IRIScan Desk 6 Pro-Professional Color Document,Book Scanner,Auto-Flatten & Deskew,21MP,Capture 11x17in,136 Languages OCR,Text to Speech,PDF/Search,PDF/Word/Tiff/Excel,Video Distance Learning,Win&Mac

I wanted this product to scan and export scans to text or Word - I enclose a pictures of an example page. As you will see the product is not fit for purpose and should be withdrawn rom the market. I will be sending it back for a refund. Very disappointing from a brand name like Cannon.

Scanning books and trying to flatten the pages, has been a disaster. The software just isn’t up to the job and most of the clever stuff has to be switched off. You can’t buy a foot switch in order to have both hands free. Unexpectedly, I had to use it to scan a lot of fragile old documents, which were single sheets and flat, and for this task it was excellent. Good resolution, scanned big batches without fuss, auto-cropping worked well. For books, I’ve given up with it. Gone back to using a flatbed, which is a great disappointment.

It will be better if it added an on-off switch along the data -power computer connect line

¡Excelente producto!

I scan just about every piece of paper that comes into the house - receipts, kids' drawings, speeding tickets, whatever... I struggled for years with a flatbed/sheetfed scanner on a low cost multi-purpose home office printer. That thing finally died. This Iriscan Desk product line looked interesting and promised lots of cool software features. I chose the Desk 6 Pro because the 21mp camera mathematically gives slightly better resolution even with the larger working area. There is also a bit more flexibility with how you throw things on there. Caution #1- it's not really a 21mp camera. But that doesn't seem to matter. Caution #2 - the Desk 6 Pro is big. The mat is like 47cm x 53cm. Make sure you have the real-estate somewhere. It does roll up nicely and the stand/camera-arm can fold up. In the end, I'm impressed with the software and the scanning results. Installation was a breeze, except that you have to make sure you download the correct installer for your model. I installed the non-pro software first, and it did not detect the scanner. But the correct software worked without issue. The interface is not super pretty, but it is powerful, fast and effective. I can scan much faster than with my old scanner especially with 2-sided documents. Text is sharp. And the OCR is amazing. It creates searchable PDF's. What you see is the original, but you can search for text and it highlights it. The files are nicely compressed. Image and file management tools in the interface are useful and intuitive. It is even easy to scan both sides of something like an ID onto one output page. One final caution - this technology is not really meant for glossy paper, like brochures. Maybe if there is plenty of diffuse ambient light. But the built-in lights, while very effective on matt paper, cause a reflection and "washed-out" area on glossy paper. Small glossy things are ok because you can place them off center to avoid the wash-out zone. I haven't tried the fancier functions, like making videos. But that functionality is there. Overall very happy with the purchase.

I wanted to use this and love this, I tried so hard to make it work, It did not work. I tried company support, but no one would get back to me. I am very Sad.

We used this to scan cover pages of about 4000 books that were turned in for reuse. There was some learning curve, once we got the hang of it, we got everything documented and information available to all in no time. Few tips: (Book Mode) a) Having the camera in front of the monitor, helps to align the spine. b) Used the auto scan feature so do not have to press any buttons. c) Used curve fitting for the cropping. d) Review the images before exporting. Go into the edit mode and if necessary change the cropping to straight fit and if necessary manually adjust the image cropping. This gives insight which algorithm (straight vs curve) to use in the future based on the book. We didn't have to do much. This step does save lot of grief on those few images that don't come out right (It's the nature of these algorithms and no one algorithm is always right). e) Export the images. We plan to get a 2nd camera to help with project in a different location. Giving it a four, documentation can use some help.