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.XIF File Extension


File Type ScanSoft Pagis File
File Format File
Common? No
File Description XIF (eXtended Image Format) file format used by ScanSoft Pagis scanning software; designed to store text documents as images; an extension of the .TIFF format that separates the image into four layers:


  1. Text color layer

  2. Text layer for OCR (optical character recognition)

  3. Layer containing color image segments

  4. Background tint layer



ScanSoft is now Nuance Communications, Inc.
Program(s) that open xif files Mac: Nuance OmniPage
Windows: ScanSoft Pagis Viewer; Nuance OmniPage

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