OmniPage explained

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]

OmniPage supports more than 120 different languages.^[8] OmniPage provides software development kits for integrating OCR functionality into other applications, such as Microsoft Office Document Imaging and UiPath.^{[9] [10]}

External links

• • 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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Markoff. John. John Markoff. Now, PC's That Read A Page and Store It. New York Times. August 17, 1988. March 29, 2011.
2. Bernzott . Philip . Dilworth . John . George . David . Bryan Higgins, Jeremy Knight . Jul 14, 1992 . Optical character recognition method and apparatus . US . 5131053.
3. Bernzott . Philip . Dilworth . John . George . David . Bryan Higgins, Jeremy Knight . Jan 11, 1994 . Optical character recognition method and apparatus using context analysis . US . 5278918.
4. Bernzott . Philip . Dilworth . John . George . David . Bryan Higgins, Jeremy Knight . Mar 14, 2000 . Optical character recognition method and apparatus . US . 6038342.
5. Web site: Junnarkar. Sandeep. ScanSoft buys rival Caere for more than $140 million. CNET News. CBS Interactive. January 18, 2000. March 30, 2011.
6. Nuance Press Releases – ScanSoft Changes Name to Nuance Communications, Inc.
7. Web site: OmniPage Family. Kofax. Kofax. www.kofax.com.
8. Web site: OmniPage. 23 September 2010. Nuance Communications. September 2010.
9. Web site: 2001-05-31 . Microsoft Announces New Office Document Imaging Tool Included in Office XP . 2023-05-30 . Stories . en-US.
10. Web site: Document Understanding Activities . 2023-05-30 . docs.uipath.com.