OmniPage

OmniPage
DeveloperTungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
Stable release
22.2 (Windows)
22.1 (Mac)
22.0 (Linux)[1]
Operating system
TypeOCR
LicenseCommercial proprietary software (Retail or volume licensing)
Websitewww.tungstenautomation.com/Products/omnipage

OmniPage is an optical character recognition (OCR) application available from Tungsten Automation.

OmniPage was one of the first OCR programs to run on personal computers.[5] 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.[6][7][8] Caere was acquired by ScanSoft in 2000.[9] ScanSoft acquired Nuance Communications in 2005, and took over its name.[10] By 2019 OmniPage had been sold to Kofax Inc.[11] On January 16, 2024, Kofax was renamed to Tungsten Automation.[12]

OmniPage supports more than 120 different languages.[13] OmniPage provides software development kits for integrating OCR functionality into other applications, such as Microsoft Office Document Imaging and UiPath.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ Tungsten Automation. "OmniPage Product Release Information". knowledge.tungstenautomation.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Tungsten Automation. "Tungsten OmniPage Capture SDK for Windows". www.tungstenautomation.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Tungsten Automation. "Tungsten OmniPage Capture SDK for Mac". www.tungstenautomation.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  4. ↑ Tungsten Automation. "Tungsten OmniPage Capture SDK for Linux". www.tungstenautomation.com. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  5. ↑ Markoff, John (17 August 1988). "Now, PC's That Read A Page and Store It". New York Times. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
  6. ↑ US 5131053, Bernzott, Philip; Dilworth, John & George, David et al., "Optical character recognition method and apparatus", issued 14 July 1992
  7. ↑ US 5278918, Bernzott, Philip; Dilworth, John & George, David et al., "Optical character recognition method and apparatus using context analysis", issued 11 January 1994
  8. ↑ US 6038342, Bernzott, Philip; Dilworth, John & George, David et al., "Optical character recognition method and apparatus", issued 14 March 2000
  9. ↑ Junnarkar, Sandeep (18 January 2000). "ScanSoft buys rival Caere for more than $140 million". CNET News. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
  10. ↑ Nuance Press Releases – ScanSoft Changes Name to Nuance Communications, Inc.
  11. ↑ Kofax. "OmniPage Family". www.kofax.com.
  12. ↑ "Kofax rebrands as Tungsten Automation to reflect its AI-powered workflow automation focus". KMWorld. 19 January 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  13. ↑ Nuance Communications (September 2010). "OmniPage". Retrieved 23 September 2010.
  14. ↑ "Microsoft Announces New Office Document Imaging Tool Included in Office XP". Stories. 31 May 2001. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Document Understanding Activities". docs.uipath.com. Retrieved 30 May 2023.