CardirisTM 4 User Guide
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Table Of Contents Copyrights ........................................................................................... 1 Chapter 1 Introducing Cardiris ................................................ 3 Chapter 2 Installation ................................................................ 5 System Requirements........................................................ 5 Installing Cardiris .............................................................
Table of Contents Recognizing cards with drag-and-drop OCR .................. 17 Adding Comments to Cards ............................................ 18 Editing Recognized Cards............................................... 19 Data Fields ........................................................................................ 19 Text Editing ...................................................................................... 19 Drag-and-drop Editing .....................................................
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Crop ................................................................................................ 35 Magnifying Glass .............................................................................. 36 Front - Back Tab ............................................................................... 36 Scan/Open/Load Image Button ......................................................... 37 Save All Button ............................................................................
Table of Contents Browsing the Cards ........................................................................... 53 Deleting Cards .................................................................................. 53 Application Window ....................................................... 54 Image ................................................................................................ 54 Status Bar ..........................................................................................
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Output Format ................................................................................... 64 Output Format - Images .................................................................... 67 Card Orientation Detection ............................................................... 68 Auto-comment .................................................................................. 69 View menu ......................................................................
Table of Contents Register Cardiris ............................................................................... 77 Search for Updates ............................................................................ 77 IRISCard Button Manager Menu .................................... 78 About IRISCard Button Manager...................................................... 78 Preferences ........................................................................................ 78 Quit IRISCard Button Manager ...
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Copyrights Cardiris4-dgi-190411-03 Copyrights © 1993 - 2011 I.R.I.S. All Rights Reserved. I.R.I.S. owns the copyrights to the Cardiris software, to the online help system and to this publication. The information contained in this document is the property of I.R.I.S. Its content is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of I.R.I.S.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING CARDIRIS Cardiris allows you to scan business cards, recognize them and convert them into an address database. By means of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) the data on business cards is extracted automatically from the image, converted into editable text and inserted in the correct database fields through field analysis.
Chapter 1 – Introducing Cardiris Reading Asian-language business cards from China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan requires the Cardiris Asian edition. Cardiris not only analyzes but also formats the recognized text. The resulting data can be exploited in many ways. You can save your contacts in the Cardiris database, based on the standard Mac OS X application Address Book. Or save your contacts in a structured file, e.g. in the vCard format, to export them to any address database.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS This is the minimal system configuration required to use Cardiris: A Mac with either a Power PC G3 (or above) processor or an Intel Core processor. The operating system Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher. Earlier versions of the Mac OS operating system are not supported. 160 MB of free hard disk space. INSTALLING CARDIRIS The Cardiris software is delivered compressed. To install the software: Insert the Cardiris CD-ROM.
Chapter 2 – Installation REGISTER YOUR CARDIRIS LICENSE Remember to register your Cardiris license. To register: Use the Registration wizard in the Register menu. Follow the onscreen instructions. SOFTWARE UPDATES The command Search for Updates under the Help menu allows you to keep your software up-to-date. Click the command to download any available updates and patches from the I.R.I.S. website. PRODUCT SUPPORT To get technical support on Cardiris, please visit our website at www.irislink.com/support.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Cardiris will be removed from your machine. Note: the Cardiris preferences are not removed by dragging the Cardiris folder to the trash can, in case you should want to re-install the software later on. To remove the preferences, drag the folder Cardiris Prefs to the trash. You will find this folder in Users - xxx (your user name) - Library - Preferences.
Chapter 2 – Installation CHAPTER 3 SUPPORTED SCANNERS TWAIN SCANNERS Cardiris supports all Twain compatible scanners. Note, however, that a 1.7 or higher Twain driver is required to scan with Cardiris. Access the website of you scanner manufacturer to download up-todate Twain drivers. Installing a Twain Scanner under Cardiris Insert the CD-ROM that came with your scanner to install the Twain driver on your computer. Make sure that you have selected the appropriate driver.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide It is recommended to use a scanning resolution of 400 dpi. IRISCARD AND IRISCAN SCANNERS Cardiris is available in a bundle version with the I.R.I.S. IRISCard and IRIScan scanners. FUJITSU SCANNERS Cardiris supports Fujitsu scanners thanks to the ScanSnap Manager software. Operation Click the Application tab of the ScanSnap Manager software to select Cardiris as target application. Use the other tabs (e.g.
Chapter 2 – Installation TIFF (uncompressed, packbits and Group 3 compressed), multipage TIFF and Windows bitmap (BMP). Contact I.R.I.S. to acquire supported scanners.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CHAPTER 4 SCANNING CARDS SCANNING BUSINESS CARDS Click the scanner icon in the vertical toolbar to select the appropriate scanner. Open the Cardiris menu and click Preferences to specify the correct scanner settings. Select a scanning resolution of 400 dpi to recognize business cards successfully. Make sure to calibrate the IRISCard Pro or IRISCard Mini when you’re using it for the first time.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards When you're scanning with a flatbed scanner, you can scan several cards simultaneously on the flatbed and have them split up by the software. The background must be black to extract the various business cards. To create a black background, scan cards with the lid open. The complete page as you scanned it will never appear as such on the computer screen; only the segmented business cards will.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Uncheck the option Card Orientation Detection Should you still need to rotate an image, use the manual rotation button. Note that Cardiris deskews and crops all scanned business cards automatically. You can also crop manually by drawing a frame around the actual card and clicking the Crop button. You can undo a crop operation with the Undo command and with the Revert command under the View menu. When you crop a business card, the recognition is re-executed.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards Operation If you decide to use an external storage device (SD memory card or USB flash drive) to store your scans, insert it into the scanner. Scan your business cards with your IRIScan Anywhere 2 scanner or IRISCard Anywhere 4 scanner. For information on how to use these scanners correctly, refer to the scanners' Quick User Guides or User Guides. The paper Quick User Guide can be found in the package box.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide The data on the card will be recognized and assigned to the different data fields. Note: the country of the business cards is set to United States by default. To change the country, click the globe button on the main toolbar before loading the business cards. Loading images at a later time Click the Load & Create button on the main toolbar. Browse for the images you want to load.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards SCANNING THE REVERSE SIDE OF A CARD Often business cards contain important additional information on the reverse side, such as personal cell phone numbers, company logos, etc. Therefore Cardiris offers the possibility to scan both the front and reverse side of a card and to store the information under the same contact. Operation Select the card of which you want to scan the reverse side by clicking on it. Select the Back tab in the toolbar menu.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide SCANNING A PHOTO OF A CONTACT Next to textual information about your contacts, Cardiris allows you to include their photo. Operation Select the card you want to add a photo to in the card toolbar. Select the Photo area by clicking on it. Click the Scan Image button. RECOGNIZING CARDS WITH DRAG-AND-DROP OCR In case you need just part of the data on a business card, you can recognize the card with drag-and-drop OCR.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards ADDING COMMENTS TO CARDS The auto-comment function allows you to add comments to series of business cards. Operation Go to the Settings menu. Click the option Auto-comment. You can either add the current date or your personal comment to the business cards. You can enter a maximum of 250 characters. The comment will be added to the Note field of each card you scan.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide EDITING RECOGNIZED CARDS The information recognized by Cardiris can be edited in several ways. Data Fields Unrecognized characters are represented by a tilde. Any data the OCR process cannot assign to a specific field is placed in the Note field. Don't hesitate to add manually entered comments to the Note field. Text Editing The command Undo undoes cut, copy, paste, clear and crop operations. The command Cut transfers the selected data to the clipboard.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards Drag-and-drop Editing Drag-and-drop operations allow to edit the recognized data with great comfort. They are particularly useful when mixed data was put in the Note field and has to be transferred to different fields. To move data to another field, select the data with the mouse and drag it to the target field. Release the mouse button when the cursor is in the right position. Drag-and-drop operations add data to a field at the selected cursor position.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide RE-RECOGNIZING BUSINESS CARDS Should you have forgotten to select the proper country, just reexecute the OCR. Operation Select the card(s) in the card toolbar. Ctrl-click one card and select another country. The recognition and field analysis get redone for all selected cards; Cardiris erases all data and fills them out again. SAVING CARDS IN THE CARDIRIS DATABASE As soon as you have scanned your business cards they can be saved in the Cardiris database.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards Note that business cards scanned as Image cannot be stored in the database. Operation You can either save all the cards you scanned or a selection of cards. Click the Save All button to store all scanned cards in the Cardiris database/Apple Address Book. Click the Save Selection button to store a selection of cards in the Cardiris database/Apple Address Book.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide When you're scanning many business cards you can create a new group of contacts in the database. Click the New Group command under the File menu to do so. To create a new group automatically, select the corresponding option in the Preferences menu: Create a new Address Book group when saving cards.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards To store contacts manually on an Apple iPod, use a PDA as external hard disk and drag the vCard file(s) to the folder Contacts. FORMATTING RECOGNIZED CARDS Before recognized cards can be exported, their output format must be specified. Business cards can be saved in three different output formats: in vCard files, Unicode files and HTML files. vCard files The output format is set to vCard files by default.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Unicode files A very practical target application for unicode files is Microsoft Excel. The different data fields of Cardiris are converted into columns containing the correct information about your contacts. Change the output format to Unicode to save contacts as a structured text file. Select the appropriate field delimiter to separate the various database fields. Click the option Include field names to add the name of each data field in front of the actual data.
Chapter 4 – Scanning Cards Change the output format to HTML. Click the option Include field Names to add the name of each data field in front of the actual data. Click the option Include card images to store the card image in the HTML file. Note that you must always click the Export button to export the cards. Note that you can export contacts several times and in several formats. Just change the output format and click the Export button again.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide EXPORTING RECOGNIZED CARDS Once you have scanned your business cards, they are available for export. They can be sent to databases, contact managers, personal information managers (PIM), word processors, spreadsheets etc. Operation Before exporting the cards, you must first choose the output format. Export all cards by clicking the Export button. Or export a selection of cards: o Click a card to select it.
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CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CHAPTER 5 SCANNING IMAGES SCANNING AND SAVING IMAGES Click Preferences under the Cardiris menu to select the appropriate scanning mode. Cardiris supports black-and-white, grayscale and color images. Select Image as document type. Ctrl-click an image in the card toolbar to change its document type. Select your output target.
Chapter 5 – Scanning Images By default the option Ask file name and location is checked. The user is prompted to save the scans in external files. Choose the target explication in the Export to menu. The Export to feature offers a direct link between your scanner and your Mac OS photo editing applications. When no target application is chosen, the images will be sent to the standard Mac OS application Preview. Click the Export button to export your scans.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CHAPTER 6 SCANNING CARDS USING THE BUTTON MANAGER (This section does not apply to Cardiris delivered with your IRIScan Anywhere scanner) With the Button Manager you can scan business cards and export them instantly as images without having to use the Cardiris software. Operation Select the Button Manager icon in the Dock or in the Applications menu.
Chapter 6 – Scanning cards using the Button Manager By means of the Button Manager you can either scan cards: automatically when the scanner senses a card, or; manually by means of the scanner buttons. To each of the two scanner buttons, one of four actions can be assigned: scan the card and save the image to the IRISCard folder (inside the Documents folder); The image will be stored as a JPEG file.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide scan the card and send it to Cardiris; The Cardiris program opens automatically. scan the card and send it by e-mail. A new e-mail message, containing the card image, opens automatically.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CHAPTER 7 REFERENCE INFORMATION HORIZONTAL TOOLBAR Rotate By default Cardiris applies automatic card orientation detection. You can also rotate images manually. Operation Click the Rotate icon to rotate the selected cards 90° to the right, 90° to the left and 180°. The recognition is re-executed automatically after the rotation. Crop The Crop button allows you to crop scanned cards and images manually: just draw a frame around the card image and click the button.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Magnifying Glass Click the Magnifying Glass button on the toolbar and drag the mouse over the card image to enable the magnifying glass. OR Shift-click the mouse button to display the magnifying glass. Front - Back Tab Often business cards contain important additional information on the reverse side, such as personal cell phone numbers, company logos, etc.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Note that the reverse side of a card is only scanned, and not recognized. Drag-and-drop operations are available, however, to execute drag-and-drop OCR. Make sure to click the Scan/Open image button to scan the reverse side of a card. Clicking the Scan/Open & Create button in the vertical toolbar will scan the reverse side as a new business card.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Make sure to click the Scan/Open image button to scan the reverse side of a card. Clicking the Scan/Open & Create button in the vertical toolbar will scan the reverse side as a new business card. Note: when an IRISCard Anywhere 4 or IRIScan Anywhere 2 scanner is connected to your computer, or one of its storage devices is inserted, the Load Image button is displayed, instead of the Scan/Open Image buttons.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Note that you can also save scanned cards automatically by selecting the option Automatically save all acquired cards to the AdressBook in the Preferences menu. Save Selection Button Once you have scanned your business cards they can be saved in the Cardiris database. Operation Select the cards you want to save by clicking on them and holding the ctrl-key. Click the Save Selection button in the toolbar to store a selection of scanned cards in the Cardiris database.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Operation Click the Customize button. Add buttons to the toolbar by selecting them in the button list and dragging them to the toolbar. Remove buttons from the toolbar by dragging them to the button list. You can also determine the look of the toolbar: choose to display Icons & Text, Icons only or Text only. VERTICAL TOOLBAR Scan & Create - Open & Create Depending on the input source, the buttons Scan & Create or Open & Create will be displayed in the interface.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Select the document type in which you want the card to be scanned. Click the Scan & Create button to scan cards. Note: in case you have chosen the document type Business cards, make sure to select the card style before scanning. The recognition is automatic. Open & Create The Open & Create button will be displayed when the source is set to File. Select the document type in which you want the prescanned file to open.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Cardiris supports the following image formats GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, MacPaint, Photshop, PNG, Quicktime, TIFF (uncompressed, packbits and Group 3 compressed), multipage TIFF and Windows bitmap (BMP). Load & Create When an IRISCard Anywhere 4 or IRIScan Anywhere 2 scanner is connected to your computer, or one of its storage devices is inserted, the Load & Create button is displayed in the interface.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Document Type - Business cards Before you start to scan cards, you must first select the document type. Cards can either be scanned as Business cards or as Image. When you scan cards as Business cards, the data on the cards will be recognized and assigned to the designated data fields. Operation Click the document type icon to select it. Note: the document type is set to Business cards by default.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Click the document type icon to select it. Note: the document type is set to Business cards by default. In order to change the document type of a scanned card: ctrlclick the card and select the other document type. Cardiris supports black-and-white, grayscale and color images.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Note that some card styles correspond to several languages. Canada has two official languages, Switzerland and Belgium have three. Cardiris detects the selected language automatically. Output Format - Cards Before recognized cards can be exported, their output format must be specified. Business cards can be saved in three different output formats: in vCard files, Unicode files and HTML files. vCard files The output format is set to vCard files by default.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Unicode files A very practical target application for unicode files is Microsoft Excel. The different data fields of Cardiris are converted into columns containing the correct information about your contacts. Change the output format to Unicode to save contacts as a structured text file. Select the appropriate field delimiter to separate the various database fields. Click the option Include field names to add the name of each data field in front of the actual data.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Change the output format to HTML. Click the option Include field names to add the name of each data field in front of the actual data. Click the option Include card images to store the card image in the HTML file. Note that you must always click the Export button to export the cards. Note that you can export contacts several times and in several formats. Just change the output format and click the Export button again.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Output Format - Image Before images can be exported, their output format must be specified. Operation Click the output format icon to select the output format. Note: the output format is set to Tiff by default. By default the option Ask file name and location is checked. The user is prompted to save the scans in external files. The Export to feature offers a direct link between your scanner and your Mac OS photo editing applications.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Export - Cards Once you have scanned your business cards they are available for export. First choose the output format you want to use, then click Export. All the cards will be sent to the application of your choice. In case you only need to export a selection of cards, click the button Export Selected Cards under the Process menu. You can also drag their image from the card toolbar to the desktop. A vCard file per contact will be created on the fly.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Address Book Cards that are saved in the Cardiris database are also stored in the Apple Address Book. In fact both applications are one and the same. Operation Click the Save All or Save Selection button to store the scanned cards in the database. Or use the Save All Cards or Save Selected Cards command under the File menu. When a contact already exists in the Address Book, you are prompted whether you want to replace it or not.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide When you are scanning numerous series of cards, you can create a new contact group for each series. Operation Go to the File menu and click New Group. Ctrl-click the group to rename it. Select the group you want to store your contacts in and click Save All or Save Selection. You can also create a new AddressBook group automatically. Operation Open the Cardiris menu and click Preferences. Select the option Create a new AddressBook group when saving cards.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information CARD TOOLBAR Selecting Cards The current card is highlighted. Click a card to select it. Select the document type of the selected card. You can choose between Business Card and Image. Select the first card and hold the Shift key to select a continuous range of business cards. Select the first card and hold the Cmd key to select extra business cards. Use the command Select All to select all cards.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Changing the Card Style You can change the card style of the selected cards simultaneously. Ctrl-click the selected cards and select another country. The recognition is re-executed for the selection of cards. Browsing the Cards Click the up-arrow and down-arrow to go the previous and next card respectively. Click Home and End to go the first and last card respectively. You can export the selected cards instantly by dragging their image from the card toolbar to the desktop.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information APPLICATION WINDOW Image The card image of the selected card is displayed in the image window. By default Cardiris crops the scanned card automatically. You can also crop manually, however, by means of the Crop button. Use drag-and-drop operations to move information to specific data fields. Use the Rotate button to rotate the card image. Use the Magnify button to magnify parts of the card. Use the Back tab to view or scan the reverse side of the card.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Status Bar Progress Info The status bar displays the system progress. Image Info Displays the image size (in image pixels and in KB), the image type (bit depth) and the image resolution of the current image. Tooltips Hold your mouse pointer over a button: the status bar displays its tooltip. Data Fields The recognized information is sent to the appropriate data fields. Unrecognized characters are represented by a tilde.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Any data the OCR process cannot assign to a specific field is placed in the Note field. You can also add personal comments to the Note field. The information in the data fields can be edited by means of text editing and drag-and-drop editing. Drag-and-drop operations are particularly useful when mixed data was put in the Note field and has to be transferred to other fields: To move data to another field, select the data with the mouse and drag it to the target field.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide CARDIRIS MENU About Cardiris Displays the Cardiris startup screen with the copyright notices. Click to make it disappear or click www.irislink.com to get access to the I.R.I.S. home page. Preferences Scanner Select your scanner model - the scanner has to be connected to your computer and be ready to use. Cardiris supports almost every business card scanner, flatbed scanner and all-in-one MFP (Multifunctional Peripheral) scanner. Cardiris is Twain compliant.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Note that this is not the standard scanning resolution of a Twain scanner. Calibrate Insert the calibration sheet and click the Calibrate button to calibrate the scanner. Format You can either choose an automatic or custom scanning format, or you can opt for the Business Card format in which the scanning dimensions are set to 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm. When you're using the I.R.I.S.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Select the format Automatic. Cropping of the card image is applied automatically. The software prompts you to calibrate the IRISCard Pro 4 and IRISCard Mini when you’re using it for the first time. Insert the white calibration card supplied with your business card scanner and follow the on-screen instructions.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information FILE MENU The File menu allows you to scan new business cards and open prescanned ones. New Card This command adds a new untitled card to the card toolbar. You are ready to scan or open a new series of business cards. New Group This command adds a new Address Book group to the contact list. Ctrl-click the new group to rename it.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Save Selected Cards. This command saves a selection of cards to the Cardiris database. EDIT MENU These commands mainly concern text editing in the database fields. Text Editing The command Undo undoes cut, copy, paste, clear and crop operations. The command Cut transfers the selected data to the clipboard. The command Copy copies the selected data to the clipboard. The command Paste inserts the data contained in the clipboard.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information SETTINGS MENU Document Type - Business Cards Before you start to scan cards, you must first select the document type. Cards can either be scanned as Business Cards or as Image. Operation Go to the Settings menu, click Document Type and select Business Cards. Only when the document type Business cards is selected, will the data on the card be recognized and assigned to the appropriate data fields. Note: the document type is set to Business cards by default.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Operation Go to the Settings menu, click Document Type and select Image. In order to change the document type of a scanned card: ctrlclick the card in the card toolbar an select Business cards as document type. Cardiris supports black-and-white, grayscale and color images.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Based on the selection of a country, Cardiris knows which language to recognize. Note that the Country command is disabled when the document type is set to Image. Note that some card styles correspond to several languages. Canada has two official languages, Switzerland and Belgium have three. Cardiris detects the selected language automatically. Output Format Before recognized cards can be exported, their output format must be specified.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide vCard files The output format is set to vCard files by default. vCard files can also be swiftly imported into any vCard compliant application e.g. Microsoft Entourage. Select the option Send to - Add Application to define target applications that were not preprogrammed. Use this option to send contacts to your mail software for instance. A new e-mail message will be opened and the vCard file will be added as attachment.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information HTML files Exporting scanned cards to HTML files allows to create data sheets containing both the recognized data and the card logo. That way the business cards are archived electronically. Change the output format to HTML. Click the option Include field names to add the name of each data field in front of the actual data. Click the option Include card images to store the card image in the HTML file.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Note that you can export contacts several times and in several formats. Just change the output format and click the Export button again. Use the iSync option to synchronize your contacts across several devices automatically. Output Format - Images Select the output target. By default the option Ask file name and location is checked. The user is prompted to save the scans in external files. Choose the target application in the Export to menu.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Cardiris supports the following image formats: GIF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, MacPaint, Photoshop, PICT, PNG, QuickTime, TIFF (uncompressed, packbits and Group 3 compressed), multipage TIFF and Windows bitmap (BMP) images. Note that you must always click the Export button to export the cards. Note that you can export contacts several times and in several formats. Just change the output format and click the Export button again.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Auto-comment The auto-comment function allows you to add comments to series of business cards. Operation Go to the Settings menu. Click the option Auto-comment. You can either add the current date or your personal comment to the business cards. You can enter a maximum of 250 characters. The comment will be added to the Note field of each card you scan.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Rotate The Rotate command allows you to rotate selected cards 90° to the right, 90° to the left and 180°. Note that Cardiris detects the card orientation automatically by default. Crop The Crop command allows you to crop scanned cards and images manually: just draw a frame around the card image and click the Crop command. Note that the recognition is re-executed when you crop manually. Revert The Revert command allows you to undo crop operations.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Click the Customize Toolbar command. Add buttons to the toolbar by selecting them in the button list and dragging them to the toolbar. Remove buttons from the toolbar by dragging them to the button list. You can also determine the look of the toolbar: choose to display Icons & Text, Icons only or Text only. PROCESS MENU Calibrate Scanner The software prompts you to calibrate the IRISCard Pro 4 or IRISCard Mini when you’re using it for the first time.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Change Selected Cards - Business Card In order to recognize information on business cards and process it correctly, the business card reading mode must be activated. To activate it, select the document type Business cards in the vertical toolbar. When the document type is set to Image the card will only be scanned and the data on it will not be processed. To change the document type: Go to the Process menu and click the command Change Selected Cards.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Select Image as document type. The card image will be displayed and the database fields will be removed. OR Ctrl-click a card, or a selection of cards and select Image as document type. Change Selected Cards - Country Should you have forgotten to select the proper country, just reexecute the OCR. Operation Select the option Change Selected Cards in the Process menu. Click the Country command and select the appropriate country.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information The OCR will be re-executed. Change Selected Cards - Delete Image The Delete Image command deletes the image of the scanned card. The card information assigned to the database field is not deleted, however. Click the Open Image or Scan Image command on the toolbar to insert a new card image. The recognized data will not be changed.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide reverse side of a card and store that information under the same contact. Operation Select the card side you want to scan by means of the Front Back tabs on the toolbar. Go to the Process menu and click Scan/Open this side of the card. Note: when you set the scan source to IRISCard, the command will be displayed as Scan this side of the card. In case you set the scan source to File, the command will be displayed as Open this side of the card.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information Click the Export All Cards command to export all cards. The cards will be sent to the application of your choice, which opens automatically. Tip: You can also click the Export button on the toolbar to export all cards. Tip: it is also possible to export a selection of cards. Export Selected Cards Once you have scanned your business cards, they are available for export.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Note: you can also export a selection of cards instantly by dragging their images to the desktop. For each exported card a vCard or JPEG file is created on the fly. HELP MENU Cardiris Help Provides general information on business card reading (BCR) and reference information on Cardiris. I.R.I.S. on the Internet Visit the I.R.I.S. website: www.irislink.com. Register Cardiris Register online on www.irislink.com/register.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information IRISCARD BUTTON MANAGER MENU (This section does not apply to Cardiris delivered with your IRIScan Anywhere scanner) About IRISCard Button Manager Displays the Button Manager startup screen with the copyright notices. Click to make it disappear. Preferences Scanning Mode You can either choose an automatic or custom scanning format, or you can opt for the Business Card format.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Color Depth Select the appropriate color depth - IRISCard Button Manager supports black-and-white, grayscale and color images. Resolution The resolution can be set to 300, 400 and 600 dpi. It is recommended to use a resolution of 400 dpi. Operation Mode Select the operation mode you want to use. You can either scan: automatically when the scanner senses a card, or; manually by means of the scanner buttons.
Chapter 7 – Reference Information You are prompted to save the card image in any of the common photo viewing applications. scan the card and send it to Cardiris; The Cardiris program opens automatically. scan the card and send it by e-mail. A new e-mail message, containing the card image, opens automatically. Make sure your scanner is properly calibrated before you attempt to scan cards. The Button Manager will automatically ask you to calibrate the scanner when necessary.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide Quit IRISCard Button Manager Quits the IRISCard Button Manager application.
CardirisTM 4 – User Guide INDEX A Delete Image ........................ 74 Address Book....................... 50 Document type ......... 43, 62, 72 Asian edition .......................... 4 Drag-and-drop editing .......... 20 Auto-comment ..................... 69 Drag-and-drop OCR ............. 17 B E Back side...................16, 69, 74 Editing recognized cards ...... 19 Browsing through cards ....... 53 Exporting cards ........ 27, 75, 76 Button Manager ...................
Index L Save Selection button ........... 39 Load & Create...................... 42 Saving cards ......................... 21 Load Image button ............... 37 Scan & Create....................... 40 Loading images from IRIScan/Card Anywhere ...... 13 Scan Image button ................ 37 Scanner ................................. 57 M Scanner type ......................... 42 Magnifying glass ................. 36 Scanning cards...................... 11 O Scanning images ...................
