Spring Comdex, May 20, 1991
NEWS RELEASE

ARTISOFT'S NEW ARTISCRIBE VOICE DICTATION SYSTEM MAKES BIG NOISE IN
COMPUTER INDUSTRY
Includes Voice Controlled Playback During Transcription

(TUCSON, Ariz--May 20, 1991)--Artisoft announced today its new
ArtiScribe digital dictation system that allows users to dictate and
transcribe spoken messages across a network.  ArtiScribe works on
Artisoft's LANtastic, Novell's NetWare, and any network operating
system that runs on top of DOS.  It will be available June 1991.

"The ArtiScribe Voice Dictation  System will enhance the productivity
of businesses by combining the power of voice with the  connectivity
of networks," said Jack Schoof, Artisoft's President and CEO.

ArtiScribe allows both the recording (dictation) process and the
playback (transcription) process to take place in the background, so
that the foreground application is fully accessible during these
functions.  The transcription process can even be controlled by voice
commands, spoken into the microphone of the headset, permitting total
hands free operation and uninterrupted use of the main application
program (typically a word processor for creating a transcribed
document).

The core software of ArtiScribe is the RAM resident "control pad".
The control pad can be popped up over any text mode DOS application
at the press of a key, and used to record and playback voice files.
When an originator dictates a piece, they can attach a description
of the piece before saving it in the ArtiScribe dictation repository.
Access to any given piece can be restricted to a specified user or
group of users by the originator.  The control pad also provides
users with the ability to see, hear, sort, and select from  the set
of all voice files in the repository which are accessible to them.

The ArtiScribe digital dictation system requires ArtiScribe software
and the Artisoft Sounding Board adapter (formerly LANtastic Voice) at
each station.  A two-station starter kit containing two Sounding
Boards, one handset, one headset and ArtiScribe software is $499 for
ISA bus and $699 for micro channel.  ArtiScribe Software (software
only) is $149 per station.  Artisoft Sounding Board adapters include
a telephone-style handset and sell for $99 each for ISA bus and $199
for micro channel.  Additional headsets may be purchased separately
at $99 each.

Artisoft offers a full line of low-cost, award-winning software and
hardware for local area network communications.

For more information about the Artisoft product line, contact
Artisoft, Inc., Artisoft Plaza, 575 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85704.
Telephone 602-293-6363.  Fax 602-293-8065