Nuance - Nuance Productivity Suite 2

Streamline communication and everyday tasks
The process of receiving a paper document and reviewing it can be a painful task. Do you retype the whole thing? You could save time dictating it; or you could scan it in and have it converted straight into editable text with the original layout retained. You can then add your corrections straight to the file or as comments (in the case of PDF) and send off for further review without having typed a letter too many. On top of that, you can combine different format files into one PDF package that is easy to send off, open and split out into its separate components again. Add to that advanced PDF integration into Outlook, and you get one of the easiest and most powerful tools for archiving and attaching files in a secure and efficient way.
Create efficient new workflows
The four applications that make up Nuance Productivity Suite work together with each other and with traditional Windows applications in ways that make entirely new workflows possible that can you massive amounts of time and effort where you may have thought no improvement was possible. They are fully-featured and their versatility will allow you to discover the workflow that meets your needs. Here are some ways in which you can make the most out of Nuance Productivity Suite:
- You get an assignment on a paper document that you need to process quickly. First, scan it and run OCR on it to turn it into an editable Word file so you can make corrections. Dictate your corrections, then save. Convert into a PDF in just one click, then also turn it into an audio file so you can listen to your corrections while on the way to your next meeting. Make any further corrections straight into the PDF. Present the assignment in the original layout with no extra effort. Collect praise, then get back to your desk and archive the document. By having it automatically indexed you can later retrieve it in a matter of seconds using Nunace Productivity Suite’s powerful search tools.
- Call up a predefined document template (like an invoice, or a letterhead) with a single voice command; dictate your text and then convert the document into a PDF to retain its layout; add some dynamic form features and/or tick boxes for the recipient to fill in, insert a digital signature and secure it so no-one but your recipient can open it. Save and send off without having to switch to Outlook – done!
The perfect add-on to Microsoft Office and Outlook
Experience the ultimate in performance by running Nuance Productivity Suite on computers running Microsoft® Windows Vista™, XP or 2000. Work faster than ever thanks to the exceptional combination of the tools in the productivity suite and their seamless integration with traditional Windows applications: create, convert, edit and organise files to and from popular applications like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, Corel WordPerfect... as well as the most actual, including XPS and Microsoft Office 2007.
Simplify document review within and between teams
Don't you find that working with Microsoft Word's track changes can be tedious and confusing? With PDF Converter Professional, you can now collaborate on documents efficiently and electronically, in a 'paper-like' manner. You'll put a stop to those endless review cycles by gathering everyone's comments and changes in a single 'master document', and accept or reject changes instantly. The same goes for document comparison: both textual and graphical differences are listed in a report that can be printed off and shared in a few clicks.
Create complete mobile freedom
Don’t waste time while you’re on the road! Right after a meeting, get in your car and dictate your report into a digital handheld recorder, then have it automatically transcribed when you get to your desk. Or catch up on your reading: turn PDF and other documents into audio files that you can upload to your MP3 player and listen to anywhere, anytime!
Capture valuable information
Never lose a good idea, quote or article again, whether it be paper or electronic. To capture information on paper documents, all you need is a digital camera and OmniPage to turn your pictures of text into editable text. Its 99% recognition accuracy and 3D Correction Technology - automatically correcting shadows and bends in the paper you took it from – guarantee a result that is identical to the original – in seconds.

Digital information can also be hard to save; some of the most useful online information is being protected in all kinds of ways to make them harder to access and copy – like documents with text in the form of an image that you can’t copy/paste. And even then, wouldn’t you much prefer to listen to an article than to print it off and wait until you finally get round to reading it? How about this: take your text – if it’s an image of text run it through OmniPage’s OCR first as if it were a paper document – and then have it read into an audio file for you by OmniPage.
Automate manual processes
Nuance Productivity Suite saves time and money by replacing manual processes with automated ones. It allows the execution of all processing tasks more quickly and with less manual intervention. It adapts to the way you work by transforming your most frequent multi-step document conversions into a single mouse click. Automation is taken a step further with batch managers that can be set up to perform unattended processing and convert multiple batches of files without any user intervention whatsoever.
Standards-based professional output
Nuance Productivity Suite meets your most rigorous output criteria, from industry-standard PDF to top-notch OCR recognition accuracy and layout retention combined with the most actual format support (including the new XPS and Microsoft Office 2007 formats), giving you the tools to integrate seamlessly with today’s increasing standards of efficiency and quality.
Improve efficiency of hard disk and email storage
If your job involves handling many documents, a clever folder system might not be enough to organise everything and keep a clear overview. Nuance Productivity Suite can help here. For example. PaperPort boasts an interface with thumbnail icons that shows you the layout of different pages within different file formats so you can check their content at a glance.

To save space, use PDF Converter Professional, which can create PDF files that are dramatically smaller than the original document. Also, the PDF Optimizer allows you to minimize the size of files without compromising the quality. A host of size reduction approaches from down sampling to compression and unembedding fonts allow documents to be ideally sized for sharing and archiving – generating you file sizes up to 8 times smaller than the original PDF file!

You can combine different format documents into the new PDF Packages that can easily be re-extracted later. These can serve as archive files (especially handy in Outlook as email threads and they can also be attached to an email.
Integrate with existing enterprise systems
Nuance Productivity Suite works with and enhances the functionality of your existing investments in hardware and software systems because it’s based on Microsoft Windows standards. You can easily add scanning, PDF and document management capabilities to your existing folders and files. Manage documents from a central location and connect up your teams to make documents instantly retrievable for anyone on the network with powerful search tools like PaperPort's All-in One Search; import and export user files for dictation from any workstation. And so on.