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George,

It is my understanding that Omnipage Professional is a stand-alone application
while OmniPage direct functions as a desk accessory or extension (and is geared
for use with the Typist from Caere).

One word of caution about Omnipage Pro though...I recently purchased a HP
Scanjet //c that was bundled with a "try me" version of Omnipage Professional.
It looked real pretty, but bombed every time I tried to scan a document. When I
called Caere's tech support line, I found that this "unimplemented trap" error
was present both in the "try me" and actual sale version of the software. The
only way around this, apparently, is to turn on virtual memory. I have 20mb of
RAM and pointed out that if I turned on virtual memory, I would be wasting
about 21 megabytes of hard disk space. The woman I talked to seemed rather
unsympathetic: when I asked her if Caere planned to address this problem with a
real fix, she answered with a plain and curt "no." I have since abandoned any
desire to buy Omnipage Pro because of this.

I believe Calera is offering Wordscan for the Macintosh for $149 (with a 30-day
moneyback guarantee). You need to call them directly.