DragonLaw for Windows speeds dictation and adds WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS speech commands.NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 1996--Demanding users in legal environments can now enjoy even higher performance, increased recognition accuracy and faster document creation with DragonLaw for Windows 1.0 announced today by 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. Inc. of Newton, Mass. This add-on language module enhances the capabilities of DragonDictate for Windows, the world's most popular speech recognition dictation system, by offering the most comprehensive legal-specific vocabulary available, and includes over 1,000 predefined voice commands for the popular WESTLAW Westlaw® WESTLAW® is an interactive computerassisted legal research service that is provided to subscribers by West Group, a subsidiary of Thomson Legal Publishing. and LEXIS-NEXIS research services. Now shipping, DragonLaw for Windows is the newest member of the DragonPro Series of specialized products for professional applications, which already includes DragonMed and DragonBusiness for Windows, and DragonLaw and DragonMed for MS-DOS MS-DOS in full Microsoft Disk Operating System Operating system for personal computers. MS-DOS was based on DOS, developed in 1980 by Seattle Computer Products. Microsoft Corp. bought the rights to DOS in 1981, and released MS-DOS with IBM's PC that year. . DragonLaw for Windows has been optimized using legal-specific expert knowledge as well as language statistics. It is based on over four years of extensive feedback from DragonDictate users in the legal profession, consultation with industry specialists, and analyses of many thousands of case reports and statutes (containing West Publishing's copyrighted editorial enhancements), legal opinions, journal articles, and other legal documents. Predefined speech commands, developed in collaboration with West Publishing and US MicroShare Inc. are provided to simplify access to the WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS research services. Lawyers and other legal professionals can now immediately perform research and dictate general legal terms, Latin and French legal phrases, periodicals, court and circuit court names, contract terms, and other legal terminology without having to spend time and effort entering these terms manually. "We're proud to announce the availability of DragonLaw as a major enhancement to DragonDictate, the first and foremost speech recognition dictation system to be adopted by lawyers worldwide," stated Dr. 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. "The WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS speech commands will make accessing vital online database resources much faster and easier for many legal professionals. Together, DragonLaw and the new DragonDictate for Windows 2.0 provide the improved capabilities and performance required by many legal professionals to do their work more efficiently in the office, at home, and on the road." Since 1990, the award-winning DragonDictate has been the preferred PC dictation system for legal and other professionals wanting to drive their computers by voice. Users can talk directly into their applications; no "cutting and pasting" from separate speech windows is ever necessary. You can enter commands, create and format text, edit existing text, and even control your mouse --just by talking! For people with repetitive stress injuries repetitive stress injury or repetitive strain injury (RSI), injury caused by repeated movement of a particular part of the body. Often seen in workers whose physical routine is unvaried, RSI has become epidemic since computers have entered the (RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) Ailments of the hands, neck, back and eyes due to computer use. The remedy for RSI is frequent breaks which should include stretching or yoga postures. ) or other disabilities, DragonDictate is the most completely hands-free PC dictation solution commercially available. Features and Benefits o 30,000-60,000-Word Active Vocabulary Sizes-- DragonLaw offers the industry's largest, most comprehensive legal vocabulary. Users of DragonDictate Classic Edition can access 30,000 of the most used words and users of the Power Edition have up to 60,000 words. o 180,000-Word Total Vocabulary with Speaker-Independent Acoustic Models-- DragonLaw also provides a 180,000-word total backup vocabulary so users can easily access even more words. More than a simple word list, these vocabularies contain speaker-independent acoustic models An acoustic model is created by taking audio recordings of speech, and their text transcriptions, and using software to create statistical representations of the sounds that make up each word. It is used by a Speech Recognition engine to recognize speech. for all lexical entries Noun 1. lexical entry - the entry in a dictionary of information about a word dictionary entry headword - a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry) to boost recognition of words not in the active vocabulary. o Domain-specific Language A programming language designed for a particular purpose. For example, Tex is a language used for typesetting, SQL is used to query databases, and Mathematica is used for computations. Models Enhance Performance-- DragonLaw contains semantic and syntactic Dealing with language rules (syntax). See syntax. information for each vocabulary word or phrase. Expert knowledge is combined with statistical information derived from diverse legal materials to create contextual and frequency data targeting a broad range of legal specialties. Working in cooperation with West Publishing, thousands of additional case reports and statutes containing West's copyrighted editorial enhancements were selected and analyzed an·a·lyze tr.v. an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2. Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3. , further refining refining, any of various processes for separating impurities from crude or semifinished materials. It includes the finer processes of metallurgy, the fractional distillation of petroleum into its commercial products, and the purifying of cane, beet, and maple sugar these language models. The information contained in these models assists in the recognition process by improving word or phrase predictability and discrimination, enhancing both speed and accuracy. o Over 1,000 Built-in Commands for WESTLAW and LEXIS-NEXIS -- DragonLaw for Windows includes predefined speech commands to provide convenient, voice-driven access to West Publishing's WESTLAW online services, its WESTMATE and WESTCheck software, and its PREMISE Research Software for CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Commands for the Lexis-Nexis online service are also included, developed in cooperation with US MicroShare Inc. The list price of DragonLaw for Windows is $495 and includes software and a user/installation guide. DragonLaw requires DragonDictate 1.3. or 2.x for Windows and approximately 15MB of additional disk space for installation. Additional DragonPro series products for journalists, writers and computer professionals are expected to start shipping in the spring of 1996. DragonDictate products are available through Dragon Systems Certified See certification. Resellers; for sales information, please call 1-800-TALKTYP. Dragon Systems Inc., the world's leading supplier of PC speech recognition, develops and markets high-performance, cost-effective speech and language technology tools that, in multiple languages enable users to create any text, issue commands, and enter and access data simply by speaking. The company also licenses its technology, and works closely with OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ISVs (Integrated Software Separate software components or applications that have been combined into one package. See integrated software package. Vendors) and other strategic business partners worldwide. Developers, distributors, and resellers make Dragon's products and services available globally. Dragon Systems is currently porting 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 Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. - from hand-held devices and computers to workstations, and is pursuing leading-edge research and development projects for computer and telecommunications applications. Its British subsidiary, Dragon Systems, UK Ltd., focuses on speech technology for telephony and high-noise environments. Founded in 1982, Dragon Systems is headquartered in Newton, Mass.; 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. With one of the industry's largest speech recognition R & D organizations, Dragon Systems is rapidly growing and advancing its technical and market leadership. -0- Dragon Systems and DragonDictate are registered trademarks of Dragon Systems Inc. DragonPro, DragonLaw, DragonMed, and DragonBusiness are trademarks of Dragon Systems Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Dragon Systems Inc. Keith Byerly, 617/965-5200 ext. 572 Keithb@dragonsys.com |
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