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Apple Computer and Paragraph, Inc. Announce Agreement
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Albert Willis)
Tue Jun 8 03:31:10 1993
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 93 03:29:03 EST
From: awillis@MIT.EDU (Albert Willis)
To: bcs-newton@world.std.com
Apple Computer and Paragraph, Inc. Announce Agreement
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Contact:
Frank O'Mahony
Apple Computer, Inc.
(408) 974-5420
Apple Computer and Paragraph, Inc. Announce Recognition Technology
Agreement
CUPERTINO, California--June 7, 1993--The power to read and recognize
handwriting, a key component of Apple Computer's forthcoming Newton
family of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), will include a unique
technology which was first developed by a team of Russian programmers
and computer scientists working in Moscow.
The Personal Interactive Electronics (PIE) division of Apple
Computer has announced that it has signed an agreement with ParaGraph
International for that company's cursive handwriting recognition
technology to be used as part of Apple's forthcoming Newton family of
products.
Further development on the handwriting technology will be done--in
cooperation with Apple--at ParaGraph's newly opened Sunnyvale,
California facility. Original work on this project was done in
Moscow, where ParaGraph was established in 1989.
"We are excited to be taking our work with Apple to the next stage,
where we together will optimize our technology for their Newton
family," said Stepan Pachikov, president/CEO of ParaGraph. "This is
a key relationship for us, and one which contributes to our vision of
taking technology developed in Russia and turning it into successful
products in the US."
Announcing the agreement at a press conference at the Spring
Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, Gaston Bastiaens, PIE vice
president & general manager, echoed ParaGraph's enthusiasm. "For our
Newton family we have developed within Apple cutting edge software and
combined it with advanced technology from other companies," he said.
"Adding ParaGraph's recognition technology will give us the most
functional, most useable product in the emerging category of Personal
Digital Assistants."
The Newton family from Apple is expected to ship in the summer of
1993, and the first product with an SRP significantly less than
$1000. Agreements licensing the technology underlying Newton--known
as Newton Intelligence--have been signed with Sharp Corporation,
Motorola and Kyushu Matsushita Electric. Siemens/ROLM are also
combining Newton Intelligence with their PABX technology to produce a
product called NotePhone.
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Apple and the Apple logo are registered trademarks and Newton is a
trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.
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