jhencken's Review of Nuance PaperPort 11
12th Aug 2007
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Ease of Set Up
- Time Software Used6 - 12 Months
- Ease of Use
Great features
Bad Points
Buggy; can't handle large files
General Comments
I'd like to punish Nuance with fewer stars, but there is still the remains of a fine program in PaperPort 11, so I have to give it 3 stars even though it infuriates me.
I've used PaperPort since version 6 and it's become indispensable to me. The new version has a few feature improvements, but it is terribly buggy and simply cannot handle large files (although it can create them just fine!).
If you scan colour or make large PDF files, forget trying to view and edit them in the PaperPort Viewer: the hourglass icon will rotate till you fall asleep, and when you press Ctl-Alt-Del you'll get "Not Responding."
The workaround is a true pain: unstack all the pages, work on them, then restack them... and drag the final PDF file out of PaperPort so you can use your regular PDF viewer program.
Of course, the workaround won't work for .max files (PaperPort's native format).
As for support, Nuance wants $10 to say hello, the Knowledgebase is quite poor, and they don't reply if you use one of the other email address (I've even tried snail mail!).
Bad company. They are ruining a truly great product. A little like what Novell did to the old WordPerfect.
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on 30th Apr 2009
Web Links
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Nuance - PaperPort 11 - PaperPort Viewers
PaperPort Professional 11 ... Nuance: speech recognition, text to voice, pdf converter, ocr scanning, ocr software, document scanning, call center optimization
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Nuance - PaperPort 11 - Feature Comparison Matrix
This PaperPort 11 Feature Comparison Matrix compares which features are available in each PaperPort product. ... Nuance: speech recognition, text to voice, pdf converter, ocr scanning,
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Nuance - PaperPort 11
Why Should You Use PaperPort? ... PaperPort simplifies things. It's the best tool available to make your all-in-one device or scanner easier and more efficient to use. ... PaperPort Professional 11
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Nuance - PaperPort 11
Minimum System Requirements ... 128 MB RAM, 256 MB RAM or higher recommended ... PaperPort Professional 11
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Nuance - PaperPort 11
Home > Producten > PaperPort > PaperPort 11 ... Nuance - De toonaangevende leverancier van beeld-, spraak- en taaltoepassingen
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Nuance - PaperPort 11
Voor iedereen in uw kantoor is PaperPort Professional 11 de meest productieve en betaalbare manier om al uw documenten te scannen, ordenen, ... Nuance - De toonaangevende leverancier van beeld-,
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Review: Nuance Paperport 11 Professional office software - 06 Feb
Store and organise paper documents ... Programs like Nuance's Paperport 11 allow users to store, organise and manipulate their paper documents as PDF files stored on the hard disk instead of on paper.
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Review : Nuance PaperPort 11 Professional
Nuance has tidied up scanner selection and allows you to make use of any buttons on the scanner for direct access to PaperPort. ... PaperPort Professional 11 certainly fits the bill.
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Amazon.co.uk: Customer Reviews: Nuance PaperPort 11 (PC)
PaperPort 11 is excellent as a filing system, but its indexing function is slow ... Nuance Paperport 11.0, 6 Oct 2007 ... Nuance PaperPort 11 (PC) by Nuance Communications, Inc. (Windows 2000 / XP)
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Computeractive - Review: Nuance Paperport 11 Professional office
Paperport 11 has accurate optical character recognition ... NEW! Computeractive CD Rom 11; All 26 issues of Computeractive from 2008 on one CD-Rom. ... image: Nuance Paperport 11 Professional
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Well said.