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- @1ST PAR PAL = S<B>anta Clara, CA<D> <197> Calera Recognition Systems,
- formerly Palantir Corporation, announced <BI>TrueScan<D>, a scanner
- recognition card for PC/AT's and compatibles that provides the most
- accurate recognition available for desk-top publications. Starting
- at just $2495, TrueScan sets a new price- performance standard for
- the personal computer and scanner markets.
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- @ARTICLE PAL =
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- @ARTICLE PAL = Referring to TrueScan as essentially a <169>printer
- in reverse,<170> Calera President Stephen M. Dow said, <169>Just like
- a printer can take information from your PC and put it onto a page,
- TrueScan can take information from a page and put it directly into
- your PC. And it doesn't matter how complex your page is. The key is
- that TrueScan goes beyond character recognition to capture the structure
- of a page as well as text and graphics <197> automatically. TureScan
- finally makes scannng as easy as using a photocopier.<170>
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- @ARTICLE PAL = TrueScan brings the high-performance recognition capabilites
- previously associated only with products costing over $15,000 to desktop
- publishing <197> at desktop prices. This break-through is expected
- to fuel the growth of the scanner market by opening up new opportunities
- in existing application areas like desktop publishing and word processing,
- and developing areas such as spreadsheets and databases.
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-
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- @ARTICLE PAL = TrueScan works with most <%14>desktop scanners and
- <%4>facsimile cards to provide ac<%0>curate recognition at an affordable
- price. It puts complex business documents directly into popular applications
- like word processing, desktop publishing, spreadsheet and graphics
- programs, and can also be used to create files for loading information
- into a database. With other technologies, scanners are focused primarily
- on just recognizing text. TrueScan also decolumnizes complex multi-column
- documents while recognizing and preserving tables, lists, paragraphs,
- centering, justification, indenting, bold, italics and underlining.
-
- @ARTICLE PAL =
-
- @ARTICLE PAL = Text and graphics are captured in a single pass through
- the scanner. TrueScan handles typewritten, typeset, laser, dot matrix
- and other computer printed documents. Scanned documents are placed
- directly into the formats supported by popular word processors, desktop
- publishing systems, spreadsheets, and databases.
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- @ARTICLE PAL =
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- @ARTICLE PAL = TrueScan comes in two models. The Model S processes
- pages at 75 characters per second and the Model E, 100 characters
- per second. A wide <%12>range of scanners are <%0>supported by both
- models, including: AST TurboScan, Canon IX-12, IX-12F, Datacopy
- Jet Reader Model 730, Dest PC Scan Plus, Dest PC Scan 1000, Dest PC
- Scan 2000, HP ScanJet, IBM 3117, Microtek MS/MSF-300C, MS-300A, Panasonic
- FX-RS505, and Princeton Graphics LS-300.
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- @ARTICLE PAL =
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- @ARTICLE PAL = Supported Facsimile cards include: GammaLink Gammafax,
- Spectrafax, The FaxCard, Datacopy MicroFax, AT&T Fax Connection, and
- other cards which support the TIFF and PCX image file formats.
-
-
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- @ARTICLE PAL = Virtually every commercial word processing program
- is directly supported. It also supports the Lotus (.WK1) format which
- is used by Lotus 1-2-3, Borland's Quattro, and Excel.
-
- @ARTICLE PAL =
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- @ARTICLE PAL = TrueScan requires an IBM PC/AT, Compaq 286 or 100%
- compatibles and MS-DOS 3.1 or higher. A minimum of 512 Kb of RAM is
- required and the minimum acceptable hard disk size is 20 Mb. Both
- mono-chrome and color displays are supported.
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-
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- @STANDOUT = Text and graphics are captured in a single pass
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-
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- @ARTICLE PAL = Calera Recognition Systems will make TrueScan available
- to end users through retail distribution channels. Beginning on September
- 19, TrueScan will be available in two models. Model S is priced at
- $2495 while the Model E is available for $3495.
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- @ARTICLE PAL = <MI>Calera Recognition Systems, Inc. is headquartered
- at 2500 Augustine Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054. Telephone
- Laura Ness at (408) 986-8006.<D> <188>
-