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  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Copyrights......................1 Chapter 1 Introducing the IRISPen............. 3 What is the IRISPen? ...................3 How does it work?..................5 The steps to follow..................8 Chapter 2 Installation ................. 11 System requirements ..................11 Installing the IRISPen for Mac OS X ............11 How to get product support? ..............12 How to register? ..................13 Chapter 3 Starting up .................
  • Page 4 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide Enabling speech synthesis ................34 Adjusting the image..................35 Chapter 5 Additional options ............. 39 Ending sound....................39 Left-handed scanning .................40 Vertical text (optional) ................41 Negative image...................42 Multiple lines .....................43 Small print....................44 Unknown symbol ..................45 Character conversion..................45 Table frame conversion ................47 Chapter 6 Saving settings..............

  • Page 5: Copyrights

    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 &...

  • Page 7: Chapter 1 Introducing The Irispen

    HAPTER IRISP NTRODUCING THE IRISP HAT IS THE 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.
  • Page 8 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide 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.

  • Page 9: How Does It Work

    1- I IRISP HAPTER NTRODUCING THE 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.
  • Page 10 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide in the center of the scanning head, directly under the guide line. ! Yellow is the IRISPen's invisible color. It cannot be picked up by the scanner. Do not scan any data printed in yellow. Also see: Additional options: Left-handed scanning, Vertical text (optional), Negative image.
  • Page 11 1- I IRISP HAPTER NTRODUCING THE Incorrect positions • Once you have reached the end of the line, lift the IRISPen. Make sure you lift it after the last character of the line. ! Do not scan a line longer than 12" (30.5 cm). The scanning stops as soon as this line length is exceeded.

  • Page 12: The Steps To Follow

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide HE STEPS TO FOLLOW Here are the main guidelines to follow for using your IRISPen. Detailed instructions are provided later in this manual . Use the Table of Contents and the Index at the end of the manual to find the needed information.
  • Page 13 1- I IRISP HAPTER NTRODUCING THE scanning. Use the Scan window (see: Starting up: The application windows) to judge the image quality and the recognition results. If necessary, operate some image adjustments via the Palette window.

  • Page 15: Chapter 2 Installation

    HAPTER NSTALLATION YSTEM REQUIREMENTS Here is the minimal system configuration required to use the IRISPen for Mac OS X: • A MAC OS computer with either a PowerPC (minimum G3)- or an Intel processor. • The operating system MAC OS X version 10.3.9 (PowerPC chip), or version 10.4.3 ("Tiger - Mac OS X on Intel") (Intel chip).

  • Page 16: How To Get Product Support

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide To install the IRISPen: • First start your computer and log on as administrator or make sure you have the necessary administration rights. • Insert the CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. • Double-click on the CD-ROM icon from the desktop. The IRISPen window appears.

  • Page 17: How To Register

    2 - I HAPTER NSTALLATION - Hotline 1-561-921-0847 / 800-447-4744 (working hours) - Fax: 1-561-921-0854 - support@irisusa.com OW TO REGISTER Don't forget to register your IRISPen! By doing so, you will: - be kept informed of future product developments and related I.R.I.S.

  • Page 19: Chapter 3 Starting Up

    HAPTER TARTING UP HE APPLICATION WINDOWS The IRISPen Palette The IRISPen Palette appears above the dock, on the left side. It comprises a series of buttons that give access to all basic parameters. A tooltip appears when you hold the mouse cursor over each of its button.
  • Page 20 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide The Scan window The Scan window appears above the dock. It allows you to see the image you generate with your pen. You can use it to check the quality of the scanning. By default, the image produced is a grayscale image.

  • Page 21: Calibrating The Pen Scanner

    3 - S HAPTER TARTING UP ALIBRATING THE PEN SCANNER Before you start using the IRISPen, you must calibrate the pen scanner. If you don't calibrate the scanner, the image quality will be low and the recognition results may be mediocre. You are automatically prompted to calibrate the pen scanner when running the software for the first time.
  • Page 22 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide...

  • Page 23: Chapter 4 Basic Parameters

    HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS ELECTING THE READING MODE Before you start using the IRISPen, you must select the appropriate reading mode. The reading mode determines the nature of the data to be scanned and read with your pen. To select the Reading mode: •...
  • Page 24 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide languages in the IRISPen Palette or select Languages from the Settings menu, and select Numeric. By doing so, you will limit the set of used characters to numeric symbols only and eliminate any possible confusion between figures and letters like "5" and "S", ""9"...
  • Page 25 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS Automatic (default value) To read "normal" text in any printing quality: typeset, typewritten, laser printed, inkjet printed, letter quality dot matrix printed texts and draft dot matrix printing. The IRISPen detects the font mode automatically. Dot Matrix To read draft dot matrix text exclusively, i.e.

  • Page 26: Selecting The Language

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide more rejected characters in the reading result. If the rejection threshold is decreased, there will be less rejected characters in the result, but the level of possible errors will be higher. For applications where extreme accuracy is essential, you should set a high rejection level.
  • Page 27 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS To select the language: • Click on Lists of available languages in the IRISPen Palette or select Languages from the Settings menu, and select the language in which the data is to be read in the list of available languages.

  • Page 28: Choosing The Output Target

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide HOOSING THE OUTPUT TARGET You can choose the way the read data is being inserted in your active application: either via "keyboard emulation", which sends the data directly into the active application, or via the clipboard, which requires a manual Paste or CTRL+V command.
  • Page 29 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS clipboard before it is pasted (automatically or not, see below) in the active application. If the data is pasted automatically (default value, see below), this method is quicker than Keyboard Emulation. If the data is not pasted automatically (see below), this allows e.g.

  • Page 30: Programming The Pen Buttons Single And Double Click

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide Otherwise, you must paste the data manually with the Paste or CTRL+V command. ROGRAMMING THE PEN BUTTONS SINGLE AND DOUBLE CLICK Your pen scanner is equipped with two buttons. The simple and double click of each pen button can be programmed so as to execute an operation in the target application.
  • Page 31 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS - single click: <Return> - double click: <Tab> Right button: - single click: <Return> - double click: <Tab> • Select the button to be programmed (left or right), then select the operation to be executed with a single click and/or double click (use the arrows on the right).

  • Page 32: Setting The Text Alignment

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide Switch reading mode This allows you to program the switch to the next reading mode in the list of reading modes available. See: Basic parameters, Selecting the reading mode. If the current reading mode is Text, this will make you switch to the Bar Codes reading mode.
  • Page 33 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS • Indicate how the scanned area must be isolated and what the output should be: - keep all scanned characters - keep all characters before the last space - keep all characters after the first space - keep all characters between the first and the last space Ignore rejected characters in first and last position If characters are not properly scanned or read at the beginning or...

  • Page 34: Defining The Output Character Set

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide to recompose the word "president" in the output: "The new president waved from the balcony". Select this option if you want to delete end hyphens. Note: If hyphens are deleted, the suffixes (see below) will automatically be deleted so that the words can be properly recomposed.
  • Page 35 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS Similarly, the subset used for reading English differs from the one used for reading French (think of the "é", "è", "û", etc. that do not exist in English), etc. By using a specific subset of characters, the software eliminates the chances of recognition errors.

  • Page 36: Fine-Tuning The Barcode Reading

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide • To add/remove groups of characters to/from the default subset, select or deselect the proposed selections, then click OK to confirm. All: Select all characters of the subset defined according to the chosen reading mode and language. A-Z: Select all upper-case letters from A to Z a-z: Select all lower-case letters from A to Z 0-9: Select all numbers between 0 and 9...
  • Page 37 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS To fine-tune the barcode reading: • Click on Lists all supported barcodes in the IRISPen Palette or select Bar Codes from the Settings menu. • If needed, tick the option Verify and Erase Check Digit to enable the verification of the bar codes check character(s) and have it stripped out from the recognition results.

  • Page 38: Enabling Speech Synthesis

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide NABLING SPEECH SYNTHESIS Thanks to the speech synthesis, you can make the IRISPen speak out the recognized data for you*. Just scan some data and the computer reads it out for you! (*) The speech synthesis feature is available in English. Practically, you will no longer need to look up to the screen to verify your recognition results.

  • Page 39: Adjusting The Image

    4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS • If you intend to read whole sentences, select the scanning mode Multiple lines. This will ensure a natural prosody, a good intonation, and the insertion of pauses. See: Additional options, Multiple lines. • Click on Enable Speech in the IRISPen Palette or select Speech from the Options menu.
  • Page 40 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide To adjust the scanned image: • Click on Adjust the Image in the IRISPen Palette or select Adjust Image from the Options menu. Adjust the settings as follows. The resulting image is directly dislayed in the Scan window. Smoothen image The Smoothen image option renders the images more homogeneous by "flattening", smoothening out relative...
  • Page 41 4 - B HAPTER ASIC PARAMETERS Automatic brightness is set by default. You should leave this default setting for all normal documents. Manual When dealing with bad quality documents, changing manually the brightness level may level the quality of the black&white image and so improve the text recognition.

  • Page 43: Chapter 5 Additional Options

    HAPTER DDITIONAL OPTIONS NDING SOUND The Sound option enables to activate a beep sound during the scanning: you will hear a beep sound when the pen scanner stops scanning and when the recognized data is being sent to the target application or clipboard.

  • Page 44: Left-Handed Scanning

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide HANDED SCANNING By default, the pen scanner is set to operate from left to right, but you can adapt the scanning direction and scan from right to left. You will follow this scanning direction if you are left-handed. You will also operate this way if you intend to read right-to-left text like e.g.

  • Page 45: Vertical Text (Optional)

    5 - A HAPTER DDITIONAL OPTIONS Note: If you select Hebrew as recognition language, the option Left-handed Scanning will be grayed out. ERTICAL TEXT OPTIONAL If you intend to read some Asian vertical text, you must tell the software that the text flow is vertical rather than horizontal. The new text flow will be indicated in the Status window.

  • Page 46: Negative Image

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide EGATIVE IMAGE With the IRISPen, you can scan negative images, i.e. light text or graphics on a dark background. The image produced by scanning is automatically inverted by the software and displayed in the Scan window: the black pixels will become white, and the white pixels will become black.

  • Page 47: Multiple Lines

    5 - A HAPTER DDITIONAL OPTIONS ULTIPLE LINES You can scan multiple lines at the same time, i.e. within the same scan. This is particularly useful if you want to capture whole excerpts of text from books, magazines, etc. The various lines of text will be buffered, then released with the click on a pen button.

  • Page 48: Small Print

    IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide • At the end of your scan, click any pen button to trigger the output process. MALL PRINT The IRISPen scanning band is 0.41" (10.5mm.) high. It can thus read characters having point sizes of 8 to 20. If you have to read data printed in a font size smaller than 10 point, you must activate the Small print option.

  • Page 49: Unknown Symbol

    5 - A HAPTER DDITIONAL OPTIONS NKNOWN SYMBOL If characters are not properly recognized by the IRISPen, they are by default represented by a tilde, i.e. a "~" symbol, in the recognition result. If you wish to, you can choose another symbol. You can select a different symbol than the default tilde.
  • Page 50 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide to use specific terms or symbols that were not present on the original document. For example, you can replace the currency "USD" that appears on the original document by the corresponding symbol "$" in your active application. You can replace an abbreviation by its full name, you can erase data, e.g.

  • Page 51: Table Frame Conversion

    5 - A HAPTER DDITIONAL OPTIONS Once string conversions have been defined, you can edit or remove them. You can also browse the list of existing conversions by clicking on the down arrow of the Convert field. ABLE FRAME CONVERSION The IRISPen is able to detect and convert vertical lines separating data as e.g.
  • Page 52 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide To define the table frame conversion: • Select Table Frame Conversion from the Settings menu, then select the required keyboard command. By default, the command <Tab> is selected. Select User String to introduce your own table frame conversion, then click OK to confirm.

  • Page 53: Chapter 6 Saving Settings

    HAPTER AVING SETTINGS OPEN RESTORE SETTINGS When you launch the IRISPen for the first time, options are selected by default (e.g.: reading mode: Text, language: English, etc.). These selected options form the so-called "factory settings". You will of course change these default settings to make the IRISPen perfectly fit your particular needs.
  • Page 54 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide Save... You can save your custom settings in a file, rather than save them as the default settings. You can save as many custom settings as you wish. At any moment in time, you will be able to reopen any of them.
  • Page 55 NDEX dot matrix ........19 alignment ........28 application window.....15 factory settings ......49 asian languages ......41 handprinting ....... 19 barcodes........19 handwriting......... 19 beep sound ........39 holding the pen ......5 brightness........35 image .......... 19 calibration ........17 image adjustment......35 character conversion ....45 invisible color .......
  • Page 56 IRISPen Executive 6 - User's guide left-handed users......40 scan..........5 scan from right to left ....40 negative image......42 Scan window ......15 scanning........5 Palette .........15 scanning band ....... 5 pen buttons........26 settings (customize) ....49 pen scanner ........3 settings (restore) ......

  • Page 57: Index

    Index user interface language ....15 unknown characters ....45 unknown symbol......45 yellow........... 5 use the IRISPen ......5, 8...

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