Aptech enhances Keystone for Windows with Lernout & Hauspie speech technology.IEPER, BELGIUM/BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 1996--Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (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 :LHSPF) today announced that its text-to-speech technology has been licensed to provide readback capability in Aptech's Keystone for Windows(TM), an application designed to help users overcome problems in PC-based document production. Keystone for Windows is designed to help people who experience problems in document production -- such as those with dyslexia dyslexia (dĭslĕk`sēə), in psychology, a developmental disability in reading or spelling, generally becoming evident in early schooling. To a dyslexic, letters and words may appear reversed, e.g. or visual and physical impairments -- overcome the problems of working in the Windows environment (1) (upper case "W") Refers to computers running under a Microsoft Windows operating system. (2) (lower case "w") Also called a "windowing environment," it refers to any software that provides multiple windows on screen such as Windows, Mac, Motif and X Window. . It offers many unique features, such as enhanced screen reading facilities, advanced document correction and OCR OCR in full optical character recognition Scanning and comparison technique intended to identify printed text or numerical data. It avoids the need to retype already printed material for data entry. support. Lernout & Hauspie text-to-speech technology will allow users of Keystone for Windows to verify what they have typed on their computers. "Aptech is pleased to use Lernout & Hauspie's state-of-the-art text-to-speech technology in Keystone for Windows," said Dr. Peter Kelway, Managing Director of Aptech. "It offers the highest quality full-language support available in so many different languages. And its ease of use dramatically reduces the time it takes us to incorporate the newest developments in our commercial products." Keystone for Windows is sold in England. Versions supporting other European languages are foreseen. The application is priced at $525 for a single user license. "Aptech's agreement with Lernout & Hauspie again demonstrates the demand for high-quality, low-cost speech technology," said Jo Lernout, co-founder and president of Lernout & Hauspie. "Our speech technologies help to make computers more versatile ... and more useful to consumers." Lernout & Hauspie has previously licensed its speech technologies to telephony, PC and multimedia companies such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Globallink, Novell, and Softkey/The Learning Company and Delrina. About Aptech Aptech supplies state-of-the-art speech technology hardware and software that allow a user to control commercial or bespoke software A U.K. term for a custom-made product, including made-to-order software. See custom software. by voice and for the computer to respond with a synthesized voice. Aptech takes systems from market leaders in the speech technology field and configures bespoke be·spoke v. Past tense and a past participle of bespeak. adj. 1. Custom-made. Said especially of clothes. 2. Making or selling custom-made clothes: a bespoke tailor. solutions to the needs of its clients. The company has a consultancy team with more than 30 years of experience in speech technology. Consultancy has been provided to the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community , UK government departments and major IT manufacturers and suppliers. Headquarters are in Newcastle Upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne, city (1991 pop. 199,064) and metropolitan district, NE England, on the Tyne River. The city is an important shipping and trade center. The famous coal-shipping industry began in the 13th cent. , England. Phone is +44 1661 860999. Fax is +44 1661 822777. E-mail is aptech@dial.pipex.com. About Lernout & Hauspie Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products is an international leader in the development of speech technology for commercial products in four markets: Telecommunications, Computers and Multimedia, Automotive Electronics, and Consumer Electronics. Lernout & Hauspie licenses core automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech, and digital speech compression Encoding digital speech to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. The PCM, ADPCM, CELP and LD-CELP methods are commonly used for speech compression. See speech codec and data compression. technologies. The company's worldwide headquarters is in Ieper, Belgium, and its Asian sales offices are located in Taipei, Taiwan and Hong Kong; U.S. headquarters is at 20 Mall Road, Burlington, MA 01803. Phone: (617) 238-0960; Fax: (617) 238-0986. NOTE TO EDITORS: There is an "at" symbol between "aptech" and "dial.pipex.com" above. That symbol may not appear properly in some systems. CONTACT: L&H Bart Verhaeghe, +32-2-456-05-00 or Hill & Knowlton Jim Martinez, 312/255-1200 |
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