SuperScript Announces Software that Improves Character Recognition For Pen
Computers

Cambridge, Mass., September 21, 1992,-- SuperScript, Inc. today announced
the immediate availability of PenSieve, context interpretation software
that overcomes the limitations of handwriting recognition. Designed
specifically for the pen market, PenSieve works with available pen
operating systems to improve the accuracy of hand printed input.

"This product will have a significant impact on the market", said John
Kulp, President of SuperScript, "because for the first time, it makes it
possible to design reliable pen applications that accept text input. With
PenSieve, the input becomes much more accurate and usable".

Booz-Allen and Hamilton, a worldwide technology and management consulting
firm, is using PenSieve as part of a prototype sign-in system for visitors
and employees. "We have over 4,000 distinct employee names in a PenSieve
record", said Mark Snuffin, Senior Consultant. As employees sign-in,
PenSieve uses the results from the handwriting recognizer to find a
matching name in the record. If PenSieve finds a matching name, the
application queries a SQL database to find all employees with that last
name. If needed, the employee selects the correct name, then the
application logs the visit.

"We tried to develop the system without context interpretation, said
Snuffin, "but with the current state of handwriting recognition software
we couldn't figure out what names were entered. PenSieve really made a
difference".

PenSieve is a software interface between hand printing recognition software
and query-based applications, such as database retrieval, forms entry, and
hypertext browsing. PenSieve correctly interprets hard-to-read hand
printing and misspelled words and provides users with context-specific
options.

For example, in an application that focuses on pets, a user may print the
word "dog" which the handwriting recognition software interprets as "clog"
because it misreads the hand printing. Using PenSieve the system would
have correctly interpreted the input as "dog" because it was interpreting
the input within the defined limits of a specific application. PenSieve
reduces the universe of possibilities down to a point where the system can
quickly and accurately record the input.

"Character recognition will get better", said Kulp. "But, with products
like PenSieve available today, developers don't have to wait. They can
start developing reliable text-based pen applications now".

PenSieve will be available in the fourth quarter of 1992 for $195.00 for a
developer's copy. The cost for runtime will be $995.00 for an unlimited
number of runtime licenses per application.

SuperScript is a leading vendor of affordable, high performance pen systems
for paper-based, data collection tasks. With SuperScript's hardware and
software products anyone, even non-computer users, can input and retrieve
data and verify it while doing so. Headquartered at 36 Bay State Road,
Cambridge, MA, SuperScript is a privately held company.

SuperScript, 36 Bay State Rd, Cambridge, MA 02138 U.S.A. 
(617) 876-0787;   FAX (617) 876-0867

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