Dragon Systems announces first fully-featured PC dictation software for $99.NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 31, 1996-- New DragonDictate application editions support leading industry software products with the features found in more expensive dictation products In a radical move designed to grow the market for speech recognition, Dragon Systems Dragon Systems, Inc., was the company that created DragonDictate and Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It was founded in 1982 by Drs. James and Janet Baker and bought by Lernout & Hauspie in 2000. announced today the first fully-featured speech recognition dictation products for less than $100. These six new application editions offer the capabilities found in the award-winning DragonDictate for Windows, including high accuracy, fast performance, speaker independent models, a large vocabulary and hands-free operation, within selected major applications. The new editions support Windows, Windows 95 and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. . "PC users have wanted to take advantage of speech recognition for years. With the new price of $99, Dragon Systems makes it possible for almost any PC user to enjoy the excitement and to benefit from the productivity gains that speech recognition makes possible," said Janet Baker Dame Janet Abbott Baker CH DBE FRSA (born August 21, 1933) is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer. She was particularly closely associated with baroque and early Italian opera and the works of Benjamin Britten. , President of Dragon Systems. These new DragonDictate for Windows editions will each be application-specific. Five of the six new editions offered support Microsoft Word A full-featured word processing program for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. Included in the Microsoft application suite, it is a sophisticated program with rudimentary desktop publishing capabilities that has become the most widely used word processing application on the market. , Corel Word Perfect, Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. , Lotus 1-2-3, or Lotus Notes Messaging and groupware software from IBM Lotus that was introduced in 1989 for OS/2 and later expanded to Windows, Mac, Unix, NetWare, AS/400 and S/390. Notes provides e-mail, document sharing, workflow, group discussions and calendaring and scheduling. with cc:Mail. Each edition also supports the Netscape Navigator An earlier Web browser for Windows, Macintosh and X Windows from Netscape that provided secure transmission over the Internet. Soon after its introduction in 1994, Navigator, or just "Netscape," as it was commonly called, quickly became the leading browser on the Web. as well as many applications built-into Windows, including WordPad. These new editions include features designed for the specific applications that streamline operations and increase productivity. These editions will have a suggested price of $99. A sixth edition, the Combo Edition, works with all of these applications and has a suggested price of $349. "Dragon Systems is the only company to offer a range of dictation products that work directly in a user's favorite applications at a price less than $695," said Roger Matus, Director of Marketing. "Other products in this price range restrict dictation to WordPad or a proprietary VoicePad. In addition, the new $99 DragonDictate editions support advanced features found in the more expensive general purpose DragonDictate products including command-and-control, hands-free mouse operation and a high quality microphone." Dragon Systems continues to offer the full line of DragonDictate general purpose dictation products and professional language modules (DragonLaw, DragonMed, DragonBusiness, DragonTech, and DragonEXTRA!). Upgrades to these products will be available for users of the new DragonDictate application editions. A full range of developer tools for small and large vocabularies are available for speech enabling applications. The new DragonDictate application editions for U.S. English are now available and can be ordered for the holidays from Dragon Systems at 1-800-TALKTYP (1-800-825-5897). These editions will appear in selected software catalogs starting in December. Bundling opportunities are available for PC hardware and software vendors. International languages will be available shortly. Users will need a 486/66 system (Pentium recommended) with 12MB of RAM (a system total of 16MB recommended) and with supported built-in audio or an industry-standard sound card. -0- Dragon Systems, Inc., the world's leading supplier of speech products and technology for PC and other platforms, develops and markets high-performance, cost-effective speech and language technology tools that, in multiple world languages (American English American English n. The English language as used in the United States. Noun 1. American English - the English language as used in the United States American language, American , British English British English n. The English language used in England as distinguished from that used elsewhere. , French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Swedish), enable users to create any text, issue commands, and enter and access data simply by speaking. The company also licenses its technology worldwide through developers, distributors, resellers, OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and ISVs (Integrated Software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. Vendors). Dragon Systems ports its technology across multiple operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. and hardware platforms - from hand-held devices and computers to workstations, and is pursuing leading-edge research and development projects for computer and telecommunications applications. Founded in 1982, Dragon Systems is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts; its Dragon Systems UK Ltd. subsidiary is based in Cheltenham, England; Dragon Systems GmbH is located in Glashutten, Germany in the greater Frankfurt/M. area. Dragon Systems and DragonDictate are registered trademarks of Dragon Systems, Inc. DragonLaw, DragonMed, DragonEXTRA!, DragonBusiness and are trademarks of Dragon Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Products and prices are subject to change without notice. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.dragonsys.com CONTACT: Renee L. Blodgett Dragon Systems, Inc. (617) 965-5200 ext. 348 reneeb@dragonsys.com |
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