IRIS IRISPen Translator 6 User manual
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Table of Contents
Copyrights.....................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1 Introducing the IRISPen........................................................................ 3
What is the IRISPen?............................................................................................. 3
How does it work?................................................................................................. 6
The steps to follow................................................................................................. 9
Chapter 2 Installation ........................................................................................... 11
System requirements............................................................................................ 11
Installing the IRISPen software ........................................................................... 11
Installing the pen scanner .................................................................................... 14
Uninstalling the IRISPen software....................................................................... 16
How to get product support?................................................................................ 17
How to register?................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 3 Starting up ........................................................................................... 19
Running the IRISPen........................................................................................... 19
User interface....................................................................................................... 21
Calibrating the pen scanner.................................................................................. 23
Changing the user interface language.................................................................. 25
The Scan Test window......................................................................................... 25
The IRISPen Wizard............................................................................................ 28
Chapter 3 Basic settings......................................................................................... 31
Reading options................................................................................................... 31
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Scan type.....................................................................................................................31
Language.....................................................................................................................32
Other............................................................................................................................34
Target................................................................................................................... 34
Scanning mode .................................................................................................... 36
Chapter 4 Frequent commands............................................................................. 37
Pen Buttons.......................................................................................................... 37
Delimiters ............................................................................................................ 39
Speech synthesis.................................................................................................. 42
Beep Sound.......................................................................................................... 43
Chapter 5 Learn how to........................................................................................ 45
Customize/save/reopen settings........................................................................... 45
Read numeric data ............................................................................................... 47
Read small print................................................................................................... 48
Scan multiple lines............................................................................................... 49
Scan from right to left.......................................................................................... 50
Define the symbol for unknown characters.......................................................... 51
Replace vertical lines........................................................................................... 52
Program hotkeys.................................................................................................. 54
Translate text ....................................................................................................... 55
Index........................................................................................................................ 59
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Copyrights
Copyrights ©1993-2007 I.R.I.S. All Rights Reserved.
The IRISPen Mini, the IRISPen Express, the IRISPen Executive, the IRISPen
Translator software were designed and developed by I.R.I.S. OCR ("Optical
Character Recognition") and Linguistic technology by I.R.I.S.
I.R.I.S. detains the copyrights of the IRISPen Mini software, the IRISPen
Express software, the IRISPen Executive software, the IRISPen Translator
software, Read & Speak, the PBR ("Pen Bar Code Reading") technology, the
PCR ("Pen Character Recognition") technology, the PHR ("Pen Handprinting
Recognition") technology, the linguistic technology, the on-line help system
and this manual.
The I.R.I.S. logo, IRISPen, PBR, PCR, I.R.I.S. Linguistic Technology and
Read & Speak are trademarks of I.R.I.S.
All other products mentioned in this user's guide are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
CE and FCC conformity
The IRISPen was tested to comply with the EEC standards (EMC Directive
89/336/EEC amended by 92/31/EEC & 93/68/EC) as well as the FCC
Standards for Home or Office Use (47 CFR Part 15 regulation & ANSI
C63.4).
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCING THE IRISPEN
WHAT IS THE IRISPEN?
The IRISPen is a hand-held pen scanner and software that allows
you to scan data and instantly convert it into real editable text
with the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology of
I.R.I.S. The result is directly available in any Windows or Mac
application.
Major applications
You will use the IRISPen to scan and enter into your active
application any of the following:
- notes and short entries like addresses, phone numbers, etc.,
- figures and tables from checks, invoices, bank statements, etc.,
- excerpts of texts from books, magazines, newspapers, etc.,
- small graphics like signatures, logos, handwritten notes, etc.
Depending on the IRISPen version used, you will also able to read
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barcodes, handprinting,dot matrix text, scan multiple lines at a
time, or even read out or translate the scanned lines.
The IRISPen series
Here is the IRISPen series. Each version offers a different range of
functionalities.
- IRISPen Mini (+ Asian version)
- IRISPen Express (+ Asian version)*
- IRISPen Executive (+ Asian version)*
- IRISPen Translator
(*) Available for Windows and for Mac OS X.
IRISPen Mini IRISPen Express IRISPen
Translator IRISPen
Executive
Basic features Basic features Basic features Basic features
User interface in
15 languages User interface in
15 languages User interface in
15 languages User interface in
15 languages
47 recognition
languages
+ 4 languages in
Asian version
(*)
121 recognition
languages
+ 4 languages in
Asian version (*)
121 recognition
languages
(**)
121 recognition
languages
+ 4 languages in
Asian version
(*)
Programmable
pen buttons: 4
possible
operations
(simple click
only)
Programmable pen
buttons: 5 possible
operations (simple
click only)
Programmable
pen buttons: 12
possible
operations
(simple and
double click)
Programmable
pen buttons: 13
possible
operations
(simple and
double click)
Customizable
hotkeys Customizable
hotkeys Customizable
hotkeys
Save default
settings Save default
settings Save default
settings
IRISPen Wizard IRISPen Wizard IRISPen Wizard
Replace vertical
lines Replace vertical
lines Replace vertical
lines
Delimiters Delimiters
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Multiline
scanning Multiline
scanning
Speech synthesis Speech synthesis
Image
adjustment
Replace
character string
Customizable
character subset
Reading of
handprinting
Reading of
dotmatrix
Reading of
barcodes
Reading of
CMC7
Translation of
recognized data
(*) The Asian version of the IRISPen allows you to recognize 4 additional
languages: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean.
(**) No Asian version available.
The pen scanner
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The IRISPen is a pen scanner that has the size and shape of a
highlighter. It connects to your computer's USB port and does not
require any external power supply. The IRISPen is equipped with a
scanning head and a line guide, a roller, and two programmable
buttons.
The line guide is used to properly position the pen on the line to be
captured.
The roller enables to easily roll the pen onto the paper and acts as a
start switch.
The two pen buttons are programmable.
When you press the IRISPen onto a piece of paper, you turn it on,
and when you lift the IRISPen away, the scanning ends. A green
beam lights up the text area as you scan it.
The OCR technology
The IRISPen integrates the latest OCR (Optical Character
Recognition) engine developed by I.R.I.S. It is able to recognize
lines of text with top accuracy in up to 125 languages. All
American and European languages are supported, including
Central-European languages. Greek, Turkish, the Cyrillic
("Russian") and the Baltic languages and Hebrew are also
supported. Optionally, the IRISPen reads Asian documents in
Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean.
The IRISPen reads virtually any font, in a wide variety of styles
and point sizes (from 8 to 20 points), as well as special characters,
reading marks, special symbols, and formatting elements such as
vertical lines separating table cells.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The IRISPen functions as a camera that sends an image to the
computer. The image is recognized by the recognition routines. The
"read" data is inserted in the target application.
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