Reading bar
The horizontal reading bar is a clear bar from left to right on the screen. The text that isn't covered by the
bar is slightly visible. The reading bar is used to cover text or to select a part of the text to read aloud.
Press button 3 until the bar is displayed on the screen. Turn button 3 to set the position. Press and turn
button 3 to change the width. Press button 5 to show or hide edge lines. Press long on button 5 to
change colours.
Press both navigation buttons 10 and 11 at the same time to read the text in the reading bar without
column recognition.
Press button 7 to read the text in the reading bar with column recognition.
The reading bar is not available when reading in full page mode.
Pitch control
Press the volume button 8 and turn the speed button at the same time button 9.
Language and reading voices
Attention! This menu will pop-up when initializing the unit for the first time.
You can change the language options at any time. To open the language menu, you press button 7 for 10 seconds.
The language menu will open. The menu has 3 steps:
Step 1: Language of the spoken assisting messages
This is where you adjust the language of the spoken buttons. You choose your mother tongue. An inhabitant
of France chooses French. By turning the button 6 you choose the language. Hold button 7 to go to step 2.
Step 2: Preferred voice
Most languages have several voices. In step 2 you choose your preferred voice for the spoken buttons and
your preferred voice for reading out the texts by turning button 6. Usually you can choose between a male
and female voice. In French, for example, you can choose between Virginie, Thomas, Felix and Audry. You
select the language by turning the big knob. By holding button 7 you will go to step 3.
Step 3: Other reading voices
If you would like to have texts read out by other voices or in different languages, you can select other voices
in step 3. By turning button 6 you select a voice. By briefly pressing button 7 you can switch a voice on or
off. (X) indicates that a voice is switched on. ( ) indicates that a voice is switched off. You can switch on/off
various voices. By holding button 7 you will exit the voice and language menu.
Automatic language recognition
You can activate the option "automatic language recognition" by pressing and turning button 8 until the Vocatex
announces "automatic".
When this function is set, each text bloc will be read in the according language. The default voice is predefined. If
you want the text to be read in another voice, only select 1 voice per language (your preferred voice) in the language
menu.
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