IRIS ReadIris Pro 11.0 (Mac)

I have a new Mac Pro with 4 Meg RAM & am using an HP LaserJet scanner 2 try 2 get a document into OCR using ReadIRIS Pro 11. I can do 1 page just fine, but if I ask it 2 do 2 or more pages, it crashes every time, losing all my work. I called their TechSupport & they said since I'm using Leopard that I need 2 get the latest TWAIN driver from HP, which I think I already had, but I re-downloaded the driver & re-installed anyway. Still doesn't work. Very frustrating 2 lose many hours of valuable time. Don't bother buying this terrible software.

I have been using Readiris Pro 11 4 some time now, but on a PC. I recently just switched 2 MAC. So of course I had 2 buy the corresponding Readiris Pro 11. I was weary because of the reviews that I read on here, but 2 my surprise it worked just fine on my MAC. There were a little bit more kinks that I had 2 work out, which I didnt have 2 worry about on my PC, but once I got through those, everything else worked great. It read my documents with a lot of accuracy & speed which is all that I really asked for. The software gets the job done.

I think that Readiris Pro 11 MAC does what it's supposed 2 do. I use the software 2 convert our company newsletter into a PDF document so I can archive it & I have not had any major problems. I agree that it is not the best MAC software, but it doesn't claim 2 be the best MAC software. It claims that its OCR technology is fast & accurate & from what I have found that claim is true. I haven't really explored all the other aspects of the software, but 4 the job that I need 2 get done, the software works just fine.

This didn't work at all, even with a perfectly clear pdf file of a journal article page. It got one word correct off the entire page. Luckily I had version 7.0 that came with my printer, so I didn't waste any money, just time.

Over the years I have bought thousands of dollars of stuff from Amazon, & have almost always been satisified. I have had 2 return a few items, but I have never been motivated 2 write a review until now. The so called "handprinting" recognition doesn't work, even on the .jpg file provided on the CD, & after a few tries even recognition of printed material produces either garbage or a blank page or crashes, in fact repeatedly. The "documentation" is incomplete, unclear, obviously written by someone not proficient in English. Technical support? Forget it! They don't reply. I'm not too upset that amazon.com will refund only half of the purchase price 4 returning it, as I am glad 2 have this albatross off my back, & it's my mistake 4 not reading the earlier reviews. I won't make that mistake again! F. Peñalosa.

Readiris Pro 11 is powerful OCR software that saves you time. It recognizes paper documents within seconds of scanning -- & gives you an editable copy of it. Sharing & archiiving documents becomes a snap, & best you don't waste time retyping, allowing you 2 be more productive!

Readiris Pro 11 is one of the most powerful & accurate OCR solutions designed 4 home & professional users. When you need 2 convert any paper, PDF or image documents into digital files that you can edit, share & save, Readiris Pro 11 will do it all. It retypes scanned documents & image files & converts PDF files in editable text, maintaining the original layout & offering an unprecedented speed & OCR accuracy. A powerful productivity booster 4 flatbed scanners, "all-in-one" devices, & digital cameras, Readiris Pro can revolutionize the way you scan & convert documents.

Note: This product is 4 Macs only. Readiris Pro 11 is also available 4 PCs.

Select your scanner, define the scanner settings, & enable the proper system options (Page Deskewing, Page Analysis, Page Orientation). Readiris Pro 11 does the rest. View larger.

Choose MS Word as the output format, click on "Recognize + save" and, within seconds, your text is converted & exported in Word, ready 2 be edited. View larger.

If you have a scanned image with tables, Readiris will converted in editable tables you can export in Excel. View larger.

Readiris will let you convert hand printed capital text in digital text you can edit with your preferred software. View larger.

Document Preparation in Three Easy Steps
Turning hardcopy text, images or PDFs into editable text is as easy as 1,2,3. First, you scan your document with your flatbed scanner, or open a PDF file or image document. (Readiris Pro 11 is compatible with the most commonly used images & PDF files.). Once the file is opened in the software, you click on "recognize & save," & within seconds your document is converted into & editable digital file. The final step is 2 export your document into you favorite application, such as Word, Excel, Acrobat (PDF), Internet Explorer (HTML), & more.

Readiris Pro will save you incredible amounts of retyping time. The new OCR engine of Readiris Pro 11 is optimized 4 speed & accuracy & features over 70 new major improvements from previous versions. Not only will Readiris Pro 11 give you 30 percent greater text accuracy, the program's advanced Autoformat technology also perfectly retains the layout of the original document in the output. And most amazingly, it can perform these tasks with 126 languages. (The software's user interface is localized in 21 languages; see "System Requirements" 4 a list of the supported interface languages.)

The Ideal PDF Solution
Readiris Pro can open your PDF file (even read-only PDFs) & generate four different types of PDF files: fully searchable Image over Text, Text over Image, Text only & Image only. You can also edit your PDF into several of the supported output formats, such as Word & Excel. And when you need 2 scan text into a PDF file, Readiris Pro can do that as well. You can convert your incoming faxes, letters, or any paper documents into fully searchable PDF files quickly & accurately. It couldn't be any quicker or easier.

Multi-Page Scanning Ability & More
Readiris Pro features a convenient interval scanning mode that allows you 2 manually set the time interval between scans 2 greatly simplify the scanning process 4 multi-page documents on a flatbed scanner. This multi-page mode applies 2 both hard-copy as well as digital documents, such as such as TIFF or PDF files.

With support 4 the new Microsoft formats WordML & Spreadsheet ML, Readiris lets you accurately reproduce any kind of table in your Office documents. Based on XML, the new formats generate richer editing & formatting of files that are optimized 4 Windows Office 2003. Your tables can be perfectly reproduced in Excel 2003, retaining the text & even the colored background. Readiris Pro even lets you digitize hand-printed notes & 23 types of barcodes, including 2-D barcodes. The information contained in your barcode is automatically retyped into your application.