While you can view MAX files inside PaperPort, no other software (not Photoshop, not Windows Photo Viewer) can open them. Worse, if you uninstall PaperPort, you lose access to every document you ever scanned.
Released by Nuance Communications—a company renowned for its speech recognition (Dragon) and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technologies—PaperPort 12SE was often bundled with high-end scanners (such as those from Fujitsu, Brother, and Canon) or sold as a standalone "lite" version of their flagship PaperPort Professional software. nuance paperport 12se
| Feature | PaperPort 12SE (Legacy) | | Adobe Scan (Mobile/Web) | PaperVision Capture | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Visual Thumbnails | Yes | No (List view) | No | Yes | | TWAIN Support | Yes | Yes (Excellent) | No | Yes | | 64-bit Drivers | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Price | Abandonware | Free (Open Source) | Free w/ Adobe ID | Paid | | MAX File support | Native | No | No | No | While you can view MAX files inside PaperPort,