The purpose of this lesson is to allow the user to save an open book file as either a MS Word file, Audio (MP3) file, braille file, or note taker file. I have included pictures to guide the visual learners in the group. I would like to apologize for the quality of the pictures now, but they are "screen shots", and somewhat limited in quality.
When using Open Book, it is important to remember to create a new file for every new document you create. If you scan one document in, then immediately scan another document they will be listed as page one and two, not document 1 and document 2.
So, the first thing to do is select
New from the File menu, as seen in the image below.
Then you scan the document using the INS key on the Numeric Keypad, F4, or the Spacebar. The Spacebar acts as a toggle; you can cancel the scan by pressing the Spacebar after the scan has started.
Once the document is scanned, you
can decide what format you want to save the file in for future use. To save
the file as a MS Word document, go to the File menu and select Save As (see
the image below).
The typical MS Windows Save dialog
box will open, as seen below.
It is important at this time to name the file, and possibly to change the location
of where the file is saved. By default, the file is saved as an Arkenstone file,
I like to change that to a MS Word file. I also change the location for the
file to be saved to My Documents; this is an organizational choice (see image
below).
Next, lets look at saving the same
file as a Audio file (MP3). You again go to the File menu, and this time select:
Send as Audio from the menu (see below).
When the Save dialog box opens, change
the file format to: audio mp3. See the example below.
The next choice you are given is
how many pages, or current page to save to audio. That will depend on the size
of your file. The image of the dialog will look like this:
When you choose OK, you will be presented
with a dialog giving you the progress of the file conversion from text to audio
(see below).
Next, we will export the scanned
file to braille. This choice assumes you have software or a note taker to utilize
the braille file. See the image below for the first step, which again is located
in the File menu.
When the Save dialog opens, choose
where to save your new braille file (.brf). Once again I save the file in My
Documents (see the image below ).
Let's look at My Documents window
to verify that we now have a copy of STORY_1 in MS Word (DOC), Audio (MP3),
and braille (.brf). See the image below:
Last, we will send the scanned file
to a note taker. Once again go the File menu, but this time select: Note taker,
save to...(see image below).
You will then be presented with a
dialog box to choose your specific notetaker. This step requires your notetaker
to be connected to your computer, probably with a serial cable. See the image
of the notetaker dialog below.
Once you have selected your notetaker, the braille file will transfer to your notetaker for later review.
This lesson has demonstrated how to take a scanned file using Open Book, and saving the file to MS Word, Audio (MP3), braille (*.brf), and sending the file to a notetaker. The MS Word file can then be used to print, or email. The Audio file (MP3) can be used in one of many portable MP3 players, such as: Rio, iPod, Nomad. The braille file (.brf) can be used in any notetaker or to edit in a braille translation software program, such as: Duxbury, or Megadots.