OmniPage

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==History==
 
==History==
Originally developed by Caere Corp., Caere bought by Scansoft in 2000, then merged with Nuance in 2005.
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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
 
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* Starting in version 5 or 6 until version 9, OmniPage native format was '''.MET'''. Headers begin with the acsii "{{magic|CCMET}}"
 
* Starting in version 5 or 6 until version 9, OmniPage native format was '''.MET'''. Headers begin with the acsii "{{magic|CCMET}}"
 
* Starting in version 10 until current, OmniPage saves in '''.OPD''', a [[Microsoft Compound File|"OLE2" document container format]].
 
* Starting in version 10 until current, OmniPage saves in '''.OPD''', a [[Microsoft Compound File|"OLE2" document container format]].
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==Software & Samples==
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* [https://archive.org/download/caereomnipagepro8/CaereOmniPagePro8.0_1997.iso/MANUALS%2FOMNIPRO6.PDF OmniPage Pro 6.0 PDF Manual & Software]
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* [https://github.com/digital-preservation/pronom-research-week-2019/tree/master/OmniPage OmniPage Sample files]
  
 
==Screenshots==
 
==Screenshots==

Latest revision as of 17:22, 1 October 2020

File Format
Name OmniPage
Ontology
Extension(s) .met, .opd
PRONOM x-fmt/350, fmt/1371, fmt/1372, fmt/1373
Released 1988

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.

Contents

[edit] 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

[edit] 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 "CCMET"
  • Starting in version 10 until current, OmniPage saves in .OPD, a "OLE2" document container format.

[edit] Software & Samples

[edit] Screenshots

OPP6 H.jpg

OmniPage10-OpenDialog.png

[edit] Links

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