Scanners: Omnipage Pro is closer but not perfect
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Caere's Omnipage Pro OCR software performs well when dealing with a clear original, but it is less adept with fuzzy documents, and some of its interfaces are poorly designed interface. Omnipage's basic functions are relatively easy to use. Before scanning a document, users must determine whether existing formatting should be retained, the form in which the scanned image will be stored and whether the software should distinguish between text and images or whether they should be user-defined. Once the parameters are set, the software scans the document. In the scanned image, the program identifies unrecognizable characters as red tildes, uses blue to indicate words it has guessed at and highlights suspicious words in green. The correction interface is poor, and users will find it more helpful to work in the full-screen mode, where double-clicking on any word gives users an image of the original document. Omnipage costs about $500, with upgrades running less than $130.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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Jim Carrey oozes across screens
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Metatools Inc's Power Goo for Windows 95 and the Macintosh is a graphics application for children. The software includes 144 pictures of people and 32 of cars, animals and politicians. The user interface is simple in design, but can be confusing to use. Users can manipulate the images, stretching them and distorting them in various ways to achieve special affects. Cartoons can be created and the software enables the entry of a caption at the bottom of the image. Goovies play back the image-development process in sequence, producing an animation that plays in a loop. Sound cannot be added unless the Goovie is exported to a video application. A Fusion feature facilitates the blending of two graphics into one. The documentation could use improvement and importing or exporting files can be difficult. Power Goo is priced around $50.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 1996
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