Readiris 4.17 = = = = = = = Contents - Software distribution - Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance - When to use the 32 bit and 16 bit software - Important note concerning foreign languages - Connect macros for Word, Excel and WordPerfect - Important note for users of Readiris 32 bit - Reverse (negative) images with Twain compatible scanners - Scanner drivers - Important note for users of Agfa scanners - Using the OCR wizard - Recognizing the Euro currency symbol - Contacting I.R.I.S. * CD-ROM contents --------------- This release of the Readiris software is contained on a CD- ROM. (A trial version can be downloaded from the I.R.I.S. web site (www.irislink.com).) The Readiris CD-ROM contains the following software pack- ages: * Readiris 4.17 (32 bit software) * Readiris 3.90 (16 bit software) (in folder "Read16") * Cardiris 1.45 LE (16 bit software) (in folder "Cardiris") * Some scanner drivers Note above all that not all software mentioned above is ne- cessarily included in your release. With some software bundles, all "goodies" other than the essential Readiris software are not found on the distribution CD-ROM. To install the Readiris 4.17 software, simply insert the autorunning CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive and follow the on-screen instructions. With some software bundles, you may have to install the additional software packages by going to the correspond- ing folder and running the "Setup" program. The trial version downloadable from the I.R.I.S. web site equally comes with an installer. Before installing these scanning applications, you should install the software supplied with the scanner. The trial version downloadable from the I.R.I.S. web site is actually a reduced version of the Readiris software. Some downgrading of the OCR accuracy is to be expected as the linguistic lexicons which aid the recognition are not included in the software! * Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance -------------------------- I.R.I.S., having performed the necessary tests, can confirm that Readiris 4.17 is Year 2000 compliant. All versions of Readiris up to 4.15 are compliant with min- or issues. * Readiris handles no dates. * The links with the Visioneer PaperPort and the Microtek PageSuite software handle no dates. * The proprietary installer used for all versions up to 3.95 handles no dates. From version 4.0 onwards, the in- staller is based on the Y2K compliant InstallShield software (www.installshield.com). * Minor issue: with versions up to 4.15, the protection scheme that obliges users to register within 30 days can cause problems when users install in December 1999. As soon as the softkey is entered, the software functions normally. This protection scheme applies to specific re- tail versions only, where users are prompted to enter a softkey they obtain from I.R.I.S. The "compliant with mi- nor issues" version was phased out in December 1998; as of that date, I.R.I.S. exclusively ships fully compliant versions. * When to use the 32 bit and 16 bit software ------------------------------------------ Readiris is supplied in a 32 bit and a 16 bit version on this CD-ROM. The 32 bit version can be used on the platforms Windows 98, 95 and Windows NT. The 16 bit version should always be used on the platforms Windows 3.1x. You should realize that the 32 bit version is not only fast- er but offers more powerful OCR than the 16 bit version does. The reason for this is the Readiris 32 bit software incorporates I.R.I.S.' latest OCR kernel - which only runs in 32 bits! However, in some cases your scanner driver may not work in the 32 bit mode. In that case, you are limited to the 16 bit version of Readiris. Such a phenomenon should never occur with Twain drivers, as the Twain standard accounts for 32 bit support. See also the note below on Twain drivers and 32 bits! * Important note concerning foreign languages ------------------------------------------- Because of internal reasons - Windows 98, 95 and 3.x use on- ly 8 bit character tables, not so-called "Unicode" tables -, the document language you select with Readiris must be sup- ported by your localized version of Windows. Simply put, Readiris can read Greek, Cyrillic etc. comfort- ably, but your Windows licence may not be able to handle Greek, Cyrillic etc. characters. This becomes clear in two ways: (1) Windows may be unable to represent these special characters on your screen, even if Readiris recognized them correctly, (2) the learning phase may prompt you to respond to recognized "special" charac- ters, and here again it only works when Windows is able to display and accept input of these special characters. - Windows 98 and 95 Windows 98 and 95 can be easily adjusted to support extra languages. The Readiris CD-ROM contains a lengthy document which details extensively what you can do to support more languages with Windows 98 and 95. The technical info on the I.R.I.S. web site contains the same information. Simply put, you need to ensure that the Windows module "Mul- tilanguage Support" is installed on your computer system. (To do this, select "Settings" under the "Start" menu and go to the "Control Panel". Now select "Add/Remove Programs" and click the tab "Win(dows) Setup". You'll find the item "Multilanguage Support" in the list of Windows components. Click "OK" to execute, you will be prompted for the Windows CD-ROM. This module can also be downloaded from the Microsoft web site at the URL address: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/default.asp - Windows 3.1x Windows 3.1 does not have this flexibiity. To recognize the Eastern-European languages - we mean Croa- tian, Czech,Hungarian, Polish, Rumanian, Slovak, Slovenian - you need the localized Eastern-European version of Windows 3.1x. To recognize the Cyrillic languages - we mean Bulgarian, By- elorussian, Macedonian, Russian, Serbian, Ukranian - you need the localized Russian version of Windows 3.1x. To recognize Turkish, you need the localized Turkish version of Windows 3.1x. The Readiris CD-ROM contains a lengthy document which de- tails extensively what you can do to get a Windows version that supports the required languages. Go to the Acrobat file LANGUAGE.PDF in the folder "Language" to consult this infor- mation. The same information can be found among the techni- cal info on the I.R.I.S. web site. * Connect macros for Word, Excel and WordPerfect ---------------------------------------------- Readiris' installation procedure automatically installs the necessary files in the Readiris folder: - CONWRD97.DOT for Word 97 (Office 97) - CONX97.XLS for Excel 97 (Office 97) - CONNECT7.DOC for Word 7.0 (Office 95) - CONNECT7.XLM for Excel 7.0 (Office 95) - CONNECT.DOC for Word 6.0 - CONNECT4.XLM for Excel 5.0 - CONNECT6.WCM for WordPerfect 6.0 - CONNECT.DOC for Word 2.0 - CONNECT4.XLM for Excel 4.0 - CONNECT.WCM for WordPerfect 5.0 - CONNECT3.XLM for Excel 3.0 However, there are some additional steps needed to conclude the installation, steps no installation program can take care of. The on-line help system of Readiris details those steps. To make this information more accessible, the corresponding topic of the on-line help system is displayed automatically towards the end of the installation program. To add the Connect features to the programs mentioned above, follow the instructions provided of the Readiris help system closely. Be sure that you use the correct files each time! * Important note for users of Readiris 32 bit ------------------------------------------- If your scanner is only shipped with a 16 bit Twain driver and no 32 bit driver is available, your computer system re- quires a special software component that allows a 32 bit ap- plication to communicate with the 32 bit version of Readir- is. This special interface is called "twunk"; it is not always installed by the drivers shipped with the scanner. To verify if the "thunk" software is present on your system, check if the following files are present in your Windows folder or directory: TWUNK_16.EXE TWUNK_32.EXE TWAIN.DLL TWAIN_32.DLL If one of these files is missing, you will find the neces- sary files in the folder "Twunk" (short for "Twain thunk") on the Readiris CD-ROM. That folder or directory also contains a README.TXT file which clarifies how to install this software module. Be sure to copy all *.EXE and *.DLL files to the Windows fol- der or directory. * Reverse (negative) images with Twain compatible scanners -------------------------------------------------------- Readiris and Cardiris have been designed to interpret cor- rectly the image of the Twain source. However, in some cases, the image recieved by the I.R.I.S. application is "negative" or "inverted": black pixels on the page are white on the screen and the white backgound shows up black on the screen. In this case, activate the option "Invert" as you find under the "Scanner" button on Readiris' main toolbar. For Cardiris, you have to edit the file WIN.INI file under the Windows folder, search for the entry "[Twain]" and add the following lines: [Twain] invert = 1 This information will instruct Cardiris (and Readiris) to reverse the image when it is being transferred from the Twain source. * Scanner drivers --------------- If you experience problems with the scanner driver, you may find alternative third party drivers on the Readiris CD-ROM under the folder "Drivers". I.R.I.S. offers no guarantee that drivers are supplied for your scanner model or that the drivers supplied on the Readiris CD-ROM will work (well) with your scanner model. Don't hesitate to contact your scanner manufacturer or its representative should problems with scanner drivers conti- nue. Most manufacturers allow you to download the latest versions of the scanners drivers from their web site. * Important note for users of Agfa scanners ----------------------------------------- It takes the Agfa FotoLook 3.0.8 "patch" for Windows 98/95 and NT to use your Agfa scanner successfully with the Read- iris 4.15 software (and other software). In other words, should an earlier version of the FotoLook Twain driver be installed on your PC, you will need to up- grade the FotoLook software to this version of the Twain driver. The FotoLook 3.0.8 software can be found on the Readiris CD- ROM under the folder "Drivers\Agfa\Fotolook\V308". Run the SETUP.EXE file to install the software, or click the option "FotoLook 3.0.8 Patch Setup" in the startup screen of the Readiris installer. Don't hesitate to contact your scanner manufacturer or its representative should problems with scanner drivers conti- nue. * Using the OCR wizard -------------------- An OCR wizard was added to version 4.17 at the last moment - it is not mentioned in the user's manual. If offers a semi-automatic way of recognizing pages by gui- ding you through the OCR process comfortably: answer a few simple questions and you'll obtain quick and easy results with Readiris. You can select the command "OCR Wizard" under the "Process" menu to activate the OCR wizard. Also note that the wizard starts running each time you start up Readiris; you can a- void this by disabling the option "Enable Wizard on Start- up" in the first screen of the wizard (and with the equiva- lent option under the "Settings" menu). Alternatively, you can "install" the OCR wizard on the main toolbar with the option "Enable Wizard on Toolbar" under the "Settings" menu: the "Auto" button is now replaced by the "OCR Wizard" button. * Recognizing the Euro currency symbol ------------------------------------ Although Readiris 4.17 - not the 16 bit software Readiris 3.90 - recognizes the Euro symbol comfortably, the currency symbol may not show in your text file when you study the recognition result. This is not due to Readiris, but to your computer's opera- ting system (keyboard drivers) and the fonts as are used when you display the text result. Windows 98 is equipped to represent the Euro symbol, but it takes a software "patch" to represent the Euro symbol under Windows 95. Contact your reseller to obtain the necessary files or download the software patch from the Microsoft web site at the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/fontpack/win.htm (Look for the file CORFNT32.EXE.) Consult the Microsoft web site to obtain more information on how to install the Euro product update. * Recognizing the Asian languages ------------------------------- Readiris 4.10 and higher optionally offers recognition of the Asian languages Japanese and Simplified Chinese. Note that it does not take an Asian, Japanese or Chinese version of the Windows operating system to make good use of such recognized texts. You can also run specialized "emula- ting" software on a Western version of Windows to correctly represent the "exotic" symbols of these Asian languages. Contact I.R.I.S. to purchase the "add-on" recognition module for these Asian languages. This extra CD-ROM complements your installed Readiris 4.17 licence automatically - it does not work on versions of the Readiris software earlier than 4.10 - and explains all you need to know to successfully recognize Asian documents. * Contacting I.R.I.S. ------------------- Contact I.R.I.S. for more information. I.R.I.S. Image Recognition Integrated Systems Rue du Bosquet 10, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium) Tel: 32-10-45 13 64 Fax: 32-10-45 34 43 I.R.I.S. Inc. Image Recognition Integrated Systems 1600 N.W. Boca Raton Bld Suite 20 Boca Raton, FL 33432 (USA) Tel: 1-561-395-7831 / 800-447-4744 Fax: 1-561-347-6267 E-mail sales: sales@irislink.com E-mail support: support@irislink.com Web site: www.irislink.com (3/6/99)