ScanSoft OMNIPAGE DIRECT 2 FOR WINDOWS Installation Manual page 16

Automatically Launch Direct
Automatically Launch Direct
Brightness
14 Commands and Settings
Recognition is faster with this option turned off. If you scan high-quality
documents with crisp, black letters printed on white paper, deselect Auto
Intensity and use the manual Brightness control.
Select this if you want Direct to automatically start up whenever you open
the Windows program.
Your win.ini file will be altered to include a
load=c:\opdirect\direct.exe statement.
Select different brightness settings to lighten or darken a scanned image.
This control is available if Auto or Normal Intensity is deselected in the
Options dialog box.
The Brightness setting is the most important means you have to affect the
accuracy of text recognition. It accounts for variations in paper quality,
print quality, and scanner peculiarities. It acts like the brightness setting
on a copier.
Set brightness by moving the mouse arrow to the square in the slide,
holding the mouse button down, and moving the square toward the
desired setting. Or, click on the arrows to the left or right of the slide. Use
the numbers in the square as references for future documents. The caret
(^) represents the scanner's normal setting.
If a page has sharp, distinct characters printed on good-quality non-
reflective paper, set the brightness slide to the middle, normal setting.