RealSAM Frequently Asked Questions

It’s super easy to access the Magnifier on a RealSAM device. 

1. Press the ‘tap to talk button’ and say, ‘Open Magnifier,’ or ‘Magnifier.’ 
2. RealSAM will say, ‘Magnifier starting,’ and you’re ready to zoom in.

There are two ways to zoom in and out. 

1. Open magnifier and pinch out (spread your index finger apart from your thumb) on the touch screen to zoom in. Pinch your fingers together on the touch screen to zoom out. 
2. Open magnifier and hold your handset in landscape orientation. Touch the side of the screen closest to the lanyard. There will be three buttons on this side: the Zoom In button (+), the Freeze button, and the Zoom Out button (-). 

Tap the Zoom In (+) button and RealSAM will say, ‘Zoom in,’ as you zoom in. 

Tap the Zoom out (-) button and RealSAM will say, “Zoom out,’ as you zoom out. 

Pocket will tell you when you’ve reached the limit of zooming in or zooming out by saying, ‘limit reached.’

Open magnifier and tap anywhere on the middle of the screen. When you do this Pocket will say, ‘Focus.’ This will give you a clearer picture of what you’re looking at. 

When you press the Freeze button, the built-in magnifier will capture whatever you’re looking at, kind of like taking a temporary picture.

For example, if you were using your magnifier to read a label, you can press the Freeze button so you can read the label on the screen without having the handset pointed directly at it. 

When an image is frozen, you will be able to zoom in and out. You will also be able to increase and decrease the contrast and brightness and change the colour of the image to the one you can see best.

Press the button again and it will unfreeze and go back to normal view. Pocket will let you know when you Freeze and Unfreeze.

1. While the image is frozen, hold the handset in portrait orientation with the lanyard at the bottom. 
2. Locate the menu by sliding your finger on the touch screen towards the top left side. Listen for RealSAM to say, ‘Show menu.’ 
3. Open the menu. When you hear RealSAM say, ‘Show menu,’ lift your finger off the screen and the options will appear. 
4. Select what you would like to adjust from the menu. Slide your finger through the menu and listen as the options are read aloud. When you hear the one you want, select it by lifting your finger off the screen. The menu will automatically close, and the image will be adjusted. 

Repeat these steps to make additional adjustments to the image.  

With Text Recognition, RealSAM can read aloud text on everyday items like signs, labels, instructions, mail, and handwritten notes. You can access this feature from the built-in magnifier. 

1. Press the ‘tap to talk’ button and say, ‘Open magnifier.’ 
2. Hold your handset about 15 – 20cm away from an object and point the camera towards the text you want read aloud, for example a Birthday card. 
3. Press the Freeze button. RealSAM will say, ‘Frozen.’ 
4. Locate the Action button. If you’re holding the handset in portrait orientation with the lanyard at the bottom, the Action button is on the top middle of the screen. Slide your finger towards the top middle of the screen until you hear RealSAM say, ‘Show action.’ Lift your finger off the screen and two options will appear. 
5. Slide your finger down to the first option; you will hear the option ‘Text Recognition.’ Select it by lifting your finger off the screen.
6. RealSAM will say, ‘Sending your request. Image is processing. Processing finished.’ Then it will start reading the text.
7. You can reread, pause and resume the reading by tapping the screen. The text can be reread until you press the Unfreeze button.

With Object Recognition, Pocket can help you identify things and give you a sense of your surroundings. This feature can be accessed in the built-in magnifier. 

1. Press the ‘tap to talk’ button and say, ‘Open magnifier.’
2. Hold your handset with Pocket’s camera pointing towards the object or the area you want to know about.
3. Press the Freeze button. This button is located on the middle bottom of the screen if you are holding the phone in portrait orientation. If you’re holding the phone in landscape orientation, it will be on the right side where the lanyard is attached.  
4. While on Frozen Mode, slide your finger up to the middle top where the Action button is located. When you hear RealSAM say, ‘Show actions,’ lift your finger off the screen and two options will appear. 
5. Select the second option, Object Recognition, by lifting your finger off the screen. You will hear several objects identified. For example: ‘Furniture, wood, table, mug, beverage.’