Iris READIRIS 12 PRO User Manual

Readiris 12 Pro

Readiris 12 Pro

This guide will help you through the basics of how to use Readiris 12 Pro and utilize most of its features so
that you will be able to OCR documents quickly, easily, and successfully. For first time users the program
may appear complicated because of all the toolbar buttons in the program. They are there to cope with spe­cific issues you may find with your document. At the beginning you can ignore many of them until you en­counter a situation where they may be needed. As a result we will not cover every option available in the pro­gram since the user manual already does that.

The program can accept images from a scanner, digital camera or pre-scanned image or PDF file.

To setup your scanner go to the
Readiris menu and choose Prefer­ences and select your scanner from
the list.
Make sure that you have the latest
update from your Scanner Manufac­turer.

Readiris 12 Pro supports twain
based scanners. You can find the
drivers in the following location on
your hard drive:

Hard Drive/Library/Image Capture/
T

wain Data Sources

Getting Started

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Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard includes drivers for many older printer and scanner
models built right into the operating system. These can be used by checking
the “enable image capture “ option.

More information can be found here;

Set the everyone permissions to

Read/Write

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3669

In most cases you will need to run Readiris in 32 bit
mode since most scanner drivers are not 64 bit com­patible. Go to the Readiris application and get info to
make that change.

Highlight the Readiris.app and click on the gear icon to
access the get info option.

Readiris 12 Pro Mac Getting Started Guide — I.R.I.S. Technical Support © 2009

Zones and options

Zones and options

Readiris is a conversion tool to that transforms scans, images or PDF files into text based files. There is no
editing done within the program. That will be done in the output application. When a document is scanned or
opened within Readiris it places labeled overlays called zones on the picture. These will be marked with these
icons which identify how those areas are going to be converted. To change these Control Click on them to
choose a different treatment or use the Select Zones tool to draw your own.

If those icons do not show up on your document then the Page Analysis was not turned on in the Options
button prior to the scan. You can do so after the fact by going to Process > Analyze Page.

Text

Graphic

Table

Barcode

Hand Printed

- Straightens crooked or skewed pages.

- Automatically rotates the page to face right side up.

- Analyzes image based on content

- Removes stray marks or speckles.

Below is a summary of the main program window with the numbered & labeled
zones shown on the input image. Realize that these zones can be changed if they
are not suitable for your purpose.

Beneath the language selection on the left is the output format selection. Clicking on
the Format dropdown reveals numerous other choices. To open the output directly in
the application of your choice click on choose and navigate to the program in Appli­cations.