1. Develop fully-accessible interactive materials such as simple talking maps, charts and diagrams in the IVEO SVG format.
2. Convert files of many Windows applications including MS Office, Adobe Illustrator, and CorelDraw, into IVEO SVG.  
3. Convert PDF into IVEO SVG
4. Convert graphical information scanned from paper documents to IVEO SVG
5. Scale documents to any size independently
6. Read any of these documents visually, in audio, and/or in Braille.

• New (Ctrl+N): Opens a new file.

• Open (Ctrl+O): Opens up a dialog box allowing the user to choose what SVG file to open.

• Reload (Ctrl+L): Reopens the current file.

• Open from barcode (Ctrl+B): Allows the user to open a file by placing a page embossed from IVEO Creator or Viewer onto the Touchpad and pressing the three points along the top edge of the page when directed.  Bar code and index callback works on files printed on that same computer.  If the files and the bar code library file in which the printout parameters are recorded are all copied to another computer, call back will work on the second computer also.

• Open from index (Ctrl+I): Allows a user to open a file by typing in the index number embossed in Braille on a page by a ViewPlus embosser.

• Import (no hot key): Allows the user to import bit-map files into IVEO Creator and run them through the optical character recognition engine in one step.

• Scan (no hot key): Allows the user to scan images directly into IVEO using any scanner installed on the user's system.  Text OCR is done automatically.

• Save (Ctrl+S): Saves a file under the same name and file type it currently has.

• Save As (Ctrl+A): Saves a file.  A new name and/or file type can be chosen using this command.

• Page Setup (no hot key): Allows the user to select printing options, including the page width and height, portrait or landscape print mode, vertical and horizontal margins.  The Print Frame option permits fiducial frame corners as well as tactile bar code and index information to be added by ViewPlus embossers.

• Print (Ctrl+P): Prints or embosses the current file.

• Recent (no hot key): Opens a drop down menu listing recent files in chronological order.   One may be opened by clicking it.

• Preferences (no hot key): Allows the user to change pointer size, toggle the print text as pattern option on and off, and change zoom and pan command step sizes.  Users can choose different menu and screen views.  The Windows file dialogue option, fixed screen mode and the 'Accessibility View' is recommended for people with severe print disabilities. The font parameters for the status bar may be changed, and people using self-voicing can choose not to self-voice the print dialog - which is automatically spoken by screen readers.

• Exit (Alt+F4): Closes the Creator.

• Undo - Allows user to undo previous action.  This useful tool lists the name of the action just taken, so the user can determine what will be changed. 
  

• Redo - If the user edits with the undo and wants to return to the previous view, clicking on this function will go back to the previous view.
  

• Edit Object (Alt+Enter): Allows the user to edit the currently-selected object's attributes, including the title and description text fields. The text in the title field is read by the program when the object is selected. The text in the description field is read when a user selects 'Say Selection.  Other object properties may be edited by selecting the advanced tab.

• Repair Text (no hot key): Checks the text of the current file and repairs errors. This is needed for SVG files made by converting PDF, Visio, and possibly other graphic files having embedded fonts.
  

• Delete Object (Ctrl+Shift+Delete): Deletes the selected object.  NOTE: There is no undo button.  Please be sure you have selected the correct object before deleting. If you accidentally delete an object, do not save the file. Reload it. It should reload the file you were working on in the state it was in when last saved.

• Convert to Overlay (Ctrl+Shift+O): Converts the selected object to an overlay object so that objects behind it may be seen through it.

• Say Selection (Ctrl+D): Causes the IVEO application to read the title and description fields of the currently-selected object. When text is selected, this command causes the entire text object to be read.  Typically, text objects in graphics are a single word or group of words forming a label.  The object could be a line or even a full paragraph for standard text, so CTRL-b typically reads more than just the text that is selected.

• Select Text (Ctrl+T): Allows the user to more easily locate text by increasing the pointer size to search for text only. After choosing this option, the user should touch near where the text is believed to be and continue touching until the program reads the text. The text is now selected.

• Select Elements (Ctrl+E): Allows the user to select multiple elements at once.

• Pickup Shape Style (no hot key): Imports the fill and line properties of the next object selected.

• Find Element (F3): Assists the user in locating an element tactually.  A dialog box opens in which the user can select the element he or she wishes to find.  The user then presses anywhere on the Touchpad and the IVEO program directs the user which way to move his or her finger to reach the element.  When the user has touched the element, the IVEO program states that the element has been found.

• Text (Ctrl+Shift+T): Switches to add text mode. Adds text objects one at a time until the space bar is pressed.

• Rectangle (Ctrl+Shift+R): Switches to rectangle mode. Allows the user to add any number of rectangles as separate objects. The rectangles are outlines only.  Rectangle mode continues until the space bar is pressed.

• Oval (Ctrl+Shift+C): Switches to oval mode. Adds ovals, one at a time, which become separate objects. The ovals are outlines only; pressing inside an oval will not make the program speak. Oval mode can be ended by pressing space.

• Polyline (Ctrl+Shift+P): Switches to polyline mode. Allows the user to draw freeform lines which then become separate objects. Polyline mode continues until the space bar is pressed. Among other uses, the polyline option may be used for adding signatures to documents to be printed.

• Filled Polyline (Ctrl+Shift+L): Switches to filled polyline (or filled freeform shape) mode. Filled polyline mode can be ended by pressing the space bar.

• Image (Ctrl+Shift+I): Allows the user to add an image to a file. 

• Selection Mode (Space): Brings the user out of Add Menu modes and allows the user to once again select objects to hear them read.

• Move Selected Objects:  Allows the user to click on an object and move the object to a new location.  To move several objects at the same time, click on the first object, hold down the Control (Ctrl) key and click on any additional objects.  All the objects should have a box around them and may be moved. 
  

• Rotate Selected Objects:  Allows the user to click on an object and rotate it. 
  

• Scale Selected Objects:  Allows the user to click on an object and change the size.  Drag the corner to maintain the same shape.  To enlarge one dimension, use one of the points on the side of the object and drag the side until the object is the desired size.
  

• Fit to Window (Ctrl+Page Up): Places the full figure in its original size along the left edge of the window.

• Fit Selection to Window (Ctrl+Shift+Page Up): Fits the outer dimensions of the selected object to the outer dimensions of the screen so that either the length or width of the selected object matches the corresponding dimension of the window.

• Zoom Rectangle (Shift+Page Up): Allows the user to select two points diagonal from each other, defining a rectangle. The rectangle will then behave as an object selected for the 'Fit Selection to Window' command.  When accessibility mode is used, users are asked to confirm points with the spacebar.

• Zoom In (Page Up): Increases the size of the image so that more detail can be viewed.

• Zoom Out (Page Down): Decreases the size of the image.

• Pan Left (Crtl+Left arrow): Moves the entire image farther to the left of the screen.

• Pan Right (Ctrl+Right arrow): Moves the entire image farther to the right of the screen.

• Pan Up (Ctrl+Up arrow): Moves the entire image farther up on the screen.

• Pan Down (Ctrl+Down arrow): Moves the entire image farther down on the screen.

• Next Page:  Moves to the next page in a multiple page document.

• Previous Page: Moves to the previous page in a multiple page document.

• Go To Page:  Moves to selected page.

• Open Barcode Library (no hot key): Opens a bar code library, making it the currently active library for recalling images from bar code or index.

• Save Barcode Library As (no hot key): Saves currently active bar code library with a different name and/or in a different location.  Library is updated to reflect any change in location.

• Recent Barcode Library (no hot key): Shows list of recent bar code libraries, permitting one in the list to be selected to change currently active library.

• Edit Barcode Library (Ctrl+Shift+B): Permits bar code library to be edited.  A table shows the index number, the file name, and an optional title and description for each entry. 

• Tab moves from table to the various buttons and back.  Arrows move across rows and up/down columns. 
• Press Ctrl+E or Alt+Enter to open an entry for editing.   Press Esc to escape without saving changes, Enter to exit and save changes.  Full path name is shown when entering file.
• Ctrl+O opens currently selected file, but focus stays in edit dialog.
• Ctrl+Delete deletes current row.
• Ctrl+S sorts entries by data in current column.

• Toggle Speech (Ctrl+Alt+S): Turns speech off if it is currently on or on if it is currently off.

• Speech Settings (Ctrl+Shift+S): Opens a dialog box which allows the user to change the Creator's voice to any voice installed on the user's system. Users can also use the speech settings function to change the speed or pitch of the speech. A test button is available on the dialog box so that users may hear the speech produced by their choice of settings before applying it.

• Elements List (Shift+E): Displays the graphics element tree of the current file.  Elements can be selected and edited using this command.

• Shape Style Chooser (Shift+C): Allows the user to change fill and line properties of existing objects or to set the properties desired for objects he/she plans to draw.  Alterable properties include fill or line presence, color and opacity, and line width.

• Speech Overview (F2): Opens a dialog box that displays the last 25 spoken items.  Useful for reviewing long descriptions and checking spelling of words.

• Debug Output (no hot key): Displays the debug output in a separate window.  Usually used for troubleshooting.

• Toolbar (no hot key): Shows or hides the Creator toolbar.  Hiding prevents accidental activation by blind users.

• Restore: Returns the window to its original size from its maximized size.

• Minimize: Minimizes the Creator window so that it only appears as an icon in the Windows task bar.

• Maximize: Maximizes the Creator window so that it fills the whole screen.

• Calibrate from Current Image (Ctrl+U): Allows the user to calibrate the screen display to the Touchpad by touching the top left and lower right frame corners of the current image on the IVEO Touchpad.

• Print Calibration Pattern (no hot key): Print calibration pattern for calibrating screen display to IVEO Touchpad - alternative to calibrating with an image made from some file.

• Calibrate Touchpad (no hot key): Calibrates screen display from calibration image on IVEO Touchpad.

• Print Touchpad Setup Pattern (no hot key): Prints pattern for initial setup of IVEO Touchpad. See Touchpad setup instructions.

• Print Initial IVEO Touchpad Setup Pattern (no hot key): Prints pattern for initial setup of IVEO Touchpad. See Touchpad setup instructions.

• About (no hot key): Displays the opening splash screen, which gives software information including the version number and user license number.

• Help (F1): Brings up this manual.

• Online Help (Ctrl+F1): Brings up the ViewPlus support page from which one can obtain online tutorials and other support for IVEO Creator and Viewer.

1. Open the IVEO Creator or Viewer program.  If speech is on, it will say "Welcome to IVEO" when loading is complete.

2. Open the USAMap.svg file contained in the C:Program FilesViewPlussamples folder or the C:Program FilesViewPlusIVEOCreatorsamples folder.  When the file is opened, the program will say, "Document loaded title USA map" if speech is on.

3. For users who need tactile copy, the map must either already be available as a tactile copy or it must be embossed on a ViewPlus embosser.  If you wish to emboss it, check the page setup parameters, then print to a ViewPlus embosser.  Go to the 'Page Setup' item in the File menu.  8.5 x 11 or A4 Braille paper is recommended.  Set the paper size, make sure that landscape mode is selected, and set the margins to whatever you find most comfortable.  The left margin should be at least 0.75 inches, and the top margin at least 0.5 inches.  Minimum right and bottom margins of 0.25 inches are recommended.  Be sure that the 'Print Frame' option is selected, that the paper size is set correctly in the printer properties and that the ViewPlus embosser is on with the correct paper loaded.  Then print to that ViewPlus embosser.

4. Calibrate your embossed printout to the screen if the screen display has not already been calibrated.   Clamp the map you just embossed onto the IVEO Touchpad with the Braille index and figure title under the clamp on the left side and the tactile barcode dots at the top of the Touchpad.

5. Explore the map using the mouse, the stylus of a Tablet PC, a touch screen monitor, or by pressing objects of the tactile printout on an IVEO Touchpad.  Any action equivalent to a mouse-down will select text or an object and, if speech is on, cause the text or the title of the object to be spoken.  On touch screens or Touchpads, only one point should be pressed at a time.  The IVEO application will read the titles for each state on the USA map as they are selected.

6. Use the zoom functions to get a closer look.

Some of the states, especially in the Northeast, are small. In the printout of the entire country on one page, it can be difficult to tell where one state ends and the next begins. You can get a closer look in several ways.

Zoom in on a particular state

First, you can zoom in on a particular state. Touch the state on the Touchpad to select it. When the program reads the state's name, the state is selected. To zoom in on that state, press Alt+V to open the View menu. Select the menu item 'Fit selection to window'.  This will expand the state to the point that it fills the entire screen. To examine this zoomed in view of the state with the Touchpad, print it, remove the copy of the full USA map from the Touchpad and replace it with the new print out.  It is often useful to zoom out one or two steps with Page Down before printing to reduce the size of the object a bit in order to include portions of all the states around it.

Zoom in on a particular region

If you want to get closer up but want to include a number of states, you can zoom in on a rectangular area you specify. To do this, press Shift+Page Up or enter the View menu and select the 'Zoom rectangle' item. The IVEO application will say "Select corners of rectangle to zoom in." Select two corners of the rectangle, diagonal from each other. For example, choose the top right corner of the print rectangle at the top of Maine and then press somewhere inside Tennessee. This will provide a larger, easier to explore map of the Northeast. Now you can emboss the zoomed in view of the region and explore it on the Touchpad just like you did with the entire map before.  In accessibility view, users will be asked to confirm selections with the spacebar.

7. Use the pan commands to perfect the examination area.

If you've zoomed in on an area, but you decide you'd like to view the states above, below or to the sides of it, simply use the 'Pan Up', 'Pan Down', 'Pan Left' or 'Pan Right' commands in the View menu or their hot keys (Ctrl+arrow in the direction of the pan). Choosing 'Pan Up' will move the entire picture up on the screen (and therefore show more of the states below the area you were looking at). The other Pan commands work similarly.  The relative size of the zoom or pan steps is user-definable in the Preferences item in the file menu.

8. Return the view to the original view.

If you've zoomed in, but now you want to work with the entire map again, it's easy to return to the original view. Press Ctrl+Page Up or open the View menu, then select the 'Fit to window' menu item. This will return the file to the way it was when you opened it.

9. Switch between print outs.

If you've returned to the entire map view, but you want to take another look at one of the close up maps you embossed, just reopen the zoomed in view.  You can also reopen the full USA map at a later time when some other file may be loaded.  Place the printout you want to examine on your Touchpad. Press Ctrl+B or select the 'Open from barcode' item in the File menu and press Enter. The IVEO program will say "Touch first barcode point." The three barcode points are the three embossed dots located along the top edge of the print out above the image. Touch the one farthest to the left. IVEO will prompt you to "Press space to confirm." If you touched the correct spot, press the space bar to move on to the next point. IVEO will then say "Touch second barcode point." Touch the middle barcode point and then the space bar to confirm it as prompted. The program will say "Touch third barcode point." Touch the barcode dot farthest to the right and press the space bar to confirm it. The program will say "barcode reading finished" and the view of your print out will automatically load in the Creator. 

If IVEO does not recognize the barcode, it will say "No data found for this barcode."  This may be because the Touchpad read a touch as a barcode point you didn't intend. Try opening from the barcode again.  Alternatively the "Open from Index" item may be used to open the file for an existing printout.  Recalling the file and zoom parameters is possible only if the printout has been made on the computer where it is viewed or if the bar code library is transferred along with the SVG file from computer to computer.

10. Open a new file.

You don't need to close the file you're using to open a new file, but only one file can be open at a time. When you open a new file, the program will automatically close the old one for you. If you are using Creator and have made changes to a file other than changing the view, you will be reminded to save your file.  You will lose changes if you do not save the file before opening a new one. You can not save different views of a file, but you do not need to if you keep the printed copies of the views because you can recall the views directly from the printouts.  The program will save any changes you've made in the original view.

11. Close IVEO.

When you've finished using IVEO, you can close it by selecting 'Exit' in the File menu or by pressing Alt+F4.

Note: We have pointed out only a few of the hot keys such as Ctrl+B for bar code and Alt+F4 for exit. Most menu items have shortcut keys that you can learn from the "IVEO Creator Command Overview".