Operation Manual

Section 4: Selecting the Recognition Options
Recognition Options
Readiris converts scanned images, image files and PDF files into editable text documents and text-
searchable PDF documents. In order for Readiris to recognize the text in your images, you need to
activate the correct recognition options.
Tip: it is recommended to set the document recognition options before you scan or open any
documents in Readiris. The reason for this is that Readiris carries out the document
recognition simultaneously while opening or scanning multiple pages.
The recognition options are located in the Languages group.
Below you find an overview of the different options.
The Main language
The Main language is by far the most important recognition option. The quality of the document
recognition depends a great deal on selecting the correct recognition language. The recognition
language is set to the language you selected during installation.
To select a different language:
• Click the down arrow right of the Main list and select the language of your choice.
Other Recognition Options (Readiris Pro + Corporate)
Recognizing numeric documents
When you are processing documents that only contain numbers and almost or no text, then it is
recommended to select the Numeric option.
When this option is selected Readiris only recognizes the numerals 0-9 and the following series of
symbols:
+
plus
sign
*
asterisk
/
slash
%
percentage
sign
,
comma
.
period
(
opening
parenthesis
)
closing
parenthesis
-
hyphen
=
equation
sign
$
dollar
sign
£
pound sign
€
euro sign
¥
yen sign
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