Resources to Help with Installation and Setup
This article describes how to use the Kaptivo Solo application for PC/Mac. Before using this article, you may wish to read these separate articles:
Installing Kaptivo Solo on your PC/Mac:
Hardware Setup for Kaptivo Solo:
Launching Kaptivo Solo
Once Kaptivo Solo has been successfully installed, the application can be launched by double-clicking on the Kaptivo Solo icon. To find the Kaptivo Solo icon on your machine:
- Windows 10 users may need to navigate to 'Program Files'.
- MacOS users may need to navigate to 'Applications' either via the LaunchPad icon or via Finder.
List of Functions / Screens
- Initial Screen for Alpha Testers
- Sign-In Screen
- Selecting the Camera
- Auto-Detecting the Content Area
- Manually Detecting the Content Area
- Viewing the Content
- Rotating the Camera View
- Flipping the Camera View
- Ghost Image (Transparent Image Overlay)
- Snapshot
- End Live View
- Leave Feedback
Initial Screen for Alpha Testers
The alpha version of the Kaptivo Solo application is a special version made for people who have agreed to take part in our Alpha Test Program. This special, pre-release version of the application includes built in features that shares data (including camera images) with Kaptivo to help with debug and feature improvement. It requires users to accept the Kaptivo Solo Alpha Tester Agreement as shown on the following screen:
Sign-In Screen
The Sign-In screen for Kaptivo Solo is shown below. For the full version of the application, this will be the screen where a user enters the username and password associated with their Kaptivo Solo account and signs in. If a user, doesn't yet have a Kaptivo Solo account, they will have the options to create an account here.
Note: With the alpha version of the application, the account details are hard-coded to 'Alpha Tester' and the user simply needs to click 'Sign In' to get started.
Upon signing in, the user then finds themselves at the 'calibration' page of the application, as shown below:
Selecting the Camera
The Application will automatically select a camera from the list of cameras recognised by the computer OS. The name of the current camera will be displayed at the top of the image. To select a different camera, click the 'Camera' button and select from the list of available cameras by clicking on the camera you want. See below:
Auto-Detecting the Content Area
Auto-detection of the paper or whiteboard is triggered by pressing the 'Detect' button as shown below:
Manually Detecting the Content Area
If manual detection doesn't work properly, or if you prefer to set manually, you can position the corners of the detection area by clicking and dragging, as shown below:
Viewing the Content
Once the content area has been correctly defined, the next step is to click the 'Start' button in the 'View Content' section of the menu bar, as shown below:
Clicking on the 'Start' button results in the 'Live Content' window being shown. If the content is not orientated correctly, the user may need to rotate or flip the camera view (or both).
Rotating the Camera View
If the image looks to be rotated incorrectly, as shown below, then use the 'Rotate' button to change it.
Flipping the Camera View
If the image looks to be flipped (left-to-right) incorrectly, as shown below, then use the 'Flip' button to change it.
Ghost Image (Transparent Image Overlay)
By default, Kaptivo Solo runs with 'Ghost Image' enabled, which means that in addition to displaying the processed image, with text enhanced, a live view of the camera is shown overlaid as a semi-transparent layer. This has two useful benefits; firstly, it allows writing to seen instantaneously, rather than waiting a couple of seconds for the image enhancement to complete; and secondly, it allows the user to point to things on the screen without the finger or pointing implement to be part of the enhanced image. (See image below.)
Note: if the hand is held still for several seconds, then the system will assume that it is part of the created content and will attempt to enhance it. Removing the hand from the scene will cause any unwanted foreground artefacts to disappear within a few seconds.
To turn off 'Ghost Image', click the Ghost button on the lower toolbar. This will result in just the the processed view being shown (see below). Pressing he Ghost button again will re-enable 'Ghost Image'.
Snapshot
When Kaptivo Solo is in 'Live View' mode as shown in the image above. Moving the mouse cursor anywhere on the application window will cause the toolbars to appear. Clicking the 'Snapshot' button will cause the current processed view to be saved as a .PNG format image in local storage. The default location for these snapshot images to be stored is:
- For Windows 10: ~\My Pictures\Kaptivo Solo Snapshots\
- For MacOS: ~/Pictures/Kaptivo Solo Snapshots/
Snapshots are automatically and sequentially named based on the date of capture. See example below:
End Live View
In order to exit 'Live View' mode, click the 'End' button as shown below. This will return the user to the 'Calibration' screen. At regular intervals, users will be asked to provide feedback on the application to help the team to improve the product. See next section on how to manually open the feedback page.
Leave Feedback
Users are encouraged to leave feedback about the Kaptivo Solo application and overall user-experience. We are especially interested to learn what went well, what didn't work as expected and what is missing from a user's point-of-view. Clicking the feedback button in the top right corner of the tool bar will bring up the feedback screen. Users have the option of including their email address so that the product team can follow up with them to discuss potential changes and preview improvements.
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