OmniPage 17 [Old Version]

by Nuance Communications, Inc.

Product Features

• Improved OCR engines deliver 99%+ accuracy for document conversion and archiving business critical documents.
• Converted documents look exactly like the original and are easier to edit than ever before, complete with columns, tables, bullets and graphics.
• Converting documents doesn't have to be complicated. The Quick Convert View gets it done in seconds - there's no need to learn a lot of options and tools.
• Scan a document, automatically convert into a readable format and send it to the Kindle® electronic book reader in one easy step.
• If your device can scan then it can work with OmniPage. Mobile scanners, desktop scanners, All-in-one and Multi-function printers all work more productively and with better accuracy using OmniPage

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0027ERVZE
• Item model number: 2889A-G00-17.0
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 1, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,233 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #7 in Software > Business & Office > Document Management > Scanning & OCR

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

OmniPage 17 is the fastest and most precise way to convert paper, PDF files, and even digital camera pictures into files you can edit in your favorite PC applications. It works with all scanners and you can capture text with a digital camera or iPhone®. OmniPage 17 lets you turn documents that would take hours to re-type into perfectly formatted documents in seconds. You can even turn scanned documents into specially formatted pages for easy reading on the Amazon Kindle. Get started right away because OmniPage is easy to use. OmniPage 17 is ideal for students, home office and small businesses.

• New Hyper-Binary Conversion delivers 43% accuracy increase for scanned documents
• 23% overall accuracy increase for PDF and digital documents
• 200% faster launch speed
• 21% faster processing and support for quad-core computers
• New OmniPage One-Click Toolbar in Microsoft Office puts conversion at your fingertips
• Dramatic improvements in document layout retention to reduce or eliminate corrections
• Easy Loader allows you to quickly view, find and open multiple documents at a time
• New support for Chinese, Japanese and Korean documents added to over 120 other languages
• New support for iPhone and 2-Megapixel phone cameras
• 12% accuracy improvement for 3D-Capture using digital and mobile phone cameras
• New Send paper & PDF to Amazon Kindle with optimized formatting for reading and navigation

Product Description

Nuance Communications, Inc. OmniPage v.17.0 2889A-G00-17.0 Scan & OCR Tools

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just When You Thought, December 20, 2009

By 

D. Wolf (Rochester, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OmniPage 17 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Just when you thought Scansoft could not make a product any more user-unfriendly: introducing Omnipage 17. This product is terrible. I still have not found a way to use it. I just want my money back. This is not from someone who has never used an Omnipage program before. I have owned both 12 and 14. Both were headaches (and the customer service is awful), but at least I could make sense of them after a while. But I am the idiot who thinks, "this time it will be different; this time they will get it right." All I want to do is one very simple thing: convert scanned pages into Word documents. Eventually (and after a lot of frustration) I will be able to figure this thing out as well, but for now, I make the same pledge I seem to make every few years to never buy another Nuance product again.
ADDED December 24: I finally got the program to work, but I could not remember how I did it. Certainly the "help" within the program was no help. It took me another thirty minutes (and a lot of frustration) to finally get it to work a second time--and I still don't remember quite what I did. I cannot adequately express the level of frustration I feel when trying to operate this program. I am sorry I purchased it.

UPDATE: It is now March, and I am still struggling with this software. After nearly four months, I am to the point of taking it off my computer and putting the old one back on. I can't say enough bad things about this product.

ONE LAST UPDATE: I did figure out how to use this program (on my own, of course), and I now use it frequently to good result. I am now glad that I own it; however, I will balance this by saying that the accuracy is not all that nuance makes it out to be. I am finding errors such as leaving both punctuation marks and small words like "I'll" out entirely. The program will also confuse an exclamation point (!) with a lower-case L (l) at times. These problems do not happen a lot, but I do find them I would estimate one or two every seven or eight pages, so careful proof-reading is necessary. I also check against originals to make sure that the source of the problem is not there, and it is not.

ONE LAST ONE LAST UPDATE: I'm done with 17. There are too many problems--problems with scanner and computers--I am back to OmniPage 14. It simply works better. Now I just have to remind myself to hang up the phone whenever some Nuance rep. calls with the "latest and greatest product" - there is no reason to believe it will work better than any of the others.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars OmniPage 17 - Everything is fine, January 12, 2010

By 

David Lasnick (Connecticut, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: OmniPage 17 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

After reading the three previous pans of this product I have to put in a good word. I can't say how someone who has never used an OCR program will react to this product, but if you are a user of previous versions of OmniPage you will feel right at home. I have been using OmniPage since Version 6 or earlier. Sometimes I have felt a particular new version was a step back from the previous version, but that is not the case here. I have just upgraded from version 14 to 17 and it appears to be excellent. If you are doing an upgrade and can't remove the prior version, which is apparently a requiement, open up the folder where the old version is located and find the file named "remover.exe". This apparently gets rid of whatever is preventing the new software to load. Regarding some of the negative comments, once I understood how to uninstall the previous version (this took about 15 seconds and a system restart) the installation was painless and very quick. "Just When You Thought" said that the program was difficult to use, I just don't see it. Maybe its becasue I have used the other versions for so long, but Version 17 was a breeze. As for importing PDF pages I have had no problems.

24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed, June 29, 2009

By 

Howard (Westchester County, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: OmniPage 17 [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I compared the OCR processing of a printed letter containing a logo using OmniPage17 and Acrobat 9 Professional. OmniPage required several prompts to correct suspects and handled the logo as text. Acrobat on the other hand processed the file seamlessly and correctly.

The good news is that the company stood by its 30-day money back guarantee.
My advice is to give it a try. If it works for you, fine. Otherwise you can be certain of getting a prompt refund.