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Path: digifix!not-for-mail From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM (Conrad Geiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Now Shipping! Goldleaf's OCR Product for NEXTSTEP: eXTRAREAD Date: 30 Sep 1993 01:38:04 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 76 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <28drbs$6lt@digifix.digifix.com> Reply-To: joe@goldleaf.com For Immediate Release Contact: Josef Bresler Marketing Mgr. GS Corporation Voice: 415.257.4700 Fax: 415.257.4707 Email: joe@goldleaf.com eXTRAREAD Provides High Quality Optical Character Recognition with an Easy-to-use Interface Version 1.0 Began Shipping Today Kentfield, CA, September 23, 1993 - eXTRAREAD, GS Corporation's high quality, low-cost Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software began shipping today. Separate versions are available for NeXT computers and NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors. eXTRAREAD is based on the award-winning Recognition Toolkit from ExperVision, Inc. eXTRAREAD greatly increases the productivity of anyone who needs to perform OCR on complex documents. eXTRAREAD can be used as a stand-alone application or from the Services Menu. eXTRAREAD Version 1.0 integrates fully with scanning software, like GS Corporation's eXTRASCAN. Just scan your document and save the image as a monochrome TIFF file. eXTRAREAD then takes that document and translates it into a fully formatted Rich Text (RTF) file. If eXTRAREAD finds characters that it can't recognize, it automatically tags them to draw your attention. Tabs, underlines, bolds and italics remain intact. If eXTRAREAD comes across an unfamiliar font, it remaps it to the nearest available typeface in the system. eXTRAREAD is smart enough to take multiple column documents and string together the text to maintain the integrity of your original copy. Check for errors by using NEXTSTEP's Preview application to view the original scanned image and compare that to the recognized text in eXTRAREAD's Preview Window. When finished, save your recognized text to a file, or copy it to the Pasteboard and paste it directly into your word processing or page layout application. "We had such a great response to eXTRAREAD at NeXTWORLD EXPO last May that we speeded up our development process and are able to release Version 1.0 ahead of schedule," comments John Fox, Vice President of Technology. "We are committed to having the best OCR solution available on any platform. We feel confident that the current version will hold its own against other OCR applications available today. We are already working on Version 2.0, which will have direct scanning support for EPSON scanners, image straightening, batch processing, support for foreign language dictionaries, and many other features. We expect to ship Version 2.0 as a Fat-binary application in December, 1993." eXTRAREAD version 1.0 costs $299 and is available now. Those who purchase the current version of eXTRAREAD will be able to upgrade to version 2.0 (available late fourth quarter, 1993) for approximately $199. The suggested list price of version 2.0 will be $695. eXTRAREAD is available from GS Corporation directly, or through one of GS Corp.'s GOLD Resellers. Privately held GS Corporation develops and distributes software and system solutions for client/server computing. The Goldleaf Systems division markets NEXTSTEP-based hardware and software solutions for technical publishing and the graphic arts. The Collaggi Software division develops and distributes object-oriented database publishing products. NeXT and NEXTSTEP are trademarks of NeXT, Inc. eXTRAREAD is a trademark of GS Corporation. EPSON is a trademark of the Seiko Epson Corporation. Recognition Toolkit/Fax Recognition Toolkit is a trademark of ExperVision, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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