Accent Software International Ltd. introduces multilingual word processing compatible with Windows 95; Accent Adds Arabic and Hebrew to Its More Than 30 Languages.JERUSALEM, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 22, 1995--Accent Software International Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ACNTF) introduced and is now shipping its Accent word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and products with Arabic and Hebrew bidirectional The ability to move, transfer or transmit in both directions. word processing added to the more than 30 languages in the Accent offerings. Accent Professional 2.0 also includes an integrated fax capability, personal information manager, additional European language support and enhanced word processing features. The Company believes it currently has the only Arabic and Hebrew word processor that will run on Windows 95. Accent Professional 2.0 is aimed at multinational government and business organizations which operate in more than one language, students, language professionals, multi-ethnic populations and the travel industry. Corporations and governmental organizations have international dealings on a day-to-day basis, and need to communicate in a broad range of languages and alphabets. Users benefit from multiple languages in one program, eliminating the need to purchase specialized hardware or software. As international borders open, travelers and foreign communities will be able to work in their native language. Accent's LanguageWare(TM) line of multilingual word processors allow computer users to work in multiple alphabets under any language version of Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. 3.1, or higher, including Windows 95. Unique to Accent products are menus instantly switchable to any of 20 languages, country flags for easy language selection, and language utilities for a wide range of languages. When users select a language, program features automatically switch as well: menu, dialog box A movable window that is displayed on screen in response to the user selecting a menu option. It provides the current status and available options for a particular feature in the program. and help language, keyboard layout Computers and other typing devices offer many different keyboard layouts for inputting data in different languages. The standard English keyboard layout is known as QWERTY. , font, thesaurus, spell checker A separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words. It can test the spelling of a marked block, an entire document or group of documents. Advanced systems check for spelling as the user types and can correct common typos and misspellings on the fly. and hyphenation Breaking words that extend beyond the right margin. Software hyphenates words by matching them against a hyphenation dictionary or by using a built-in set of rules, or both. See discretionary hyphen. . Accent products are compatible with existing document formats including Word, WordPerfect and Ami Pro and require no additional hardware or software. The addition of Semitic languages with bidirectional capability allows users to select typing direction as well as language. Accent successfully handles the complex requirements of bidirectional languages, including Arabic with its particular challenges of contextual analysis (Arabic letters frequently change shape at different positions in a word); kashida (extra length added to a character to fill out the length of a line); ligatures (a combination of two or three characters into one shape); and diacritics This article is about the academic journal. For the accent mark, see Diacritic. diacritics is an academic journal founded in 1971 at Cornell University. (vowel or accent marks which appear above or beneath a letter). "Our implementation gives the user full Arabic and Hebrew word processing under any version of Windows, even English Windows 95," said Robert Rosenschein, president of Accent Software International Ltd. He continued, "What's hard about Semitic languages is not only that they're right to left - but they're bidirectional - mixing directional text on the same line." For example, numbers are written left to right, as in English, even when inserted in right-to-left Hebrew or Arabic text. Accent offers both Hindu-Arabic and Arabic-Indic numerals. Accent Software International designs and develops multilingual word processing and Internet software products for retail, corporate, educational, government and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers, and markets these products in more than twenty countries. Founded in 1988, Accent Software International is a publicly-held company (NASDAQ: ACNTF) and is headquartered in Jerusalem. -0- Accent is a trademark of Accent Software International Ltd. All other trademarks are owned by their respective manufacturers. CONTACT: ACCENT SOFTWARE INTERNATIONAL LTD. Norman Kreger Director Corporate Communications 011-972-2-793-723, ext. 243 Internet: Normank@accent.co.il Home Page: http://www.accensoft.com or WOLFE AXELROD ASSOCIATES Mona J. Walsh Gordon H. Wolfe Joel Herskovits 212-370-4500 e-mail: 76015.440@compuserve.com |
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