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To: Rick Rappaport who wrote (5397)	3/4/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: Fredman	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10081

Rick, have you ever heard of a company called 'Tidal Wave Communications' ?? They are working on/invented some device that lets you move a cursor or mouse with your brainwaves via a device that fits over your ear, and also are working with wireless e-mail with the same device. It is in the April 1999 issue of 'Red Herring'. I mention this because it is a private company, and they list their partners as; XtraSoft, Santa Cruz Operations, and.... GENERAL MAGIC. This article is in the magazine page 62-66, but this issue is not Online yet (i subscribe to the written one). maybe see: thinkyourmail.com who knows.........

To: Rick Rappaport who wrote (5397)	3/4/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: Kurthend	Respond to of 10081

Rick and others, Before I begin, I will say that my margin account has been called for the 38th or 53rd time. After so many times, one has a tendency to forget. I don't know enough about Registry Magic to make any type of decision as of this point. I will try to find out more information tomorrow. So, that being said, I will try to offer some sort of hype on this board. I am trying to keep the spirits high on this board. Reference >>BOSTON, Mass.(January 19, 1999) SpeechWorks International, Inc., a leading provider of conversational speech recognition technology and products for over-the-telephone solutions, today announced that it has agreed to license speech recognition technology and tools to General Magic, Inc. (NASDAQ:GMGC), a leading developer of integrated telephony and Internet applications. The selection of SpeechWorksTM for further development of natural language applications follows General Magic's evaluation of the SpeechWorks recognition engine and associated development tools.>> Nobody has ever explained to my satisfaction why GMGC added SpeechWorks to their system. Why not go with Nuance? Nuance has a good system. Did GMGC go with SpeechWorks because of their partnership with carriers such as BellSouth or some other US company? If anybody knows this answer, let me know. Here is one man's hope or dream and take it for what it is worth. This came to my mind after seeing yesterday's press release. This could be nothing, but at least a person can dream:) 1. Nuance's technology includes languages such as UK English, Australian English, North and Latin American Spanish, Japanese, German, Canadian French, and Swedish nuance.com 2. SpeechWorks 4.0 offers support for a variety of languages, accents, and dialects. Mexican Spanish is now generally available. Additionally, SpeechWorks 4.0 provides Beta availability for UK and Australian English, Canadian French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin and Cantonese. 3. Did anyone else notice that SpeechWorks also includes Mandarin and Cantonese? 4. The Government's objective is to develop a civil service which is able to operate efficiently in Chinese and English, and is generally conversant in spoken Cantonese, Putonghua and English. info.gov.hk 5. HK Telecom, Microsoft to announce HK plan HONG KONG, March 4 (Reuters) - Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd said on Thursday it would hold a joint news conference with Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft Corp (Nasdaq:MSFT - news), on March 9 to announce a ''strategic cooperation plan.'' The plan ''is set to enhance Hong Kong people's lifestyles and to place the SAR at the forefront of the rapid world-wide trend towards the convergence of multimedia technologies in the next millennium,'' it said. Hong Kong is known as a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China since it returned to Chinese rule in July 1997. A Hong Kong Telecom spokeswoman declined to make further comments on the plan. -- Hong Kong Newsroom (852) 2843 6441; Fax (852) 2845 0636 biz.yahoo.com I know this is far fetched, but maybe (just maybe) GMGC will be involved with this convergence. If this happens, I am sure it would not happen in the near future. Anyway, it is nice to dream. Take care, Kurt