Capturing an image

To begin using the magnifier, say start magnifier or magnifier. The magnifier uses your camera, which is located on the back of your device. You will need to point the camera at the object that you want to magnify or inspect. While holding your camera towards the object of interest, you can slide your finger around the screen slowly to find buttons. When your finger moves onto a button the function will be announced and when you lift your finger off the screen, the option that was just announced will be selected. For instance you can:

• Touch the screen to focus the image that you want to see
• Turn the camera flash on or off by pressing the flash button, which will be loacted near the top left corner of your touch screen
• Zoom in by pressing the plus button, which will be located on the bottom left corner of your touch screen
• Zoom out by pressing the minus button, which will be located on the bottom right corner of your touch screen
• Importantly, you can capture an image by pressing the freeze button, which will be located in the middle at the bottom of your touch screen

If you are unhappy with the image you have captured and want to take a new one, you can press the Unfreeze button, which will be located in the same position as the freeze button was, in the middle at the bottom of your touch screen.

Once you have captured an image, you can use the magnifier to enhance the image, identify objects within the image, and read text within the image. These functions will be discussed in the other sections of this article.

When you want to stop using the magnifier, press the Exit button which will be located near the top right corner of your touchscreen.

Editing the image

Once you have captured an image you can enhance it in various ways, to do this you will need to access the menu, which will be located near the top left corner of your touch screen. You can slowly slide your finger up and down this menu to hear the different options, and lift your finger off to select one. Some examples of these options are:

• Changing the contrast of the image
• Changing the brightness of the image
• Inverting the colours in the image
• Converting the image to a blue-yellow colour scheme
• And more

If you want to capture another image, press the Unfreeze button, which will be located in the same position as the freeze button was, in the middle at the bottom of your touch screen.

When you want to stop using the magnifier, press the Exit button which will be located near the top right corner of your touchscreen.

Please note that none of the images captured using the magnifier are saved.

Identifying objects and reading text in an image

After capturing an image, the magnifier function can help you to identify objects or read text within your captured image.

To use these features you will need to press the action button, this will be located near the top in the middle of your touchscreen. Once you have done this a small menu of actions will appear on your touchscreen in the same location, you can slowly move your finger up and down this menu and select one of the following options:

• Hide, which will close the actions menu.
• Text recognition, which will cause your device to process your image and read out any text present in it to you, to pause or unpause the reading of the text you can tap the touchscreen once.
• Detect object, which will cause your device to process your image and then list aloud any objects which it identifies in the image.

Please note that none of the images captured using the magnifier are saved.

When you want to stop using the magnifier, press the Exit button which will be located near the top right corner of your touchscreen.