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- <->NEWS RELEASE<->
- Spring Comdex, May 20, 1991
-
- {ARTISOFT'S NEW ARTISCRIBE (tm) VOICE DICTATION SYSTEM MAKES
- {BIG NOISE IN COMPUTER INDUSTRY}
- Includes Voice Controlled Playback During Transcription
-
- (TUCSON, Ariz--May 20, 1991)--Artisoft announced today its new
- ArtiScribe digital dictation system that allows users to dictate and
- transcribe spoken messages across a network. ArtiScribe works on
- Artisoft's LANtastic, Novell's NetWare and any network operating
- system that runs on top of DOS. It will be available June 1991.
-
- {"The ArtiScribe Voice Dictation System will enhance the productivity
- {of businesses by combining the power of voice with the connectivity
- {of networks,"} said Jack Schoof, Artisoft's President and CEO.
-
- ArtiScribe allows both the recording (dictation) process and the
- playback (transcription) process to take place in the background, so
- that the foreground application is fully accessible during these
- functions. The transcription process can even be controlled by voice
- commands spoken into the microphone of the headset, permitting total
- hands-free operation and uninterrupted use of the main application
- program (typically a word processor for creating a transcribed
- document).
-
- The core software of ArtiScribe is the RAM resident "control pad."
- The control pad can be popped up over any text mode DOS application
- at the press of a key, and used to record and playback voice files.
- When an originator dictates a piece, he or she can attach a description
- of the piece before saving it in the ArtiScribe dictation repository.
- Access to any given piece can be restricted to a specified user or
- group of users by the originator. The control pad also provides
- users with the ability to see, hear, sort, and select from the set
- of all voice files in the repository that are accessible to them.
-
- The ArtiScribe digital dictation system requires ArtiScribe software
- and the Artisoft Sounding Board adapter (formerly LANtastic Voice) at
- each station. A two-station starter kit, containing two Sounding
- Boards, one handset, one headset and ArtiScribe software is $499 for
- ISA bus and $699 for micro channel. ArtiScribe Software (software
- only) is $149 per station. Artisoft Sounding Board adapters include
- a telephone-style handset and sell for $99 each for ISA bus and $199
- for micro channel. Additional headsets may be purchased separately
- at $99 each.
-
- Artisoft offers a full line of low-cost, award-winning software and
- hardware for local area network communications.
-
- For more information about the Artisoft product line, contact
- {Artisoft, Inc., Artisoft Plaza, 575 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85704.
- {Telephone 602-293-6363. Fax 602-293-8065