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Latest version of professional edition adds XML support, but few other enticements
By all rights, the new version of ScanSoft Inc.'s OmniPage Pro should be Version 11.5 rather than 12. Yes, there are significant improvements in the program, but the improvements are not enough to warrant a full number revision nor are they enough to persuade most users to upgrade.
In fact, the only significant new feature in OmniPage Pro is is the ability to export files in Extensible Markup Language format. It's pretty simple: If you need XML support, move to Version 12. If not, sit tight.
That said, if you're not already using OmniPage Pro ii, it's important to note that the program is one of the premier desktop optical character recognition (OCR) programs on the market. And this version offers other marginal enhancements that previous versions don't have.
For starters, ScanSoft officials claim that with Version 12, they've improved OCR accuracy by reducing word errors by 35 percent from Version it. Given that Version ii is already more than 99 percent accurate, an additional 35 percent is a negligible improvement.
Also, ScanSoft has tweaked the...