This category helps with reading any piece of written information. Whether you would want to read a book, a menu card at a restaurant, a handwritten note or when looking for the right platform at the train station. There are three features in the read category: ‘Instant Text’, ‘Scan Text’ and ‘Batch Scan’.
Instant Text
This feature instantly reads any text that is detected by the camera. It is the quickest way to read a piece of text, whether it is printed or handwritten. This is ideal for reading short pieces of text that you want to scan through.
Follow the steps to activate ‘Instant Text’:
Step 1: Go to Read and double-tap.
Step 2: Go to Instant Text and double-tap.
Step 3: The camera is activated and every piece of text will be read.
Pause instant text?
Single-tap to pause the text being spoken out. It will be paused until you single-tap again to activate instant text.
Reset instant text?
Is the text still reading out what you were pointing your glasses at previously? Then double-tap to reset instant text and it will start reading out the new piece of text.
Switch between online and offline instant text?
It is possible to use instant text offline for reading Latin-based languages. We recommend to use online instant text if you are connected to a reliable Wi-Fi network. If that is not the case and you would like to read Latin-based languages, then enabling the offline mode is a great solution.
There are two possible ways to switch between online and offline instant text. The first way is by doing a two-finger tap on the Instant Text screen. The second option is to change the settings in the ‘Feature Preferences’ category.
Option 1: Two-finger single tap
Step 1: Go to Read.
Step 2: Two-finger single tap on Instant Text.
Step 3: You will enter the options screen and the screen reader will read out whether the offline mode is enabled or disabled.
Step 4: Double-tap to toggle between the offline mode being enabled or disabled.
Step 5: Swipe down to confirm your selection and navigate back to the Instant Text screen.
Step 6: Double-tap on Instant Text and it will start speaking out text in the mode that you chose.
Option 2: Feature Preferences menu
Step 1: Go to Feature Preferences.
Step 2: Go to Instant Text.
Step 3: Double-tap to toggle between the offline mode being enabled or disabled.
Step 4: Swipe down to confirm your selection.
Scan Text
‘Scan Text' is the second feature in the ‘Read’ category. This feature allows you to take a scan of a document or a piece of text. Whereas ‘Instant Text’ starts reading out any text around you instantly, ‘scan Text’ is meant for more dense and longer pieces of text and for reading handwritten text. Additionally, the scanned text is opened in the reader which allows more controls to play, pause or navigate to specific parts of the text. ‘Scan Text” also offers the option for text detection to guide the positioning of the document in front of the glasses. With text detection, you can understand how much of the text in front of you is captured by the camera and adjust the document accordingly.
Follow the steps to activate ‘Scan Text’ without text detection:
Step 1: Go to Read.
Step 2: Go to Scan Text and double-tap.
Step 3: Point the camera to the text that you want to scan.
Step 5: You will hear a countdown sound, followed by a capture sound. This means the picture was taken and is being processed.
Step 6: Your text is now opened in the reader and you can read through the scanned text.
Scan Text with text detection?
Step 1: Go to Read.
Step 2: Go to Scan Text and double-tap.
Step 3: The camera is now activated and will start detecting words.
Step 4: Grab a document and hold it in front of you. The more words it detects, the higher the frequency of taps that will be played. Keep in mind that the type of document and amount of words determine the frequency of taps that will be played.
Step 5: Once you think the frequency of the taps will not go any higher, double-tap again to capture the text.
Step 6: Your text is processed and will be opened in the reader, where you can read it.
Switch text detection on or off?
To switch text detection on or off, you can two-finger tap on the feature or go to Feature Preferences to change its behavior.
Exporting scanned text?
The Envision Glasses have the possibility to export the text to the library on the Envision app.
Step 1: Double-tap on Scan Text and take a scan of the text that you would like to have exported. The text will open in the Reader.
Step 2: Now, in the Reader, do a two-finger single tap, this will export the text.
Step 2: Open your Envision app on your phone.
Step 3: Go to the Envision app library and select ‘Import File’ and then ‘Import from Glasses'. The scanned text will then be available in the library on the Envision app.
Step 4: If needed, you can download the scanned text or share it with other apps on your phone.
Batch Scan
‘Batch Scan’ allows you to scan more than one document at a time. The text detection behaves the same as the ‘Scan Text’ feature. The gestures to scan a second page are different and explained below.
Follow the steps to scan 2 or more pages:
Step 1: Go to Read.
Step 2: Go to Batch Scan and double-tap.
Step 3: Depending on whether text detection is enabled, you will be informed that the first page is scanned.
Step 4: Double-tap again to scan the second page. Repeat this step for the pages that follow.
Step 5: If you are done scanning the pages or pieces of text, two-finger tap to complete scanning.
Step 6: A success sound will be played and all scanned text will be opened in the reader.
Reader
The Reader automatically opens after the text is scanned. The Reader allows you to scroll through the text and to play and pause the reading. You can use the following gestures in the reader:
Single-tap: play and pause speech.
Two-finger single tap: export text to the Envision app.
Swipe forward: scroll to the next phrase of the scanned text.
Swipe back: scroll to the previous phrase of the scanned text.
