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<p>IBM ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF THE FIRST CONTINUOUS SPEECH RECOGNITION<br />
SOFTWARE FOR THE MAC PLATFORM</p>
<p>ViaVoice for Mac in Stores for the Holidays</p>
<p>December 8, 1999 -- IBM today announced the availability of ViaVoice<br />
Millennium Edition 1.0 for Macintosh, the first-to-market continuous speech<br />
recognition software for the Macintosh platform.</p>
<p>ViaVoice for Mac provides users with an intuitive, easy-to-use interface to<br />
perform everyday computer tasks, such as creating e-mail and editing<br />
documents, by speaking. The software is available this week on store<br />
shelves, online and in catalogs in time for the holiday buying season.</p>
<p>"IBM listened to the thousands of requests from Mac enthusiasts and brought<br />
its leading<br />
ViaVoice speech recognition technology to one of the most popular operating<br />
platforms," said Krishna Nathan, director of consumer voice systems, IBM<br />
Speech Systems. "ViaVoice for Mac is part of our continuing effort to make<br />
it easier and more natural for people to interact with their computer. IBM<br />
is the only company to offer its speech recognition technology on all of<br />
the most popular desktop operating platforms -- Windows, Linux and<br />
Macintosh."</p>
<p>"We are thrilled IBM is bringing its award-winning speech recognition<br />
software to the Mac," said Clent Richardson, Apple's vice president of<br />
Worldwide Developer Relations. "ViaVoice for Mac makes the most<br />
user-friendly Mac even easier to use."</p>
<p>The ViaVoice Advantage</p>
<p>Based on IBM's award-winning speech recognition technology, ViaVoice for<br />
Mac speech recognition software was created with simplicity in mind. The<br />
software incorporates an easy-to-use interface specifically designed for<br />
the Mac platform -- making it both easy and natural for all Mac users to<br />
conduct common computing tasks. ViaVoice for Mac provides users with the<br />
ability to create, edit and format documents in the most natural way. After<br />
text is created, the software's integrated transfer feature lets users<br />
transfer text into popular Macintosh applications, such as AppleWorks or<br />
Microsoft Word. Users can create voice shortcuts for commonly-used phrases<br />
by literally "calling" them out with the software's dictation macro editor.<br />
ViaVoice for Mac includes a 64,000 active word vocabulary, the largest on<br />
the market for Macintosh, and also integrates Apple?s text-to-speech<br />
function that lets Apple computers read text back to the user. Also<br />
included with the product is a newly designed noise cancelling microphone<br />
for Mac users. This new mic has changeable colored accents to coordinate<br />
with all the popular iMac flavors.</p>
<p>Power for ViaVoice for Macintosh</p>
<p>IBM's ViaVoice for Mac runs on Mac OS 8.5.1, 8.6 and 9.0. The software<br />
requires a 233 MHz Power PC processor or higher, 48 MB RAM, 200 MB of hard<br />
disk space and a CD-ROM drive. The software runs on iMac, PowerMac G3 and<br />
G4, and PowerBook G3 computers, and requires an audio input jack that is<br />
compatible with Andrea NC-71 microphones.</p>
<p>Availability and Pricing</p>
<p>ViaVoice for Mac will be available this week in the United States and<br />
Canada. It will be sold through major retail and office supply stores, over<br />
the Internet through ShopIBM (<a href="http://www.ibm.com/shop" title="www.ibm.com/shop">www.ibm.com/shop</a>) and other online vendors,<br />
as well as other traditional channels for Apple software. The suggested<br />
retail price for the software is $89.95. Additional languages are planned<br />
for the first half of 2000.</p>
<p>About IBM Speech Systems</p>
<p>IBM speech recognition technology is based on 30 years of speech<br />
recognition research and development. With a portfolio of more than 100<br />
patents, an established R&D business that includes researchers worldwide<br />
and a robust, proven speech technology available in many languages, IBM is<br />
a leader in speech recognition. For more information about IBM Speech<br />
Systems, visit the World Wide Web at <a href="http://www.ibm.com/software/speech" title="http://www.ibm.com/software/speech">http://www.ibm.com/software/speech</a>.</p>
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