I.R.I.S. Getting Started – IRIScan Express/Executive PC – Iris Technical Support © 2009
Note that the left button on the scanner is reserved for photographs or other images. When this mode is
chosen then the scanner user interface is used to provide more options
The scanner can be used for a variety of uses.
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Scan photos to save as file by using the left button on the Scanner itself.
•
Scan documents to Readiris to convert to Word, Excel, PDF etc.
•
Scan business cards to Cardiris to store or export to Outlook, vCard, iPod etc.
The Readiris and Cardiris Programs have a lot of flexibility to take your documents or cards and extract
the information into Actual text and export them to a variety of output formats/Programs.
Readiris
T
he first thing Readiris does is analyze the image and put colored and numbered boxes or zones to tell
you what it intends to do when it processes the image.
These can be altered by either by right clicking on the zone and choosing Window > Type or use the
tools on the right side of the program to draw your own.
Note that zones drawn of the same type that
overlap will merge which is useful for including irregular shapes.
Orange = Text
Blue
= Picture
Purple = Table
Once the scans are in the program decide what you want done with the document.
This is the user interface that
appears when scanning
photos using the left button
on the scanner. It is optional
when scanning to
Readiris/Cardiris.
The buttons across the top
are for these options.
Magazine
Black/White text
Color photo
Newspaper
Custom – Pictured
