IEPER, Belgium/WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 1995-- Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (Nasdaq:LHSPF) today announced that Image Recognition Integrated Systems (I.R.I.S.) is shipping an enhanced version of IRISPen(TM), the IRISPen Executive, a unique pen-shaped text reader which features Lernout & Hauspie's text-to-speech technology that expands the data input tool's functionality.
"Lernout & Hauspie is pleased that I.R.I.S. has had the vision and confidence in our technology to bolster the capabilities of the new IRISPen Executive using our text-to-speech technology," said Yacov Levy, chief executive officer of Lernout & Hauspie. "Integrating text-to-speech into the IRISPen enables the user to hear clear and natural words and numbers while scanning in information, be it from a document or a business card. This audible verification of data adds value to the data entry device."
the IRISPen. It offers text recognition for all Western, Eastern, Cyrillic (Russian) and Greek languages. The Executive version offers speech synthesis in up to six languages, and frees its user from having to look up from documents to verify scanned results on screen because they will be heard aloud. The text-to-speech component, activated with the touch of a button, can pronounce the recognized handwriting or text, and can be equipped with a customized speech library to suit the user's work purposes.
"As we developed and improved the data entry pen we listened to our customers and heard what they need to work more efficiently," said Dr. Pierre De Muelenaere, managing director and founder of I.R.I.S. "Text-to-speech provides an efficient proof reading technique and we feel this opens a world of multimedia applications. Lernout & Hauspie's technology has been easy to integrate into the IRISPen Executive using the L&H SDK (Software Developers Kit). The cooperation with L&H is natural since both our companies have a strong expertise in multi-lingual technologies."
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"Lernout & Hauspie is pleased that I.R.I.S. has had the vision and confidence in our technology to bolster the capabilities of the new IRISPen Executive using our text-to-speech technology," said Yacov Levy, chief executive officer of Lernout & Hauspie. "Integrating text-to-speech into the IRISPen enables the user to hear clear and natural words and numbers while scanning in information, be it from a document or a business card. This audible verification of data adds value to the data entry device."
the IRISPen. It offers text recognition for all Western, Eastern, Cyrillic (Russian) and Greek languages. The Executive version offers speech synthesis in up to six languages, and frees its user from having to look up from documents to verify scanned results on screen because they will be heard aloud. The text-to-speech component, activated with the touch of a button, can pronounce the recognized handwriting or text, and can be equipped with a customized speech library to suit the user's work purposes.
"As we developed and improved the data entry pen we listened to our customers and heard what they need to work more efficiently," said Dr. Pierre De Muelenaere, managing director and founder of I.R.I.S. "Text-to-speech provides an efficient proof reading technique and we feel this opens a world of multimedia applications. Lernout & Hauspie's technology has been easy to integrate into the IRISPen Executive using the L&H SDK (Software Developers Kit). The cooperation with L&H is natural since both our companies have a strong expertise in multi-lingual technologies."
IRISPen Executive 6
Iris USOA400 IRISPen Express 6 Pen Scanner
Ectaco C-Pen 20 Handheld Scanner
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