Optelec - Transferring documents scanned by Compact 10 to PC

Optelec - Transferring documents scanned by Compact 10 to PC

Information

An Optelec Compact 10 user wishes to use images taken with their magnifier to view on a Windows PC.


Applies to

  1. Optelec Compact 10

Resolution

The Compact 10 allows transfer of documents scanned to be transferred to a PC for saving.

  1. Switch on the Compact 10 HD and your PC;
  2. Connect the Compact 10 HD to your Windows PC using the included USB cable. The Compact 10 HD will briefly show the “Connected to PC” icon.
  3. If connecting the Compact 10 HD for the first time, please wait until Windows has finished setting up the device.
  4. Depending on your Windows settings, Windows Explorer will open the “CP10” device  and show the “Internal Shared Storage”;
  5. If Windows does not automatically show the Compact 10 HD device, open the Windows Explorer and select the CP10 device manually.
  6. Click on the “Internal Shared Storage” then click on the folder “DCIM”;
  7. The “DCIM” folder contains folders named with the time and date of the taken pictures. Each folder contains the taken picture and if you own a Compact 10 HD Speech, a .txt document with the text found in the picture. In addition, the folder contains 2 system files, a JSON and Processed Picture file.
  8. Use copy and paste to copy the files to the PC.

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