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Dragon Systems'® Widely Acclaimed
Revolutionary Software Wins More Than 40 Major Industry Awards in Less Than One Year
New York, N.Y. - June 17, 1998 - Dragon NaturallySpeaking was selected for two 1998 PC
World World Class Awards as Best Voice Recognition and Most Promising Software Newcomer,
Dragon Systems, Inc., announced today.
These prestigious honors from PC World, brings the new total to over 40 worldwide industry
awards for the widely acclaimed Dragon NaturallySpeaking continuous speech recognition
software around the world since it started shipping in June 1997. First of its kind to
market, this revolutionary breakthrough has claimed more awards from major PC and business
publications than any of its competitors.
Launched in 1983, the PC World World Class Awards are the Best Products of 1998, as
selected by PC World editors in hardware, software and internet-related product
categories. The award results will be printed in the July 1998 issue of PC World and
celebrated at a PC EXPO reception in New York City on June 17, 1998.
According to PC Data April 1998 reports, Dragon Systems is now the ninth largest publisher
of business software in the U.S. PC Data year to-date reports that Dragon
NaturallySpeaking has exceeded IBM ViaVoice and Lernout & Hauspie VoiceXpress in both
revenues and number of units sold.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking is a large vocabulary, continuous speech recognition product
which makes it possible for users to dictate general text naturally, without the need to
pause between words.
Dragon NaturallySpeaking also won a 1997 PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award, two MVP
Awards from PC/Computing, including Usability Achievement of the Year, BYTE Magazine's
BEST OF COMDEX in 1997, one of the Best New Products/Software to watch in 1998 from
BusinessWeek as well as the Best of Cybertech Award of 1997 from Time Magazine. A complete
list of awards is listed below.
It is available in three editions for consumers, SOHO/business markets and professionals:
Standard, Preferred and Professional Editions and two editions for vertical markets: Legal
Suite and Medical Suite announced in the Spring of 1998. Also available for the novice
user is Dragon Point & Speak, available at a street price for $49, which enables users
to dictate into virtually any Windows application, including Microsoft Word, Corel
WordPerfect, popular online chat rooms and email packages.
A complete list of awards Dragon Systems has received include:
1998 PC World World Class Awards MOST PROMISING
SOFTWARE NEWCOMER (May 1998)
1998 PC World World Class Awards BEST VOICE
RECOGNITION SOFTWARE (May 1998)
RetailVision Best Product Productivity/Reference
Software: Corel and Dragon Systems for WordPerfect Suite 8 with Dragon NaturallySpeaking
(April 1998)
Popular Home Automation's Top 50 Editors' Picks
(April/May 1998 issue)
PC/Computing Usability Hall of Fame (Feb 1998)
PC/Computing A-List
CTI Product of the Year, Deluxe Edition (Feb 1998)
Software Development Magazine Jolt Cola Award, SD
West (Feb 1998)
BusinessWeek The Best New Products / Software to
Watch in 1998 (Jan 1998)
TIME Magazine The Best of 1997 / Cybertech ( Jan
1998)
TechnoLawyer Best Voice Recognition Product Award
(Jan 1998)
Home Computing/Small Business Computing Magazine 1997
Editors' Pick Award: Most Innovative Software (Dec 1997)
1997 BYTE Magazine Editors' Choice: Award of
Excellence (Dec 1997)
CyberTimes Iffy Technology Awards for 1997 (Dec 1997)
PC/Computing 1997 MVP Award Winner, Usability
Achievement of the Year (Jan 1998)
PC/Computing 1997 MVP Award Winner: Input Devices
(Nov 1997)
PC Week Best of COMDEX, Deluxe Edition, Utility
Software (Nov 1997)
PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award (Dec 1997)
1997 CTI Magazine Editors' Choice Award: Award of
Excellence (Nov 1997)
PC/Computing 5 Star Rating (Nov 1997)
C/Computing Usability Seal of Approval (Nov 1997)
1997 Popular Science Best of What's New Awards, Grand
Winner: Computers and Software (Dec 1997)
Software Development Magazine's Jolt Product
Excellence and Productivity Award Finalist: Special/Other Category (Nov 1997)
PC/Computing MVP Award Finalist (Oct 1997)
Windows Sources Stellar Award (Sept 1997)
Best of AVIOS, Best Typing Product (Sept 1997)
BYTE Magazine Best of COMDEX Award (Spring 1997)
Jolt Cola Award - Product of the Year: Special
Category (Feb 1997)
Australian Personal Computing Magazine Editors Choice
Award, Australia (Oct 1997)
Bits & Bytes Magazine Editors Choice Award, New
Zealand (Oct 1997)
PC Expo Best Software of Show, Australia (Sept 1997)
VoiceEurope Most Professional Presentation of the
Show Award, UK English (1997)
PC Magazine's Technical Innovation Award Finalist:
Editorial Fellows Award Category, UK English (1997)
PC Review Award for Innovation and Creativity, UK
English, UK (Dec 1997)
PC Magazine Middle & Near East 1997 Awards of
Excellence-Most Innovative Software of the Year, GITEX Show (Oct 1997)
JPC Publishing Group Awards 97, Technical Services
Award, UK (Sept 1997)
Industrial Design Award Finalist SMAU Trade Show
Software Category, Italian: Italy (Oct 1997)
Bits & Bytes Magazine Editors' Choice Award, New
Zealand (Oct 1997)
BYTE Magazine España Award of Excellence, Spanish:
Spain (Jan 1998)
PC Professionell, Editor's Choice Award Winner,
German (March 1998)
"Best of CeBIT"- Software Category, German
(March 1998)
PC Professionell Innovation of the Year 1997-1998:
Software Category, Germany (April 1998)
Info PC Innovation 98 Award Best Development Tool,
IT/COMDEX, Dragon NaturallySpeaking SDK: France (Feb 1998)
PC Magazine Editor's Choice Award and Usability Seal
of Approval, DragonDictate, UK (March 1998)
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Dragon Systems, Inc. the Natural Speech Company, is a worldwide
leader in PC speech recognition. Dragon develops and markets high-performance,
cost-effective speech and language technology tools that, in multiple word languages
(including American English, British English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Swedish), enable users to create any text, issue commands, and enter and access data
simply by speaking. The company also licenses its technology worldwide through VARs
(value-added resellers), developers, distributors, resellers, OEMs (Original Equipment
Manufacturers), ISVs (Integrated Software Vendors) and strategic partners. Dragon Systems
ports its technology across multiple operating systems and hardware platforms - from
hand-held devices and personal computers to workstations, and is pursuing leading-edge
research and development projects for computer and telecommunications applications.
Dragon Systems is a registered trademark of Dragon Systems, Inc. NaturallySpeaking, and
The Natural Speech Company are trademarks of Dragon Systems. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective holders.
Please Note!
The article above was released by Dragon Systems, Inc.
Press Contact:
Renee L. Blodgett
Dragon Systems, Inc.
617.796.0348
reneeb@dragonsys.com
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