Nuance’s Omnipage is all about the optical character recognition. In other words, if you frequently need to scan documents and then make changes to them digitally, this program is what you need. Optical character recognition, or OCR for short, is usually only necessary in business settings and this is where Omnipage really shines.
As far as features, Omnipage has everything you need for OCR. This program can handle scanned documents, camera images, and PDF files and put them into a format that you can adjust as needed. Being designed for use by businesses, Omnipage is made to handle large amounts of documentation, so it’s unlikely that it can’t handle your workload, no matter the amount. Omnipage is also multilingual, being able to use and recognize over 100 different languages – very useful in today’s multilingual and multicultural society.
Nuance Omnipage really takes OCR to the next level by providing a ton of tools and program in one tight package. For the moderate price point, all things considered, you get a faster, easier-to-use scanning program, plus PDF Create! 4.0 for turning your documents into PDFs and PaperPort 11.0 for handling and indexing large amounts of documents.
When it comes to installation and interface, Nuance’s Omnipage is just as easy to use as you hope. Keeping with Nuance’s reputation for user-friendly software, Omnipage is simple to install, though you may not need all of the many components it comes with. Home users, for instance, probably don’t need to handle thousands of documents, and as such may not need some of the features that come bundled in Omnipage.
Interface, likewise, is very easy. Just like Nuance’s other programs, Omnipage has everything at the user’s fingertips in the form of icons and tabs. The program is very intuitive; its Workflow Assistant quite often leads you in the direction you need to go so you don’t have to guess what you need to do next and performs several functions with just the push of one single button.
At the end of the day, Nuance’s Omnipage is a great program if you run a business that needs to handle tons of documentation and have it all scanned into an adjustable format. Omnipage runs for just under $500, which is a fairly moderate expense for most businesses, and it is worth every penny. Though just about everything is digital these days, the conversion is still not 100% complete, so if you have to scan a lot of documents in your businesss, you will find Nuance Omnipage to be indispensable.