IRIS IRISPen Translator 6, User Manual

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Page 3: ...1 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 ...

Page 4: ... 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 ...

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 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 respe...

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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 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 D...

Page 8: ... 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 ...

Page 9: ...haracter 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 ...

Page 10: ...gy 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 ...

Page 11: ...canning 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 Learn how to Scan from right to left 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 scanned p...

Page 12: ...exactly the same way for the next line Also see Learn how to Scan multiple lines Tip Check the image you generate Use the Image Quality Check and the Scan Test windows see Starting up User interface to check the quality of the images you produce and improve your scanning skills Tip Train yourself with the testsheets We recommend you use the testsheets provided with your IRISPen to experiment and g...

Page 13: ...mands Also refer to the section Learn how to for more details 2 Open the target application and position your cursor 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 choose the way the data must be transferred in the active application either direct transfe...

Page 14: ...heck the scanning quality Check the quality of your first scans before you actually start with definitive scanning Use the Image Quality Check and the Scan Test windows see Starting up User interface to judge the image quality and the recognition results ...

Page 15: ...0 MB for the IRISPen Translator software The Windows Vista XP or 2000 operating system A free USB port to connect the IRISPen scanner INSTALLING THE IRISPEN SOFTWARE The IRISPen package contains the pen scanner itself and a self running CD ROM containing the IRISPen software You must install the IRISPen software before you install or connect the pen scanner Caution Please install the IRISPen softw...

Page 16: ...Windows 2000 Simply wait for the installation program to start running Should the installation not begin to run automatically run the setup exe file located on the CD ROM Choose the installation language and click OK Accept the terms of the license agreement Installation options are offered Select the required options and click on Next each time you are ready to get to the next screen Dictionaries...

Page 17: ...llation of the translation software package promt Express 7 Giant Minimize or close the promt Express 7 Readme file Accept the terms of the license agreement Follow the on screen instructions Enter your user name and organization Enter your license number you will find it at the back of the DVD box containing the installation CD ROM Select the type of installation we recommend to set the Complete ...

Page 18: ...SPen under the Windows Programs menu is created automatically by the installation program The installation program also creates a shortcut for the IRISPen application on the Windows desktop INSTALLING THE PEN SCANNER Once the IRISPen software installation is complete you can install the pen scanner To install the pen scanner Plug the pen scanner USB cable into a free USB port of your computer A me...

Page 19: ...ply follow the on screen instructions to install the IRISPen driver Click on Next each time you are ready to get to the next screen Select Install the software automatically recommended Caution Users of Windows XP must ignore the following message and click on Continue Anyway to continue the installation procedure When the installation is complete click on Finish ...

Page 20: ...re is only one correct way of uninstalling the IRISPen by using the Windows un install wizard You are strongly recommended not to uninstall the IRISPen or any of its software modules by manually erasing the program files To uninstall the IRISPen Exit the application and disconnect the USB connector of the pen scanner From the Windows Start menu select Control Panel and click Add Remove Uninstall p...

Page 21: ...0 447 4744 working hours Fax 1 561 921 0854 support irisusa com HOW 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 products be entitled to free product support be entitled to special offers on I R I S products How to register Registration wizard You can use theRegistration Wizard available from the Register...

Page 22: ...ser s guide 18 Registration form You may also directly access the registration form on the I R I S Web site http www irislink com register Telephone Or register by phone Europe 32 10 45 13 64 USA 1 561 921 0847 800 447 4744 ...

Page 23: ...r desktop The IRISPen startup screen appears for a few seconds It displays the version and copyrights of the IRISPen software Next the IRISPen Application window and two additional windows are displayed the Image Quality Check window and the Status window The IRISPen icon appears in the notification area of the Windows task bar When running the software for the first time one more window ...

Page 24: ...er s guide 20 automatically appears on top of the others prompting the user to calibrate the pen scanner If you are running the software for the first time calibrate the pen scanner See Starting up Calibrating the pen scanner ...

Page 25: ...The Application window The Application window is the IRISPen s main window It contains a menu bar that gives access to all software commands a toolbar for quick access to all frequent commands and the a window pane containing the basic settings The window can be minimized with a click on the Minimize button or on the OK button To reopen it simply double click or right click on the Status window or...

Page 26: ...cy of the window with a right click of the mouse You can close the window To reopen it select Image Quality Check from the Application window s Options menu or use the IRISPen icon on the Windows task bar see below The Status window The Status window appears by default below the Application window It displays the OCR options that have been chosen in the Application window You can drag the window t...

Page 27: ...lick on the icon also allows you to enable the Image Quality Check window the Status window and the Scan Test window CALIBRATING 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...

Page 28: ...ck the scanning quality You can always check the scanning quality in the Image Quality Check and the Scan Test windows see Starting up User interface If the image quality appears degraded please re execute the calibration of your pen scanner To re execute the calibration Select Calibrate from the Options menu in the Application window or from the Scan Test window press the Calibrate button then pu...

Page 29: ...u in the Application window Select the needed language from the drop down list then click OK to confirm The user interface automatically appears in the newly chosen language THE SCAN TEST WINDOW The Scan Test window displays the black and white version of the image you generate with the pen scanner The recognized data appears just below the scanned image Thanks to the Scan Test window you can test...

Page 30: ... you should use the Scan Test window to make a few more tests To access the Scan Test window In the Application window click the Scan Test button on the toolbar or select Scan Test from the Options menu As soon as you scan some data the image produced appears in the upper part of the window The recognized text is displayed just below the image Any unrecognized character is marked with the rejectio...

Page 31: ...is activated by default When a long line of text is being scanned you can deactivate the option If you do so the scanned line will no more be compressed horizontally and only a portion of the line will be displayed You can use the image scroll bar to view the scanned data entirely Recognize The Recognize option is activated by default All images you scan or open are thus automatically recognized N...

Page 32: ...rther assigned to a preset button directly accessible from the Application window or alternatively set to function as current settings When it comes to actually capture a certain type of data all you need to do is press the right preset button then start the scanning By default the preset buttons are already assigned to the reading of English Text Text from columns Text tables The Wizard as well a...

Page 33: ...ps You will get from one step to the other by simply clicking on Next Step 1 In the list of proposed templates choose the template that corresponds to the type of data to be read e g text numeric table etc Remember that a set of options is already pre selected in the Wizard Alternatively select an already existing preset from the Presets tab It will serve as basis for your custom preset Select eit...

Page 34: ...f needed change any of the settings related to the recognition process in the various tabs proposed Click Next to get to the next step Step 4 Assign your settings to a preset button and give it a name and or apply your settings as current settings ...

Page 35: ...meric characters punctuation marks numeric data etc The set of characters used by the software to read such data directly depends on the language chosen for the reading Numeric To read machine printed figures numeric tables etc This includes special characters mathematical symbols punctuation marks currencies etc The set of characters used by the software to read such data is the same for all lang...

Page 36: ...pplication Language The option Language is used to indicate the language in which the data is to be read Select the required language in the drop down list Either browse through the list or simply press the first letter of the needed language Mixed alphabets You can activate a mixed alphabet of Greek or Cyrillic and Western characters This is useful if Western words pop up in Greek of Cyrillic tex...

Page 37: ...al Options then Regional and Language Options Languages tab If you use Windows 2000 check that it has been configured to be able to type the Asian language s required Translation language If you intend to translate text you must select the source language for the translation i e the language of the text to be scanned and translated The languages that are available for translation are marked with a...

Page 38: ...e manually see below If you wish to use the translation feature you must also tell the software to send the read data to the translation software Tip The formatting that is active in the target application will apply to the data which is being inserted in the application if you have selected say Palatino 12 point bold in the application the text will be inserted in Palatino 12 point bold whatever ...

Page 39: ...he cursor position in the target application This operation is totally transparent for the user You should not normally use this option However if you notice that the characters inserted in the target application do not correspond to the ones actually recognized by the software see Starting up The Scan Test window enable it Translator PromtX The option Translator PromtX is used to make the applica...

Page 40: ...lines The option Multiple lines is used to scan multiple lines at a time It is particularly useful to scan full excerpts from books magazines etc The various lines of text are first kept in the IRISPen then released with the click on a pen button Select this option to indicate that several lines of text must be read within the same scan Also refer to Learn how to Scan multiple lines ...

Page 41: ...s 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 next row When entering amounts in a spreadsheet you can program the keying of the currency etc In your word processor you will program the Enter key to make a carriage return and start a new paragraph etc These are ...

Page 42: ...ations Null This corresponds to a null operation In other words a single click will not trigger off any action This option is usually used to deactivate a programmed operation Custom This allows you to program your own custom operations i e any other keyboard command including a combination of commands or the addition of characters character strings or even the combination of several operations To...

Page 43: ...ill make you switch to the Black and White image Remember that the reading mode is always specified in the Status window Undo last scan This is used to remove the last scan that was inserted in the target application Click OK to confirm and close the window DELIMITERS With the delimiters you can indicate how the scanned lines must be delimited for the reading Where should the reading actually star...

Page 44: ... the lazy dog 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 It may be that characters positioned at the beginning or at the end of a line are not properly scanned read This may happen if the wordspacing is too small or if y...

Page 45: ...output The new president waved from the balcony Select this option in order to delete all the end hyphens occurring in your text Note If hyphens are deleted the ending codes see below will automatically be deleted so that the words can be properly recomposed Add starting code You can have the IRISPen execute operations automatically in the target application before the output result is being inser...

Page 46: ... can add any combination of keyboard commands and or characters The default ending code is Space Click OK to confirm and close the window SPEECH SYNTHESIS Thanks to the speech synthesis you can make the IRISPen speak out the recognized data or its translation for you Just scan some data and the computer reads it out for you The speech synthesis feature is available in the supported translation lan...

Page 47: ... and when the recognized data is being sent to the target application or clipboard If the Sound option is enabled you will also hear a beep sound whenever an error occurs or if you try to operate wrongly with the IRISPen Caution If the Speech option is activated you cannot produce the system beeps as these two options are not compatible You can either hear the beep or the pronounced text To activa...

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Page 49: ...r needs The changed settings become your own settings They will normally be kept until you next modify them see below Save Settings on Exit The option Save Settings on Exit from the Options menu toolbar is enabled by default This means that the settings that are active when closing the application will be active again when you next open the application If you have modified the IRISPen Wizard prese...

Page 50: ... option you can save as many sets of settings as you wish All you need to do is give them a name and save them with the IPC extension Open Settings At any moment in time you can reopen any saved settings To open your saved settings select Open Settings from the File menu and open the corresponding file with the IPC extension or directly select the required file from the File menu the last four sav...

Page 51: ... characters used by the software to read such data is the same for all languages Default character subset used To read numeric data In the Application window select the Numeric scan type See Basic settings Reading options Scan type Slide your pen over the numeric data Operate as for any other type of printed data See Introducing the IRISPen How does it work How to get auditive feedback You can act...

Page 52: ... than 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 in the Application window See Basic settings Reading options Other Operate as for any other type of printed data just slide the pen scanner over the text line See Introducing the IRISPen How does it work Warning Do not use the Small prin...

Page 53: ...tings Scanning mode Scan the various lines one by one Make sure that each line is positioned directly in front of the pen s guide line After each scanned line the Status window displays the message Press pen button to flush Go on scanning the next line immediately Important The pen scanning band is 0 41 10 5mm high and covers in many cases several lines of text This does not mean that all these li...

Page 54: ...cation window select the option Left handed Scanning under the Options menu Take the pen scanner in your left hand and turn it the 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 Introducing the IRISPen How does it work To scan right to left text right hande...

Page 55: ...s right and left handed users operate the same way DEFINE THE SYMBOL FOR UNKNOWN CHARACTERS 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 To define a custom symbol for unknown characters In the Application window select the option Unknown Symbol from the Setting...

Page 56: ...ion is a spreadsheet the Tab moves your cursor to the next cell and the various bits of data are inserted in separate cells Various keyboard commands are proposed for the conversion but you will also be able to replace vertical lines by characters or any combination of characters and commands Tip How to recompose a whole table If on top of the default Tab command you add the line ending code Home ...

Page 57: ... the proposed keyboard commands by default the command Tab is selected Select Custom to introduce your own set of conversion then click OK to confirm You can execute any keyboard command add characters or execute 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 ruler ...

Page 58: ...n type This will make your work quicker and easier To program hotkeys for the proposed commands In the Application window select Hotkeys from the Settings menu on the toolbar Define a hotkey for one or several available commands Operate as follows tick either the ALT or CTRL key introduce the clipboard key to be used in the key box E g ALT X to restore the application Do not use key combinations t...

Page 59: ...osen for the installation of the IRISPen Translator The supported languages are marked with an asterisk a symbol in the Language field of the Application window Translation window Warning Machine translation The result you get from the IRISPen is machine translation As you may know this kind of translation is more an information only translation that gives you the general meaning of a text The IRI...

Page 60: ... Translator PromtX in the Target section See Basic settings Target The translation window pops up on your screen In the translation window check if the target language is the one you need the active language pair is displayed in the bottom right part of the window If the target language is not the one you need select another language pair in the translation window then click on Translate in the tr...

Page 61: ...mplate or press from the toolbar or press F10 Select the required translation pair and direction from the list of supported language pairs Scan the text to be translated The translation directly appears in the translation window Tip Cut Paste the translation into another application You cannot only view the translation result in the Translation window you can also Cut Paste it into any application...

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Page 63: ...34 columns 52 correct position of the pen 8 customize settings 45 D data type 31 deinstallation 16 delimiters 39 F factory settings 45 G grayscale image 22 H holding the pen 8 hotkeys 54 I image 32 Image Quality Check window 22 installation hardware 14 installation software 11 invisible color 6 IRISPen 3 IRISPen Wizard 28 L left handed users 50 ...

Page 64: ...recognition results 25 registration 17 rejected characters 51 replacing vertical lines 52 restore settings 45 restore to factory settings 45 right to left text 50 S save settings 45 scan 6 scan from right to left 50 Scan Test window 25 scan type 31 scanning 6 scanning band 6 scanning mode 36 settings customize 45 settings restore 45 settings save 45 single line 36 sliding the pen 6 small print 48 ...

Page 65: ...et application 9 technical support 17 templates 28 text 31 train to scan 6 U unknown characters 51 unknown symbol 51 use the IRISPen 6 9 user interface 21 user interface language 25 V vertical lines 52 W Wizard 28 Y yellow 6 ...

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