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Auto-Lektor

Independent Reader

User Guide

© Harpo Sp. z o. o.
Poznań, November 2009

Summary of Contents for Auto-Lektor

Page 1: ...Auto Lektor Independent Reader User Guide Harpo Sp z o o Pozna November 2009...

Page 2: ...20 Additional Keystrokes 21 Setting up your internet connection for Web browsing and RSS Feeds 22 Using Auto Lektor to send and receive email 23 BraillePen Bluetooth Braille Keyboard 27 BraillePen Ke...

Page 3: ...panel Primary keys are marked in red 5 Auto Lektor left side showing CD drive and shelf mounting 6 Auto Lektor right side showing ports and headphone socket 6 Auto Lektor rear showing power connector...

Page 4: ...t Beside the power connector on the Auto Lektor you will find a switch When the top of this switch is pressed in to the Auto Lektor it is in the Off position when the bottom of the switch is pressed i...

Page 5: ...owards you use the following explanations to identify the features as you explore The Front Panel This panel contains the power button the volume knob and the integrated keyboard The power button is l...

Page 6: ...t to back you will first find the headphone socket this socket takes a standard 3 5mm headphone plug Then you will find another set of small ventilation slots just like those on the left side Further...

Page 7: ...y or away for several days you should switch the Auto Lektor off at this switch On the rear panel you will also find more ventilation slots and a fan And finally the all important top the scanner The...

Page 8: ...ple these keys are the two left most keys on the middle row The Reading Group Most of the reading group buttons are on the bottom row The following explanations take the keys in order from left to rig...

Page 9: ...device and the CL key allows you to choose from the list of installed languages Source SR SR determines where the text is to come from to be read You have the choice of Black and white scanning Colou...

Page 10: ...ess IN IN is on the middle row the third key in from the left Pressing it tells you how many pages are already in the Buffer and how many remain to be recognised it tells you the current language sett...

Page 11: ...the previous word and speaks the word Next word NW NW moves the cursor in the Buffer to the first character in the next word and speaks the word Previous sentence PS PS moves the cursor in the Buffer...

Page 12: ...e previous folder on a pen drive an MP3 CD or DVD or the C drive Next Page NP NP moves the cursor in the Buffer to the first character of the first word on the next page and speaks the word Also in mu...

Page 13: ...Once the first page has been scanned Auto Lektor will say Starting recognition You can continue scanning while recognition is taking place if you have more than one page to be read As soon as the firs...

Page 14: ...ding from the beginning press Read Clear Buffer This key is at the bottom right of the Auto Lektor keyboard If you press it in Context Help Mode Auto Lektor will say Clear Buffer In use it will say Er...

Page 15: ...aded into the Buffer Auto Lektor will tell you that there is new text in the Buffer Auto Lektor scans a document by passing the scanner head along under the scanner glass to take a picture of the page...

Page 16: ...ng as the contrast between the background and the text is good If the text is written on a dark background is printed in the negative or is in colour you will generally get better results scanning in...

Page 17: ...T and NT keys enable you to select a file to load Reading web pages Auto Lektor can read web pages and if you connect an external keyboard or the BraillePen you can also edit form fields on a web page...

Page 18: ...ep through using PT and NT When you find a newsfeed that interests you press SC to go to the page with the extended information As with reading web pages RSS reading mode changes the meaning of some k...

Page 19: ...can SC Read the selected message Previous title PT Move to the previous message Next Title NT Move to the next message Note In this mode pressing Scan also clears the Buffer Checking recognition statu...

Page 20: ...switch on again All the functions of the built in keyboard are available with an external keyboard plus other features not available through the built in keyboard Primary keys on the External Keyboard...

Page 21: ...is currently at the cursor position You will be prompted to press again to confirm F2 Edits the sentence at the cursor position Once you have pressed F2 you will have access to the normal editing keys...

Page 22: ...o connect the two with an Ethernet cable Auto Lektor is set up by default to obtain its IP address automatically using DHCP Most personal Internet provider services use this method of connection Howev...

Page 23: ...d you want to return to DHCP connection which obtains an IP address automatically use F1 or F11 to enter the Internet Menu Step through the menu using F1 or F11 until you hear Set DHCP as Default Conn...

Page 24: ...ts either side of the sign Press Enter to confirm Then Auto Lektor will ask for your username This is the username you use to log in to your email service it could be the same as the first part of you...

Page 25: ...emails To read the downloaded messages press Ins or SC and Auto Lektor will begin reading from the top of the first message To step from one message to the next for a quick check of the message subje...

Page 26: ...sing F1 before you begin your transfer and press F1 until you hear enter filename from external keyboard and press F2 to confirm Next use DE or D to set the destination of the saved text and then use...

Page 27: ...ction is being established and you will hear a single short beep If you turn your Auto Lektor on and BraillePen is not yet switched on Auto Lektor will search for the BraillePen approximately every 30...

Page 28: ...hat the unit is on charge and the battery is already fully charged Using the BraillePen with Auto Lektor You can use the BraillePen with your Auto Lektor in exactly the same way as you can use a stand...

Page 29: ...6 1 2 3 5 r Control 2 4 Ins 1 2 5 8 Space Control 1 2 4 5 Numpad 7 2 3 4 s Shift Control 3 Home 2 3 6 Space Control 1 2 5 Numpad 8 2 3 4 5 t Space 1 2 3 Home 2 4 9 Space Control 2 4 Numpad 9 1 3 6 u...

Page 30: ...You can also move by word using PW and NW Auto Lektor will speak the word you have moved to To check the spelling a word use PL and NL to move character by character Auto Lektor speaks each character...

Page 31: ...your Auto Lektor dealer for assistance Colour Scanning First as with any new document press the Clear Buffer key CB twice to clear the Buffer You should hear the spoken message Buffer cleared Press S...

Page 32: ...e You have two options you can load a page from the bookmarks list or you can type in a web address from the external keyboard To select a bookmark use PT and NT to step through the list of bookmarks...

Page 33: ...ages how the downloading is going and say downloading finished when all messages have been received If there are no messages on the server Auto Lektor will tell you that Caution Emails that are downlo...

Page 34: ...and press F2 to confirm You can use either a PC keyboard or the BraillePen to enter the file name Next use DE to set the destination of the saved text and then use TR to save the selected email to you...

Page 35: ...separately by the volume control on the front panel Writing text to a CD or DVD Auto Lektor can read from and write to CD R and CD RW as well as DVD R DVD R and DVD RW Auto Lektor writes a multi sessi...

Page 36: ...pdating program started updating to version and the new version number and tells you that you can hear the new features in the new version by pressing the IN key Auto Lektor then asks you to press the...

Page 37: ...Configure Punctuation CP K Dots 1 3 Information IN I Dots 2 4 Clear the Buffer CB O Dots 1 3 5 User Menu F1 F11 Shift Space and Dots 1 3 User menu F2 F12 Shift Space and Dots 1 2 3 Louder LO G Dots 1...

Page 38: ...ill say Scanner Black and White Mode Menu Active or Scanner Colour Mode Menu Active Use F1 to step through the available choices and F2 to select a particular choice or activate a function Create file...

Page 39: ...le name from external keyboard Selecting this option allows you to enter a file name using the external keyboard Enable or disable internet text sources This feature makes it possible to change the li...

Page 40: ...able or disable internet text sources This feature makes it possible to change the list of available sources of text allowing you to exclude Internet sources If there is no internet connection availab...

Page 41: ...d sources Audio Player Sub menu This is a group menu containing the parameters available for audio playback Press F2 to enter this sub menu and F1 to step through the available choices Set CD as audio...

Page 42: ...as audio source Allows you to play a CD The plate may include music in audio format or MP3 Set pen drive as audio source You can play mp3 files from the portable storage such as pen drive Set internet...

Page 43: ...the first 20 letters of the Buffer This option allows you to change the way a saved file is named When this option is selected the file name will be created from the first twenty characters of the Buf...

Page 44: ...e Buffer Enter file name from external keyboard Selecting this option allows you to enter a file name using the external keyboard Enable or disable internet text sources This feature makes it possible...

Page 45: ...Allows you to add delete and edit your saved email addresses Enter e mail configuration from external keyboard This menu item lets you set up or re configure your email account It will ask you for yo...

Page 46: ...ic in audio format or MP3 Set pen drive as audio source You can play mp3 files from the portable storage such as pen drive Set internet radio as audio source Gives the ability to play music from Inter...

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