If your scanner has an automatic document feeder, you can set OmniPage to scan multipage documents.
Also-this is really cool-OmniPage's computerized voices can read a scanned document back to you so that you can identify incorrect words by ear.Īs in the past, OmniPage Pro 12 works with any scanner or camera that has a TWAIN driver (most such devices do). After the OCR process, OmniPage proofreads your document, then another window opens on top of the rest, showing words that are questionable or not found in the program's dictionary, suggested replacements, and a magnified view of the scanned image so that you can see what the original looked like. Enlarged, it displays details about the pages you're scanning, such as the page name, the number of characters, and the number of suspect words. You can also view it with or without formatting by clicking one of three buttons: True Page View, Retain Fonts And Paragraph View, and No Formatting View.īy default, the Document Manager window sits minimized at the bottom of the screen. For your convenience, the right-hand window (the Text Editor) displays the post-OCR page so that you can proofread it. Also in the Image Panel, the middle window divides the page currently being analyzed into separate zones for different types of OCR analysis: text, graphics, or tables. The panel to the left (located within a larger window called the Image Panel) displays thumbnails of pages you've scanned so that you can easily access them at will. Version 12's clutter-free main screen displays three vertical windows, with a fourth minimized at the bottom. If your budget can't spare $600, however, consider the slightly less accurate and much less expensive Abbyy FineReader 6.0. It's arguably the best OCR package available today, well suited to small and large businesses alike.
The program reads and writes PDF files and a long list of other formats, and it contains powerful network features that let you share scanners and install the program from a server. What's more, OmniPage Pro is designed to help you publish converted information to paper, electronic files, or even the Web. OmniPage can easily retain complex page layouts, for example, where other OCR apps can't. Other optical character recognition (OCR) programs, such as Abbyy FineReader 6.0, can't quite keep up with OmniPage's simplicity and power.
The twelfth version of ScanSoft OmniPage Pro Office shows the competition just who's boss. Other optical character recognition (OCR) programs, such as, can't quite keep up with OmniPage's simplicity and power.