(BSNS WIRE) e.Digital Corp. Shipping Lanier Worldwide Digital Dictation
e.Digital Corp. Shipping Lanier Worldwide Digital Dictation Product
Business Editors
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1999--
e.Digital Begins Fulfillment of $3 Million Initial Purchase Order for
Cquence Mobile(TM) Handheld Digital Voice Recorder and Docking Station
e.Digital Corp. (OTCBB:EDIG) announced today that it has begun
shipping Cquence Mobile handheld digital voice recorders and computer
docking stations to OEM customer, Lanier Worldwide Inc. This begins
the fulfillment of Lanier's initial purchase order worth over $3
million to e.Digital.
Cquence Mobile will be marketed by Lanier's direct sales force
and distributor network as part of the Cquence family of document
management solutions.
"Cquence Mobile will allow the end user to have all of the
benefits of the traditional hard-wired dictation station, with the
added freedom to dictate anywhere," said Rod Reed, director of
marketing, Lanier. "Traditional digital voice recorders lack the
functionality needed by high-volume users. Cquence Mobile will provide
the healthcare and legal markets the latest in digital voice
technology without sacrificing functionality."
Fred Falk, president and chief executive officer of e.Digital,
stated, "Completion of Cquence Mobile is a major milestone for both
companies. We are very proud of the finished product, which represents
the highest quality, most feature-rich portable dictation device ever
built. The product will soon be installed in Lanier's customer base,
and Lanier will provide rolling sales forecasts as we near completion
of the initial purchase order."
Norbert Daberko, vice president of engineering at e.Digital,
said, "Our Micro OS operating system and product development expertise
were leveraged in the creation of Cquence Mobile, with special
attention to Lanier's end user interface specifications. It allows for
capturing demographics, such as user ID, type of work, and
patient/case number through the use of a convenient telephone-style
keypad. An optional built-in barcode reader is also available to
capture these demographics. In addition, Cquence Mobile provides
systematic voice prompts, an electroluminescent liquid crystal display
(LCD), rechargeable NiMH batteries, high-speed IrDA-compliant infrared
data interface, and removable (SanDisk CompactFlash(TM)) memory. The
recorder is highly configurable, allowing users to tailor the system's
operation and data collection to their specific needs."
Daberko continued, "The docking station serves a number of
functions including PC-host interface (via high-speed infrared data
transfer) and convenient battery charging base. The docking station
marries digital handheld dictation with PCs, Intranets and the
Internet."
A photo of the finished product can be seen on Lanier's Web site
at
(http://www.lanier.com/healthcare/docutivity/voicewrite-mobile.html).
Falk added, "With the research and development we've done over
the last two and a half years, and our involvement in the VoiceTIMES
alliance with IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), and others, we are
positioned to play a major part in the evolution of the digital
dictation industry."
Falk continued, "Beyond dictation, our goal is to leverage our
digital product design expertise and MicroOS into one of the industry
standards for use in portable digital music, data, image and
eventually, full-motion video devices. Part of the fulfillment of this
goal is e.Digital's recently-announced partnership with Lucent
Technologies (NYSE:LU) in the development and marketing of a secure
Internet music player based on e.Digital's MicroOS and Lucent's EPAC
(Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder) compression technology."
e.Digital Corp. offers an engineering partnership for the world's
leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs
and the Internet. Engineering services range from the licensing of
e.Digital's multi-patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to
custom software and hardware development and manufacturing services.
For more information on the company, visit www.edig.com.
Based in Atlanta, Lanier Worldwide Inc. is a $1.6 billion
wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris Corp. With more than 1,600 sales and
service locations in nearly 100 countries, Lanier is one of the
world's largest providers of document management solutions, services
and support. Lanier markets, sells and services a wide array of
tailored solutions designed to improve document productivity. From
document creation, distribution, replication and retention, Lanier
aims to lower the cost of these processes, while making customers more
productive. For more information on Lanier visit www.lanier.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking
statements relating to future performance, technology and product
development that may impact on future results and the future viability
of the company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of
risk factors such as: future products and results; technological
shifts; potential technical difficulties that could delay new
products; competition; general economic conditions in the markets in
which the company operates; the ability of the company, its customers,
and suppliers to become Year 2000 compliant; pricing pressures; and
the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products by OEM's and
end-user customers.
Note to Editors: Lanier, Cquence, and Cquence Mobile are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Lanier Worldwide Inc. IBM and
VoiceTIMES are trademarks of IBM Corp. Lucent and EPAC are trademarks
of Lucent Technologies. SanDisk and CompactFlash are trademarks of
SanDisk Corp. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corp. Other company,
product, and service names are the property of their respective owner
or owners.
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CONTACT: e.Digital Corp.
Robert Putnam and Wendy Ravenel, 619/679-1504
robert@edig.com
wendy@edig.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET
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(BSNS WIRE) e.Digital Corp. Shipping Lanier Worldwide Digital Dictation
e.Digital Corp. Shipping Lanier Worldwide Digital Dictation Product
Business Editors
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1999--
e.Digital Begins Fulfillment of $3 Million Initial Purchase Order for
Cquence Mobile(TM) Handheld Digital Voice Recorder and Docking Station
e.Digital Corp. (OTCBB:EDIG) announced today that it has begun
shipping Cquence Mobile handheld digital voice recorders and computer
docking stations to OEM customer, Lanier Worldwide Inc. This begins
the fulfillment of Lanier's initial purchase order worth over $3
million to e.Digital.
Cquence Mobile will be marketed by Lanier's direct sales force
and distributor network as part of the Cquence family of document
management solutions.
"Cquence Mobile will allow the end user to have all of the
benefits of the traditional hard-wired dictation station, with the
added freedom to dictate anywhere," said Rod Reed, director of
marketing, Lanier. "Traditional digital voice recorders lack the
functionality needed by high-volume users. Cquence Mobile will provide
the healthcare and legal markets the latest in digital voice
technology without sacrificing functionality."
Fred Falk, president and chief executive officer of e.Digital,
stated, "Completion of Cquence Mobile is a major milestone for both
companies. We are very proud of the finished product, which represents
the highest quality, most feature-rich portable dictation device ever
built. The product will soon be installed in Lanier's customer base,
and Lanier will provide rolling sales forecasts as we near completion
of the initial purchase order."
Norbert Daberko, vice president of engineering at e.Digital,
said, "Our Micro OS operating system and product development expertise
were leveraged in the creation of Cquence Mobile, with special
attention to Lanier's end user interface specifications. It allows for
capturing demographics, such as user ID, type of work, and
patient/case number through the use of a convenient telephone-style
keypad. An optional built-in barcode reader is also available to
capture these demographics. In addition, Cquence Mobile provides
systematic voice prompts, an electroluminescent liquid crystal display
(LCD), rechargeable NiMH batteries, high-speed IrDA-compliant infrared
data interface, and removable (SanDisk CompactFlash(TM)) memory. The
recorder is highly configurable, allowing users to tailor the system's
operation and data collection to their specific needs."
Daberko continued, "The docking station serves a number of
functions including PC-host interface (via high-speed infrared data
transfer) and convenient battery charging base. The docking station
marries digital handheld dictation with PCs, Intranets and the
Internet."
A photo of the finished product can be seen on Lanier's Web site
at
(http://www.lanier.com/healthcare/docutivity/voicewrite-mobile.html).
Falk added, "With the research and development we've done over
the last two and a half years, and our involvement in the VoiceTIMES
alliance with IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), and others, we are
positioned to play a major part in the evolution of the digital
dictation industry."
Falk continued, "Beyond dictation, our goal is to leverage our
digital product design expertise and MicroOS into one of the industry
standards for use in portable digital music, data, image and
eventually, full-motion video devices. Part of the fulfillment of this
goal is e.Digital's recently-announced partnership with Lucent
Technologies (NYSE:LU) in the development and marketing of a secure
Internet music player based on e.Digital's MicroOS and Lucent's EPAC
(Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder) compression technology."
e.Digital Corp. offers an engineering partnership for the world's
leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs
and the Internet. Engineering services range from the licensing of
e.Digital's multi-patented MicroOS(TM) file management system to
custom software and hardware development and manufacturing services.
For more information on the company, visit www.edig.com.
Based in Atlanta, Lanier Worldwide Inc. is a $1.6 billion
wholly-owned subsidiary of Harris Corp. With more than 1,600 sales and
service locations in nearly 100 countries, Lanier is one of the
world's largest providers of document management solutions, services
and support. Lanier markets, sells and services a wide array of
tailored solutions designed to improve document productivity. From
document creation, distribution, replication and retention, Lanier
aims to lower the cost of these processes, while making customers more
productive. For more information on Lanier visit www.lanier.com.
Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: This press release contains forward-looking
statements relating to future performance, technology and product
development that may impact on future results and the future viability
of the company. Actual results could be affected or differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of
risk factors such as: future products and results; technological
shifts; potential technical difficulties that could delay new
products; competition; general economic conditions in the markets in
which the company operates; the ability of the company, its customers,
and suppliers to become Year 2000 compliant; pricing pressures; and
the uncertainty of market acceptance of new products by OEM's and
end-user customers.
Note to Editors: Lanier, Cquence, and Cquence Mobile are
trademarks or registered trademarks of Lanier Worldwide Inc. IBM and
VoiceTIMES are trademarks of IBM Corp. Lucent and EPAC are trademarks
of Lucent Technologies. SanDisk and CompactFlash are trademarks of
SanDisk Corp. Intel is a trademark of Intel Corp. Other company,
product, and service names are the property of their respective owner
or owners.
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CONTACT: e.Digital Corp.
Robert Putnam and Wendy Ravenel, 619/679-1504
robert@edig.com
wendy@edig.com
KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS COMED
INTERACTIVE/MULTIMEDIA/INTERNET
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