Dragon Systems Brings Speech Recognition Software to the Macintosh 
Monday, May 10, 1999 02:02pm
http://www.dragonsystems.com/news/pr/051099.apple.html

NEWTON, Mass. and WWDC, SAN JOSE, Calif., May 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Dragon
Systems, Inc. and Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today announced that
Dragon Systems will create and market Macintosh(R)-compatible products based
on Dragon NaturallySpeaking, the top-selling retail speech product in the US.
Dragon Systems chairman, CEO, and co-founder Janet Baker, Ph.D. announced the
Company's plans at Apple's annual World Wide Developer's Conference (WWDC) in
San Jose.  

"It's great news for our customers that Dragon is bringing their world-class
speech recognition software to the Macintosh," said Steve Jobs, Apple's
interim CEO. "The underlying architecture of the Mac platform, with fast
PowerPC processors and outstanding audio support, will make Macintosh the
premier platform for Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Dragon's return to the Mac
market is more evidence of the great business opportunities available
onMacintosh for innovative developers."  

"We have received many requests for a Macintosh version of Dragon
NaturallySpeaking and, working with Apple, we're going to deliver a
high-quality speech solution for Mac users," said Dragon Systems Chairman
and CEO Janet Baker. "Over the last year we have seen Apple bring out
innovative products and we think Dragon Systems will offer the ideal speech
recognition solution for anyone who wants to extend the capabilities of their
iMac, Power Macintosh G3 or PowerBook."  

Dragon Systems' products for the Macintosh are planned initially for both
American and British English with the first US product expected to be
released later this year. French, German and Japanese are also scheduled.
Pricing, system requirements, and product specifications will be announced at
product introduction.  

Contacts: Russell Brady of Apple Computer, Inc., 408/974-6877, or
brady2@apple.com; or Renee L. Blodgett of Dragon Systems, 617/796-0348, or
reneeb@dragonsys.com; or Tim Hurley of Copithorne & Bellows, 617/450-4237, or
tim.hurley@cbpr.com, for Dragon Systems. 

