Image reading apparatus with correction for streak images outside of areas having printed content

An image reading apparatus, comprising:

• a conveyance unit configured to convey an original;
• an image reading unit configured to read an image of the original conveyed by the conveyance unit by using a reading sensor to generate image data which represents a reading result representing a result of reading the original by the image reading unit;
• at least one processor configured to:
• detect a streak image in an image represented by the image data based on the image data;
• determine a content area in the image represented by the image data, the content area being an area where content is printed, and
• perform correction processing for removing the streak image by correcting the image data;
• wherein the at least one processor is configured to be operable in a first reading mode in which:
• the correction processing is performed to image data corresponding to the streak image in an area outside the content area in the image represented by the image data;
• and
• the correction processing is not performed to image data corresponding to the streak image in the content area in the image represented by the image data.