Wizcom Quicktionary 2 Professional User Manual
Table of Contents
Quicktionary®2 Professional
User Manual
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................. 2
Contact and Support Information .............................. 2
Getting Started ............................................................. 3
Familiarizing Yourself with the Pen ........................... 3
The Pen Parts ...................................................... 3
Setting Up Your Pen ............................................ 3
Basic Pen Commands .............................................. 4
Scanning Guidelines ................................................. 4
Learning to Scan (using the Trainer) ......................... 6
The Quicktionary ......................................................... 7
The Quicktionary Screens ......................................... 7
The Quicktionary Menus ........................................... 9
Editing and Inserting Text ....................................... 12
The Dictionary Entries ............................................. 16
Hear Scanned Text Read Aloud ............................. 20
Using Professional Dictionaries .............................. 21
The Pen Main Menu ................................................... 24
The Preferences Menu ........................................... 24
The Information Menu ............................................. 26
Additional Information .............................................. 27
Batteries .................................................................. 27
Safety Points (Batteries) ......................................... 27
Pen Maintenance .................................................... 27
Product Specification .............................................. 28
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Introduction
Introduction
Congratulations on your choice of the state of the art
Quicktionary
you when reading, understanding and utilizing text.
Use the Quicktionary
word-by-word translations, and hear scanned words
pronounced aloud.
This manual is divided into three sections:
1. Getting Started - This section provides basic
2. The Quicktionary
3. Additional Information - View additional
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2. Personal, portable scanning Pens assist
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2 to scan full lines of text, receive
information on Pen functions and how to scan.
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2 - This section demonstrates
how to work with the Pen, including explanations of
all the Pen menu options, applications and different
ways of scanning, inserting and editing text.
information such as Pen maintenance information.
Contact and Support Information
Contact us at 888 777 0552 (Toll free in USA) or +1 978
727 0026 or email usa.support@wizcomtech.com
our website http://www.wizcomtech.com
section for the Quicktionary
register your product.
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Getting Started
Getting Started
Familiarizing Yourself with the Pen
The Pen Parts
Your Pen contains the following parts:
Important: Before using the headphones, please adjust
the volume using the Voice Settings option in the
Preferences menu.
Setting Up Your Pen
To get started:
1. Remove your Pen from its protective case.
2. Remove the battery compartment cover from the
back of the Pen.
3. Insert 2 AAA batteries into the Pen with the positive
and negative terminals corresponding to the
markings on the sides of the battery compartment.
4. Close the battery compartment.
5. Remove the protective cover from the Pen tip.
6. Press
7. The Pen is ready to scan!
to turn the Pen on.
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Getting Started
Note: If you are left-handed, see Right-/Left-Handed on
page 55 to change your Pen to left-handed scanning.
Basic Pen Commands
The Pen Keys and their Functions
The keypad contains seven keys for operating your Pen.
Use the keys as follows:
Power key : Turn the Pen on and off.
ENT key : Access submenus or screens, confirm
a selection or perform an operation.
ESC key : Navigate backwards, close a screen,
or cancel an operation.
Direction keys : Scroll through menus and
screens.
Navigating Menus and Lists
To select an item from a menu or a list:
1. Scroll through the menu, using
item you want is highlighted.
2. Press ENT.
To select a command key on the display:
1. Use the direction keys to highlight the command
key.
2. Press ENT.
To return to a previous menu level from a sub-menu,
option or list, press ESC.
or until the
Scanning Guidelines
Scanning Mode
The Pen is in scanning mode when the red light at the tip
of the Pen is blinking. Scanning mode is disabled when
accessing menus.
Scanning Direction
Text can be scanned from right to left or from left to right.
Both will produce the same results.
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Getting Started
Scanning Restrictions
The Pen scans and recognizes printed text in a wide
range of languages, font types and point sizes (6-22
points, up to 8mm) and in a variety of colors on
contrasting backgrounds (except red on white, white on
red, blue on black and black on blue).
It does not recognize handwriting, cursive fonts,
mathematical symbols or other profession-specific signs.
Tips for Good Scanning
To ensure optimum scanning results:
Hold the Pen at the correct scanning angle.
Place the scanning material on a flat surface.
Ensure scanning material is good quality and pages
are not creased. Poorly photocopied materials may
provide bad results.
Do not scan too fast.
Correct scanning angle of 90°
Poor Character Recognition
Poor character recognition may occur for the following
reasons:
Low quality scanning material.
The scanning settings are not set correctly (e.g.
Inverse).
Holding the Pen at the wrong scanning angle.
Scanning too fast.
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Getting Started
Learning to Scan (using the Trainer)
This tutorial uses the Quicktionary application and the
plastic scanning Trainer provided with your Pen.
1. Slide the Trainer onto the tip of the Pen (instead of
the cap) and press into place.
2. Turn the Pen on. The Select Dictionary menu will
appear. Select the English Æ German dictionary.
3. The Input Screen will appear with the message
“Scan in English”. The red light flashing at the tip
of the Pen indicates that the Pen is ready to scan.
4. Position the Pen at a 90° angle and center the
following text between the feet of the trainer. This
angle should be maintained even when scanning
without the trainer.
Use the following practice sentence:
This sentence will help me practice scanning.
5. Glide the Pen from right to left in a straight line over
the text. Start scanning 1cm from the end of the text
and finish 1cm after the beginning of the text.
6. The Split Screen will appear, with the scanned text
on the screen. If the text does not appear correctly
on the screen, scan again and the text on screen
will be over-written by the new text.
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The Quicktionary
Use the Quicktionary application to scan and translate
text in various languages. Hear scanned text read aloud
from either the Split Screen or the Dictionary Screen.
The Quicktionary opens automatically when turning the
Pen on.
You will reach the Input Screen and the red light at the
tip of the Pen will flash. Scan into any screen as long as
the red light is flashing. Scanning is disabled when
accessing menus.
The Quicktionary Screens
The Quicktionary application has three main screens,
the Input Screen, the Split Screen and the Dictionary
Screen. Each screen displays the translation of the
selected words. You can scan into any screen when the
red light at the Pen tip is blinking. Text on screen will be
over-written by the newly scanned text.
The Input Screen
This is the screen that appears when you enter the
Quicktionary application. Scan text directly into this
screen. The "Scan in..." message indicates the source
language of the selected dictionary and the highlighted
section shows the input field.
After scanning, text is displayed in the Split Screen
or the Dictionary Screen.
Insert text using the Character bar or Opticard. See
Editing and Inserting Text on page 12 for more
information on these options. After inserting text,
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select GO to view the translation in the Split Screen
or the Dictionary Screen.
Press ESC to access the Edit Menu while in Edit
Mode.
Press ESC from the Input Screen to access the
Quicktionary Menu.
Note: If the icon is visible on screen it indicates that
the Quicktionary application is set to scan inverse text
(light text on dark background). To change the setting,
see The Quicktionary Menu on page 9.
The Split Screen
The Split Screen appears after scanning more than one
word. The scanned text appears on the top of the screen,
and the translation of the highlighted word appears on
the bottom of the screen.
Scroll through the scanned text using the right/left
direction keys. The
the right will reveal the rest of the scanned text.
Scroll through the dictionary entry for the highlighted
word using the up/down direction keys.
View the highlighted word in the Dictionary Screen
by pressing ENT.
If the selected dictionary supports reading aloud, use
to scroll to the icon (voice). Highlight the icon
to hear the scanned text read aloud. Press ENT to
hear the text read aloud again.
Press ESC to return to the Input Screen.
arrow indicates that scrolling to
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The Dictionary Screen
The Dictionary Screen appears after scanning a single
word, or after selecting a word from the Split Screen.
Scroll through the dictionary entry using the up/down
direction keys.
Switch between reduced and full dictionary display
using the left/right direction keys.
If the selected dictionary contains support for reading
aloud, press ENT to hear the word read aloud.
If you have reached the Dictionary Screen after
selecting a word from the Split Screen, press ESC to
return to the scanned text in the Split Screen.
The Quicktionary Menus
The Quicktionary contains two menus: The
Quicktionary Menu and the Edit Menu.
The Quicktionary Menu
To display the Quicktionary Menu, go to the Input
Screen and press ESC. To return to the Input Screen
from the Quicktionary Menu, press ESC.
Dictionary
The Dictionary submenu contains a series of dictionary
tools.
History
This option displays a chronological list of the most
recently displayed words, with the last word you
defined at the top. The history list can store up to 80
words. Once the list is full, the oldest word is deleted
from the list to make room for the most recent one.
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