OmniPage

OmniPage

OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh

Turn documents into electronic files you can edit, search and share

Other editions:

• OmniPage
• OmniPage Professional
• OmniPage Enterprise



OmniPage Pro X’s superior accuracy eliminates retyping, saving time and increasing productivity. New PDF functionality lets you convert PDF files to your favourite program or convert paper documents into PDF files. All this, plus improved formatting, table recognition and a host of other innovative capabilities designed to do one thing – make you more productive.

Accuracy

OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh is the most powerful recognition software ever released for Macintosh. It combines the power of two redeveloped engines, using new technologies to share and compare recognition results. This new foundation of technology delivers results that are 40% better than previous Macintosh versions and nearly 50% better than competitive products.

OmniPage Pro extends its recognition capabilities to 59 recognised languages. Improved greyscale performance allows it to create acceptable results on pages so degraded or faded they would have previously been described as unsuitable as sources for OCR processing.

Character vs Word Accuracy

What is the difference between character and word accuracy? Which measurement should be used when reviewing OCR software? Character accuracy quantifies the OCR application’s ability to accurately recognise and convert the characters of a scanned image into editable text. OCR software’s character accuracy can be calculated by adding up the number of incorrectly recognised (and missing) characters on a recognised page and dividing that number by the total number of characters on the original page.

Word accuracy quantifies the OCR application’s ability to accurately recognise and convert the words of a scanned image into editable text. OCR software’s word accuracy can be calculated by adding up the number of incorrectly recognised words (and missing words) on a page and dividing that number by the total number of words on the original page. Both character and word accuracy results are normally expressed as percentages, showing two decimal places (i.e. 99.21%).

The Best Measure of Accuracy?

The best measurement of OCR accuracy is word accuracy. It takes the same amount of time to correct any combination of incorrect characters within a word as it does to simply correct the entire word itself.

Compared to the OCR used even a year ago, accuracy has come a long way. The capability to recognise various font types, sizes and quality has improved dramatically. The more accurate the OCR software, the more time is saved since there is less post recognition editing needed.

New PDF Capabilities

New PDF functionality extends the value beyond the paper world letting you work in ways you never thought possible.

The new PDF functionality is perhaps the greatest example of how versatile OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh truly is. The ability to convert PDF files into their favourite program files actually broadens the importance of OCR and takes it beyond the “scanning utility” realm. Where OCR of the past was viewed as a way to make paper digital, OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh can be viewed as a way to make documents editable – both paper and digital documents. Once a document becomes editable, OmniPage’s advanced formatting and editing tools allow it to be incorporated in almost any document and in almost any way. Information is released from its boundaries.

Advantages of PDF

Once the information takes the shape you want, it can then be saved and incorporated into any number of popular file formats. Now, with OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh, files can even be saved as PDF. This allows the user to create files that are editable, searchable, and transferable across platforms. With four types of PDF supported, this is a huge leap forward in OCR versatility. Archival and retrieval has never been easier or more powerful.

An intuitive editor for proofing, the ability to email a recognised document to a colleague and the ability to post a recognised brochure to a website are all further examples of OmniPage’s versatility. Why stop at word processing, our versatile OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh can do so much more with the OCR results.

Convert from PDF Files

OmniPage’s PDF input gives users the freedom to convert PDF files into their favourite program files. With the click of a button, the information locked away in read-only PDF files can be converted to a fully editable file – with all formatting retained. The formatting is crucial, since documents with graphics, tables and columns are often faster to re-create than re-format. There is an entire world of content trapped inside PDF files that we see transmitted every day and posted on the web. Nuance has answered our customers’ calls and delivered a quick, clean and easy way to capture and use this information. OCR will never be the same.

Convert paper documents to PDF

PDF output allows users to save any converted page or image file as a PDF document. This is the first time PDFs have been created using the incredibly accurate OmniPage Pro OCR engine. The superior accuracy and formatting ability mean that your PDF files will look just like the paper (or file) from which they were converted. No need to reformat and no need to waste time with excessive proofing. Create archives that are fully searchable and fully transferable across platforms. OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh makes it easy.


OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh is the most advanced OCR ever delivered to Mac users, featuring a host of new features designed to do one thing: save customers more time and effort than ever before.

Accuracy

  • Improved Accuracy – The best has just gotten a whole lot better. With OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh, we’ve completely redeveloped our recognition engines to reduce word errors by 40%. This is the most accurate OCR software the Mac community has ever seen and represents a giant leap forward for productivity and time savings.
  • New Despeckle Module – Our new Despeckle Module provides improved handling of degraded documents. Faxes, copies (and yes, copies of copies) can now be recognised with unbelievable accuracy.

Format Retention

  • Improved Formatting – Formatting is nearly as important as accuracy, and our new page formatter allows OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh to maintain the layout and format of pages better than ever before. All the various design elements are preserved, including columns, tables, indents, photos, graphics and more.
  • Spreadsheet and Table Recognition – For the first time, OmniPage offers Mac users a way to make paper spreadsheets and tables digital. Easily convert these pages into your favourite spreadsheet or word processing program while maintaining text alignment and cell styles.

Input Formats

  • PDF Conversion – For the first time, you can convert PDF files into Microsoft Office files (or any one of 20 other formats) that you can edit. Not only is this conversion fast, easy, and accurate, it also maintains the PDF’s original formatting. This significantly extends your ability to retrieve and reuse information easily and accurately.

Output Formats

  • PDF – PDF output capability is also completely new. Paper documents can now be turned into fully searchable PDF files, which are then transferable across platforms. Output is available in four flavours of PDF: Normal, Normal With Image Substitutes, Image Only, and Image on Text. This brings a powerful new dimension to the archive and retrieval process.
  • Formatted HTML Output – With OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh, what you see is what you get. Our new WYSIWYG HTML output maintains the formatting of documents when they’re converted to HTML. Turning paper into web pages has never been easier.
  • Microsoft Office Integration – OmniPage’s Direct OCR allows users to move text directly into Microsoft Word and Excel without first going into OmniPage. Even works with Office X.

User Interface

  • New User Interface – Our new GUI meshes perfectly with the new operating system to deliver the easiest, most intuitive OCR experience ever. Taking control of your documents has never been this simple.

Other Features

  • Voice Read Back – Voice readback literally reads recognised text back to you – save time and by proofing by ear instead of just eye.
  • Multiple Language Support – Full Support for most Western European languages including French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
  • AppleScript Compatible – Tasks can now be automated with the ease and power of AppleScripts.
  • Designed For OS X – OmniPage Pro X for Macintosh is the first OCR software specifically designed for Mac OS X. Because OmniPage works natively in OS X, customers will be able to take advantage of all the stability, performance and memory management that the new OS has to offer. (Also works with Mac OS 9.)

Minimum configuration

  • 128MB RAM on Mac OS X
  • 64MB RAM on Mac OS 9, with 32MB allocated to OmniPage Pro (or 64MB allocated to handle full-page colour images with more than 256 colours)
  • 80-100MB of free hard disk space
  • Mac OS 9.0 or later
  • Mac OS X 10.1 or later
  • 800x600 screen resolution or higher
  • QuickTime 4.1 or later

Recommended configuration

  • 512MB RAM