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USER'S GUIDE
Chapter 1
I NSTALLATION
This chapter discusses the system requirements and installation of the IRISPen,
the IRISPen Executive and the IRISPen Translator. The IRISPen consists of a
hardware component and a software package.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
This is the minimal system configuration required to use the IRISPen:
q a 486 based Intel PC or compatible. A Pentium based PC is recom-
mended.
q 16 MB RAM.
q 50 MB hard disk space for the Standard software, 60 MB for the Ex-
ecutive software and 80 MB for the Translator software. Substract 10
MB when you leave the electronic manual on the CD-ROM.
q a 256 color monitor. It is recommended that you dispose of a 256 color
monitor to display the greyscale images generated by the pen scanner.
q the Windows ME, 2000 or 98 operating system.
q a free USB port to connect the IRISPen scanner.
The speech synthesis of the IRISPen Executive and the IRISPen Transla-
tor requires that your PC is equipped with a Windows compatible sound card.
For quality sound, preference is given to a 64-bit sound card. All Windows com-
patible audio cards are supported - Creative Labs SoundBlaster and compatibles
etc.
To install additional speech modules, 5 MB of free hard disk space is re-
quired per language. Ten languages are currently available: English and British