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- MANUAL.DOC for RECOGNITA PLUS "Demo version"
- (Revision May 28, 1991)
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- You are currently using RECOGNITA PLUS, Version 1.2 Demo,
- The International OCR
- Copyright (C) SZKI Recognita Corp., 1991
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- You may distribute these diskettes free of charge.
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- This MANUAL.DOC consists of four parts. The first one
- describes the main features of Recognita Plus. The second one
- tells you what you need to run the program, the third one
- describes the setup process of RECOGNITA PLUS, the fourth one
- introduces you to using RECOGNITA PLUS step by step.
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- DEMO VERSION MEANS THAT YOU CAN USE ALL THE FUNCTIONS OF
- RECOGNITA PLUS, EXCEPT STORING THE RECOGNIZED TEXT IN A TEXT
- FILE. SO IGNORE ALL REFERENCES TO SAVING OUTPUT TEXT FILES.
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- If you have any comment or suggestion, or intend to buy the
- product, please address responses to
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- SZKI Recognita Corp. Recognita Corp. of America
- Budapest, Donati u. 35-45. 1250 Oakmead Parkway, Suite 210
- H-1015, Hungary, Europe Sunnyvale, CA 94088-3599
- Phone: (361) 201-84-52 Phone: (408) 749-9935
- Fax: (361) 201-76-07 or (800) 255-4 OCR
- Tx: 22-5381 Fax: (408) 730-1180
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- Recognita Büroautomatisierung GmbH
- Hainstrasse 17/19 - Aufgang E
- D-O-7010 Leipzig, Germany
- Phone/Fax: (37-41) 20 91 93
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- PART I: ABOUT RECOGNITA PLUS
-
- Recognita Plus is an omni-font pre-trained and trainable optical
- character recognition (OCR) program for the IBM AT, AT/386,
- AT/486 and PS/2 computers. It offers exceptional speed, both in
- MS DOS and MS Windows 3.0 environments. It can read in automatic
- or interactive mode. The latter offers both an on-line editor and
- an additional learning facility for special tasks. It can also be
- run from DOS command lines or batch files and so be integrated
- into application programs.
- The program supports an exceptionally wide range of desktop
- scanners.
- Documents: Recognita Plus can handle typeset documents, also
- those printed on a letter-quality printer, a near-letter-quality
- dot-matrix printer, a laser printer, or typed on an electric
- typewriter.
- Output: The recognized text can be saved directly to several
- ASCII formats and also in over 30 widely used word processor
- formats.
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- Languages: The International Recognita Plus offers twenty-two
- European languages on-screen, including Greek; in addition it can
- read almost any language with a Latin-based alphabet, including
- non-European ones, over 80 in all. It can handle multi-lingual
- documents, even with a dozen or more languages on one page.
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- Recognita Plus comes in three language implementations:
- Recognita Plus 1.2 The International OCR
- Recognita Plus 1.2 The Americas OCR, reads the 4 major languages
- spoken and written in the Americas (English, French, Spanish and
- Portuguese)
- Recognita Plus 1.2 The English OCR, is only for English, like
- most of the OCR packages on the US market.
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- PART II: WHAT YOU NEED TO RUN RECOGNITA PLUS
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- To use Recognita Plus the following minimum configuration is
- recommended:
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- - An IBM AT, AT/386, AT/486 or PS/2 computer, with at least 640
- kBytes of RAM (in MS DOS environment), or 1 MByte of RAM and
- memory extension used by MS Windows (in MS Windows
- environment), 3 MBytes of free hard disk space, a floppy disk
- drive and one parallel port, which may also be used for a
- printer.
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- - A CGA, EGA, VGA, Hercules or compatible display card, with a
- matching colour or monochrome monitor.
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- - One of the supported scanners with at least 300 dpi resolution
- properly connected to the computer. (Reading from image files
- is possible without a scanner).
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- - A mouse (recommended).
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- - MS DOS operating system, version 3.0 or later.
- - MS Windows 3.0 or later.
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- Recognita Plus is able to run in Enhanced Mode, Standard Mode or
- Real Mode under MS Windows. However, some of the scanners are not
- supported in Enhanced Mode.
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- Note. Be sure to read the README.DOC file on the RECOGNITA PLUS
- program disk. README.DOC contains updated information unavailable
- when this guide was edited.
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- PART III: SETTING UP RECOGNITA PLUS
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- RECOGNITA PLUS must be installed before use. You have a menu
- driven setup program named RECSETUP on your RECOGNITA PLUS
- diskette #1. By running it you configure RECOGNITA PLUS to your
- hardware environment.
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- To run RECSETUP you need to know the following:
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- - what kind of computer and display you have
- - what type of scanner you have.
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- Now we assume that your computer is turned on and the prompt can
- be seen on the display, e.g.
- C:>
- showing that the operating system has been loaded.
- Insert the RECOGNITA PLUS diskette #1 in drive A, then type in
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- A:RECSETUP <Enter>
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- On the screen you can see the starting screen of the setup pro-
- gram. Once the setup program is running, follow the instructions
- on the screen. Within a few seconds you can choose the setup
- language. Enter the appropriate letter "E" for English, "D" for
- German, "F" for French, etc.
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- Installation
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- To begin the setup procedure choose 'Installation' by moving the
- highlight with the direction keys. Then you can select the
- highlighted item by pressing the <Enter> key.
- If you intend to work only with import image files (e.g. TIFF
- files) and there is no scanner in your configuration, choose 'No
- scanner.'
- If the scanner interface card or its resident driver is not
- found, as you leave RECSETUP the screen will list any particular
- requirements of the scanner you have chosen, e.g. on port
- addresses, switch settings or interface card needed.
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- Modifications
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- You can make modifications in your configuration at any time by
- starting the setup program from your installed copy. Type in:
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- RECSETUP <Enter>
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- then move the highlight to 'Modifications' and press the <Enter>
- key. Make the necessary changes.
- You may also start RECSETUP from inside MS Windows 3.0 by
- clicking on its icon 'Recognita Setup'. In this case the
- modifications will take effect only after closing and re-starting
- Recognita Plus again.
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- DEVICE DRIVERS
- Some scanners have a device driver program supplied by the
- manufacturer. The setup program reminds you to install any device
- driver needed. If you start Recognita Plus without that, you will
- see the error message
- DEVICE DRIVER MISSING or
- NO SCANNER INSTALLED
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- If you have a mouse in your computer configuration, the resident
- mouse driver must also be installed in the memory of your PC
- before running RECOGNITA PLUS. You can use any type of mouse, the
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- STARTING RECOGNITA PLUS
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- under MS DOS: RECDEMO <Enter>
- under MS WINDOWS: WIN RECDEMO <Enter>
- or double-click on the Recognita Plus icon.
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- PART IV: USING RECOGNITA PLUS
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- A/ SOME COMMON TERMS
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- Scanner parameters 'Brightness' and 'Contrast': You can change
- these parameters to make reading more accurate. For good quality
- documents use the default values. With a low-quality document,
- you may have to use a method of trial and error, i.e. to test
- scan it several times with various settings to see which gives
- the best results.
- 'Resolution': There are scanners which can work at differing
- resolutions. For OCR purposes the best results can be achieved at
- 300 or 400 dpi. However, many scanners produce 400 dpi only by
- extrapolation. In this case scanning at 400 dpi will yield worse
- results than 300 dpi.
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- Reading: You can read text in automatic or interactive modes.
- Reading in automatic mode means that after activating 'Read' the
- recognition will automatically be executed, while reading in
- interactive mode enables on-line correction and teaching during
- the recognition process.
- If you wish to abandon reading, press the <Esc> key.
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- Rejection: If the program didn't recognize a character, you will
- see the rejection symbol (a black filled square by default) on
- the screen instead of the unrecognized character.
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- Scanning area: The paper length and the margins determine the
- area of the document to be scanned from scanner. The main purpose
- of this is to leave out unwanted pieces of a document and to
- shorten the scanning time.
- The size range of the paper length accepted by Recognita Plus is
- from 3 to 14 inches. To type a fraction of an inch or centimetre
- use a decimal point (e.g. 8.25).
- If you define margins in the Layout function, be careful not to
- let the margin frame touch any characters.
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- Reading area: You can define smaller areas (boxes) on the page to
- read the area inside or outside the boxes. These can overlap one
- another. Boxes are shown with dotted lines (DOS) or thin red
- lines (MS Windows).
- As reading can be performed from areas defined either inside or
- outside the boxes, you have to decide which way is best.
- Box settings remain valid until you remove boxes or define new
- ones. Under MS DOS a box is called a window.
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- Graphics separation: Recognita Plus automatically separates text
- from graphics. However, this takes more time, so to speed up the
- text recognition on a page with large size graphics, photos or
- images, it's a good idea to define margins and/or boxes to cut
- out these parts of the page.
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- Image file: The image file created by the program can be stored
- in compressed PackBits or uncompressed TIFF format. An
- uncompressed TIFF file of an A4 size page at 300 dpi needs over 1
- Mbyte of free space on your hard disk, while in compressed form
- it needs only 20-60% of an uncompressed one.
- Supported Input Image File Formats: TIFF (uncompressed,
- compressed CCITT G3, CCITT G4, compressed PackBits) and PCX.
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- Text formats: In addition to the ASCII formats, Recognita Plus
- offers over 30 word processor formats.
- Recognita Plus enables you to transmit the original character
- sizing to the output text file, i.e. transmit to the selected
- word processor all character sizes, line spacing, tabulator
- positions from the original document, provided a word processor
- format was chosen and 'Original' was set.
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- Character set: The delivery default character set is IBM ASCII
- (PC8). Further possibilities are Roman-8, ANSI, Greek-ELOT and
- Greek-MEMOTEK. You can see the relevant character code tables on-
- screen by clicking on 'Show Char. Set...'.
- Other sets: In addition Recognita Plus is supplied with thirteen
- modified IBM ASCII sets for reading less common languages.
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- READING THE TEST.TIF file supplied with Recognita Plus and
- containing multi-lingual text
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- Steps for reading from image file
- 1. Select the parameter FROM FILE: *.TIF. under IMAGE SOURCE in
- the Main Menu.
- 2. Type in the name of the desired image file (TEST.TIF) or leave
- *.TIF to call up and use a file selection box.
- 3. Activate the READ function.
- 4. When Recognita Plus indicates 'Ready', press the <Enter> key
- or click on O.K.
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- Our test file has only four languages. So, in order to improve
- the program's accuracy rate, select only the languages found in
- the test file: French, German and Spanish. The OPTIONS function
- enables you to define the languages. To select a language, de-
- select INTERNATIONAL, then click on the language required. A tick
- will appear in front of the name. To de-select it click on it
- again.
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- Steps for defining the languages for the TEST.TIF file
- 1. Activate OPTIONS.
- 2. De-select INTERNATIONAL and select the appropriate languages
- (German, French and Spanish).
- 3. Activate O.K.
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- Let's suppose you intend to read only some paragraphs of the test
- file. The LAYOUT fuction is used to display the layout of a page
- and define the parts to be read.
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- Steps for reading a part of an image file by windows
- 1. Check that FROM FILE is selected under IMAGE SOURCE.
- 2. Check that CORRECT AND LEARN and LANDSCAPE in the Main Menu
- are de-selected.
- 3. Name the image file to be read (TEST.TIF).
- 4. Activate the LAYOUT function in the Main Menu.
- 5. Activate SCAN IMAGE to scan the page to display its layout.
- 6. Decide which to select: TEXT INSIDE WINDOWS or TEXT OUTSIDE
- WINDOWS.
- 7. Define window(s) for the required parts of the page.
- Move the cursor (a cross) to one corner of the window to be
- created. Press the left mouse button, drag it to the opposite
- corner, then release.
- 8. If the window definition is not satisfactory, activate REMOVE
- WINDOW and click in one window or REMOVE ALL and define
- window(s) once more.
- 9. Return to the Main Menu by activating BACK TO MAIN MENU.
- 10. Activate the READ function in the Main Menu to read the text
- area defined.
- 11. Press the <Enter> key or click on O.K. to return to the Main
- Menu when the 'Ready' message appears.
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- SETTING SCANNER PARAMETERS
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- Steps for setting scanner parameters
- 1. Insert a page in the scanner.
- 2. Activate the TEST SCAN function.
- 3. Enlarge some characters (left mouse button).
- 4. Click on TEST SCAN repeatedly, enlarge other characters and
- examine other parts of the page. Use the right mouse button to
- scroll the image horizontally.
- 5. Activate the EJECT function.
- 6. Adjust scanner parameters in the Main Menu.
- 7. Activate TEST SCAN again to examine the quality of the scanned
- image produced with the new settings.
- 8. Repeat steps 5 to 7 until the result is satisfactory.
- 9. Return to the Main Menu (use EJECT if necessary).
- 10. Read the page with your optimised scanner settings.
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- SETTING OPTIONS
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- Steps for setting options
- 1. Activate OPTIONS.
- 2. Select the appropriate text or word processing format.
- 3. Select RETAIN ORIGINAL SIZES if you wish to transfer the
- original character sizes to the output file.
- 4. Select the appropriate language(s), or INTERNATIONAL for a
- highly multi-lingual document.
- 5. If you want to read a document with the most common Greek
- symbols in it, select PLUS GREEK.
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- 6. If your document contains nearly all numerical information,
- select NUMBERS ONLY,PLUS and define characters additionally
- needed.
- 7. If your document is mostly text, LANGUAGE SET should be
- selected; define any special characters needed in its text box
- if desired.
- 8. Define the CHARACTER SET used by your Word Processor.
- 9. Define a character for the rejection symbol if the default is
- not satisfactory.
- 10. Activate O.K. to confirm settings and return to the Main
- Menu.
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- READING TEXT FROM SCANNER
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- Steps for reading a single page
- 1. Insert the page into the scanner. Check that the text is not
- skewed.
- 2. Set scanner parameters.
- 3. Set options (languages, character set, word processor, etc).
- 4. Check that MULTIPLE PAGES, LANDSCAPE and CORRECT AND LEARN in
- the Main Menu are de-selected.
- 5. TEXT RESULT should be selected; type in a suitable name for
- the output file.
- 6. Activate the READ function (or press <Ctrl> + <r>).
- 7. Wait for the 'Ready' message to appear.
- 8. Check that the box in front of TO FILE is selected.
- 9. Press the <Enter> key or click on O.K. to save your text and
- return to the Main Menu.
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- MULTIPLE PAGES
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- Steps for reading multiple pages from ADF
- 1. Prepare the document to be read and insert it in the scanner's
- ADF.
- 2. Select MULTIPLE PAGES and set other parameters.
- 3. Specify a suitable output file name.
- 4. Activate the READ function.
- 5. Press the Enter key or click on O.K. to return to the Main
- Menu after getting the message: 'All the pages are read'.
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- Steps for reading multiple pages without ADF
- 1. Prepare the document to be read and insert the first page in
- the scanner.
- 2. Select MULTIPLE PAGES and set other parameters.
- 3. Specify a suitable output file name now or under (7).
- 4. Activate the READ function.
- 5. Feed the next page when the message: 'Feed the next page, or
- click on NO MORE' appears.
- 6. After feeding or placing each new page press the <Enter> key
- or click on O.K.
- 7. Click on NO MORE to return to the Main Menu after reading all
- the pages.
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- PAGE ORIENTATION
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- Steps for reading a page in landscape format
- 1. Insert the page in the scanner.
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- 2. Select LANDSCAPE DOCUMENT in the Main Menu.
- 3. Remove any remaining margins or windows.
- 4. Set all other options and parameters for the page.
- 5. Activate READ.
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- Don't forget to de-select LANDSCAPE DOCUMENT when you have
- finished reading such documents to go back to PORTRAIT
- orientation!
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- DEFINING THE SCANNING AND READING AREA
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- The LAYOUT function allows you to define the paper length,
- margins and windows on the page.
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- Defining a margin frame: Activate SCAN IMAGE on the LAYOUT screen
- to scan in the page to see its structure.
- To define a margin frame, move the cursor into the layout display
- - the cursor will change its shape to a cross. Move it to the top
- left corner of the text. Press the <Shift> key, hold it down and
- at the same time click with the left mouse button and drag the
- cursor to the bottom right corner of the desired text. A margin
- frame displayed by continuous lines will appear. Be careful not
- to let the frame touch any characters. The resulting values for
- the margins measured from the edges of the page will be seen in
- the margin boxes (left, right, top and bottom).
- Deleting a margin frame: If your margin frame does touch some
- characters or isn't correct, simply define a new frame by
- dragging the mouse while holding down the <Shift> key again. The
- previous margin frame will automatically be replaced by the new
- one. All four margins settings can be reset to zero in one step
- by clicking on RESET (to the right of the margin boxes).
- Enlarging the layout display: Activate SCAN IMAGE again without
- changing the margin frame. Notice that the resulting layout
- window contains only the area defined by the margins and that the
- image is enlarged. This gives a better view of the layout and
- makes it easier to define windows accurately.
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- Note: When reading from an image file PAPER LENGTH cannot be
- changed.
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- Windows can be defined both for images coming from a scanner and
- from image files. You can define up to 16 windows and these can
- overlap one another. Windows are shown with dotted lines. Reading
- can be executed from inside or outside windows.
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- READING TEXT IN INTERACTIVE MODE
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- Reading text in interactive mode can be done either from scanner
- or from an image file scanned in earlier.
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- Steps for on-line correcting
- 1. Start the program.
- 2. Select the parameter CORRECT AND LEARN in the Main Menu.
- 3. Select image source FROM SCANNER or FROM FILE. If from image
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- 4. Check that the currently loaded CHARACTER SET is the most
- useful one for your current document. If not load another.
- 5. Check all other parameters are set correctly.
- 6. Activate the READ function.
- 7. When Recognita Plus stops on a character and its suggestion is
- correct, click on ACCEPT.
- 8. Recognita Plus then moves on to the next problem character.
- 9. When Recognita Plus gives an incorrect suggestion or says
- NONE, give a correction, either from the keyboard, from the
- on-screen character set or with a code.
- 10. Check your result, then click on CORRECT.
- 11. Click on ACCEPT/CORRECT with CORRECT: empty to place a
- rejection symbol if you cannot give a suitable correction.
- 12. Click on DROP GARBAGE to remove unwanted characters.
- 13. Press the <Enter> key, or click on O.K. to go back to the
- Main Menu after the 'Ready' message appears.
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- SAVING IMAGE FILES
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- Steps for saving an A4 page as an image file
- 1. Start Recognita Plus.
- 2. Insert the page into the scanner, making sure the text is not
- skewed.
- 3. Activate the LAYOUT function in the Main Menu.
- 4. Set the margins to zero and leave page length at its default
- value (11.75 inches/29.7cm)
- 5. Select the parameter TO FILE: *.TIF.
- 6. Set the parameter COMPRESSED if you wish.
- 7. Type in a suitable image file name, or leave *.TIF to call up
- a dialog box.
- 8. Activate SCAN IMAGE to scan the page, display it and save it
- as an image file.
- 9. Activate BACK TO MAIN MENU.
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- QUITTING
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- When you decide to end your session with Recognita Plus, activate
- the QUIT function. This saves the current settings in the file
- RECOGN.STS, quits the program and returns control to the
- operating system.
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- READING THE TEST.TIF FILE supplied with Recognita Plus and
- containing a multi-lingual text (English, German, French,
- Spanish).
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- To read an image file (TEST.TIF)
- 1. Set the text parameters
- Steps for setting text parameters:
- Select 'Options', then 'Text Parameters...'.
- Select your word processor or the best format for you.
- Select 'Original' or 'General' character sizing
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- De-select 'International' and use 'Languages...' to select
- only the languages required, i.e. German, French and Spanish,
- then click on 'OK' to close the Languages dialog box.
- Click on 'OK' to close the Text Parameter dialog box.
- 2. Select 'File', then 'Open...'.
- 3. Select TEST.TIF in the Open Image Source dialog box
- 4. Click on 'Read'.
- 5. Click on 'OK' or press <Enter> when the message 'Recognition
- is done' appears.
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- Displaying layout, reading from bitmap
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- The layout of the whole scanned area will be displayed in the
- 'Overview' window and at the same time its original bitmap either
- in full-size (100%) or reduced to 50% or 25% can be seen in the
- 'Layout' window. A coloured area (the so-called positioning
- rectangle) in the 'Overview' window indicates which part of the
- whole image is being currently displayed in the 'Layout' window.
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- The boxes cursor is the default cursor shape in the 'Layout'
- window. If you point with the cursor on the marked area in the
- 'Overview' window it will change its shape into a four-headed
- arrow. Use this cursor to move the marked area, in order to see a
- different part of the bitmap in the 'Layout' window.
- To see the bitmap of the marked area at full-size or reduced to
- 50% or 25%, use the appropriate tool or select the desired
- percentage in the 'Show' menu.
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- To display the TEST.TIF file and read from the bitmap
- 1. Set the text parameters (languages, word processor, etc.)
- 2. Select 'File', then 'Open...'.
- 3. Select TEST.TIF in the Open Image Source dialog box
- 4. Click on 'Open As Image' in the Open Image Source dialog box
- to display the image file on screen.
- 5. Define the reading area with boxes, if you wish to read only a
- part of the image file, select Text Inside or Text Outside
- Boxes in the 'Boxes' menu.
- 6. Select 'CurrentBitmap', then 'Read'.
- 7. Click on 'OK' or press <Enter> when the message 'Recognition
- is done' appears.
- 8. Select 'File', then 'New' to clear the screen.
- 9. Select 'Remove All' in the 'Boxes' menu of the 'Layout' window
- to remove box(es) and close the 'Layout' window.
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- TO READ A PAGE FROM SCANNER
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- 1. Place the page into the scanner in the position required by
- the scanner model you use (e.g. sheet-feed or flat-bed). Check
- that the text is not skewed.
- 2. Set the scanner parameters
- Steps for setting scanner parameters:
- Select 'Scan', then 'Test' to examine the typographical
- quality of the document
- Select 'ReadMore!' to scan the next slice of the bitmap
- Enlarge some characters by moving the cursor on a character
- and clicking, or by dragging the mouse
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- Examine the typographical quality (line thickness, filling of
- holes, touching or broken characters, etc.) of the character
- enlarged in the 'Zoom In' window
- Select 'ScannerParams...'
- Adjust 'Brightness' and 'Contrast'
- If the character shapes are very thin, or even broken,
- adjust 'Brigthness' to the left on the scale in order to
- 'darken' it. Conversely, if the characters are too thick,
- so they run into each other, or some holes inside them are
- filled, adjust the parameter in the opposite direction,
- to 'lighten' it.
- Select 'ReScan!'
- Repeat the steps from 'ReadMore!' to see if the new settings
- have improved the result
- Select 'Eject!' to finish the testing process
- Close the 'Test Scan' window
- 3. Set the text parameters (languages, word processor,
- orientation, etc.)
- 4. Select 'Recognition'
- 5. Select 'Read'
- 6. Edit the text on screen if you wish (provided you have chosen
- one of the ASCII formats)
- Insert and/or delete characters from the keyboard using the
- direction and text editing keys
- Select 'Search', then select one of the editing functions
- according to your needs
- Type in the characters you want to find or change from and to
- in the resulting dialog box, then click on the appropriate
- function key ('OK', 'Change', 'Change All')
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- TO DISPLAY THE LAYOUT OF A PAGE FROM SCANNER
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- 1. Select 'Scan', 'Layout', 'ScanImage', 'DoScan'
- 2. Use the four-headed cursor shape to move the marked area in
- the 'Overview' window.
- 3. Select the desired percentage to see the bitmap of the marked
- area.
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- To define the scanning area (paper length, margins) from the
- Layout window:
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- 1. Use the Margins tool to get the margins cursor and define a
- margin frame in the 'Overview' or 'Layout' window. The margins
- will be displayed with thick blue lines.
- 2. Drag the side or the corner of the margin frame to resize it
- in the 'Layout' window, or define a new one, if necessary,
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- 1. Select 'ScanImage', then 'Scanning Area...'
- 2. Enter the new values for paper length, margins in the dialog
- box.
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- 3. Select 'ScanImage' and 'DoScan' to scan the paper again.
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- To define the reading area (inside or outside boxes)
- 1. Use the Boxes tool to get a boxes cursor
- 2. Drag boxes on the scanned bitmap, resize them, if necessary
- To resize boxes, drag the appropriate side of the box or its
- corner.
- 3. Use Eraser or Remove All tool to remove boxes,
- or
- Select 'Remove Box' or 'Remove All' in the 'Boxes' menu
- To delete one box move the box eraser cursor inside the box to
- be deleted, then click
- 4. Use the alternative Text In/Out tool,
- or
- Checkmark 'Text Inside Boxes' or 'Text Outside Boxes' in
- 'Boxes' menu according to your needs
-
- Note: Boxes can be defined both for images coming from a scanner
- and from image files.
-
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- TO READ A MULTI-LINGUAL DOCUMENT
- Select 'International' in 'Language Set' of the Text Parameters
- dialog box
- or
- 1. De-select 'International'
- 2. Use 'Languages...' to select only languages required.
- 3. Use the text box of 'Language Set' to enter additionally up to
- 25 accented characters to include them in the subset of
- recognizable characters.
-
-
- TO READ FINANCIAL TABLES, BALANCE SHEETS, etc.
-
- 1. Select 'Numbers Only' in 'Enabled Characters' of the Text
- Parameters dialog box
- 2. Use the text box to include up to 16 additional characters
-
-
- TO READ DOCUMENTS IN INTERACTIVE MODE
-
- 1. Set text parameters before reading
- (text format, character set, languages, orientation, etc.
- If you read from scanner, set scanner parameters, too.)
- 2. Select 'Recognition', then 'Read and Correct/Learn' to start
- interactive reading from scanner.
- 3. In the 'Read and Correct/Learn' dialog box:
-
- Click on 'Accept' if the suggestion is correct.
- Click on 'Zoom In' to enlarge a problem character.
- Click on 'Show Char. Set...' to transfer character(s) from the
- on-screen character set to the text box, or enter the correct
- character(s) in the text box, if there is no suggestion or the
- suggestion is wrong, then click on 'Correct'.
- Click on 'Reject' to insert the rejection symbol.
- Click on 'Drop Garbage' to delete unwanted
- character(s).
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- Note: Reading text in interactive mode can be done either from
- scanner or from an image file scanned in earlier, or from the
- currently scanned bitmap.
-
- To end your session with Recognita Plus
- 1. Select 'File'
- 2. Select 'Exit'
-
- Note. When leaving Recognita Plus, it will automatically save the
- current parameter settings into the RECOGN.PAR file, provided
- some parameter has been changed during your work. The RECOGN.PAR
- file loads these settings when you start Recognita Plus next
- time. If the file RECOGN.PAR does not exist when you start the
- program, the delivery default settings will be loaded.
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- End of MANUAL.DOC.
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