I.R.I.S. Introduces Readiris Pro 11: Latest Upgrade Results in Most Powerful Optical Character Recognition Software for the Mac OS X Platform.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. -- Readiris Pro 11 and Readiris Pro 11 Corporate Edition Optimize Overall Speed, Accuracy and Range of Capabilities

I.R.I.S. Group, (Euronext: IRI), a market leader in Automatic Document Recognition (ADR), Electronic Document Management (EDM) and Optical Character Recognition (OCR), announced today the U.S. launch of Readiris Pro 11, the latest version of its flagship OCR software for the Mac OS X platform, as well as its professional version, Readiris Pro 11 Corporate Edition.

Readiris Pro 11 productively converts volumes of documents and images into editable text in numerous applications. Used with flatbed scanners, multi-function "all-in-one" devices and digital cameras, this OCR software is an intelligent document-to-knowledge tool with a graphical interface that complements the recognized Macintosh look and feel. Readiris Pro 11 and Readiris Pro 11 Corporate Edition include unique features, such as hand-printing recognition and indexing bar code scanning. Thanks to continuous research and development combined with innovative technology, I.R.I.S. software is now the leading OCR application on the Mac platform.

"The development of Readiris Pro 11 and its Corporate Edition, built specifically for the Mac platform, underscores our company's commitment to provide users with a totally up-to-date OCR solution for the latest Mac OS X releases," said Jean-Marc Fontaine, Director of Sales & Operations in the U.S. for I.R.I.S. "Readiris Pro 11 Corporate Edition is a true break through product with its new batch mode processing and hot folder features, a first on the Mac platform. In addition to being the fastest OCR product on the market, Readiris is incredibly accurate, and offers the widest range of capabilities and the largest number of recognized languages."

New features and functionality of Readiris Pro 11 include:

    --  Bar Code Reading: define a "bar code zone" around any bar code
        printed on a document and the data contained will be
        automatically re-typed;

    --  Unique Hand-printing Recognition Engine: I.R.I.S. ICR engine
        reads and recognizes typewritten text, hand-printed capital
        letters, figures or symbols;

    --  Accurate Recognition of up to 118 Languages: based on 3
        alphabets (Latin, Greek and Cyrillic), including East- and
        West European languages, Baltic and Cyrillic (Russian)
        languages, Greek and Turkish;

    --  Fully Configurable User Interface Redesigned in Mac OS X
        Style:

        --  Easily enable actions using one button to acquire a
            document and another to launch recognition upon completion
            of settings;

        --  New Readiris setting bar now offers automatic functions to
            improve OCR, indicate document language, enable or disable
            interactive learning, and definition of output format;

        --  Thumbnail bar displays small color reproductions of
            documents for easy navigation;

        --  Automatically marks the text, table and graphic zones with
            color frames. Offers page analysis function, information
            selection for recognition and zone illustration determined
            by zone types and sorting commands.

    --  Accurate Color Output Files: colored text, backgrounds and
        graphics are fully reproduced with the look and feel of
        originals with high accuracy

In addition to the features above, Readiris Pro 11 Corporate
Edition now includes functionality unique to the needs of the
corporate market, such as:

    --  Easy Separation of Batches into Several Documents: insert
        blank pages between documents to separate, recognize and save
        them to different output files;

    --  Powerful Indexing Based on Bar Code Reading: separate
        documents by placing blank pages followed by a page containing
        bar codes. More than 20 bar codes are automatically recognized
        (even the PDF 417 barcode) and the embedded information is
        saved in an XML index;

    --  Efficient Batch OCR: batch OCR executes recognition on all
        pre-scanned images in a specific folder while recognized
        documents receive a file name corresponding to the image file;

    --  Productive Watched Folder: establish a "watched folder" to
        systematically execute recognition on any image file dropped
        into it;

    --  Multipage OCR: scan documents containing a very high number of
        pages for processing, recognition and retention in a unique
        output file.

System Requirements

    --  Macintosh computer with a G3 processor or later;

    --  Mac OS X version 10.3 and above (previous versions are not
        supported);

    --  110 MB of free hard disk space.

Price and Availability

Readiris Pro 11 for Mac OS X is available through distribution and retail channels, in Europe, U.S. and Asia, and from the I.R.I.S. online store, (http://shop.irislink.com). Suggested retail price of Readiris Pro 11 is $129.

Readiris Pro 11 Corporate Edition for Mac OS X is available through the channel, Value-Added Resellers (VARs) at a suggested retail price of $399, and from the I.R.I.S. online store.

All I.R.I.S. products are available through Ingram Micro, Navarre and Douglas Stewart.

About I.R.I.S.

Image Recognition Integrated Systems (I.R.I.S.), a Belgian company founded in 1987 and listed on Euronext Brussels (IRI), is a leader in the "Document to Knowledge" market, and provides extremely high-quality solutions for converting paper documents into electronic formats for archiving, storing, managing and sharing digital information.

For more information on our company, our solutions or our products, visit the I.R.I.S. website at http://www.irislink.com or call I.R.I.S. at 800.447.4744 (9A-5P EST)