What is I.R.I.S. ocr and why is it installed on my HP Pavillon?

[Jake1000]

This was recently installed on my computer, perhaps during a windows update or an HP assistant update. What is its function? I am considering removing it unless I find it has some value and is legit. 

[WAWood · Accepted solution]

@Jake1000

Hello;

Allow me to welcome you to the HP forums!

This is an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) application that allows your scanner to "read"  a text document and turn it into actual text, instead of storing the result as a graphical image.

It is installed when you install the HP full feature printer drivers and software.

IF you have no use for OCR, you can remove it.

Good Luck

[Digitalepixie]

Why is your Publisher credentail "HP" on this one (I.R.I.S. OCR)  whereas the other programs spell out "Hewlett-Packard"? That looks like malware. Actually, there's a lot of inconsistencies in your naming conventions on the programs' info in my control panel!