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IRISPen Reader 8 - How to use Live Recording & Dyslexic functions

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How to use the Live Recording option

  • Swipe left on the home screen and tap on the Live recording app .
  • Select the red circle to start recording.
  • Select the pause button to pause the recording.
  • Select the play button to continue the recording.
  • Select the stop button to stop the recording and go back to the previous screen.
  • An audio file is created and stored.
  • Select a file to listen to it again.
  • Use the play button to play the recording.
  • Use the previous or next arrows to navigate between recordings.
  • Select the bin button to delete one or more files.
  • Select the red circle to start recording again.
  • Select the back arrow to go back to the home screen.

How to use the Dyslexic function

  • Swipe left on the home screen and tap on DYS text to speech app .
  • Select the settings icon to set the scanning language.
  • By default, the language selected is the same as the device language.
  • Select the back arrow to go back to the previous screen.
  • Your scan is shown on the screen and is read aloud.  
  • Words are highlighted to help you follow along.
  • To repeat the full sentence, select the Sentence mode, then select the first word.
  • To repeat one word at a time, select the Word mode, and then select the word.
  • Click the speaker icon to repeat the word again.

  • When in Sentence or Word mode, select to save the sentence.
  • The icon changes color.
  • Deselect the icon to remove the word or sentence from the record list.
  • Select to go to the record list (saved sentences).

How to change left/right hand usage.

Swipe left on the home screen and tap on the Settings menu .
In the Settings menu, you can access various parameters via sub-menus.

The sub-menus are:
  • Volume: select the volume of the audio functions.
  • Right or left-handed: Right - hold in right hand and scan left to right.
    Left - hold in left hand and scan right to left.
  • Time and Date: select your time zone. The time and date are used in the default file names.
  • Auto-power-off: select an automatic power-off of the device from the following
    values: never, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or 60 minutes. The default value is 15
    minutes.
  • Reset: select 'clear cache' or 'restore factory settings'.
  • Brightness: select the brightness of the screen and timing for the screen saver.
  • Language: select the device language among 12 available (Czech, Danish, Dutch,
    English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and
    Swedish).
  • About: information about your device, battery status, local storage (device and SD card), and legal information.

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  1. Casey King

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