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SCANNING TIMES TWO: DEVONTHINK PRO OFFICE 1.5.3 (AND MORE)
Friday 25. July 2008 - DEVONtechnologies, LLC releases free updates for all editions of its information manager DEVONthink as well as for the intelligent note-keeper DEVONnote re- introducing Image-Capture-based scan support and other new features.
While the whole team is focused on the development of DEVONthink 2.0, further maintenance updates for the 1.x line of DEVONthink and DEVONnote have been released today, the most prominent improvement being the re-introduction of the Image Capture based scan module that broke due to changes in Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
DEVONthink Pro Office 1.5.3 users now have the choice between the built-in scan function and ExactScan Capture allowing them to onnect to both Image Capture compliant scanners and via TWAIN drivers. In addition, the original scan module supports document feeders and grayscale scanning now. The ExactScan Capture module and the embedded IRIS OCR engine have been updated, too, improving compatibility especially to Epson scanners and fixing glitches such as the ‘blurry images’ problem.
Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann, DEVONtechnologies President: “The problems we had with the unexpected and undocumented changes in Leopard were annoying for our users. So were glad we were finally able to fix them. Now DEVONthink Pro Office users can connect to both worlds, Image Capture and TWAIN, giving them maximum freedom of choice for their scanners: from flatbed to document scanners and the Fujitsu ScanSnap.”
In addition, both DEVONthink Pro and Pro Office 1.5.3 add a new global script for capturing abstracts from DEVONagent, come with improvements for handling RSS feeds, and enhance the display of sheets. Finally, all three editions of DEVONthink as well as DEVONnote better support the Camino web browser, create and update the Spotlight cache faster, and feature an improved inline advertisement filter. ‘.mdwn’ files are imported as plain text files and the online help has been made easier accessible.
“Were fully focused on finishing DEVONthink 2.0 but we will continue to deliver important maintenance updates for 1.x users until version 2.0 is ready,” remarks Eric Böhnisch-Volkmann. He continues: “Consequently, everyone who buys any edition of DEVONthink or DEVONnote today will also receive a free upgrade to DEVONthink or DEVONnote 2.0 when they are released later this year.”
AVAILABILITY AND PRICING
All applications require Mac OS X 10.4 or later and can be downloaded from www.devon-technologies.com. DEVONthink and DEVONnote can be test-driven for free for 150 hours of non- continuous runtime until they need to be properly licensed.
DEVONthink Professional Office sells for US$ 149.95, DEVONthink Professional for US$ 79.95, DEVONthink Personal for US$ 39.95, and DEVONnote for US$ 19.95 in DEVONtechnologies online shop. DEVONthink Pro Office and DEVONthink Pro are also available with the Internet research agent DEVONagent as bundles.