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- From: dpeter@hsd.com (David W. Peter)
- Subject: Re: german spelling checker
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.004112.2317@dakota.hsd.com>
- Sender: news@dakota.hsd.com
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- Reply-To: dpeter@hsd.com
- Organization: HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc.
- References: <1992Dec12.193138.29162@reed.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:41:12 GMT
- Lines: 67
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- In article <1992Dec12.193138.29162@reed.edu>
- blaubsch@gluttony.reed.edu (Bertrand Michael Laubsch) writes:
- > does anyone know of one?
-
- HSD has recently release a spelling checker that currently supports
- 11 languages. Here is the text of the press release:
-
-
- Contact: David Peter, President
- HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc.
- (415) 964-1400
-
- HSD SHIPS INTERNATIONAL SPELL CHECKER FOR NEXTSTEP
- ANNOUNCES BUNDLING AGREEMENT WITH NEXT
-
- MOUNTAIN VIEW, DEC 2, 1992 HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc. today
- announced that it has begun shipping an international spell checker
- for NeXTSTEP that supports 11 languages.
-
- Called HSD Spell, the software will be bundled for a limited time
- with NeXT's European Starting Point Kits. It will also be available
- from HSD and resellers. Suggested retail price is $195, which
- includes two language dictionaries English and one other. Additional
- languages can be purchased for $99 each. Languages currently
- supported include Danish, Dutch, English (U.K. and U.S.), Finnish,
- French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish.
-
- HSD Spell is shipped on two extended density disks which contain the
- HSD Spell application and all 11 language dictionaries. The HSD Spell
- application contains a menu choice for installing additional
- languages, which can be unlocked after purchasing an activation code
- from HSD.
-
- HSD President David Peter noted that HSD Spell is tightly integrated
- into the NeXTSTEP 3.0 operating system so that users can check
- spelling directly from the spelling panel built into most NeXTSTEP
- applications. Many applications utilize the speller built into
- NeXTSTEP 3.0. HSD Spell automatically incorporates installed
- languages into this panel so they can be accessed directly, Peter
- said. In applications that do not support the NeXTSTEP speller, text
- can be imported via the Services menu into the HSD Spell
- application to check spelling or perform a variety of common text
- editing functions.
-
- Peter also noted that HSD, a leading developer of scanning, OCR,
- image management and voice recognition products for NeXT, is working
- on an entire suite of linguistics products for NeXTSTEP, including
- thesauruses, proof readers and grammar checkers.
-
- HSD Microcomputer U.S., Inc. was founded in 1989 as an independent
- company by HSD GmbH of Berlin, a diversified German company with
- retail, distribution, and product development divisions. Today HSD
- Microcomputer U.S., Inc is a leading supplier of hardware and
- software products for Macintosh and NeXT Computers. HSD is located at
- 1350 Pear Ave., Suite C, Mountain View, CA 94043. Phone (415)
- 964-1400, Fax (415) 964-1538.
-
- -30-
-
- Please contact me directly if you have any questions.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- David W. Peter
- dpeter@hsd.com (NeXTmail)
- (800) 828-5522
- (415) 964-1400
-