Configure K1000 to retain and view images of scans

Configure K1000 to retain and view images of scans

Problem

You wish to be able to see images scanned K1000 has scanned for reading or OCR re-recognition.

Resolution

Step one: Setting retention of images as default behaviour

  1. Press ALT+T to open the Settings menu.
  2. Down arrow to General and press ENTER to open the general settings window.
  3. Then press TAB to reach the Keep Images setting.
  4. Press down arrow to change this to Enabled.
  5. Then press ENTER to dismiss the window.
  6. Then press ALT+T to open Settings menu, and navigate down to Save Settings and press ENTER.
  7. Then when Save settings dialogue opens press ENTER on it.

Step two: Switching to image or split view

  1. Scan a document as usual so that text appears and can be spoken if you press F5 or allow K1000 to read the document.
  2. Then press CONTROL+W to switch to image view or press control+W again to switch to split view.
  3. Press F5 to resume reading, you will see K1000 highlight the sentence and current word as it is spoken.

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