PENPOWER TECHNOLOGY MSE04 WorldPenScan BT User Manual
PENPOWER TECHNOLOGY LTD. WorldPenScan BT
User Manual
WorldPenScan Series
User Manual
Release: November, 2012
Version: v3.6 Win
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Contents
Chapter 1 Product Introduction ................................................... 1-1
1.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................1 - 1
1.2 Features .............................................................................................................1 - 1
Chapter 2 Getting Started ..............................................................................2-1
2.1 System Requirements ........................................................................................2 - 1
2.2 Hardware Specification .....................................................................................2 - 1
2.2.1 WorldPanScan .........................................................................................2 - 1
2.2.2 WorldPanScan BT ...................................................................................2 - 2
2.3 Software Installation ..........................................................................................2- 3
2.4 Running Penpower WorldPenScan Series .........................................................2 - 5
2.5 Connect to Pen Scanner .....................................................................................2 - 6
2.5.1 Via USB Cable ........................................................................................2 - 6
2.5.2 Via Bluetooth (for WorldPenScan BT) ...................................................2 - 7
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings ...................................................................3 - 1
3.1 WorldPenScan Series Toolbar ...........................................................................3 - 1
3.2 Scan Text and Image .........................................................................................3 - 3
3.2.1 Text Mode ...............................................................................................3 - 3
3.2.2 Image Mode ............................................................................................3 - 3
3.3 Online Translation .............................................................................................3- 4
3.3.1 Dictionary ...............................................................................................3 - 4
3.3.2 Sentence Translation ...............................................................................3 - 5
3.4 Business Mode ..................................................................................................3 - 6
3.5 Original Image ...................................................................................................3 - 7
3.6 Settings ..............................................................................................................3 - 8
3.6.1 General Settings ......................................................................................3 - 8
3.6.2 Recognition Settings .............................................................................3-10
3.6.3 Business Mode ......................................................................................3-12
3.6.4 Hardware Information (For WorldPenScan BT) ...................................3-13
3.7 Help .................................................................................................................3-14
3.8 About ...............................................................................................................3-14
Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader ...............................................................4 - 1
4.1 Open Penpower Voice Reader ...........................................................................4 - 1
4.2 Voice Reader Setting .........................................................................................4 - 2
4.3 Turn off Penpower Voice Reader .......................................................................4 - 2
There may be newer versions of the software that was released during or after this prod-
uct’s manufacturing date. If the content in the User Manual differs from the on-screen
interface, please follow the instructions on the on-screen interface instead of the User
Manual.
Chapter 1 Product Introduction 1-1
Chapter 1 Product Introduction
1.1 Introduction
WorldPenScan series, the best input device, scans and recognizes 193 languges and put
the scanned material into your computer via the USB interface. Whenever you come
across any particular words or sentences that you do not understand, WorldPenScan
series will scan for you.
With an ergonomic design, WorldPenScan series provides a comfortable handle which
ts all left and right-handed users. Scan away effortlessly with the transparent scan tip.
Where you see, where you scan.
1.2 Features
• The Best Input Device
Unlike the complicated process of the traditional scanner, WorldPenScan series pro-
vides the easiest way for inputting words. Multi-thread architecture allows you to scan
continuously without pause while recognition is being done on the y.
• Recognize 193 Languages
The WorldPenScan series can scan and recognize 193 languages, including English,
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Simplied Chinese, Traditional
Chinese, and etc. For the detailed recognition language list, please refer to the appen-
dix.
• Automatic Tilt Calibration
Auto-detect and calibrate the tilt angle of the scanned pictures to improve the recogni-
tion accuracy.
• Online Translation
The manageable online translation menu is attached on the toolbar. You can see the
tranaslation result immediately.
• A Brand New Ergonomic Design
Provide a comfortable handle which ts all left and right-handed users. Scan away ef-
fortlessly with its transparent scan tip. Where you see, where you scan. The stand alone
USB cable can prevent cable damage and connection problems.
WorldPenScan Series
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• Scan Image
The new feature of scanning images lets you scan and save the important images into
MS Word les.
• Penpower Voice Reader
Penpower voice reader utilizes a state of the art text-to-speech technology, it reads in
uent Mandarin or Cantonese of any articles. You can use it as a tool for fast proof-
reading or in teaching the correct Mandarin/Cantonese pronunciation.
• Support Business Mode
The business mode supports the recognition of barcodes and fonts such as OCR-A/B,
and MICR fonts. With the business mode, you can scan and recognize barcodes and
numbers or characters on invoices, checks, bills, coupons, and etc.
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Chapter 2 Getting Started
Function button:
While scanning text or images, clicking the function button will function as the [Enter]
key on the keyboard by default.
Tip: You can refer Section 3.6.1 to congure the function button as Enter, Tab, and-
Space.
Chapter 2 Getting Started
2.1 System Requirements
· Windows 8 desktop mode/7/Vista/XP SP3
· 650MB of available hard disk space
· USB port
· Bluetooth module-WIDCOMM or Microsoft Bluetooth stack(WorldPenScan BT)
2.2 Hardware Specication
2.2.1 WorldPanScan
· Dimensions: 130mm x 37mm x 18.5mm
· Weight: 30g
· Interface: USB 2.0
· Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec.·
· Character size: 5~22 pt
USB Port
Scan Tip
Function Button
Scan Button
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2.2.2 WorldPanScan BT
· Dimensions: 130mm x 37mm x 18.5mm
· Weight: 35g
· Interface: USB 2.0/Bluetooth v2.1+EDR
· Transmit Data Rate: GFSK (1Mbps), p/4-DQPSK (2Mbps), 8-DPSK(3Mbps)
· Built-in lithium polymer rechargeable battery
· Voltage and amperage: 4.75~5.25V (<100mA)
· Scanning speed: 15 cm/sec.·
· Character size: 5~22 pt
Function button:
While scanning text or images, clicking the function button will function as the [Enter]
key on the keyboard by default.
Tip: You can refer Section 3.6.1 to congure the function button as Enter, Tab, and-
Space.
Scan Tip
Function Button
Scan Button USB Port
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Chapter 2 Getting Started
2.3 Software Installation
1. Insert the WorldPenScan/ WorldPen-
Scan BT setup CD into the CD-ROM
drive. The installation program will
start automatically. Click [WorldPen-
Scan]/ [WorldPenScan BT] to install
WorldPenScan/ WorldPenScan BT.
(WorldPenScan BT for example)
3. Click [Next] to install.
4. Please read the License Agreement, se-
lect [I accept the terms of the license
agreement] and click [Next] to con-
tinue.
2. Please select an installation language
and click [Next] to install.
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Note: When installing in the Windows 7
or Vista OS, the system may pop-up
a warning message twice. Please
select [Continue Anyway] to install
the driver.
7. When the installation is nished, please
restart your computer. Click [Finish] to
restart your computer.
5. Select a destination folder to install the
software to. Click [Next] to continue.
6. Choose the program folder that you
want to install WorldPenScan BT to. If
left as default, the software will create
a new folder for you. Click [Next] to
continue.
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2.4 Running Penpower WorldPenScan Series
Go to [Start/ All Programs/ Penpower WorldPenScan or Penpower WorldPen-
Scan BT/ WorldPenScan or Penpower WorldPenScan BT] or double-click the shortcut
or on the desktop to start the WorldPenScan/ WorldPenScan BT toolbar.
When running the software for the rst time, a Registration Reminder will appear.
Please click on Register now to register and receive the warranty service. You can also
click Register later to close the reminder. When you need to register, click the Tools
button and select About from the toolbar and then click on Registration. If you've regis-
tered, please click Already Registered.
Tip: If you do not need to be reminded again, you can check [Don’t show this register-
ing window at startup].
A Scanning Guide will appear after the registration reminder.
Note: If you would not like to read the message again, you can check [Do not display
this scanning guide next time], and click [OK].
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2.5 Connect to Pen Scanner
You can plug pen scanner into your computer's USB port via the USB cable to use
WorldPenScan or WorldPenScan BT. Besides, WorldPenScan BT can be connected with
computer via Bluetooth for use.
2.5.1 Via USB Cable
Please follow the instructions to connect pen scanner with computer.
3. Click [Finish] to end the installation.
1. Plug in pen scanner into your com-
puter’s USB port and a window will
appear. Select [No, not this time] and
click [Next] to continue.
Note: Some computers may shut down
accidentally after connection. This
is due to the lack of power to sup-
port several USB devices. To avoid
this problem, connect your World-
PenScan series and other USB
devices to an extra-powered USB
hub.
2. Select [Install the software automati-
cally] and click [Next] to continue.
Note : When connecting the scan pen to another USB port, follow these same steps to
install again.
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2.5.2 Via Bluetooth (for WorldPenScan BT)
Please follow the instructions to pair your computer and pen scanner with Bluetooth at
rst time use.
1. Press the function button on pen scanner until the status light blinks. When the status
light blinks, you can begin to pair the computer with pen scanner.
2. Launch WorldPenScan BT and click [Tools] button to select [Settings] from the
drop-down menu. Then go to the [Hardware info] page.
3. Click [Pair].
4. Follow the [Add Bluetooth Device Wizard] to pair your computer and pen scanner.
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5. Select [WorldPenScan] and click [Next].
6. Select [Use the passkey found in the documentation] and enter the default passkey
of pen scanner: 1234. Then Click [Next].
7. Click [Finish] when pen scanner was successfully paired to your computer.
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8. Then, the pen scanner will connect to your computer automatically. When pen scanner
is paired with your phone successfully, the status light on pen scanner blinks slowly
(blink every 3 seconds), and the pen scanner will connect with WorldPenScan BT
automatically. You can begin to use WorldPenScan BT when the pen bluetooth status
changed to [Paired and connected].
Note 1: Long press the function button on pen scanner will turn off pen scanner. Next
time you want to use WorldPenScan BT, please shortly press function button to
turn on pen scanner. The pen scanner will connect to WorldPenScan BT soft-
ware automatically. There is no need to pair your computer and pen scanner
again.
Note 2: If your computer has paired with pen scanner but cannot to connect to pen
scanner for use, you can go to [Start\Control Panel\Printers and Other Hard-
ware\Bluetooth Devices ] to remove [WorldPenScan] and follow the instruc-
tions to pair your computer and pen scanner again.
Note 4: If pen scanner is not connected with the software nor executed more than 10
minutes, or is connected with the software but not executed more than 30 min-
utes, the pen scanner will automatically shut down to save power.
Note 3: For WorldPenScan BT, you can connect pen scanner with computer via USB
cable and via Bluetooth at the same time. Follow the instructions to connect
pen scanner with USB cable rst, and enter the default passkey of pen scan-
ner: 1234 in the Add Bluetooth Device Wizard directly, the pen scanner will
connect to your computer automatically via Bluetooth. Now if you unplug the
USB cable, you can continue to use pen scanner via Bluetooth.
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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
3.1 WorldPenScan Series Toolbar
1. Language Recognition: The WorldPenScan series can recognize Traditional Chi-
nese, Simplied Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish
and more text. Click to select the language you would like to scan.
Note: The Language Recognition must match the language of the content for optimal
accuracy.
2. Text mode: The [Text mode] is the default scan mode for scanning an article or
a sentence directly. The scanned word or sentence will be recognized and sent as typed
text to your computer. Please refer to 3.2.1 Text Mode for more detailed information.
3. Image mode: You can select [Image mode] in the drop-down menu from the but-
ton to scan images or text. They will be sent to your computer in image formats.
Please refer to 3.2.2 Image Mode for more detailed information.
4. Dictionary: Selecting [Dictionary] in the drop-down menu from the button can
provide you the translation result of every scanned word. Please refer to 3.3 Online
Translation for more detailed information.
5. Sentence translation: Selecting [Sentence translation] in the drop-down menu from
the button will provide the translations of the sentences you scan. Please refer to 3.3
Online Translation for more detailed information.
Text mode\
Image mode
Language
recognition
Tools
Minimize to Tray Icon
Business mode
Minimize
Voice Reader
Dictionary\
Sentence translation
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6. Business Mode : You can select [Barcode], [MICR], or [OCR A/B] from Busi-
ness Mode. These modes allow you to scan barcodes, invoices, checks, bills, postal
codes, coupon numbers, and racing numbers. In order to have higher recognition accu-
racy, you may use the Business mode to recognize different documents. Please refer
to 3.4 Business Mode for more detailed information.
7. Voice Reader : Read aloud Chinese articles in Mandarin or Cantonese. Please re-
fer to Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader.
8. Tools : Provide Original Image, Bubble Window, Settings, Help and About
WorldPenScan series.
. Original Image: Display the scanned image. See 3.5 Original Image.
. Settings: Provide general, recognition, and business mode settings. See 3.7 Settings
for more detailed information.
. Help: Open this user manual.
. About: See the product information.
9. Minimize : Click to minimize the toolbar.
10. Minimize to Tray Icon : Click minimize the toolbar into a tray icon. Double-
click the tray icon on the bottom-right of the screen to open the toolbar. Right-click
the tray icon to open the function menu.
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3.2 Scan Text and Image
3.2.1 Text Mode
When you want to scan an article or a sentence directly into your computer, you can
use [Text mode] :
1. Select [Text mode] in the drop-down menu from the button .
2. Select the language of the text that you want to scan from [Language recognition].
3. Open any word processor, for example Microsoft Word or WordPad, and then click
the location where you want to input.
4. Place a document on a at surface and place the scan tip at the front of your desired
scan area. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press
and drag the pen scanner in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the
scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
5. Stop applying pressure to the pen to stop scanning. The text that the pen has scanned
will be displayed in your word processor immediately.
Note: WorldPenScan series is able to scan and recognize one row of characters at a
time. Please place the scan tip arrow at the center of the line.
3.2.2 Image Mode
When you want to scan text or images into your computer in image formats, you can
use [Image mode] .
1. Select [Image mode] in drop-down menu from the button .
2. Open a word processor that is able to input images, for example Microsoft Word. Click
the location where you would like to input the scanned images.
3. Place a document on the a at surface and place the scan tip at the starting word or
picture. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the scan area, and then press and drag
the pen scanner in a straight line like a highlighter. The white auxiliary light from the
scan tip indicates the pen is scanning.
4. Stop applying pressure to the scan pen to stop scanning. The scanned picture will be
displayed in your word processor in an image format.
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3.3 Online Translation
WorldPenScan series provides online translation function to translate scanned words
and sentences by [Dictionary] and [Sentence Translation]. WorldPenScan series col-
lects the translations results from websites and display them in its translation window.
3.3.1 Dictionary
1. Select [Dictionary] in the drop-down menu from the button .
2. Select the language you want to translate from and the language you want to translate
to.
3. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press and drag
the pen scanner in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the scan-
ning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
4. Stop applying pressure to the scan pen to stop scanning. The word and its translation
result will be displayed in the window as below. At the bottom of the window, you
can see the source of the translation. If you scan more than one word, you can press
the [Function button] on the scan pen to see the translation of the next recognizable
word.
5. The translated word will also be shown in the search box. You can click to listen
to the pronunciation of this word or click to search for more information
on Google, Wikipedia, or YouTube. You can also type in the search bar to nd more
information.
Note: Please connect to the internet while using the online translation function.
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3.3.2 Sentence Translation
1. Select [Sentence translation] in the drop-down menu from the button .
2. Select the language you want to translate from and the language you
want to translate to .
3. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press and drag
the pen scanner in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the scan-
ning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on. The original image, scanned
sentence, and translation result will be displayed automatically in the window as be-
low.
4. You can click to delete the contents, click to send the scanned text out by
e-mail, and click to listen to the pronunciation.
Tip: You can select words in the sentence and see their translations.
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3.4 Business Mode
The Business Mode allows you to scan barcodes, invoices, checks, bills, postal codes,
coupon numbers and racing numbers etc.
The fonts that the Business Mode supports are OCR A, OCR B, MICR, and other
fonts as the samples below:
The barcodes that the Business Mode supports are Codabar, Code 128, Code 39, Code
93, EAN 8, EAN 13, IATA 2 of 5, Industrial 2 of 5, Interleaved 2 of 5, Matrix 2 of 5,
Patch, PostNet, UCC-128, UPC-A and UPC-E.
In order to have higher recognition accuracy, you may use the [Business Mode] to
recognize these fonts:
1. Select [Barcode], [MICR], or [OCR A/B] in the drop-down menu from the but-
ton .
Note: For higer recognition accuracy, before you start the Business Mode, please select
the font that you want to scan in [Tools] \ [Settings] \ [Business Mode]. Please
refer to 3.7.2 Recognition Settings.
2. Open your application or any word processor, for example Microsoft Word. Click the
location where you would like to input the scanned text or numbers.
3. Place a document on a at surface and place the scan tip at the front of your desired
scan area. Aim the scan tip arrow at the center of the desired scan area, and then press
and drag the pen scanner in a straight line across the area like a highlighter. During the
scanning, please make sure the white auxiliary light is on.
4. Stop applying pressure to the pen to stop scanning. The scanned text or numbers are
displayed in your application or word processor immediately.
Note 1: When scanning barcodes, please aim pen scanner at the upper side of
barcodes, not at the center, to have higher recognition accuracy.
Tip: You can select a range of your desired scan document in the Settings to have
higher recognition accuracy. Please refer to 3.7.3 Recognition Settings.
OCR A: 0123ABCabc
OCR B:
MS Gothic: 0123ABCabc
MICR :
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3.5 Original Image
Click [Tools] button and select the [Original Image] option from the drop-down
menu to open the [Original Image] window. After scanning, the [Original Image] win-
dow displays the scanned image. You can check the scanned image to compare with the
original text. This can help you improving your scan technique for more accurate recog-
nition results.
Tip: You can right click on the original image to save the image to .bmp or .pcx le.
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Button Denition
The default function of Function Button is Enter. You can replace Enter by Space and
Tab. Select the options under Button denition and then you can select which function
you want the Function Button to be.
Pronunciation
When choosing the Traditional Chinese or Simplied Chinese as the language recog-
nition, you can choose to listen the speech of the recognized word in Mandarin or Can-
tonese.
When choosing the English as the language recognition, you can choose to listen the
speech of the recognized English word.
Scan Direction
WorldPenScan series must be used to scan the characters in consistent direction, any
changes to the direction will cause inaccurate recognition results.
When choosing Traditional Chinese, Simplied Chinese, Japanese or Korean as the
language recognition, you can accord to the document you want to scan to choose the
scan direction manually.
3.6 Settings
Click [Tools] button and select [Settings] from the drop-down menu to set up
the general, recognition, online translation and interface language settings.
3.6.1 General Settings
Click [Tools] button and select [Settings] from the drop-down menu to set the
preferences.
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Note: Penpower WorldPenScan series is able to scan and recognize one row of char-
acters at a time. Please place the pen scanner in such a manner so that the Scan
Tip arrow is at the center of the line of text.
Left hand:
Scan from right-to-left or from left-to-right
Right hand:
Scan from left-to-right or from right-to-left
Scanning Horizontal Text
When scanning horizontal text, you can choose the [Horizontal] option. Hold the
Pen rmly, as you would hold a highlighter, while the Pen's tip is at an angle of between
70 and 80 degrees to the page. Align the Scan Tip arrow on your pen to the center of the
characters. Then move the pen left-to-right or right-to-left to scan.
Scanning Vertically Aligned Text
When scanning vertically aligned text, you can choose [Vertically] and then select
[Left-hand] or [Right-hand]. To scan the text, please hold the pen rmly as you hold a
highlighter, with the pen tip at an angle between 70 to 80 degrees to the page. Align the
Scan Tip arrow on your pen to the center of the characters.
Left Hand Right Hand
Note: The Left/Right-handed option only available when you select the vertical direc-
tion.
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3.6.2 Recognition Settings
In the [Recognition] page, you can set up the recognition languages, Chinese recogni-
tion option, recognition contents and at the end of scan, insert a space automatically.
Recognition Languages
WorldPenScan series provides 193 recognition languages for you to choose. In the
toolbar, you can drag down the recognition menu to select the recognition language you
want.
You can modify the recognition language menu in the Recognition Language tab of
Setting. In the Recognition Language Tab, the right column contains 193 recognition
languages for you to choose. The languages appear in the left column will all appear on
the recognition language drag down menu on the tool bar. In this tab, you can select the
recognition language in the right column and click [add] to add it into the left column.
If you want to remove a language from the left column, you can select the language you
want to remove and click [Remove] to remove it from the left column.
Tip: Select a language in the right column and click or , you can change
this language's order.
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Chinese Recognition Option
When choosing Chinese Traditional or Chinese Simplied as the language recognition,
you can choose to output the recognized characters in Traditional Chinese or Simplied
Chinese. Check the
[
Output full-width punctuations] option to set the punctionations as
full-width. When choosing the Chinese Traditional as the language recognition, you can
check the [Recognize HK Character] to recognize Hongkong characters. If you do not
need to recognize Hongkong characters, please do not check it for higher recognition ac-
curacy. You can connect to the http://www.microsoft.com/hk/hkscs/default.aspx to check
the Hong Kong characters list.
Recognize English characters & numbers
You can select [Recognize English characters & numbers] to make WorldPenScan
series recognize English characters and numbers when choosing Traditional Chinese,
Simplied Chinese, Japanese or Korean as the language recognition,
JIS Level 2 Kanji Characters
When choosing the Japanese as the language recognition, you can check the [JIS
Level 2 Kanji Characters] to recognize the JIS level 2 Kanji characters. If you do not
need to recognize JIS level 2 Kanji characters, please do not check it for higher recogni-
tion accuracy.
At the End of the Scan, Insert a Space Automatically
When choosing the English, French, German, Italian or Spanish as the language rec-
ognition, you can check the [At the end of the scan, insert a space automatically].
While scanning text, the system will automatically add a space at the end of the scan.
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3.6.3 Business Mode
When using the business mode, you can accord with the scan content to choose the
scan mode as below for higher recognition accuracy and the font the mode supports will
show in the window.
yBarcode: Recognize barcodes.
yMICR (E-13B): Recognize MICR font Text.
yOCR A/B: Recognize OCR A/B font Text. (The options below are only for OCR A/B)
- Alphabet only: Recognize from A to Z and from a to z.
- Numbers only: Recognize from 0 to 9.
- Alphabet & Numbers: Recognize from A to Z, from a to z and from 0 to 9.
- Hexadecimal: Recognize from A to F, from a to f and from 0 to 9.
- Leave no space while scanning:
Without leaving any space while scanning
.
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Chapter 3 Scanning and Settings
3.6.4 Hardware Information (For WorldPenScan BT)
In [Hardware info] page, you can view the Bluetooth status and pen status.
yHost Bluetooth status: Show whether the Bluetooth of your computer is turned on or
not.
yPen Bluetooth status: Show the connecting status of pen scanner.
yPair: Press this button to pair your computer and pen scanner. For more information,
please refer to 2.5.2.
yMAC Address: The address means the identication of the pen scanner.
yPen status: Show the status of pen scanner, including battery status, F/W version, USB
connection status, and Bluetooth connection status.
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3.7 Help
Selecting [Help] in the drop-down menu from the button can nd the user manu-
al of WorldPenScan series.
3.8 About
Selecting [About] in the drop-down menu from the button can see the informa-
tion of WorldPenScan series, or you can go to Penpower Technology Ltd. ofcial website
for more informaiton. If there is any problem or suggestion, please click [Contact us]
and send an e-mail to us.
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Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader
Chapter 4 Penpower Voice Reader
Penpower Voice Reader utilizes a state of the art text-to-speech technology, it reads in
uent Mandarin or Cantonese of any articles. You can use it as a tool for fast proofreading or
in teaching the correct Mandarin/Cantonese pronunciation.
4.1 Open Penpower Voice Reader
1. Click [Voice Reader] button from the toolbar or [VoiceReader] from the tray icon
menu to run Penpower Voice Reader.
3. Choose a paragraph, click and select [Start/Stop Text to Speech], the selected para-
graph 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 the top right corner
of your application, such as Word. You
can click the icon to select Mandarin
Speech or Cantonese Speech.
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4.2 Voice Reader Setting
Click , select [Setting] , the [Setting] window will appear.
Speech Speed: Adjust speak speed.
Speech Tone: Adjust tone level.
Speech Volume: Adjust speak volume.
4.3 Turn off Penpower Voice Reader
1. Click , select [Exit].
2. When you see the following image, the Penpower VoiceReader is turned off and the icon
on the upper right corner disappears.
Appendix: Recognition Languages
Abkhaz
Adyghe
Afrikaans
Agul
Albanian
Altai
Armenian (Eastern)
Armenian (Grabar)
Armenian (Western)
Avar
Aymara
Azerbaijani (Cyrillic)
Azerbaijani (Latin)
Bashkir
Basque
Belarusian
Bemba
Blackfoot
Breton
Bugotu
Bulgarian
Buryat
Catalan
Cebuano
Chamorro
Chechen
Chinese (Simplied)
Chinese (Traditional)
Chukchee
Chuvash
Corsican
Crimean Tatar
Croatian
Crow
Czech
Dakota (Sioux)
Danish
Dargwa
Dungan
Dutch (Belgium)
Dutch (Netherlands)
English
Eskimo (Cyrillic)
Eskimo (Latin)
Estonian
Even
Evenki
Faroese
Fijian
Finnish
French
Frisian
Friulian
Gagauz
Galician
Ganda
German
German (Luxembourg)
German (new spelling)
Greek
Guarani
Hani
Hausa
Hawaiian
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Ingush
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Jingpo
Kabardian
Kalmyk
Karachay-balkar
Karakalpak
Kasub
Kawa
Kazakh
Khakass
Khanty
Kikuyu
Kirghiz
Kongo
Korean
Koryak
Kpelle
Kumyk
Kurdish
Lak
Latin
Latvian
Lezgi
Lithuanian
Luba
Macedonian
Malagasy
Malay (Malaysian)
Malinke
Maltese
Mansi
Maori
Mari
Maya
Miao
Minangkabau
Mohawk
Moldavian
Mongol
Mordvin
Nahuatl
Nenets
Nivkh
Nogay
Norwegian (Bokmal)
Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Nyanja
Ojibway
OldEnglish
OldFrench
OldGerman
OldItalian
OldSpanish
Ossetian
Papiamento
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Provencal
Quechua
Rhaeto-Romanic
Romanian
Romany
Rundi
Russian
Russian (Old Spelling)
Rwanda
Sami (Lappish)
Samoan
Scottish Gaelic
Selkup
Serbian (Cyrillic)
Serbian (Latin)
Shona
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Sorbian
Sotho
Spanish
Sunda
Swahili
Swazi
Swedish
Tabasaran
Tagalog
Tahitian
Tajik
Tatar
Tok Pisin
Tongan
Tswana
Tun
Turkish
Turkmen
Tuvinian
Udmurt
Uigur (Cyrillic)
Uigur (Latin)
Ukrainian
Uzbek (Cyrillic)
Uzbek (Latin)
Welsh
Wolof
Xhosa
Yakut
Zapotec
Zulu
Esperanto
Ido
Interlingua
Occidental
Arabic numbers
Arabic-Indian numbers
Basic
C/C++
COBOL
Fortran
JAVA
Pascal
Simple chemical formulas
Penpower WorldPenScan Series User Manual
Release: November, 2012
Version: v3.6