Caere announces OmniPage Direct 2.0 available for Macintosh computers.LOS GATOS Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 3, 1995-- Caere Corp. Tuesday announced the shipment and immediate availability of its newest optical character recognition optical character recognition (OCR), method for the machine-reading of typeset, typed, and, in some cases, hand-printed letters, numbers, and symbols using optical sensing and a computer. (OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. ) product for Macintosh computers, OmniPage Direct 2.0. OmniPage Direct 2.0 brings the latest in Caere OCR technology for a street price as low as $69. The new U.S. list price is $99, down from its previous price of $119. OmniPage Direct 2.0 employs the same OCR technology found in Caere's industry-leading OCR software OmniPage Professional 5.0, which was introduced for Macintosh systems in May 1994. It uses the latest in neural network neural network or neural computing, computer architecture modeled upon the human brain's interconnected system of neurons. Neural networks imitate the brain's ability to sort out patterns and learn from trial and error, discerning and extracting design and linguistic capabilities, leveraging Caere's AnyFont technology for fast and highly accurate OCR results over a broad range of typical business documents. It also supports the same full range of scanners as all OmniPage products. Making OCR easy-to-use and readily accessible by integrating into users' applications, OmniPage Direct installs itself directly onto the file menus of major word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and , spreadsheet spreadsheet Computer software that allows the user to enter columns and rows of numbers in a ledgerlike format. Any cell of the ledger may contain either data or a formula that describes the value that should be inserted therein based on the values in other cells. , and desktop publishing desktop publishing, system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computer or computer workstation, a high-resolution printer (usually a laser printer), and a computer program that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, applications. This approach to application integration brings OCR to wherever the user may need it. By simply selecting the Scan Text menu item, OmniPage Direct 2.0 initiates the scan, performs OCR on the document, and brings the text directly into the user's application for editing. "From the most feature-rich product in the market with OmniPage Professional 5.0, to highly integrated products like OmniPage Direct 2.0, Caere provides a complete line of OCR products for Macintosh users, giving them a choice of OCR products tailored to suit their individual needs," said Karen Melchior, manager of OmniPage products. OmniPage Professional 5.0 and OmniPage Direct 2.0 for Macintosh systems are available immediately for U.S. list prices of $695 and $99, respectively, from Caere's worldwide network of computer dealers and distributors. OmniPage Direct 2.0 requires a minimum 68030 processor with 8 MBytes RAM. Caere Corp., with U.S. headquarters in Los Gatos and European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. headquarters, Caere GmbH., in Munich, Germany, is a leader in OCR technology and desktop document management products. The company's products include the OmniPage and WordScan lines of OCR software that convert printed and faxed documents into electronic text; the PageKeeper line of Windows document management software that reads, remembers and retrieves a wide range of information for personal computer users; the M/Series high-speed, high-volume OCR hardware and software for commercial applications; and a broad array of OCR and bar code reading products that accelerate transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. . -0- Note to Editors: Caere, OmniPage, OmniScan, WordScan and PageKeeper are registered trademarks of Caere Corp. Other products named may be trademarks of their respective manufacturers and are hereby recognized. Editorial contact is for editorial purposes only, not for publication. Please use this number for obtaining information or copies of Caere products. Sales information may be obtained by calling 800/535-SCAN. CONTACT: Caere Corp.
Deborah Herath, 408/395-7000
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Craig Sutphin/Cathy Brooks, 415/512-0500
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