ISYS/Odyssey Development announces ISYS Text Retrieval 32-Bit Application for Windows 95 and Windows NT.DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 1996--Odyssey Development Inc. today announced the shipment of ISYS ISYS Institute for the Study of Youth Sports ISYS Intelligent Systems Research Group (Madrid, Spain) ISYS Integrated System 4.0 for Windows 95 and NT, both 32-bit applications. While maintaining the same interface, features, and easy-to-use query tools of the original ISYS text-retrieval software, ISYS is now maximized with 32-Bit environmental benefits. Improvements include extended file format support, increased speed, and expanded operation capabilities and features. Adding to the current list of over 40 file formats and supported by ISYS, the 32-Bit version for Windows 95 and NT also supports 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. 7, Access 7, Microsoft PowerPoint 7, Microsoft Office Microsoft's primary desktop applications for Windows and Mac. Depending on the package, it includes some combination of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook along with various Internet and other utilities. Binders, WordPerfect 7, Microsoft Works 4, Paradox 5, and non WYSIWIG Acrobat PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. . According to the company, ISYS 4.0 for Windows 95 and NT can now index non-WYSIWIG documents 25% faster and WYSIWIG documents 35% faster. Furthermore, querying with any of the ISYS query options: Command Based, Menu-Assisted, or Plain-English is faster as well. In addiiton, ISYS for Windows 95 and Windows NT offers the following new features: long file name handling, context-sensitive right-mouse menus, the complete operability Operability is the ability to keep a system in a functioning and operating condition. In a computing systems environment with multiple systems this includes the ability of products, systems and business processes to work together to accomplish a common task such as finding and , database storage capability increased to 16 million documents, and complete inter-operability with 16-bit and ISYS for DOS. According to Mark Briggs, vice president of Odyssey Development Inc., "What we have developed here is a true 32-Bit application, not just a wrapper surrounding 16-bit code that may cause performance degradation." The new release of ISYS 4.0 for Windows 95 and NT maintains the same powerful query features of the last release including: leading and trailing wildcards, intelligent date handling and date range searching, word tense conflation (database) conflation - Combining or blending of two or more versions of a text; confusion or mixing up. Conflation algorithms are used in databases. , complete Boolean and proximity search operators, customizable synonym rings, fuzzy searching to compensate for 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. or typographical errors, relevancy ranking and full dynamic data exchange (DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) A message protocol in Windows that allows application programs to request and exchange data between them automatically. DDE - Dynamic Data Exchange ) support. What's more, ISYS requires no data preparation because it automatically detects file formats from its indexes. ISYS/Odyssey Development, manufacturer and distributor of the award-winning ISYS Text Retrieval System, was founded in 1988. With ISYS in its fourth major version on both the DOS and Windows platforms, Odyssey Development now enjoys an installed base of over 40,000 worldwide in more than 40 countries. For more information on the ISYS for Windows 95 and Windows NT upgrade, pricing information, or a demonstration copy, contact ISYS or any authorized reseller. ISYS is a registered trademark of Odyssey Development Inc. Other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of the respective trademark holders. CONTACT: ISYS/Odyssey Development Inc., Denver Monica Procter, 303/689-9998, ext. 404 Fax: 303/689-9997 monica@isys.ccmail.compuserve.com |
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