Third is the Nuance Cloud Connector, a cloud-storage service a bit like Microsoft SkyDrive or Apple's iCloud or Adobe Creative Cloud.
Next is OmniPage LaunchPad, an app for creating automated workflows that use the OmniPage Ultimate engine to perform OCR tasks and then saves the output more about OmniPage LaunchPad in a moment. It's now in version 19, and is the direct heir to the long line of OCR apps that used to be called OmniPage Pro. The heart of the package is the OmniPage Ultimate app that actually performs OCR tasks. OmniPage Ultimate combines multiple apps and services, with different interfaces for each. But the sleek new features include some impressively convenient ways of automating OCR tasks, especially in a corporate setting. I was surprised and impressed to see the way OmniPage has developed. It still suffers from some ancient and awkward features, and like other apps that have been around for decades (think Microsoft Office) it's cluttered with a mix of creaky older features and sleek new ones. Well, times have changed, and OmniPage Ultimate, the latest version, is a worthy challenger to FineReader Professional, and a close contender for sharing honors as Editors' Choice.
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