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TexScout is a text search and retrieval program that uses a
thesaurus to find related concepts. It allows you to use plain
questions to quickly and easily read, research, and locate
word phrases in any file format.
To install the TexScout type SETUP <Enter>. This will create a
directory called \RW, and move the program and sample data files
into the directory. Call 516-265-3518 for technical support.
This is a shareware version of TexScout for MS-Windows. It is limited
to searching single-file reading lists. With the full version of
TexScout you can search up to 4,000 reading lists, with up to 4,000
files in every list.
We invite you to order the full version at a special introductory
price of $150. Send check or money order to:
Management Information Technologies, Inc.
5 Vanderbilt Motor Pkwy
Suite 403
Commack, New York 11725
Telephone: (516) 265-3518
When you register the full version, you will qualify for free
updates during 1993 and future updates at a special savings.
What is READWARE ?
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READWARE is a new technology based on language research
probing the archetypes of meaning in many different languages.
TexScout is the first PC product of the READWARE second generation
technology. READWARE has been in use in large information systems
such as the U.S. Library of Congress since 1987.
The READWARE Concept
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READWARE is the only product that begins to recognize the meaning
of words, enabling the user to retrieve information from a file
without first knowing what's in there.
It accepts plain talk. Not obtuse technical jargon that takes
the fun out of using computers, but natural language the way real
people speak and write.
The patented calculation techniques measure how closely words and
phrases are related to each other.
This gives the user two remarkable features.
* A reliable searching tool
* A smart research partner to sit down and "brainstorm" with
How well does READWARE understand language ?
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The first application of READWARE, "The Research Assistant,"
scored higher than average on an the SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)
college admissions test.
READWARE now ushers in a second generation of information retrieval
systems. Simpler and more powerful.
It is a portable (ANSI C) fast search program with new proprietary
algorithms featuring:
* A concept base that organizes the words of the English language
into useful structures including synonym classes (thesaurus),
function classes (grammar) and more relations not available
in any other product.
* Different search strategies ranging from "exact match" to
"comprehensive" which incorporate normal keyword search and
four additional proprietary search algorithms using archetypes
of meaning (semantic matrix) and the concept base.
* Text search in ANY file format (plain ASCII, word processor,
typeset, UNIX files, data base memos, CD ROMs and even binary
and system files) and you can read and print the responses, too.
READWARE has been ported to large information systems at the U.S.
Library of Congress, the Canadian National Archives, and Clemson
University.
"READWARE is setting an industry standard for multi-media
information systems."
--Clemson University
"We needed retrieval software that would be easy to use. After
analyzing the text retrieval software packages on the market,
we chose READWARE and the system has delivered beyond our
expectations."
--National Archives of Canada
Now this trend-setting technology is available for the PC under the
name TexScout.
"I used it to scan a number of sizable plain text files on my
system and found its performance to be good and the program
easy to use."
--Lin Varnum, PC Support
Why be satisfied with finding keywords when you can have so much
more, including real matching concepts? For example, enter the word
"judge" and TexScout will find related references to "court" and "law"
and even "wisdom."
TexScout is so easy to use, children can learn to use it right away to
get more out of their home and school computer libraries. Yet it is
powerful enough to satisfy the needs of business and academic users, too.
Other READWARE product applications
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A programming toolkit (in ANSI Standard C) is available to port
READWARE to any computer platform. The code is small and simple
to integrate into custom applications.
Domain specific concept bases (medical terms, legal terms, etc.) will
soon be available.
Foreign language concept bases (Arabic, Italian, French, German,
Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, Swedish) are available in MS-DOS version,
and will soon be available in MS-Windows version.
Some of the ways you can use The READWARE TexScout
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* Legal text search (lawyers, courts and police)
* Medical search (physicians and hospitals)
* Customer service and records
* Municipal and state records
* Scanning environmental impact reports and
other public interest records
* Easy access to CD encyclopedias and the reams
of government documents
* Researching college papers and theses
* Writing fiction and non-fiction
* School and community libraries
* Analyzing files from computer networks
* Reading computer programs and system files
* Genealogical research
* . . .
READWARE is a registered trademark of Management Information
Technologies, Inc.
U.S. Patent No. 4,849,898
All Rights Reserved