor Activating additional voice sets features Once you have contacted your distributor and purchased a voice set or feature pack they will provide you with a coded piece of paper Capturing this document will automatically u...

Page 29: ...vice only includes one set as standard Please speak to your local distributor for more information The full list of support languages and voices follows Nuance Vocalizer Voices Language Auto Switch Voices Basque Yes Miren Female Bulgarian No Daria Female Catalan Yes Nurian Female Jordi Male Montserrat Female Empar Female Chinese No Binbin Ml Male Chinese Mandarin Li Li Female Chinese Mandarin Lili...

Page 30: ...male Ava Ml Female Joelle Female Nathan Male Noelle Female Samantha Female Susan Female Tom Male Zoe Female English Australian Yes Karen Female Lee Male English New Zealand Yes Tessa Female Finnish Yes Onni Male Satu Female French Canada Yes Amelie Female Amelie Ml Female Chantal Female Nicolas Male French Yes Audrey Female Audrey Ml Female Aurelie Female Thomas Male Galician Yes Carmela Female Ge...

Page 31: ...male Luciana Female Portuguese Yes Catarina Female Joana Female Joaquim Male Romanian No Ioana Female Russian Yes Katya Female Katya Ml Female Milena Female Yuri Male Slovak No Laura Female Spanish Yes Diego Male Argentinian Francisca Female Chilean Carlos Male Columbian Soledad Female Columbian Jorge Male Marisol Female Marisol Ml Female Monica Female Monica Ml Female Angelica Female Mexican Juan...

Page 32: ...ish American Yes Eric Male Jennifer Female Joey Male Justin Child Male Kendra Female Kimberly Female Salli Female English British Yes Amy Female Brian Male Emma Female English Australian and Welsh Yes Nicole Female Australian Russel Male Australian Geraint Male Welsh Gwyneth Female Welsh French Yes Chantal Female Canadian Celine Female Mathieu Male German Yes Hans Male Marlene Female Icelandic No ...

Page 33: ... Ricardo Male Brazilian Portuguese Vitoria Female Brazilian Portuguese Romanian No Carmen Female Russian Yes Tatyana Female Spanish Yes Conchita Female Castilian Enrique Male Castilian Miguel Male American Penelope Female American Swedish Yes Astrid Female Turkish Yes Filiz Female Welsh No Geraint Male Gwyneth Female ...

Page 34: ...t software Updated software can either be downloaded from the Visionaid International website or obtained on a USB memory stick from your distributor If downloading the software must be transferred to the root folder of a USB memory stick How to upgrade To install the update once your ReadEasy Evolve MAX has started and announced it is ready insert the memory stick into one of the USB ports on the...

Page 35: ...formation Solution 2 If you are not using headphones ensure that none are connected as the ReadEasy Evolve MAX will automatically mute the volume when they are connected Please see page15 for more information on headphones ISSUE When I try to capture a document after I press capture ReadEasy Evolve MAX just keeps beeping Solution 1 Something is activating the automatic motion detection If you are ...

Page 36: ... the same location on each page Solution Ensure you are not capturing a glossy document with ReadEasy Evolve MAX s lights on Please see page 14 Lighting on off for details on how to turn the lights on and off Also please check you don t have ceiling lighting close by which may be causing reflections on your document PROBLEM ReadEasy Evolve MAX is telling me the camera is not connected Solution 1 E...

Page 37: ...other household waste You are liable to dispose of all your electronic or electrical waste equipment by relocating over to the specified collection point for recycling of such hazardous waste Isolated collection and proper recovery of your electronic and electrical waste equipment at the time of disposal will help conserve natural resources Moreover proper recycling of the electronic and electrica...

Page 38: ... 8 1 inches Unit dimensions camera attached WxDxH footprint remains unchanged 220 x 280 x 370 mm 8 7 x 11 x 14 6 inches Weight 1 98 kg 4 4 lbs Camera 18MP Headphone connection 3 5 mm stereo jack Operating conditions Relative Humidity 70 no condensation Temperature 10 to 35 C Storage and transport conditions Relative humidity 95 no condensation Temperature 10 C to 50 C ...

Page 39: ...39 Your notes ...

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