I'll certainly add my prayers on it. It'd be a big boost in the
Newton world.
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Mark Rollins
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 3:12 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] Dragon software - last gasp
>
>
>
> An article in the Boston Globe about the founders of Dragon Systems
> lawsuit against L&H led me to write this. The response was that the
> author would forward my letter. Let's all pray; or at least pray I get
> that poster.
>
> message follows:
> ----
> If there's any way you could pass this on to the Bakers, I would
> appreciate it.
>
> This e-mail relates to the late, lamented Apple Newton 2100, and the
> speech recognition software that Dragon Systems was working on for this
> PDA.
>
> Basically Dragon Systems had a business plan called "Talk to Newton" to
> develop limited speech recognition. A demo was released (which I was
> able to get) but it has limited use: state names, numbers, phone numbers
> only. Also, it's it a stand-alone application, so even when a state name
> is recognized, there's nothing to do with it.
>
> I was wondering if the Bakers ever thought of releasing the Newton
> software as "unsupported freeware" which means as-is, no support
> available. They would accomplish several things by doing this. They
> would receive the gratitiude from the large community of still-active
> Newton users, they would receive free advertising among Newton users
> about Dragon products, and they could solicit donations to their legal
> fee fund.
>
> I appreciate it.
>
> Failing that, I'd love to get one of the "Talk to Newton" posters
> for my collection!
> --
> Mark Rollins, CIH, CSP
> mark_at_mrollins.com
> www.mrollins.com
> mrollins_at_thermo.com
>
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