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Section 5: Selecting the Document Language
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 select
the correct recognition options.
By far the most important recognition option is the document language.
To select the document language:
 Click the language list, and select your document language.
 To access the complete list of available languages, click Other Languages.
Tip Readiris Pro: in case you want to recognize documents in multiple languages, make sure to
select the language with the largest character set. E.g. if you want to recognize a document that
contains both English and French text, select French as document language. This way, the accents
will be recognized correctly.
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:
 Click the language list and select Other Languages.
 Then select Numeric at the top of the list.
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