OmniPage

OmniPage is Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software capable of turning scanned images into editable text. OmniPage has PC and Mac versions.

OmniPage's proprietary file type (*.opd). OmniPage Documents can consist of original page images, zones, and recognized text.

History
Originally developed by Caere Corp., Caere bought by Scansoft in 2000, then merged with Nuance in 2005. Now owned by Kofax as of end of 2018.


 * 1992 Omnipage 2.1
 * 1994 Omnipage 5
 * 1995 Omnipage 6
 * 1996 Omnipage 7
 * 1997 Omnipage 8
 * 1998 Omnipage 9
 * 1999 Omnipage 10
 * 2001 OmniPage 11
 * 2002 OmniPage 12
 * 2003 OmniPage 14
 * 2005 OmniPage 15
 * 2007 OmniPage 16
 * 2009 OmniPage 17
 * 2011 OminPage 18

File Identification

 * Early OmniPage versions did not have a native format and only exported to popular text formats.
 * Starting in version 5 or 6 until version 9, OmniPage native format was .MET. Headers begin with the acsii ""
 * Starting in version 10 until current, OmniPage saves in .OPD, a "OLE2" document container format.

Software & Samples

 * OmniPage Pro 6.0 PDF Manual & Software
 * OmniPage Sample files

Screenshots




Links

 * OmniPage
 * OmniPage 18 Document guide
 * Caere Ships OmniPage Pro 6.0
 * ScanSoft, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Caere Corporation
 * ScanSoft and Nuance merger