Quick guide

Getting started

Tap on the icon

If a Mac is used, make sure "Mac OS X screen sharing" is enabled. Hereafter use section "Server configuration" to define which Mac or PC to use.

At the top of the screen is an icon . Tap it, to make a connection to your Mac or PC.

Barcode to text

Use the camera to scan barcodes.

•   If the barcode cannot be scanned, type the barcode manually.
•   Turn on/off the light.
•   Cancel the scanning.

Image to text

Use the camera as a OCR reader, and convert an image to simple text.

• Holding the iPad/iPhone in portrait mode, gives the best result.
• Make sure the text is horizontal.
• Use a clear white background and a black font.
• Select only the area with text to translate.

•  Start processing the image.
•  Select an area to use. A smaller area gives a faster result.
•  Rotate image to the right. The text must be horizontal before it can be processed.
•  Rotate image to the left. The text must be horizontal before it can be processed.
•   Cancel the scanning.

Speech to text

Use the screen keyboard or the speech to text (Siri) function to input text.

Mac configuration

• Mac IP address or name: Name of the Mac computer. Either:
  • A TCP/IP address as 192.168.2.1
  • DNS name as funfun.no-ip.org
  • NETBIOS name. Must start with a /
  • Bonjour name. Must start with a #
  Use the blue (i) icon to make a local network search.
  
• Port number:Port number for the session. As default Mac OS X uses port 5900.
• Mac OS X User ID:It is the normal user ID on the Mac. Both the user ID and password are send in a 128 bit encryption frame.
• Mac OS X password: Password for the above user. If the user is defined without a password on the Mac, use a single # character. Keep this field empty, and Mocha Input will request the password on every connect request.
• Keyboard: Type of keyboard on the Mac.
• Auto connect: If a session should be started when the App starts.

Screen sharing configuration

In Mac OS X System Preferences, select Sharing



Enable Screen Sharing The IP address and bonjour name for the Mac can also be seen in the window.

PC configuration

• PC IP address or name: Name of the VNC server. Either:
  • A TCP/IP address as 192.168.2.1
  • DNS name as funfun.no-ip.org
  • NETBIOS name. Must start with a /
  Use the blue (i) icon to make a local network search.
  
• Port number:Port number for the session. As default Windows servers use port 5900, and Linux/UNIX port 5901.
• VNC password:VNC Server password. A password is send encrypted on session start. Keep this field empty, and Mocha Input will request the password on every connect request. (# = none).
• Auto connect: If a session should be started when the App starts.

VNC Server

On the PC install a VNC server

There are 3 major VNC servers for Windows XP,7/8/10 and Vista:

name	link	license
RealVNC	realvnc.com	commercial
UltraVNC	uvnc.com	free, open source
TightVNC	tightvnc.com	free, open source

Barcode Preferences

• Barcode types: List of supported barcodes.
• Beep: Sound is used after the scan has been completed
• Vibrate: Device will vibrate after the scan has been completed
• Barcode ignore first : Do not read the first character in a barcode scanning.
• Barcode ignore last : Do not read the last character in a barcode scanning.
• Send ENTER after a barcode scan : Action to take after a single scan.
• Send TAB after a barcode scan : Action to take after a single scan.
• Save barcodes to history: always write a copy to the history container.

OCR Preferences

• OCR language: Select language for the text to translate.
• Using existing Photo: If a pop up menu should be shown, as to select if photo from iOS "Photos" should be used
• Barcode configuration: How to process barcode data.
• Remove empty lines: If the scanner should ignore empty lines in the result.