WHAT IS THE IRISPEN?
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.
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. Depending on the IRISPen version used, you will also able to read 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.
- IRISPen Mini (+ Asian version)
- IRISPen Express (+ Asian version)*
- IRISPen Executive (+ Asian version)*
- IRISPen Translator
(*) Available for Windows and for Mac OS X.
The pen scanner
The IRISPen 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 and a line guide, a roller, and two programmable buttons.
The line guide is used to properly position the pen on the line to be captured.
The roller enables to easily roll the pen onto the paper and acts as a start switch.
The two pen buttons are programmable.
When you press the IRISPen onto a piece of paper, you turn it on, and when you lift the IRISPen away, the scanning ends. A green beam lights up the text area as you scan it.
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. Greek, Turkish, the Cyrillic ("Russian") and the Baltic languages and Hebrew are also supported. Optionally, the IRISPen reads Asian documents in Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Korean. The IRISPen 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 separating table cells.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
The IRISPen functions as a camera that sends an image to the computer. The image is recognized by the recognition routines. The "read" data is inserted in the target application.
To scan the data with the IRISPen, you must simply slide the pen scanner over the line of text or area.
Operate as follows:
- Hold the IRISPen like a pencil and place it a few millimeters before the first characters or data to be recognized. The pen scanner must be positioned so that the text line to be read is right 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.
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 properly.
- Press the pen onto the paper and roll it over the text line at a steady rate. Once pressed, the start switch is activated and the data is illuminated by a green light.
Warning:
Make sure you hold the pen at the correct angle, otherwise the data may not be scanned properly.
- 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.
- Operate exactly the same way for the next line. Also see: Additional 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 skills.
Tip:
Train yourself with the testsheets
We recommend you use the testsheets provided with your IRISPen to experiment and get acquainted with the pen scanner. The testsheets are available as printed matter as well as in PDF format for possible reprint (the testsheet.pdf file is automatically installed in the installation folder).
THE 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.
1. Define your settings in the IRISPen application
Before you start using the IRISPen, you must tune the software. Depending on the type of data you intend to read - text, barcodes, dot matrix text, etc. - and in which language, you must select the appropriate basic settings and if necessary, fine-tune these settings via the frequent commands.
See: Basic parameters.
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 transfer or via the clipboard. See: Basic parameters, Choosing the output target.
3. Take the original document and scan the data to be picked up
Get back to the document, magazine, etc. containing the data to be transferred and scan the data with the pen scanner: simply slide your pen over the text lines, images, etc. Scrupulously follow the instructions given under: Introducing the IRISPen, How does it work?. After each scan, the data instantly appears in the target application.
Important tip:
Check the scanning quality
Check the quality of your first scans before you actually start with definitive 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.
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