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L&H Company & Press Press Releases Recent Releases Past Releases Media Contacts Home News Alert LERNOUT & HAUSPIE OFFERS AWARD-WINNING SPEECH AND LANGUAGE TECHNOLOGIES TO CONSUMERS AT WAL-MART AND TARGET STORES L&H™ Strengthens Retail Channel Strategy with Special Bundle of L&H Voice Xpress™ Speech Recognition Software and L&H Language Translation Product WHAT: L&H today reinforced its retail strategy by announcing that it will be offering its award-winning L&H Voice Xpress Advanced speech recognition software in a special retail bundle at Wal-Mart and Target stores nationwide. The product, which enables users to create, edit and format documents using continuous speech and flexible, natural voice commands, will be offered with L&H's Language Assistant software. The bundle, called the L&H Voice Xpress Advanced Value Pack, is designed to appeal to a broad audience of consumers by making it easier to create letters, documents and e-mail on their PC in several languages. Today's announcement is expected to accelerate the adoption of speech technology among mainstream users by making it available through two popular retail outlets at a special low price. WHERE/WHEN: The L&H Voice Xpress Advanced Value Pack will be available in the US at more than 2,000 Wal-Mart and 840 Target locations nationwide, starting on May 17, 1999. PRODUCTS: The L&H Voice Xpress Advanced Value Pack includes: L&H Voice Xpress Advanced, targeted at frequent users of Microsoft Word, enables users to dictate to and control all Windows-based applications. With L&H Voice Xpress Advanced, users can quickly and intuitively create, edit and format documents in Microsoft Word using L&H's Natural Language Technology (NLT). L&H Language Assistant is a complete translation and reference package for users who work with the Spanish and Portuguese languages. It's designed to assist people in translating text in letters, faxes and other correspondence. BACKGROUND: L&H's announcement of the L&H Voice Xpress Advanced Value Pack continues to build momentum for L&H's speech and language retail products which have been recognized by several recent awards from RetailVision, CNET, Windows Magazine, and PC Computing. Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) is a global leader in advanced speech and language solutions for vertical markets, 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 language 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 on the World Wide Web at www.lhs.com or www.lhsl.com. Top Home | Search ©1999 Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved. Copyright and Usage Statement