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HAPTER
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B
ASIC PARAMETERS
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ELECTING THE READING MODE
Before you start using the IRISPen, you must select the appropriate
reading mode. The reading mode determines the nature of the data
to be scanned and read with your pen.
To select the Reading mode:
•
Click on
Select the reading mode
in the IRISPen
Palette
or
select
Reading 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, numeric data, etc.
The set of characters used by the software directly depends on
the language chosen for the reading. However, you can freely
customize this character set (see:
Basic parameters
, Defining
the output character set).
If you intend to read numeric data only, you should set the
reading mode to
Numeric
(click on
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