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Novus Scan
Novus Scan
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Novus Scan free download for Mac

Novus Scan

Version 1.1.3

Check documents for plagiarism against other documents on your Mac.

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Novus Scan overview

Novus Scan is a tool for teachers, editors, and writers, enabling them to find text that has been copied between documents.

Create a document database of articles, term papers, homework assignments, or research materials. Then, import documents that you'd like to scan, and Novus Scan will compare them to all the documents in its database and show you any matching text between the contents of its database and the document that you're scanning.

Novus Scan works completely offline, so you can be sure that your documents won't be uploaded to the Internet and you won't violate intellectual property agreements. You can build a database of documents, whether it's your own previously written work, reference materials used in research, or term papers from classes that you're teaching. Novus Scan is a great tool for freelance writers, preventing accidental self-plagiarism and finding text that accidentally has been used for another client's project. If you're a teacher, Novus Scan will help you compare term papers and other student assignments. If you're a student, put your reference and research documents into Novus Scan's database and then scan your document to ensure that you haven't accidentally copied any text from other sources.

Features
  • Import documents in popular formats, including Word, PDF and HTML
  • The scanning engine spots matching phrases at least 8 words long
  • Print or save a report that shows the copied text with references to the source documents
Notes
  • Novus Scan only checks your document against documents that you add to its internal database.
  • The scanning algorithm has only been tested on English language text. Support for other languages is coming soon.

What’s new in version 1.1.3

Updated on May 11 2015

Version 1.1.3:

Note: Now requires OS X 10.8 or later.

  • Minor bug fixes

Information

License

Demo

Size

2.6 MB

Downloads

2666

App requirements

  • Intel 64
  • OS X 10.8 or later
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markwallace3040
markwallace3040
Feb 22 2017
1.1.3
4.0
Feb 22 2017
4.0
Version: 1.1.3
This is more than a Plagiarism checker. This allows you to identify all documents that have sections of similar text in your own files. Have you worked on multiple documents and reused portions of the text? Not sure what version is the best one to keep or want to keep only the newest file? Your duplicate checker will not work. This keeps you from manually comparing documents. Very Helpful!! Only software I have found on the Mac.
Frieddylan
Frieddylan
Jun 5 2012
1.0.3
0.0
Jun 5 2012
0.0
Version: 1.0.3
At first I thought this was like a sort of TurnItIn. But this, being entirely offline has limited application unless you OCR reference material you're using as well as your documents to make sure you're in the clear.. or at least not being redundant? That's a lot of work and I'm not sure I would entirely trust an internal database I created to check my work. Online checkers (colleges sometimes offer their use) are very good at catching things so your low # score can be trusted.
Ironman
Ironman
Mar 30 2012
1.0.1
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Mar 30 2012
0.0
Version: 1.0.1
"Make sure all your work is original. " Wasn't this the purpose of this app to detect non-original work? So this app will only compare with my own work, like if I was going to do a plagiarism on myself ? Completely useless ! This would work if my text was compared to million of web pages, not against my own work
markwallace3040
markwallace3040
Feb 22 2017
4.0
Feb 22 2017
4.0
Version: null