To: Jon Tara who wrote (10761 ) 2/5/2000 7:40:00 PM From: PartyTime Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 18366
From the EDIG 7/15/99 press release relative to former Intel heavyweight, Skip Matthews joining e.Digital's board of directors. "...Initially in charge of development of equipment for manufacturing at Intel, Mr. Matthews has worked the last eight years marketing Intel's flash memory products. He has focused on innovative audio and photographic applications for flash memory during the last four years...." "...Mr. Matthews stated, "I was attracted to e.Digital because they were the first to adopt flash memory in an audio recorder. There is great potential for further application of e.Digital's technology in Internet music players and even more advanced audio applications such as speech-to-text and text-to-speech systems." He continued, "In the twenty years since the advent of the PC, people have typed, read, and clicked. In the next twenty years we are going to talk and listen to handheld devices that interact with our PC's. The biggest areas for growth are in the technology that helps make that possible." Now, Jon, I know you're an engineer and know far more than do I on this subject. However, I can assure you that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, Fox, Public Broadcasting and many, many others still call on the human when it comes the need to transcription. This tells me there's still more to come, particulary when it relates to voice to text. Without absolute certain knowledge, I suggest you not dismiss EDIG's technology based on the obvious condition that lots of engineers have worked and are working on this kind of stuff. Given that you live in San Diego, and Fred Falk, Robert Putnam, Woody Norris or Skip Matthews are a local telephone call away, how 'bout getting in touch. Hey? I think that if you describe yourself as a public critic on EDIG's investment board forums, I'm sure that one or more of 'em would be happy to meet with you. Who knows, you may come away from such a scenario with new work, certainly a better understanding of EDIG's technology and what it hopes to accomplish in the future.