Installation

Log on to Windows as administrator or make sure you have the necessary administration rights to install the software.

Insert the IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 DVD- ROM in the DVD- ROM drive and follow the on- screen instructions to install the IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 Control Panel on your computer.

On the Control Panel, select Readiris™ Pro 12 and follow the on- screen instructions to install it.

On the Control Panel, select Cardiris™ Pro 5 and again follow the on- screen instructions.

Note: to return to the Control Panel at a later time, follow the path Start menu > All Programs > I.R.I.S. > IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 > IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 Control Panel.

Using Readiris™ with your IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 scanner

How to run Readiris™

Start Readiris™ from the Windows Start menu (Click All Programs > I.R.I.S. > Readiris™ Pro 12 ) or double - click the Readiris™ shortcut on your desktop.

You will be prompted to register. Click Register now and follow the on- screen instructions to register.

How to use Readiris™

Readiris™ can process all kinds of documents containing text, graphics, tables, complex columns, etc. Even dot matrix and degraded texts.

1. Click Options to activate the possible processing options:

Page Analysis (default option): it splits up your documents in recognition windows.

Page Deskewing: it straightens documents that were scanned at an angle.

Rotation options: they rotate your documents in the required direction.

2. In case you stored your documents on an external storage device (SD memory card or USB flash drive) while scanning them with the IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 scanner, insert the storage device into your computer.

In case you used the scanner’s internal memory to store your documents, power on the scanner and connect it to your computer.

Note:  refer to the scanner’s User Guide in Start > All Programs > I.R.I.S . > IRIScan Anywhere 2 > IRIScan Anywhere- English.pdf to learn how to use it correctly.

A window will open prompting you to load your IRIScan™ Anywhere images. Select the images you want to open and click Open.

Note: to open images at a later time, click the Open button on the main toolbar and manually search for the images you want to open.

2/ Recognize and save your documents

1. Click the globe icon to select the language of your documents.

You can favor recognition speed over accuracy and vice versa by moving the slider.

2. Click Format to select the target application (Word, OpenOffice, Excel, etc.) or output format (DOCX, ODT, PDF, PDF- iHQC™, PDF/A, XPS, XPS- iHQC™, etc.) of your documents, then select the required options.

iHQC™

Use the iHQC™ technology to highly compress your PDF and XPS documents.

3. Click Recognize + Save to execute the recognition and save your documents.

To edit your documents, use the right toolbar buttons. Examples:

Refine the automatic page analysis by sorting the windows and by drawing new text, graphics and table windows. Also manually create barcode and handprint windows if needed.

Define a limited recognition zone using Ignore exterior zone. All data outside the zone will be discarded.

Use Deskew page to straighten the document page. Use Rotate to set the correct text orientation.

Readiris™ smart tools

You can access the OCR Wizard from the left toolbar.

The wizard smoothly guides you through the settings required to operate Readiris™.

SmartTasks

functions at a time (scan, recognition, conversion).

Your documents are directly transferred to Word, OpenOffice, etc. (Many other applications and formats are available.)

Using Cardiris™ with your IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 scanner

How to run Cardiris™

Start Cardiris™ from the Windows Start menu (Click All Programs > I.R.I.S.> Cardiris™ Pro 5) or double - click the Cardiris™ shortcut on your desktop.

How to use Cardiris™

1/ Create and save a new Cardiris™ database

Click New on the File menu (or type Ctrl+N). A new, empty database will open.

Then click Save as on the File menu and save the database. As of now, any changes you make in the database will be saved automatically.

2/ Load your IRIScan ™ Anywhere images

In case you stored your documents on an external storage device (SD memory card or USB flash drive) while scanning them with the IRIScan™ Anywhere 2 scanner, insert the storage device into your computer.

In case you used the scanner’s internal memory to store documents, power on the scanner and connect it to your computer.

Note:  refer to the scanner’s User Guide in Start > All Programs > I.R.I.S . > IRIScan

Anywhere 2 > IRIScan Anywhere- English.pdf to learn how to use it correctly.

A message will appear, prompting you to load your IRIScan™ images into the current database.

Click Yes, and then select the images you want to open.

The images will be added as business cards to the database.

3/ Recognize your scanned business cards

Select the country of your business cards in the Country drop - down list on the main toolbar.

Then click the Recognize button.

The data on the cards will be recognized and assigned to the different data fields.

Loading additional images at a later time 

Click the down- arrow right of the Scan button.

Then select Load . The Load button will be displayed on the main toolbar.

Now click Load to search for the image files you want to load.

Double - click the card images to check the recognition results. If necessary, they can be edited in several ways:

Click inside the data fields and type in the required information.

Use copy- paste or drag- and - drop actions to move data from one field to another. Or use drag- and - drop OCR or on the fly OCR to recognize parts of the card image.

You can add additional information to the cards by creating custom fields: click the Plus sign right of custom fields and add the fields of your choice.

You can also assign categories to cards: click the Plus sign right of categories and select the categories of your choice.

Drag- and - drop OCR

Click  .

Draw a frame around the text to be OCRed.

Drag the text to the required field.

On the fly OCR

Click inside the required field. Click  .

Press and hold the Ctrl button while you draw a frame around the text to be OCRed.

Release the mouse button. The text will be assigned to the required field.