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INFO: OS/2 Warp on Television (IMMEDIATE)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy Sipples)
Fri Apr 25 18:07:43 1997
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 21:40:27 GMT
From: Timothy Sipples <tsipple@us.ibm.com>
Reply-To: Timothy Sipples <tsipple@us.ibm.com>
Reply-to: Timothy Sipples <tsipple@us.ibm.com>
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NBC Channel 5 in Chicago taped a report on IBM's OS/2 Warp Version 4 today, and
we expect it to air this evening (April 24, 1997) sometime during the 5:00 p.m.
news broadcast. It may also be reaired (perhaps with different footage) during
the "Weekend Web" feature on the Channel 5 News.
Reporter Art Norman met with IBM's Kathy Riemer and Timothy Sipples in the
context of Officer Jim Mullen's return home from rehabilitation. Officer
Mullen was shot in the line of duty and sustained injuries similar to those
experienced by actor Christopher Reeves. Officer Mullen is taking advantage of
voice recognition technology to help guide his wheelchair. Art wanted some
background on the state-of-the-art in PC voice recognition (and its
applications for people with disabilities), and he was shown IBM's OS/2 Warp
Version 4 with VoiceType technology. VoiceType was used to navigate the
Internet with Netscape Navigator, and it was also shown taking down dictation
(for electronic mail, writing a letter, etc).
For more information on OS/2 Warp Version 4, please visit
http://www.software.ibm.com/os/warp on the Internet. NBC Channel 5 Chicago can
be reached on the Internet at http://www.nbc5.com. WMAQ Channel 5 is Chicago's
NBC affiliate, owned and operated by the network. Channel 5 serves the third
largest media market in the U.S.
Timothy F. Sipples
IBM Personal Software (Chicago)
Internet: tsipple@us.ibm.com
WWW: http://www.secant.com/sipples
Sent with Lotus Notes for OS/2 Warp
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