May 8, 1992 -- HyperGlot Software Company and Berlitz International today announced the immediate release of a new line of foreign language CD-ROM software, Berlitz Think & Talk Spanish, French, German, and Italian for the Macintosh and MPC. The Berlitz Think & Talk series is based on the world famous "Berlitz Method", a unique, proven technique which teaches practical language in record time. Lively dialogue and engrossing scenes filled with clever sound effects, music, and other audio cues in CD quality sound controlled interactively from the computer make learning enjoyable. By the end of this course, users will command and understand a vocabulary of more than 1,000 words. The Think & Talk program contains 7-9 CD discs depending on the language. Think & Talk features complete interactive control of the audio CDs. Users can hear sentences as many times as they wish by simply clicking the mouse. Think & Talk includes 50 language lessons and an online, bilingual dictionary of over 10,000 words that can be brought up at the click of a button. Users who have a Farallon MacRecorder or a Macintosh with a built-in microphone, and MPC users with a microphone will be able to record their own voice into the program and compare it to the teacher's voice. Michael J. Mulligan, Executive Vice President of Berlitz, commented that "the release of a Think & Talk computer software line marks an important point for both Berlitz and HyperGlot. Entry in interactive technologies well suited for language learning applications will further enhance Berlitz's extensive language offering. We are proud to combine our language service expertise with HyperGlot's foreign language software publishing experience to create an innovative series of high quality products on CD-ROM." Sheila Dziubak, HyperGlot's Assistant Vice President of Sales and Marketing said that "pricing has been set at U.S. $199.00." HyperGlot Software Company is the foremost source of multimedia foreign language software in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, and English for Macintosh, MPC, Windows, and DOS platforms. Its line of over 50 products appeal to a wide variety of people who are studying, have studied, or are interested in foreign languages. Founded in 1878, Berlitz International, Inc. is the world's premier language services company. Berlitz operates 300 Language Centers and 30 translation centers in over 30 countries, and publishes a wide variety of language learning and travel materials. Berlitz International is a public company whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The HyperGlot Software Company PO Box 10746 Knoxville, TN 37939-0746 800-726-5087 615-558-8270 +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | From the America Online New Product Information Services | +===============================================================+ | This information was processed with OmniPage Professional OCR | | software (from Caere Corp) & a Canon IX-30 scanner from data | | provided by the above mentioned company. For additional info, | | contact the company at the address or phone# indicated above. | | All submissions for this service should be addressed to | | BAKER ENTERPRISES, 20 Ferro Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080 U.S.A. | +---------------------------------------------------------------+