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ScanSoft's Document Management Solution Gives Company Competitive Edge

With over 125 years of experience in the title insurance industry, LandAmerica clearly understands the complexities of the real estate business. The company wanted to convert paper into an easily editable digital format and improve the movement of documents throughout organization. LandAmerica deployed Xerox Document Centre and ScanSoft's Scan to...

Tags: Xerox Corp., ScanSoft Inc., Real Estate, Document Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Case studies 2006-09-11

Nuance turns text into speech

Nuance turns text into speechLike the price...Acrobat was a nice product.. but way too expensive. Other free tools have also made simeple PDF creation possible. This I think is well worth a look at. text to speach.... even more interesting.MajConvert MP3/WAV to PDF?Hello!Is there a software that can convert recordedspeech...

Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Hello!, Custom Fonts, Nuance, voice recognition, Adobe PDF, PDF Converter Professional Pro, font, custom font, ScanSoft Inc., Adobe Acrobat

Discussion threads 2006-08-21

Microsoft, ScanSoft pair up for speech software

Microsoft, ScanSoft pair up for speech softwareOK, so why in the heck does a server need this?Yes I fully understand why I would want it on the desktop or even a workstation, but why in the heck would anyone want it on a server???MS, you been smoking that wacky tobacy...

Tags: PDAs, Keyboards, Handhelds, Cellular phones, PDA, keyboard, cell phone, mobile, Microsoft Corp., mobile device, phone, server, ScanSoft Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-11-17

Consumer Finance Company Improves Customer Care With Avaya and ScanSoft Solutions

A major consumer finance corporation based in the Northeast United States provides branded credit cards to major retailers and other consumer service companies. The corporation's objectives are to continue to grow its client base by providing leading consumer finance products with leading customer service programs. The consumer finance corporation's biggest...

Tags: Corporation, ScanSoft Inc., Avaya Inc., Consumer Finance Corporation, Financial Accounting, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Finance

Case studies

Major Media Company Streamlines Operations With Avaya and ScanSoft Solutions

Based in Virginia, a major media company includes a member services organization that provides all support to the company's online customers. The member services organization faced several challenges. Customer growth was faster than the staff could support, while automation rates were extremely low. The organization needed to streamline operations in...

Tags: ScanSoft Inc., Avaya Inc., Member Services Organization, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Case studies

Additional Resources

TextAloud (exe)

Converts any text into spoken words. Reads Text, Email, Web Pages, and Documents using your choice of voices. Unique Text to MP3 or WMA conversion saves your daily reading to audio files for download to your portable player. Listen to email, online news, or important documents while you exercise, work...

Tags: Voice, E-mail, Web Browsers, Telecommunications, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2007-10-30

Why criticize Microsoft for giving away free software? It's the trend nowadays!

Why criticize Microsoft for giving away free software? It's the trend nowadays!Erroneous historySorry, but you are wrong with regard to "revisionist history".The reason it is bad for Microsoft to give away free software is the very reason why it was wrong of them to give away Internet Explorer, and...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network Magic, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Virtual PC, VMware Inc., software, PC

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

Canon Pixma MP810

The Canon Pixma MP810 is the 2006 update to the Pixma MP800, a photo-centric all-in-one inkjet printer. It offers the fast speeds of last year's model, which we already liked, but improves on print quality, while making minor cosmetic tweaks in adjusting the placement of the control panel and slightly...

Tags: Printers, Scanners, Monitors & displays, NETWORKING, Pixma MP810, Pixma MP800, Canon Inc., printer, print quality, LCD

Product reviews 2006-11-17

Canon Pixma MP510

Canon's new Pixma MP510 all-in-one is the 2006 refresh of the Pixma MP500, which performed quite well in CNET Labs. Generally, we see quality and technology improvements with each iteration of a product, but that's not exactly what happened with the MP510. For one thing, at $150 the Pixma MP510...

Tags: Printers, Scanners, Memory, Pixma MP500, Pixma MP510, Canon Inc., memory card, photograph

Product reviews 2006-11-10

Much ado about Acrobat 8

Much ado about Acrobat 8Many low cost PDF alternativesI stopped using Acrobat about a year ago. Personally I am using TIFF and PDF a lot more in my work. Acrobate and Adobe may just be loosing business by being so careful to keep from being ripped off. Just Google "free...

Tags: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2006-09-18

Much ado about Acrobat 8

Scoble wants to know why there hasn't been more noise about Adobe's announcement of Acrobat 8. My guess: the product isn't shipping until November, it costs a lot of money, and the last version was a nightmare for a lot of people. I had such a profoundly lousy experience with...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat

Blog posts 2006-09-18

Dragon Naturally Speaking -- first impressions

Dragon Naturally Speaking -- first impressionsUsing Bluetoothe headsets with voice recognition?I have a big problem with breaking my concentration when taking off and putting back on my wired headset. Is there a good bluetoothe headset that will work with voice recognition?Yes, but ......!!!I have followed voice recognition since Kurzweil Voice,...

Tags: Domain names, Tools & Techniques, DNS Software, Nuance, DNS, software

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

Office building

Sorry for the absence from posting. I've been setting up my new office and just got connected to the net today. Normal posting will resume soon.Some random observations and experiences over the past few days: Core duo machines are wicked fast! My new laptop (a Dell Latitude D620) has the...

Tags: battery

Blog posts 2006-07-14

StocksAloud (exe)

StocksAloud is the great new talking program that helps you manage your investments and business interests by tracking companies for you. Specify stock information to be read aloud for quick updates or full updates as well as listen to related news headlines. Stock prices, changes, and trading ranges are updated...

Tags: Stock, StocksAloud, Investment, Finance

Software downloads 2006-03-10

Spring M&A fever. Is something in the water?

I can't remember a week in recent history when so many deals were closed between technology companies. Here's the list of what I know about. It's probably only a partial list. Yesterday, Sun acquired the assets of storage solution provider Procom Technology for $50 million and then today...

Tags: acquisition

Blog posts 2005-05-10

Home electronics giants launch antipiracy strategy

Home electronics giants launch antipiracy strategyCould be a step in the right direction ...I've never had a problem fundementally with DRM in the sense that it's primary job should make sure that whatever I'm playing I have obtained legally. As long as it doesn't interfere with my ability to use...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Consumer electronics, DVD, electronics, digital-rights management, Apple Inc., copy protection, antipiracy strategy, hardware, Macrovision Corp., antipiracy

Discussion threads 2005-01-19

Firm develops disposable, paper PC

Firm develops disposable, paper PCFirm develops disposable workers called OFFSHORINGI took a few pictures of some of the nice homes in India.http://www.asha-india.org/slumconditions.aspWe need to be on their level.NT The perfect thing to go with MS iLooNTHope they can make them from...........recycled paper. There are going to be a lot of...

Tags: CalliGrapher, American Jobs, PC

Discussion threads 2004-03-19

Lindows wins one against Microsoft

Lindows wins one against MicrosoftToo funnyYou gotta love this. Microsoft thinking that they own the word "windows" and the product "Lindows" confuses people into thinking they are buying "Windows". Is Microsoft trying to say that their user base is so stupid they cant figure out the difference?WindowsDoes that...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linspire, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2004-02-11

For Gates, a knight to be remembered

For Gates, a knight to be rememberedThis is so funny, at the same time, they are dumping Microsoft.They will be one of the first to start dumping Microsoft products, but giving him a going away party. Well, why not???what's up with this?It may have happened before, but giving a honor...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, knight, Darl McBride

Discussion threads 2004-01-26

Microsoft wants home jury for Real antitrust case

Microsoft wants home jury for Real antitrust caseHmmm...[Bob Kimball, RealNetworks' vice president and general counsel, said last month that the suit was filed in San Jose because many of the witnesses are nearby.]Last time I checket they were both Washington companies.Why would the witnesses be in San Jose?And why not...

Tags: Corporate law, Digital media, Digital music, Washington State, antitrust, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-01-22