Step-by-step instructions for using the CogniLens app.

Start by adjusting your settings.

1. Tap the CogniLens button in the lower right corner. The Settings appear at the bottom of the screen.
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2. Make adjustments until the sample text on screen is easier for you to read. You can modify common settings like font, font size, spacing, and page background color. In addition, you can experiment with adjustments for syllable division, selective uppercasing of confusable letters, and vowel color coding.
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3. Toggle the Touchwords button to play or silence audio when you tap each word.
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4. Once you adjust your reading settings to your liking, they are saved going forward. You can return and adjust them at any time.

Choose a File to read from your device.

1. Tap the Sidebar menu in the upper left corner.
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2. To open a file that is stored on your iPhone or iPad, tap Upload and choose a file (such as txt, rtf, doc, ePub, pptx, or pdf files).

3. Select a file to display with your personalized reading settings. We plan to release support for more file formats in the future, in addition to supporting embedded images. The current version supports text only.

Select text to Scan with the camera.

1. Tap the Camera button in the top menubar.

2. Find text in your environment, such as a book page, a worksheet, or a menu.

3. Position your camera over a page or block of nearby text. Hold the camera steady to target the area to scan.

4. Tap the Capture button.

Create a Note by typing or pasting text.

1. Tap the Sidebar menu in the upper left corner.

2. Tap New Note at the bottom of the window.

3. You can type text directly into the field or Paste from Clipboard to paste the most recent text that you cut or copied to the Clipboard on your device.

4. When you finish entering text in the field, tap the Next button.

5. Your text settings are applied to the text in the Note.

Access all of your saved file history.

1. Tap the Sidebar menu in the upper left corner.  

2. Open your saved Books (green), Files (red), Scans (yellow), and Notes (blue). Color coding is used to help you keep track.

3. Tap the three dots next to each item to rename or delete.