Wednesday February 17, 4:00 pm Eastern Time
Lernout & Hauspie Speech and
Language Products to Support Intel
Pentium III Processor
Pentium III Processor Enhances Experience for Users of L&H Speech and
Language Applications
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 17, 1999-- Lernout & Hauspie
(NASDAQ:LHSPF; EASDAQ:LHSP) (L&H(TM)), a worldwide market leader in speech and
linguistic technologies, products and services, today announced that its speech and language
applications and software will fully support Intel's® Pentium® III processor. Working closely with
Intel Corporation, L&H expects to deliver products with additional benefits such as improved
response time, better performance, and increased ease of use features. L&H will demonstrate this
support at Intel's Pentium III Processor Preview Day on February 17, 1999, at the San Jose
Convention Center in San Jose, California.
''L&H technologies have always been on the cutting edge in their support of platforms, such as the
Pentium III processor, that provide increased performance and functionality,'' said Gaston
Bastiaens, president and CEO of L&H. ''We are delighted to continue our work with Intel to help
enhance speech and language technologies, making them more accessible and attractive to a wider
group of users.''
L&H expects that a number of its offerings will derive additional benefits from support of the
Pentium III processor. The new processor should deliver increased speed and faster response time
for users of L&H's machine translation software -- employed in its L&H iTranslator(TM) multilingual
search, summarization and translation software and in its L&H Power Translator® desktop language
translation software. These products automatically translate text in documents, e-mail, Web pages
and more. The company's automatic speech recognition (ASR) engines, particularly large vocabulary
ASR engines, are expected to exploit the new instructions in Pentium III processor for faster
performance.
L&H plans to introduce a version of its L&H Voice Xpress(TM) software optimized for the Pentium
III processor in the first half of 1999. The new software is expected to exploit Pentium III
processor's new instruction and its faster processing speed to increase performance, functionality
and ease of use for end-users. The company also intends to support the Pentium III processor with
the recently announced SP2, a continuous speech recognition product for the Cantonese language,
to provide added functionality for end users. Future versions of this product, as well as a planned
support of the traditional Chinese language, are expected to leverage the new Pentium III processor
instructions.
''L&H's speech and language technology expertise has helped drive the acceptance and
advancement of speech across a broad range of areas, including speech recognition, translation, and
core technologies,'' said Rob Sullivan, Director of New Technologies and Businesses, Intel
Corporation. ''We believe our development of high performance processors, such as the Pentium III
processor, help support the strides L&H has made in the speech field.''
About L&H
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) is a global leader in advanced speech and language
solutions for computers, automobiles, telecommunications, embedded products, consumer goods
and the Internet. The company is making the speech user interface (SUI) the keystone of simple,
convenient interaction between humans and technology, and is using advanced translation technology
to break down cultural barriers. L&H's products and services originate in four basic areas: automatic
speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS), digital speech and music compression (SMC) and
text-to-text (translation). For more information, please visit Lernout & Hauspie Web site at
www.lhs.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements, include,
without limitation, that the products' features will perform as stated herein and that L&H will be
successful in using the Intel Pentium III processor in its existing and upcoming products, that such
products will be successful in the market, that upcoming products will be introduced on schedule, if
at all, and that L&H and Intel will remain a stable working relationship. Readers are cautioned that
such forward-looking statements are subject to material and adverse change and involve risks and
uncertainties, including, without limitation, risks associated with rapid technological change, product
development and introduction and competition. The statements contained herein speak only as of the
date of this release. L&H expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any
updates or revisions to any such statement to reflect any change in L&H's expectations or any
change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
All product names and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks of Intel, L&H or their
respective owners.
Contact:
Worldwide PR/IR:
Lernout & Hauspie
Ellen Spooren, (781) 203-5344
espooren@lhs.com
or
Corporate Comm. US:
Lernout & Hauspie
Audrey Pobre, (781) 203-5341
apobre@lhs.com
or
Media Contact Europe:
Lernout & Hauspie
Nick Spencer, (44) 1344-873-445
nspencer@lhs.com
or
Investor Contact Europe:
Lommaert & Blondeel Consultants
Annemieke Blondeel, (44) 1322-520-180
a.blondeel@dial.pipex.com
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