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OmniPage 15 is software to convert paper and PDF files into your favorite PC applications. Powerful new OCR technology, advanced layout analysis and intuitive editing tools allow you to quickly turn paper and PDF files into editable electronic documents that look just like the original � complete with text, tables and graphics. Since Omnipage has evolved with a new (improved OCR accuracy) version about every 18 months, I am wondering what advantage there could be to the Adobe Capture when it appears to be software that is essentially unchanged since 2000. With the greatly improved OCR accuracy achieved by Omnipage since 2000, what reason is there for me to be interested in Adobe Capture which is so far behind the times that it is still sold with the old legacy parallel port keylock device instead of the more modern USB keylock?

With Omnipage, I can save the OCR results in PDF format. Since this is what I assume Capture does, I am curious as to what features are offered by Capture that I do not have with Omnipage. Also, I can use Omnipage all I want to use it, but with Capture I am rationed in its use by the fact that the smart keylock keeps track of the number of pages scanned and must be replaced (at around $250) everytime the allowed number of pages is used up.

I also have PaperPort 11 that does a great job of storing documents and enabling retrieval with thumbnail images of the pages stored. Does Adobe Capture combine the utility of Omnipage and Paperport -- but PaperPort seems to support OCR but I have not used that capability.

I have the feeling that perhaps all Capture offers that is not offered by these more up-to-date software systems is that Capture supports batch processing (non interactive) scanning and OCR of documents that are many pages long. Therefore, it seems to me that perhaps Capture is useful only if one has a high capacity auto-feed scanner in an environment where one is scanning a large number of 500 to 1000 page documents.

The Adobe Capture V3 20,000 page keylock seems to sell for now less than $245 and for as much as $330 -- indicating that when you buy Capture you are stuck with paying a license fee of about 1.5 cents for each and every page that one scans.