Mirror Worlds Technologies recently announced the availability of Scopeware Vision 2.1, a high-performance search utility that integrates real-time information from the web with documents, email and other digital files. This is not the server-based Scopeware that I provide for enterprise customers; it is the version for individual PCs. If you want to use Scopeware’s revolutionary narrative user interface but do not want network information managed, only the information that is located on your PC, then Scopeware Vision 2.1 may be just the thing for you.
Scopeware Vision 2.1 makes use of Real Simple Syndication (RSS), an XML web-based technology that feeds content from websites directly to your personal PC. By incorporating an RSS reader into the traditional Scopeware interface, Vision 2.1 is the first personal information management tool to integrate data on the desktop and real-time content such as news from the web. A copy of the full press release including pricing can be found at the Scopeware Vision website...
Scopeware Vision 2.1 is a new tool to integrate RSS feeds with the content on your computer easily. Scopeware Vision's unique interface responds to simple keyword searches by displaying the results in visual, chronological streams. Search results include RSS feeds and most standard file types--digital photos, mp3s, Adobe PDFs, web pages, Outlook and Outlook Express email, Microsoft Office documents and non-standard file types defined by the user. By combining information such as document type, time of creation, name of document, a summary of the content and a thumbnail view on a single screen, users can quickly and easily find and organize all the information they need, when they need it.
Scopeware Vision is available in a Personal edition and Professional edition. A free trial edition is available. Just click on the Scopeware Vision ad icon in the right-hand column to obtain detailed information. The big news about Vision Professional 2.1 is that it include these new add-on modules:
CRM Module
This module integrates Outlook contacts, calendar and appointments with your information. The user can then select a contact name from the list and a search will quickly find all the information associated with that person including emails and files. It also features quick access to the personal contact card with a view of the contact's phone number and email address.
Zip Module
Vision Professional 2.1 now supports indexing of Zip files and their contents. For users with compressed files in the Zip format, Vision catalogs the contents of Zip files for complete access to all information in the archive. Vision treats information in a Zip file like any other file during a keyword search.
Archive Module
This module adds support for indexing of CD/DVDs and their contents. For users with files archived to CDs and DVDs, Vision catalogs the contents of CDs and DVDs and their locations. Vision will tell you the location of information in a file or email you have catalogued and the CD/DVD it is stored on.
Scopeware Vision Professional 2.1 is rapidly becoming an amazing knowledge management tool. It damages nothing. It replaces nothing (although you will find that you may not use many of the tools you used in the past to find, understand or to take action on digital files). Vision Professional 2.1 simply revolutionizes your desktop and makes all of your unstructured information a coherent, narrative story that can be filtered to tell any subplot you desire.
