ART partners with FTG to provide handwriting recognition solution with digitizing tablet.CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1997--Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. (ART), a developer of technologically superior speech and handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition). engines, today announced an agreement with FTG FTG Fairchild Tropical Garden (Coral Gables, FL, USA) FTG Firan Technology Group (Toronto, ON, Canada) FTG Ferntree Gully (suburb, Australia) FTG Free to Guest Data Systems to bundle its smARTwriter handwriting recognition software with FTGs FastPoint digitizing "Digitizer" redirects here. For the computer device, see Digitizing tablet. For the digitizer in Tablet PC's, see Tablet PC. Digitizing or digitization tablets. The new tablets will be available later this month and will feature the product that has gained notoriety in the handwriting recognition business. smARTwriter for Windows 95/NT is a powerful, accurate software solution that allows users to enter handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. data or words into popular applications such as Word, Excel, or any Windows 95 or NT application. smARTwriter is a perfect complement to the FastPoint Tablet said Dennis Quiggle, Director of Marketing for FTG, This is a partnership that includes groundbreaking handwriting recognition software with the new tablets, instantly adding value to both of our products. smARTwriter for Windows 95/NT adapts quickly to the users unique handwriting style. Initial programming takes only five minutes, and corrections or additions can be made on-the-fly through convenient pop-up windows. The user can enter a letter, word, symbol, or drawing anywhere on the screen or tablet. The new FastPoint Tablets have an ultra-thin design, with a writing surface that is less than 1/8th of an inch thick. The tablets are half as thick, twice as fast and twice as accurate as most existing tablets. The bundle is ready to ship this month. smARTwriter for Windows 95/NT and other ART voice and handwriting recognition products are available now through the smARTshop page on the ART website, located at http://www.artcomp.com . At PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than , at the special introductory price of $129, the 4x6 FastPoint tablet may be ordered in a smARTwriter for Windows 95/NT bundle. Dealer programs and direct end-user sales are offered. For sales information contact FTG at 1-800-962-3900, fastpoint@ftgdata.com, or visit booth No. 4484 at PC Expo. FTG Data Systems is a privately held, Orange County, California-based computer peripherals manufacturer specializing in the design and development of pointing devices, and is the worlds largest light pen company. Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. (ART) develops and markets innovative and technologically superior products that allow the human voice and handwritten letters or symbols to control cellular phones, computer applications and electronic devices. The company is based in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , with an R&D subsidiary in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv (tĕl əvēv`), city (1994 pop. 355,200), W central Israel, on the Mediterranean Sea. Oficially named Tel Aviv–Jaffa, it is Israel's commercial, financial, communications, and cultural center and the core of its largest , Israel and sales offices in Japan and Singapore. More information on ART and its products is available on its web site at http://www.artcomp.com . -0- Note to Editors: See ART at booth 2222-7 in the Microsoft Partners Pavilion at PC EXPO, June 17-19, Javits Convention Center, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . CONTACT: Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. Rick McCaskill, 818/678-3999 rick@artcomp.com or Shotwell Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , Inc. Russell Barber 408-727-4356 104521,3333@compuserve.com |
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