IRIS IRISPen Express 7 Instruction manual

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ThisQuickUserGuidehelpsyougetstartedwiththeIRISPen™Express7.
ThedescriptionsinthisguidearebasedontheWindows®7OperatingSystem.Allinformationissubjectto
changewithoutpriornotice.
FormoreinformationabouttheIRISPen™features,refertotheapplication'sHelpfile,orto
www.irislink.com/support/userguides.
1.Introduction
IRISPen™Express7isahandypenscannerthatallowsyoutoscanlinesoftextintoanywordprocessingortext
editingapplications.WithIRISPen™Express7youcanalsoscanlinesasimages,toscanmathematicalformulas
forinstance.
NotethatwithIRISPen™Express7youscanonelineatatime.IRISPen™Express7supports33languages.
2.InstallationandActivation
2.1Installation
Important:makesureyouhavetherequiredadministrationrightsonyourcomputertodotheinstallation.
1.InserttheIRISPen™discintheCD‐ROMdriveofthecomputer.
Thesetupmenuisdisplayedautomatically.(Ifthemenudoes
notstartrunsetup.exefromthedisc.)
2.ClickInstall.Thenfollowtheon‐screeninstructions.
3.ClickFinishtocompletetheinstallation.
2.2Activation
Whentheinstallationiscompleted,youarepromptedtoactivatetheapplication.
1.ClickNextinthescreenthatappears.
2.Entertheserialnumber,andclickActivate.
Note:youneedaninternetconnectiontodotheactivation.
Note:youfindtheserialnumberonthebackoftheCD‐ROMsleeve.
3.ClickFinishtoclosetheActivationWizard.
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3.GettingStartedwiththeIRISPen™
Step1:ConnecttheIRISPen™
PlugintheIRISPen™inafreeUSBport(USB2.0orhigher).Ifthedriverisinstalledsuccessfully,aballoon
messageappearsintheSystemTray.
Step2:Starttheapplication
Double‐clicktheIRISPen™7shortcutontheDesktop.
WhenyoustartIRISPen™7forthefirsttime,aWelcomescreen
appearstohelpyouonyourway.
Step3:WatchtheTutorial
IntheWelcomescreen,clickNexttostarttheTutorial.
TheTutorialshowsyouhowtoscan.
Step4:SelecttheScanDirection
WhenyouhavewatchedtheTutorial,clickNexttochoosetheScanDirection.
Thedirectioninwhichyouscandependsonwhetheryouareright‐handedorleft‐handed.Therefore,youneed
toselectthescanninghand.
TochangethescanninghandlateronintheIRISPen™ribbon:
1.Clickthesettingsiconinthebottomrightcorner.
2.ClickthePersonalizingtab.
3.Selectthescanninghand.
‐SelectRighthandtoscanlinesfromlefttoright.
‐SelectLefthandtoscanlinesfromrighttoleft.
Step5:PracticeyourScanning
ClickNexttodisplaythePracticescreen.Hereyoucanpracticeyourscanningandseewhattheresultslooklike.
1.Intheribbon,selectthelanguageofyourdocuments.
2.ClickandslidetheIRISPen™overalineoftext
andchecktheresults.
Tip:inthisscreenyoucanwatchtheTutorialagain,and
alsoaDemo.
Whenyouaredonepracticingyoucandosomeactual
scanning.

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4.ScanningText intoApplications
1.IntheIRISPen™ribbon,clickthetabScantoDoc/App.
Important:
•MakesuretheIRISPen™ispluggedininaUSBport.Ifitisnotpluggedin,asmallcrossisdisplayedon
theIRISPen™iconintheSystemTray.
•Makesurethecorrectdocumentlanguageisstillselected.(SeeStep5.)
2.Opentheapplicationinwhichyouwanttoscan.
Notethattheapplicationmustbetext‐compatible.E.g.MicrosoftWord.
3.ClickandslidetheIRISPen™overthelinesoftextyouwanttoscan.Therecognizedtextappearsinthe
application.
Ifthescanningwasnotperformedcorrectly,animatedscanningtipsappearonscreen.
Notes:
Bydefault,IRISPen™addsaspaceaftereachscan,andaddsnewscansonthesamelineinyourapplication
untilthelineisfull.
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Tostartascanonanewline:
•ClickandslidetheIRISPen™overalineoftext.
•Attheendoftheline,clickagainwiththeIRISPen™.
Thecursornowmovestothelinebelow.
Tomodifythedefaultsettings,clickthesettingsicon.ThenclicktheSeparatorstabandselectthe
separatorsyouwanttoapply.
Tips:
•Linescaneitherbescannedastextorasimage.
SelectImagewhenscanningmathematicalformulasforinstance.
•Tohearthetextreadoutloudafterscanning,selectSayoutloud.
•Toscannumbersonly,selectnumeralscanning:123...
•Toscansinglewords,insteadoffulltextlines,selectSingleword.
Placethescannerwellinfrontofeachwordtostartthescanning,andalsoendthe
scanningwellaftereachword.

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ScanningTips
Thefollowingscanningtipshelpimprovethescanningquality.
•Makesurethatbothsharpendsofthescannertipalwaystouchthepageduringscanning.
•Scanonelineoftextatatime.Makesurethelineisapproximatelyinthemiddleofthetwoscannertips.
•Avoidscanningtooslowly.SlidetheIRISPen™smoothly,inafluidmotion.
•Avoidapplyingexcessivepressure.Otherwise,thescanningmayresultinjerky,unevenmotions.
Troubleshooting
ShouldyouexperienceissueswhenusingtheIRISPen™Express7:
•ConsulttheTroubleshootingsectionintheinterface.
•ClickthequestionmarksintheinterfacetoaccesstheHelpfile.
•ContacttheI.R.I.S.supportsectionatwww.irislink.com/support/IRISPen7.