Robust Outliner Software

Posted by Slartibartfarst
Aug 6, 2011 at 09:55 AM

*@ basilides:* You might be interested in this.
I have trialled the reference management programmes Zotero and Mendeley, but I found they did not meet my requirements.
I have recently started trialling another reference management programme called Qiqqa, which blew me away - it scans and indexes text-searchable PDF files and PDF files containing images - i.e., it OCRs any text in the images in the PDF files.
I installed Qiqqa on my HP Envy i7 laptop, and then let it loose on my library of about 650 PDF documents. I left it scanning and indexing the lot overnight.

It successfully OCRed and indexed all the imaged PDF files too. It seems quite intuitive to use and has lots of good features, though it is still under development.

There’s a good list and comparison of “reference management software” here:
Comparison of reference management software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_reference_management_software

On the Qiqqa website, there is a good comparison between Qiqqa, EndNote, Zotero, and Mendelay, :
Qiqqa Features
http://www.qiqqa.com/About/Features#Compare

The OCR capability stands out as a strength for Qiqqa.