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.


 * 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.

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Links

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