The brand-new version of the best high volume solution for text recognition, document creation and hyper-compression thanks to iHQC™, I.R.I.S.’ revolutionary High Quality Compression technology!

During the IRISLink event (did you miss it ? Check it our here !) I.R.I.S. announced the upcoming release of IRISDocument™ 9, the new version of its high-volume text recognition and compression server, previously known as IRISPdf™.

IRISDocument™ 9 Server is the most robust solution to structure, index, highly compress and convert documents into optimized searchable text files. It is designed to process large volumes of documents either on a single workstation or on a server, using images coming from multiple workstations. The system has been built as a server application and works 24/7, maximizing its users’ productivity.

“This new version of IRISPdf™, renamed IRISDocument™, extends its integration with the most renowned scanning and document management applications such as Microsoft SharePoint”, says Pierre De Muelenaere, CEO and founder of I.R.I.S. “The support of the new XPS format of Microsoft combined with our compression technology iHQC™ offers users new opportunities.”

He continues: “IRISDocument™ Server, unlike the competition, has no page limitation making it the most price competitive OCR Server to convert all images into indexed and editable files. Thanks to the Multi-CPU add-on, IRISDocument™ will process up to 60.000 pages a day per Server making it the fastest OCR Server available on the marketplace.”

	Extended Range of Output Formats list: XPS, XPS-iHQC™, PDF/a and PDF/a-iHQC™ PDF (4 different file modes: Image, Image-Text, Text, Text-Image, with many options: PDF/a compliance, certification, encryption) PDF with iHQC™ compression (3 different compression levels, many options: PDF/a compliance, certification, encryption – see below for details) XPS (4 different file modes: Image, Image-Text, Text, Text-Image) XPS with iHQC™ compression (see below for details) Common text and image file format such as Text, Word, RTF, Open Document text, HTML, XML, WordML, SpreadsheetML, various types of TIFF, BMP, JPEG, JPEG2000 An important new output format is the XML Paper Specification (XPS). Like Adobe's PDF format, XPS is a fixed-layout document format designed to preserve document fidelity, so that documents look the same on any device. Various XPS file types can be generated with IRISDocument™ Server 9: image-text, text, text-image, and image files. Options include the creation of bookmarks, inclusion of graphics, and retention of color of text. XPS can be hyper-compressed with I.R.I.S.’ proprietary technology iHQC™, with the most impressive color compression ratios (up to 400 times and more!) applied to the XPS format. IRISDocument™ 9 Server can also be used to create PDF/A compliant hyper-compressed with the iHQC™ technology. This means very important size reduction for long-term archiving purposes.
	Extended integration with IRISPowerscan™ 9, I.R.I.S.’ brand-new production scanning application In order to free the scanning station of the OCR process, you can use the IRISDocument™ Server Batch Output Format, strongly integrating the most advanced scanning application with the “state of the art heavy duty” solution to create massive searchable documents. Together, those two new features create a complete and powerful scanning and archiving platform, from front-door content to document management solutions.
	Extended integration into Microsoft SharePoint (add-on) IRISDocument™ 9 Server connects directly to any Microsoft SharePoint server. Files are exported with their indexes defined in IRISPowerscan™ 9, and automatically sent into the right document libraries based on the original paper document type.
	Export API on Watched Folder version IRISDocument™ Watched Folder mode has been designed to process large volumes of documents automatically, 24/7. You can create several watched folders with different settings. Just configure your scanner to drop your files in the appropriate watched folder and IRISDocument™ Server will initiate the recognition of the new documents with the pre- configured settings of this watched folder and export the output file directly in the pre- established format(s) and to the right place: folder or Microsoft SharePoint document library.
	Improved Arabic Engine (add-on) The OCR accuracy for Arabic has been strongly improved, with a new recognition method based on the font description.
	Improved Recognition of Low Resolution Images The OCR accuracy for low resolution color or greyscale images has been dramatically improved. This is also valid for PDF with iHQC™ compression.

A word about iHQC™

I.R.I.S. intelligent High Quality Compression technology™ is designed to convert standard color images into highly-compressed PDF, PDF/a or XPS files with searchable text, maintaining amazing legibility.

Not only those files are perfectly standard and will open in your standard viewer, but they also will allow you to save on storage space and network bandwith with compression ratios which, compared to the original uncompressed image, go up to 600 times and more!

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Pricing and availability

IRISDocument™ 9 will be available on May 31st, 2009 through I.R.I.S.’ VAR network:

• IRISDocument™ 9 Server: 2.990 EUR
• IRISDocument™ 9 Server for IRISPowerscan™: 2.990 EUR
• Asian add-on: 495 EUR
• Hebrew add-on: 495 EUR
• Arabic add-on: 990 EUR
• iHQC™ add-on: From 990 to 6.990 EUR
• Multi-CPU add-on: 2.990 EUR

Contact Us

- by email: [email protected]
- by phone +32 10 45 13 64

I.R.I.S. (EMEA) 10 rue du Bosquet, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium Tel: +32-(0)10-45 13 64 Email: [email protected]

I.R.I.S. Inc (North America) Delray Office Plaza 4731 West Atlantic Avenue Suite B1 and B2 Delray Beach, Florida 33445 United States Tel: +1-561-921 0847 E-mail:[email protected]

I.R.I.S. HK Ltd (Asia) Unit 805-806, Hung Tai Industrial Building 37-39 Hung To Road, Kwun Tong Kowloon, Hong Kong Tel: +852 22646133 E-mail: [email protected]

About I.R.I.S

I.R.I.S. mission is to increase our customers’ productivity and knowledge through helping them better manage their documents, data and information.

I.R.I.S. Products & Technologies develops technologies and products for Intelligent Document Recognition and markets its portfolio on a worldwide basis through strong partnerships.

I.R.I.S. Professional Solutions enables companies and administrations to find in one company the innovative expertise and hi‐tech solutions to efficiently manage documents, information flows and IT infrastructure.

In 2008, the revenue of I.R.I.S. Group was 109.325.772€.

I.R.I.S. has more than 550 employees based in Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Vilvoorde and Antwerp (Belgium), Orly (France), Windhof (Luxemburg), Amsterdam and Maastricht (The Netherlands), Aachen (Germany), Delray Beach (USA) , Hong‐Kong (China) and Oslo (Norway).

For more information about I.R.I.S. and its products portfolio, please visit: www.irislink.com