Omtool Delivers New Document Handling Capabilities for Handheld Devices

Omtool, a provider of document handling products and services, announced it has enhanced its AccuRoute platform to support mobile devices. AccuRoute provides handheld users with document capture, conversion and communication capabilities that help maintain productivity while away from the office.

"It was apparent that we needed to support the users who were reliant on their BlackBerries and other mobile devices. Analyst firm IDC forecasts that the mobile worker population in the United States will reach 113.5 million in 2009," said Bob Voelk, chairman, CEO and president of Omtool. "In response, we enhanced our AccuRoute document handling platform to allow for text accessibility, conversion and even faxing from mobile devices further extending AccuRoute throughout the enterprise."

The AccuRoute server-based document handling platform provides fast, secure and simultaneous document distribution to multiple destinations in multiple formats enabling organizations to perform complex document management tasks more efficiently. Omtool developed extensions to its AccuRoute product line to make documents more accessible for mobile users. For example, AccuRoute converts document formats that are unreadable or unsupported on a hand-held device to PDF text format so they are fully visible by mobile users.

AccuRoute simplifies editing from a mobile device with the ability to convert PDF documents into Microsoft Word documents. Once changes are made to the document, it can be redistributed to all needed destinations via AccuRoute. In addition, faxes, which have traditionally had limited distribution capability to mobile users, can now be handled using AccuRoute's integrated enterprise fax foundation. It delivers faxes to users on their handheld devices, enabling them to forward documents or other communications from their BlackBerry via fax.