[PR} MacSpeech announces major step forward in Speech Recognition for Apple's Mac OS X Operating System

[Donald MacCormick]

Hi all:

The long awaited updated to iListen, iListen 1.6, has been released. All
current iListen 1.5.x users can update for free through our update center
at:

    <http://www.macspeech.com/updatecenter.html>

Regards,

Donald



MacSpeech announces major step forward in Speech Recognition for Apple's Mac
OS X Operating System

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Salem, NH, June 2, 2003 - MacSpeech, Inc., the Speech Recognition authority
for the Mac, today announced a major upgrade to it's flagship product,
iListen 1.6, whose features include:

€    Free iListen iLife Voice Solution with purchase until July 31st
€    Adapts to your voice faster and more accurately
€    Learns new words faster
€    Improved Transcription abilities for Medical & Legal Professions
€    Special adaptation feature for poor pronunciation
€    New "Hands Free" Correction
€    Larger font size for easy viewing!
€    New voice commands for Mac OS X
€    Dictation and correction directly into virtually any application
€    Improved Recognition and Performance

This upgrade builds on and extends iListen's usability in new markets,
including medical, legal and education.

For a limited time, buyers of iListen 1.6 will receive the iListen iLife
Voice Solution free with purchase. This brings Speech to the Digital Hub,
allowing the power of your voice to control your Digital iLife experience.
Offer available until July 31, 2003.

iListen is unique in its capability to let you dictate and correct directly
into almost any application on your Macintosh in either Mac OS X or Mac OS
9. No copy and paste, just work directly with the tools you really want to
work with, but do it with your voice instead of the keyboard and mouse.

Transcription support, coupled with iListen's new correction capabilities on
Mac OS X make this the only practical Speech Dictation, Voice Command &
Control, and Transcription Solution for Mac OS X.

The iListen 1.6 upgrade is free to all iListen 1.5.x users. Users of
previous versions of iListen can upgrade for $39.95 through the MacSpeech
online store at <http://www.macspeech.com>

MacSpeech is a Mac-only company dedicated to producing the finest Speech
products for the Macintosh since 1998. More information about MacSpeech can
be found at the company's web site at http://www.macspeech.com. iLife is a
trademark of Apple Computer.


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Donald MacCormick
MacSpeech, Inc.
50A Northwestern Drive
Salem, NH 03079

Phone (816) 373-4506
donald.maccormick at macspeech.com