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USER'S GUIDE
The software-only upgrade to the IRISPen Executive offers numerous ma-
jor add-on capabilities: speech synthesis, bar code reading, handprinting recogni-
tion, recognition of dot matrix documents, advanced image adjustment features
and multiline scanning. As a result, the IRISPen becomes unquestionably the
most versatile scanner available!
The IRISPen Executive offers speech synthesis of all read data. The speech
synthesis is limited to a single language of the user’s choice, but speech modules
for additional languages can further extend the user’s system. (Ten languages
are currently available: English and British English, Brazilian, Dutch, French, Ger-
man, Italian, Mexican, Russian and Spanish.)
Bar code reading opens a world of new applications to IRISPen owners as
their pen scanner becomes an ergonomic and compact bar code scanner for the
office environment. Information desks, marketing surveys, customer identifica-
tion, order picking and many other examples of high accuracy data entry in the
office environment can benefit highly from a bar code reading solution.
All widespread bar code standards are supported: Code 39, Code 93, Codabar,
EAN-8, EAN-13, UPC and Interleaved 2 of 5. (Support of the Code 128 symbol-
ogy is optional.) The user can, but does not have to specify the symbology: the
user-friendliness is such that the IRISPen automatically detects which bar code
standard has been scanned. There is no programming or parameter setting in-
volved in its operation, its use is automatic and transparent.
The user can even enable a mixed reading mode where bar codes are read
alongside other data - for instance “normal” text. The IRISPen “auto-detects”
which type of data is being read. The user can for instance scan address labels
where the printed data is complemented by a bar code without ever changing the
reading mode!
Encoding forms and labels can also benefit greatly from numeric handprinting
recognition. This proprietary recognition technology is based on more than 1
million writing samples! All natural writing styles - American and European - are
supported; contrary to most other handprinting recognition solutions, no training
phase or imposed style is requied.
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