Actually, I think I figured it out! I purchased the bookreading aide after I got the stand, so I hadn't put the stand together with the aide and that was what was confusing me.
Thanks for the instructions and suggestions Richard. I appreciate it. Jen On 3/12/16, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > It sounds like you need sighted help. Maybe someone who could watch the > video? > > > > A rectangle, by definition, has two short sides and two long sides. > > If you got the Book Reading Aid, the Stand came with it most likely and it > is stuck to the stand with the microsuction tape but if you pull up on it it > will separate but it takes a bit of force. Of course, you want to make sure > you are pulling on the right item, hence, maybe needing someone sighted to > assist. > > > > Or, do you use Be My Eyes or one of those that can get sighted help via the > iPhone? > > > > Or, have a sighted friend who has an iPhone or Skype that you can connect > to? > > > > I’m totally blind, so I can’t be of much more help. > > > > Richard > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Jenifer Barr > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Setting up fopydo and bookreading aid? > > > > Hi Richard. Thanks for the instructions. > > They're not making sense. My foam pads only rotate one way... Away from the > base... The base meaning the book reading aid... Right? Lift the stand off > the base? I can't. Longer side facing me? It's like a rectangle. Sorry... > Just confused. Lol. > > Help? > > Jenifer Barr > > Jenifer571 on dice world > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 12, 2016, at 12:20 PM, Richard Turner <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > I’ll put the link and then copy the text below each item. > > > > Fopydo Stand instructions and video can be found at: > > http://fopydo.com/scanningstandfortheblind > > > > As you remove a folded stand from the zip-lock bag hold it in your hands by > shorter edges. The side with wires should be in your left hand and the wires > should be facing down. Reach with your right hand thumb towards the top > center of the stand and press the tab in the center to unlock. Please note > that when you fold the stand for storage or transport you can push the tab > back to lock it in a folded form. > > Now open the top part of the stand - it unfolds into one layer of corrugated > plastic. Hold the short edge with wires in your left hand and the short edge > with a tab in the center in your right hand. With your right hand bend the > right part of the stand at the crease placed around six inches from the > right short edge. > > Now hold the folded crease in your right hand. In other words you should > hold a crease with two layers of corrugated plastic in your right hand and > the short edge with wires in a single layer of corrugated plastic in your > left hand. Start pushing the crease forward with your right hand forming a > triangular shelf till the tab reaches the cut-out for locking the shelf. The > center tab snaps into the cut-out and forms the shelf for your mobile > device. > > Now turn the stand so that the shelf is at the top and the wires are at the > bottom. Turn the wires by 90 degrees in the same direction as the top shelf > - the wires form the base of the stand. Press the wires all the way into the > flutes of corrugated plastic. Place the stand on a flat surface. > > <image001.jpg> > > The top shelf of the assembled stand is 10.5 inches from the surface. This > is a proper distance to scan a letter or A4 size document using an iPhone 6 > or an iPhone 5 - so if this is your goal you do not need to extend L-shaped > wires. If you are using an iPhone 4s, or if you want to scan larger > documents you need to extend the wires from the vertical back side of the > stand. The vertical back side of the stand contains three round cut-outs > half inch in diameter near the top shelf along right and left edges. These > cut-outs are 1 inch apart and wires run near the middle of the cut-outs. In > order to read a letter size document with an iPhone 4s extend the wires by 1 > inch on both sides - till you feel the wire tips in the middle of the first > pair of cut-outs (right and left) placed one inch below the top shelf. You > may extend the wires further the second or the third cut-out in order to > read larger size documents. > > Now place your stand on a stable flat surface. Place your mobile device on > the top shelf of the stand. The long edge of the mobile device should be > placed along the flutes of corrugated plastic and the camera should be about > half inch in front of the half circle guide on the edge of the top shelf. > There are several rectangular cut-outs along the edges of the top shelf > intended to help in placing your mobile device straight. In addition, there > is a section of non-slip micro suction tape on the top shelf to secure your > mobile device in place. > > Place your document between the wires, a shorter edge of the document should > be next to the vertical back side of the stand. Now the camera that is > placed half an inch in front of the half circle guide points to the middle > of the letter or A4 size document. > > <image002.jpg> > > We hope that the stand will serve you well that it will make it easy for you > to read documents. > > > > > > Book Reading Aid video and instructions can be found here: > > http://fopydo.com/bookreadingaid > > > > Assembly Instructions: > > If you plan to use the stand without the base, the stand can be erected > after removal from the base. In this case, instructions for rotating the > foam pads can be ignored. If you are using the stand only, any instructions > for the base can also be ignored. Place a folded book reading aid on the > table with the flat side down. Rotate it so that the longer edge is facing > you. Slide out the foam pad on the side that is further from you till it is > clear off the base. The foam pad is connected to the base using wires that > slide out. You can push the pad out using your thumbs and use your fingers > to hold the edge of the base. Do not remove the wires from the base, just > slide the wires out till the foam pad is entirely clear off the base. Rotate > the foam pad till the side with foam points towards the base. The rotation > is a 270 degree rotation, the foam pad is now 90 degrees from the base. > > NOTE: the foam pad rotates in one direction only, towards the base. There > are breaking tabs to prevent the foam pad from making a complete circle. The > tabs stop the pad from moving while securing book pages from moving. The > tabs also aid in determining the direction of rotation. Rotate the base so > that the side with the rotated foam pad is facing you. Slide the second foam > pad out till it is clear off the base. Rotate the second foam pad till the > side with foam points towards the base. Lift the stand off the base. > > NOTE: The stand is held in place by foam pads for transport or storage. Once > foam pads are extended off the base, the stand can be lifted. Micro-suction > tape on the side of the stand facing the base may adhere slightly to the > base and you may hear a sound once the micro-suction tape gets detached. > > The stand needs to be erected. First hold the stand vertically on the short > edge so that the stand wires are on the table and the short edge with the > hinge is at the top. Rotate both stand wires by 90 degrees towards the side > of the stand without wires. > > NOTE: Wires support the stand in a vertical position. The wires and the > vertical support now make an L shape. > > If you purchased the stand separately from the base, the wires have vinyl > end caps. You need to remove the vinyl end caps from the wire tips to use > the stand with the base. Pull the end caps off the wires. Fold the side of > the stand without wires in half towards the side with wires. A tab at the > end of the side without wires goes into a matching opening on the side with > wires -- this opening is located about 3 inches below the top hinge. > > NOTE: This last step creates a top shelf for placing the mobile device. > Before the first time the stand is folded the fold line will feel like a > slightly indented ridge. Fold the stand along this indented line so that the > line is on the inside of the fold. When completed the hinge and the shelf > and slanting support will make a triangle. The hinge and the vertical > support will be at 90 degrees from the short part of the folded side of the > stand, with the folded part of this side angling towards the vertical > support and down towards the wire supports. The top part of this triangle is > the shelf. The micro suction tape can be felt on the top part of the shelf > near the tactile marker. Combine the stand with the base by sliding the wire > tips into the marked notches on the short edge of the base. The notches are > located on both short sides of the base, so either side may be used. Leave a > gap about two inches wide between the vertical wall of the stand and base. > This gap facilitates fitting a book on the base. There are tactile marker > holes on the vertical support of the stand to help in raising the shelf > level. The wires will fill all of these holes when the stand is not raised > to increase its height. > > > > Operation Instructions: > > Slide the foam pads out as necessary, if the spine of the book does not fit > easily between the foam pads. Open the book approximately in the middle and > place the spine of the book in the middle of the foam pads. Slide the pads > in to hold the book in place. > > NOTE: Books are widest when open in the middle because the width of the > spine is added to the width of the front cover and the back cover. > > The base is close in size to an international A4 or a US letter size sheet > of paper. If the book fits entirely on the base it can be read like a sheet > of paper. In this case, slide the stand wires all the way towards the base. > Place your mobile device on the top shelf of the stand. The camera of your > mobile device should be about a finger width in front of a tactile marker in > the middle of the top shelf. The short edge of your mobile device should > reach over the ledge of the top shelf. If the book does not fit entirely on > the base, let the same width hang out on each side. Slide the stand wires > until the vertical wall of the stand touches the book's cover. You need to > raise the stand up by about the same distance that the book cover hangs out > beyond the base. Place your mobile device on the top shelf of the stand. The > camera of your mobile device should be about the same distance in front of a > tactile marker in the middle of the top shelf that the book cover hangs out > beyond the base - in this way the camera is above the middle of the book. > The short edge of your mobile device should reach over the ledge of the top > shelf. If you scan a batch of documents the placement of the camera is the > same as for the book that fits entirely on the base. Turn the book to the > first page and start reading page by page using your application of choice. > You may loosen one of the foam pads to make it easier to turn the book from > the middle to the first page. The best way to turn a page is to slide your > finger below the page towards the spine of the book and then across to the > other side, let the foam pad hold the page once it turns over. If you have a > problem reading a thicker book, just raise the stand about an inch more > without moving the camera. > > > > Document orientation: > > For single sheets or a stack of single pages, place the material to be > scanned so the bottom of the text is furthest from the stand vertical > support and towards the open wire ends. The document should fit between the > wire supports and the top of page or pages should touch the vertical > support. If you are using the stand with the base and scanning a single > sheet or a stack of papers, the top of the text should be nearest the > vertical support and the bottom of the text will be on the side of the base > opposite the vertical support. Make sure the foam pads are off the base so > the documents can rest flat on the base. If you want to secure a stack of > papers, you can use the foam pads to secure a thick stack of papers. The > foam pads secure the stack of papers on the left and right edges of the > document. > > NOTE: This orientation is different from scanning a book. When a book is > scanned it is secured at the top and bottom with the spine of the book in > the center of the foam pads. > > To scan a book, place the book so that the top and bottom of the pages are > towards the foam pads. The left page should be towards the vertical support, > and the right page should be on the side nearest the open side. All text > should be facing up. > > NOTE: knfbReader and TextGrabber applications identify text orientation > automatically, so if you are using these applications text will be read even > if documents or books are placed upside-down. > > > > Dis-Assembly Instructions: > > Disconnect the stand from the base by sliding out the stand wires from the > base. Remove the tab locking the top shelf of the stand. > > NOTE: First lift the tab up and then remove it from the opening. > > Rotate the stand wires by 90 degrees and fold the stand flat. > > NOTE: There is a locking tab at the center of the side with wires. This > locking tab may be pushed through a matching opening on the side without > wires to keep both sides locked - this is useful when the stand is > transported without the base. You can also do this if you want the extra > security when storing the stand on the base. If you have vinyl end caps, you > can replace them on the stand if you used it with the base by pushing the > end caps on to the wires. Slide both foam tabs out off the base and then > rotate foam pads so that the side with the foam is facing down, to reduce > the height. Foam pads rotate out in the direction away from the base. > > Place a folded stand on the base, the side with the wires should be on top. > The side without wires has a strip of micro suction tape attached to it. The > micro suction tape will not collect dust when it is on the base. However, if > necessary, the micro suction strip may be cleaned using a moist paper towel > or cloth. The stand is made of corrugated plastic that is water resistant, > but avoid soaking the stand itself since the stand would have to dry before > it can be used to read documents. The micro-suction tape is used to help > holding the device in place while scanning. Slide both foam pads on top of > the folded stand, onto the base. > > NOTE: Foam pads keep the folded stand in place on the base. The zip-lock bag > protects the Fopydo Book Reading Aid from moisture. 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