I.R.I.S. IRISPEN EXECUTIVE 6-MAC, Manual

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Page 3: ...OS X 11 How to get product support 12 How to register 13 Chapter 3 Starting up 15 The application windows 15 Calibrating the pen scanner 17 Chapter 4 Basic parameters 19 Selecting the reading mode 19...

Page 4: ...5 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 f...

Page 5: ...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...

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Page 7: ...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 add...

Page 8: ...ISPen 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...

Page 9: ...n 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 se...

Page 10: ...ve image Warning The pen scanning band is 0 41 10 5mm high and covers in many cases several lines of text As the pen only picks the central line within the scanning band position the line to be scanne...

Page 11: ...dditional options Multiple lines Tip Check the image you generate Use the Scan window see Starting up The application windows to check the quality of the images you produce and improve your scanning s...

Page 12: ...ursor Choose the application in which you want to insert the read data open your target document spreadsheet database etc Place your cursor at the position where you want to insert the data You can ch...

Page 13: ...RODUCING THE IRISPEN 9 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 P...

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Page 15: ...version 10 4 3 Tiger Mac OS X on Intel Intel chip 150 MB of free hard disk space A free USB port The IRISPen requires a USB port that provides sufficient power USB ports on the computer and USB hubs d...

Page 16: ...and password and follow the on screen instructions Accept the license agreement by clicking on Continue scroll down to activate the button Click on Install Before restarting your computer plug the pe...

Page 17: ...developments and related I R I S products be entitled to free product support be entitled to special offers on I R I S products How to register Registration form You can directly access the registrat...

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Page 19: ...at give access to all basic parameters A tooltip appears when you hold the mouse cursor over each of its button The IRISPen Palette can be hidden using the closing button on the top corner or using th...

Page 20: ...he Status bar also shows the reading mode that has been chosen for the reading the language chosen the recognition results whenever data is being scanned You can close or hide the window To reopen it...

Page 21: ...If the ambient light changes imagine you get from natural to artificial lighting or conversely imagine you move to a much lighter or darker place or even move to a completely different environment etc...

Page 22: ...IRISPen Executive 6 User s guide 18...

Page 23: ...Mode from the Settings menu and select the appropriate reading mode Text default value To read machine printed text in a certain language This includes alphanumeric characters punctuation marks numeri...

Page 24: ...ngs menu This allows you to read text numeric data or handprinting as well as barcodes without having to change your settings You can also fine tune the barcode reading according to your needs see Bas...

Page 25: ...aced handprinting i e if there is a clear space between the characters Contiguous Handprinting To read contiguous handprinting i e if the space between characters is reduced some characters may occasi...

Page 26: ...in which the data is to be read The character subset used by the IRISPen will be selected accordingly so as to optimize the reading Advanced option Of course you can further customize the character s...

Page 27: ...recently Click on Other to access the whole list of available languages Either browse through the list or simply press the first letter of the needed language Click OK to confirm your choice If you w...

Page 28: ...tput Target from the Settings menu Select the required method Keyboard Emulation If this option is selected the read data is directly inserted at the cursor location in the target application Scanning...

Page 29: ...y in the active application To scan multiple lines tick the option Multiple Lines from the Settings menu If you have selected Clipboard as output target you have access to the following advanced optio...

Page 30: ...rogramming is particularly useful for example when entering data into a database you can program the Tab command to get to the next field and program the Home Cursor Down to move the cursor to the nex...

Page 31: ...re proposed The User String option can be used to program custom operations None This corresponds to a null operation A single or double click will not trigger off any action This option is usually us...

Page 32: ...User String This allows you to program the addition of a character string To enter your key sequence tick User String then introduce the character string in the proposed field and click OK to confirm...

Page 33: ...or the output This option is particularly useful when the word spacing is reduced or when you scan text from columns like in magazines etc if you start scanning slightly on the previous word column an...

Page 34: ...None Suffix You can have the IRISPen execute operations automatically in the target application either before or after the output result To insert a suffix select it from the drop down list or select...

Page 35: ...mize any of the proposed subsets of characters by creating character subsets that exclusively contain the symbols you want to recognize As an example if you want to read amounts given in dollars exclu...

Page 36: ...numbers between 0 and 9 Character string Type in any character to be added to the subset FINE TUNING THE BARCODE READING The IRISPen allows you to fine tune the barcode reading You can limit the readi...

Page 37: ...he 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 Select deselect the bar code types according...

Page 38: ...can also have the software repeat the pronounced lines The IRISPen will always repeat the last utterance Tip Speech synthesis applies to all legible data Speech synthesis not only applies to text but...

Page 39: ...peech Select the command Repeat Speech from the Options menu The IRISPen will directly repeat the last pronounced utterance for you ADJUSTING THE IMAGE The image adjustment features enable to optimize...

Page 40: ...irectly dislayed in the Scan window Smoothen image The Smoothen image option renders the images more homogeneous by flattening smoothening out relative differences in intensity As a result a sharper c...

Page 41: ...e indicator to the left lighten or to the right darken When you darken the image more pixels become black in the black and white image when you lighten the image less pixels become black Despeckle The...

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Page 43: ...sound when the pen scanner stops scanning and when the recognized data is being sent to the target application or clipboard To activate the beep sound Select Sound from the Options menu You can choose...

Page 44: ...other way around so as to lean it to the left Position it at the right end of the text line and slide it over the line from right to left Make sure you hold the pen with the right angle See Introduci...

Page 45: ...han horizontal The new text flow will be indicated in the Status window To scan vertical text Select the required Asian language see Basic parameters Selecting the language then select the option Vert...

Page 46: ...displayed in the Scan window the black pixels will become white and the white pixels will become black The recognition is carried out on the inverted image To scan negative images Select the option Ne...

Page 47: ...tiple lines Select the option Multiple Lines from the Settings menu Scan the various lines one by one Make sure that each line is positioned directly in front of the pen s guide line Important The pen...

Page 48: ...han 10 point you must activate the Small print option This will help you get optimized results with the IRISPen To read small text Select the option Small print from the Settings menu Operate as for a...

Page 49: ...an select a different symbol than the default tilde To define the symbol for unknown characters Select the option Unknown Symbol from the Settings menu Replace the symbol in the required field then cl...

Page 50: ...a recognized character or character string by other characters keyboard commands or any combination of all To define character and string conversions Select the option Character Conversion from the S...

Page 51: ...ing it executes a tabulation in your target application If your target application is a spreadsheet the Tab moves your cursor to the next cell and the various bits of data are inserted in separate cel...

Page 52: ...other keyboard command add characters or any combination of all Tip If your table does not contain vertical bars the easiest procedure is to quickly add them on the original document with a pen and a...

Page 53: ...wn settings have been defined you can save them as default or even save them in a specific file At any moment in time you can always come back to the original factory settings The following options ar...

Page 54: ...f them When quitting and reopening the IRISPen the application will open again with the default settings Open This option offers to reopen any of the custom settings saved in a file Restore Factory Se...

Page 55: ...cter conversion 45 character subset 30 check the scanning 5 correct position of the pen 5 customize settings 49 D despeckle 35 dot matrix 19 F factory settings 49 H handprinting 19 handwriting 19 hold...

Page 56: ...ters 45 replacing characters 45 replacing vertical lines 47 restore settings 49 restore to factory settings 49 S save settings 49 scan 5 scan from right to left 40 Scan window 15 scanning 5 scanning b...

Page 57: ...Index 53 U unknown characters 45 unknown symbol 45 use the IRISPen 5 8 user interface language 15 Y yellow 5...

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