| Developer(s) | Kofax |
|---|---|
| Stable release | |
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| Type | OCR |
| License | Commercialproprietary software (Retail or volume licensing) |
| Website | www.kofax.com/Products/omnipage |
OmniPage is an optical character recognition (OCR) application available from Kofax Incorporated.
OmniPage was one of the first OCR programs to run on personal computers.[1]It was developed in the late 1980s and sold by Caere Corporation, a company headed by Robert Noyce. The original developers were Philip Bernzott, John Dilworth, David George, Bryan Higgins, and Jeremy Knight.[2][3][4]Caere was acquired by ScanSoft in 2000.[5]ScanSoft acquired Nuance Communications in 2005, and took over its name.[6] By 2019 OmniPage had been sold to Kofax Inc.[7]
Scanning using OmniPage SE 2.0. Use the following procedures to scan with OmniPage SE, the OCR program bundled with your scanner. Position an item on the document glass of the scanner. Start OmniPage SE. Click the Start menu and select (All) Programs, followed by ScanSoft OmniPage SE 2.0 and OmniPage SE. Controls within OmniPage: the new pre-processing option 'Drop blank pages' and the existing saving option 'Create a new file at each blank page'. Automatic language detection: Let the program assign a single language for OCR to each incoming page during unattended processing. See “Asian language recognition” on page 54.
OmniPage supports more than 120 different languages.[8]
References[edit]
- ^Markoff, John (August 17, 1988). 'Now, PC's That Read A Page and Store It'. New York Times. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
- ^US 5131053, Bernzott, Philip; John Dilworth & David George et al., 'Optical character recognition method and apparatus', issued Jul 14, 1992
- ^US 5278918, Bernzott, Philip; John Dilworth & David George et al., 'Optical character recognition method and apparatus using context analysis', issued Jan 11, 1994
- ^US 6038342, Bernzott, Philip; John Dilworth & David George et al., 'Optical character recognition method and apparatus', issued Mar 14, 2000
- ^Junnarkar, Sandeep (January 18, 2000). 'ScanSoft buys rival Caere for more than $140 million'. CNET News. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 30, 2011.
- ^Nuance Press Releases – ScanSoft Changes Name to Nuance Communications, Inc.
- ^Kofax. 'OmniPage Family'. www.kofax.com.
- ^Nuance Communications (September 2010). 'OmniPage'. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
External links[edit]
- M. David Stone (September 29, 2005). 'OmniPage Professional 15 [independent review]'. PC Magazine.
- Robin Morris (June 17, 2011). 'Nuance OmniPage Professional 18 [independent] review'. PC Advisor.
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