Nuance and Fuji Xerox Jointly Develop Web-based Scanning and Document Conversion Solution for the ApeosPort Multifunction Devices.New OmniPage for Apeos Combines Touch Screen Simplicity with the World's Best Selling 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. and Searchable PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. Technology to Help Organizations Win the Battle Against Paper BOSTON -- Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is a computer software technology company. Their current worldwide headquarters is in Burlington, Massachusetts in the United States. Nuance provides speech and imaging solutions and is mainly known for its speech recognition and speech synthesis software that , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NUAN NUAN New User Action Notation (modeling language) ), a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that it has teamed with Fuji Xerox Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (富士ゼロックス株式会社 to develop OmniPage for Apeos, a new server product that adds touch-screen scanning, distribution and document conversion capabilities to the Fuji Xerox ApeosPort range of network multifunction devices (MFDs). The product will be sold by Fuji Xerox and its network of resellers and dealers throughout the Asia Pacific region. OmniPage for Apeos puts powerful 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) capabilities at the fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. of everyone within an organization - using a touch-screen on the ApeosPort MFD (MultiFunction Device) Hardware that combines several functions in one unit. See all-in-one. . Users simply touch on the task they need - turn paper into electronic text, create a searchable PDF archive, scan a document to send to email recipients or networked folders - and instantly their paper documents are converted into highly efficient electronic information. "Fuji Xerox solutions deliver compelling productivity benefits because they distill dis·till v. 1. To subject a substance to distillation. 2. To separate a distillate by distillation. 3. To increase the concentration of, separate, or purify a substance by distillation. complexity down to a simple touch," said Roger Pearce, marketing manager Fuji Xerox Australia. "Our partnership with Nuance provides us with the expertise needed to make scanning and OCR as easy as making a copy, and provides our customers with the world's most accurate document conversion technology available." OmniPage for Apeos is a Web-based implementation of OmniPage from Nuance, the world's best selling and most accurate OCR application. The OmniPage for Apeos server module provides document conversion, image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished , image preview, and routing capabilities to Fuji Xerox's Image Gateway for Apeos server, which processes scanning jobs from the web-enabled ApeosPort multifunction devices. Benefits of OmniPage for Apeos: * Document conversion that supports plain text, searchable PDF, image-only PDF, and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. output * Image processing that provides auto-orient and auto-deskew functions * Image preview on the ApeosPort user interface panel, including thumbnail images for each page stored or scanned PDF files to a specified location on the Image Gateway for Apeos server * Routing capability to write the output file to a shared folder on a local server or remote server. In addition to converting to traditional file formats such as JPEG and PDF, OmniPage for Apeos can also convert scanned documents to text searchable PDF files, which makes it simple to find documents on a network server or folder, or on a user's PC. OmniPage for Apeos also supports English, Korean, simplified Chinese or traditional Chinese characters, and can quickly and easily transform hard copy documents composed in these languages to pure text or text searchable PDF files at the touch of a button. OmniPage technology from Nuance is used by many of the commercial vendors that implement imaging and OCR capabilities, including Autodesk Raster Design, EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. Captiva, CardScan, FileNET Capture, Fuji Xerox CentreWare Flow Services, Kofax Ascent Capture, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. , Microsoft Office and SharePoint, Xerox DocuShare DocuShare, part of the Xerox Corporation, provides a Web-based enterprise content management solution, by the same name. It provides sophisticated functionality, with a pay-as-you-go model that with scaling, modular extensibility, and flexible payments claims to support a lower TCO and more. It is also the technology used within the world's largest Web book scanning and search projects, and the only OCR indexing technology integrated with desktop search products, including Google Desktop Search See Google Desktop. . And OmniPage OCR from Nuance is used by millions everyday within the world's most accurate and popular desktop scanning, OCR and document conversion applications - ScanSoft[R] PaperPort[R], OmniPage[R] and PDF Converter Professional. "It is clear that document capture and conversion have become mainstream, front-office functions within organizations of all sizes," said Robert Weideman, senior vice president, Productivity Applications Division, Nuance. "In developing OmniPage for Apeos with Fuji Xerox we are able to put powerful scanning, conversion, PDF and editing tools right at the device, enabling people within an organization to use, find and share information more quickly and easily than ever before." Availability OmniPage for Apeos will be sold by Fuji Xerox and its network of resellers and dealers throughout the Asia Pacific region. For more information, please call 13 14 12 (in Australia) or visit www.fujixerox.com.au. ScanSoft Imaging Solutions Through unrivaled features, accuracy and performance, ScanSoft Imaging Solutions from Nuance eliminate barriers to productivity by enabling people and organizations to automate a range of document processes - increasing productivity, saving time and reducing costs. With products for enterprises, small-to-medium-sized businesses and home offices, ScanSoft Imaging Solutions are used to put the power of PDF on every business desktop; convert paper and PDF into documents that can be easily edited; and simplify scanning and document management using multifunction scanners and networked digital copiers. To experience new levels of productivity, please visit Nuance.com/ScanSoft. About Fuji Xerox Australia Fuji Xerox Australia markets Xerox products, solutions and services throughout Australia. Fuji Xerox's mission is to be the leader in the global document management market, providing solutions that provide a bridge between the paper and digital worlds and enhance business productivity through the sharing of knowledge. For further information about Fuji Xerox, please visit: www.fujixerox.com.au. Nuance Communications, Inc. Nuance (NASDAQ: NUAN) is a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for businesses and consumers around the world. Its technologies, applications and services make the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people interact with information and how they create, share and use documents. Every day, millions of users and thousands of businesses experience Nuance's proven applications and professional services. For more information, please visit Nuance.com. Nuance, the Nuance logo, OmniPage, PaperPort, and ScanSoft are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nuance Communications, Inc. or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other company names or product names may be the property of their respective owners. |
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