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The ClearView Speech will capture and process the document and will start reading within several
seconds. To read another text, press and hold the "X" button, place a new page inside the
document outline and tap the screen. To exit the Speech mode, tap the white Exit button marked
with an "X" at the right side of the button bar at the bottom of the screen.
2.6
Overview and reading zones
The ClearView Speech always provides an overview of the full page when it starts reading the
page for the first time. In the overview, blue numbered bullets mark the detected text zones in the
document. The navigation bullets can be used to quickly navigate through a text. Tap a navigation
bullet and the ClearView Speech will start reading the selected text zone. The number of the
navigation bullets represent the most likely order of the text. The speech reads the zone with
navigation bullet number 1, followed by navigation bullet number 2, and so on.
2.7
Magnifying a document
To leave the full page Overview with navigation bullets, and magnify your document, tap the blue
"+" button on the left side of the Button Bar at the right of the magnifying glass. To decrease the
magnification, tap the blue "–" button left of the magnifying glass. The minimum magnification is
the Overview with the navigation bullets. To quickly switch between Overview and the last used
magnification level, tap the magnifying glass in the Button Bar. Besides the zoom buttons there is
another possibility to magnify documents. Touch the screen by pointing on the text you wish to
magnify. Touch the screen as long as you would like to zoom in.
2.8
Reading a document
To start reading, tap the Play button in the middle of the Button Bar. To pause reading, tap the
button once again. The ClearView Speech will mark your reading position in the document with a
highlight. To start reading at another position in the document, tap on a blue bullet in page
overview, or magnify the text and tap on a word where you would like the ClearView Speech to
continue reading.
2.9
Scrolling the document
To scroll up, down, left or right within the magnified document, simply touch the screen with one
finger and swipe up, down, left or right.
2.10 Text color
To enhance the contrast of the text, a text foreground and background color can be selected. This
will not influence the representation of pictures. Pictures are always displayed in their original
colors. If no high contrast color is needed, the text can be displayed in its original colors. Please
refer to the following chapter on how to configure the high contrast colors.
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