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Ease of Use
Feature
Standard
Professional
Start Page provides clear options and guidance
How-to-Guides keep it simple
Image Capture
Scanners and All-in-Ones
Feature
Standard
Professional
Scanner drivers supported
WIA/TWAIN
WIA/TWAIN/ISIS
Automatically receive images from scan-to-email
OmniPage Workflows put more power behind on-device scan buttons
Digital Cameras, Smartphones and Tablets
Feature
Standard
Professional
3DC digital camera correction technology
Superior
Superior
Automatically receive images from scan-to-email
Automatically receive scans from Cloud Storage Services
Evernote, Dropbox, Box, Microsoft Live SkyDrive, Google Docs
and more
and more
Evernote, Dropbox, Box, Microsoft Live SkyDrive, Google Docs
and more
and more
Networked MFPs
Feature
Standard
Professional
Automatically receive images from scan-to-email
Automatically receive scans from network MFPs via scan to folder
Converted Output
Book Readers, Smartphones and Tablets (support varies by model)
Feature
Standard
Professional
Kindle Assistant puts easy-to-read rich text output on your Kindle by email
Normal PDF
eBook
RTF
HTML
Document Management (PaperPort required)
Feature
Standard
Professional
Free PaperPort with PDF Viewer Plus included (a $185 value)
Free PDF Create! with PDF Create! Assistant (a $95 value)
Customisable Open Dialogs with PaperPort Folders
Customisable Save Dialogs with PaperPort Folders
Apply PaperPort Folder Notes to PDF and Word files
Open and view with PaperPort
Accuracy
Feature
Standard
Professional
Word accuracy
Superior: 18% increased word accuracy from scanned documents
Superior: 18% increased word accuracy from scanned documents
Improved character attributes/font matching
Superior
Superior
Legal/Medical/Financial dictionaries improve accuracy with words in these dictionaries
IntelliTrain™ proofing learns as you correct results
Layout Accuracy – Formatting
Feature
Standard
Professional
Advanced flowing page output links columns of test for easy editing
Superior
Superior
PDF Overlay Matching provides superior text-based PDF conversion
Superior
Superior
TruePage™ output
Superior
Superior
ExactWord output for improved editing
Superior
Superior
Line recognition
Superior
Superior
Improved table conversion
Superior
Superior
Better processing of similar pages (layout learning)
Superior
Superior
Colour recognition and retention
Superior
Superior
Maintains headers and footers
Superior
Superior
Titles/large font recognition
Superior
Superior
Legal (pleading) documents
Superior
Superior
Vertical text recognition
Superior
Superior
Recognition of Chinese, Japanese and Korean characters
Superior
Superior
Auto-detect Asian language characters within Western text
Superior
Superior
Document Input
Feature
Standard
Professional
Bitmap (*.bmp), DCX (*.dcx), GIF (*.gif), JB2 (*.jbg), JP2 (*.jp2), JPEG (*.jpg), MAX (*.max), PCX (*.pcx), PDF (*.pdf), PNG (*.png), TIFF (*.tif), XIFF (TIFF FX) (*.xif), XPS (*.xps)
Image Pre-Processing
Feature
Standard
Professional
Automatic Page Rotation
Deskew
Keep original resolution
Apply pre-defined Enhancement Template (profile)
Despeckle/Normal
Despeckle/Halftone
Auto-Crop
Remove punch holes
Clean Borders
Blank page removal with sensitivity
Scanner Enhancement Technology (SET™) Tools
Feature
Standard
Professional
Brightness and Contrast
Hue/Saturation/Lightness
Crop
Rotate
OCR Brightness
Drop Out Colour
Adjust Resolution
Fill
Deskew
3D Deskew (for digital camera images)
Adjustable Despeckle/Normal
Adjustable Despeckle/Halftone
Adjustable Despeckle/Salt and Pepper
Adjustable Inverse Despeckle
Auto-Crop
Remove punch holes
Clean Borders
Enhance Whiteboard Photo
Forms Conversion and Processing
Feature
Standard
Professional
Ability to convert paper and image forms
Form drawing tools
Collect data from PDF or printed forms with data
PDF Workflows and Output
Feature
Standard
Professional
eDiscovery Assistant for searchable PDF keeps PDF files unchanged while making them searchable
PDF formats – image, searchable image, normal and edited
PDF/A
Linearised PDF
Auto-format headers and footers
MRC-High Compression for maximum file compression of scanned documents
Superior
Superior
Retain Annotations (when using eDiscovery Assistant)
Create and preserve hyperlinks
Bookmark Page Thumbnails
Bookmark through Find-and-Mark
Bookmark through Mark Text Workflows
PDF append – attach content to existing PDF files
PDF with digital signatures
Password Protect PDF
Encrypted PDF files
256-bit encryption
Tagged PDF Files
Application (Text) Output
Feature
Standard
Professional
Microsoft® Word (.doc)
Microsoft® Excel (.xls)
Microsoft® WordML (.xml)
Microsoft® Word 2007 (.docx)
Microsoft® Excel 2007 (.xlsx)
Microsoft® PowerPoint 2007 (.pptx)
XPS – image, searchable image, and normal
Text
Corel® WordPerfect®
Fillable WordML, InfoPath® and PDF forms
HTML
XML and open eBook
Audio file output turns text into speech
Form data export (.csv)
Batch Manager
Feature
Standard
Professional
Batch Manager Console to manage and monitor jobs
Immediate batch processing using new or existing Workflows
Silently running (without prompts) batch processing
Batch process in cloud storage (Nuance Cloud Connector, Evernote and Dropbox)
Batch process incoming email attachments
Batch process mark text (redact, highlight, strikethrough)
Scheduled batch processing using new or existing Workflows
Batch process files as they appear in a watched folder
Batch process barcode jobs as they appear in a watched folder
Access additionally exported Workflows locally or on the network
Email notification of finished batch manager jobs
User Interface Views and Function Windows
Feature
Standard
Professional
Classic view for those familiar with OmniPage
Quick Convert view with popular options in one window
Flexible view windows arranged in a convenient tabbed arrangement
Dockable and moveable function windows
Custom views allow you to save your favorite window arrangements
Complete Text Editor to modify recognised text
Easy Loader for fast opening of files
Document Manager for processing statistics
Continuous monitoring with Workflow Status
Advanced OCR Tools
Feature
Standard
Professional
Workflow Assistant and Manager
Zone Templates
User Dictionaries
Training files
Custom saving preferences (output format profiles)
Amazon® Kindle® Assistant
File-It Assistant with barcode driven workflows
Document Control
Feature
Standard
Professional
Manual speed zoning
Selectable picture editor
Image resolution control
On-the-fly zoning
Vertical text zoning
Proofing and Training
Feature
Standard
Professional
Context correction
Individual character training
Dynamic verification
Correction suggestions
(with keyboard shortcuts)
(with keyboard shortcuts)
Windows Integration
Feature
Standard
Professional
Customisable “right click” workflow automation in Windows Explorer
Convert Now Wizard with “right click” in Windows Explorer
Workflows in Windows 7 Jump List
Advanced Productivity Features
Feature
Standard
Professional
Faster OCR engines
Superior
Superior
Multi-threading
Superior
Superior
Parallel multi-core processing (Intel and AMD supported)
Parallel multi-document batch processing for multi-core processors
Document-2-Document conversion (text input)
Automatic Language Detection
Add and preserve hyperlinks
Open multiple documents at once with parallel processing
Concurrent file saving
Microsoft Office Direct OCR
Automatically Redact (Black-out), Highlight and Strikethrough text using keywords
Import and export Workflows
Print and save Workflow barcode pages
Nuance Cloud Connectors
Feature
Standard
Professional
Nuance Cloud Connector with Windows Network Drive
AT&T Synaptic Storage
Caringo CAStor
EMC Atmos Online
Amazon S3
Google Docs/Storage
Nirvanix
Mezeo
Windows/Azure
Box.net
OpenStack
Peer1 CloudOne
Rackspace CloudFiles
WebDav
File Server Share
FTP
OmniPage Connectors
Feature
Standard
Professional
Evernote
Dropbox
Integration with SharePoint 2003
Integration with SharePoint 2007
Integration with Open Text Hummingbird
Integration with Autonomy-Interwoven iManage
ODMA
Compatibility
Feature
Standard
Professional
Network installable
Section 508 compliant
Windows 7 32- or 64-bit Editions, Windows Vista 32- or 64-bit Editions with Service Pack 2, Windows XP 32-bit Edition with Service Pack 3
123 Languages recognised