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From: jrd@netcom12.netcom.com (Jon Degenhardt)
Subject: Re: line-by-line (pen) scanner
In-Reply-To: TGritton@eworld.com's message of Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:33:09 -0700
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TGritton@eworld.com (Terry Gritton) writes:

   from MacWorld June 1995

   I.R.I.S. Datapen
   This pen-size hand-held scanner with
   built-in OCR recognizes up to 100 char
   acters per second, letting you directly
   enter text from magazines, letters, or
   memos into many Macintosh applica
   tions. The l.R.l.S. DataPen lets users
   input individual numbers, words, or lines
   of text. It connects to the serial port and
   includes trainable omnifont OCR soft
   ware. $435. l.R.I.S. America, 4n7/395-
   7831; fas 407/347-6267.

   I have also seen this or a similiar item advertised for DOS machines.
   -- 
   Terry Gritton


A brochure from Fall COMDEX advertises this product as also being available
for PCs running Windows 3.1. Contact info for the company is listed as:

  I.R.I.S America
  1600 N.W. Boca Raton Boulevard
  Boca Raton, 33432
  Tel: 407-33432

--Jon Degenhardt
  DocuMagix Inc.
