Is the IRISPen a toy?
Evidently, the biggest question concerning the IRISPen is: what is an IRISPen really worth? True, the IRISPen is a flashy input device, but in the best sense of the word. The IRISPen is also a professional tool that has its place in the modern office environment! Lets have a look at some of its professional characteristics: • The use of character modes: you can limit recognition to numeric characters to enter figures only – think of forms, printed checks, invoices, financial documents etc. • Definition of customized character sets: the user can define limited characters sets to be recognized. A simple example is extension of the numeric subset with a few symbols such as $ and to recognize the currencies on cheques and in tables of figures. • Recognition of table frames: the typical table format is reconstructed in your spreadsheet by simply sliding the IRISPen over your table of figures. (This is an example where the IRISPen not only recognizes your text, but already formats it for you
