OmniPage

OmniPage
Developer(s)	Kofax
Stable release	19.2 (Windows platform); X (Macintosh platform)
Operating system	Windows 11; Windows 10; Windows 8; Windows Server 2012; Windows 7; Windows Server 2008 R2; Windows XP with Service Pack 3;
Type	OCR
License	Commercial proprietary software (Retail or volume licensing)
Website	www.kofax.com/Products/omnipage

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]

References

^ Markoff, John (17 August 1988). "Now, PC's That Read A Page and Store It". New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
^ US 5131053, Bernzott, Philip; Dilworth, John & George, David et al., "Optical character recognition method and apparatus", issued Jul 14, 1992
^ US 5278918, Bernzott, Philip; Dilworth, John & George, David et al., "Optical character recognition method and apparatus using context analysis", issued Jan 11, 1994
^ US 6038342, Bernzott, Philip; Dilworth, John & George, David et al., "Optical character recognition method and apparatus", issued Mar 14, 2000
^ Junnarkar, Sandeep (18 January 2000). "ScanSoft buys rival Caere for more than $140 million". CNET News. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
^ Nuance Press Releases – ScanSoft Changes Name to Nuance Communications, Inc.
^ Kofax. "OmniPage Family". www.kofax.com.
^ Nuance Communications (September 2010). "OmniPage". Retrieved 23 September 2010.
^ "Microsoft Announces New Office Document Imaging Tool Included in Office XP". Stories. 31 May 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
^ "Document Understanding Activities". docs.uipath.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.