Motorola, Microsoft Taiwan and Acer Sertek Announce Handwriting Recognition Software Promotion in Taiwan

Business Wire, Nov 12, 1996

TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 1996--Today, Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Microsoft Taiwan, and Acer Sertek announced a 6-week promotional offering of Motorola's WisdomPen (pronounced as "HuiBi" in Chinese) handwriting recognition system, and Microsoft's Windows 95 upgrade version.

The promotional offering will be available through Dec. 31 and includes a WisdomPen digitizing tablet, electronic pen and software, and Windows 95 upgrade package. A second promotional bundle, also available until Dec. 31, will include Trendmicro's PC-cillin 95 antivirus package. -0- NT$4490 Promotional Bundle

-- Windows 95 upgrade -- WisdomPen System

NT$5790 Promotional Bundle

-- Windows 95 upgrade -- WisdomPen System -- PC-cillin 95 -0-

More details of distribution and pricing will be given by Acer Sertek at a press conference hosted by Motorola, Microsoft Taiwan and Acer Sertek on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at the Grand Hyatt Hotel.

"This is the first Chinese handwriting recognition system to fully exploit Microsoft's 32-bit architecture," said Pier Huang, chairman and country manager of Motorola Electronics Taiwan. "We are delighted by this synergy between Microsoft and Motorola technology."

"Today's announcement demonstrates Microsoft's commitment to local users that we try our best to make PC easier to use," said Allen Fan, general manager of Microsoft Taiwan. "We're glad to see more and more applications developed on Microsoft Windows 95 platform to deliver the robust power of the 32-bit operating system."

J.T. Wang, president of Acer Sertek, said, "Microsoft and Motorola's technology combined with Acer's distribution expertise will help drive the growth of the PC market and enable new Chinese users to use personal computers."

The WisdomPen System

The WisdomPen Chinese Handwriting Recognition System is a highly accurate cursive Chinese handwriting recognizer. Running under Windows 95, the recognizer has five dictionaries, which together contain over 20,000 Traditional and Simplified characters. The system works on a complex writing model computed for each character; this model is applied using advanced pattern recognition technologies.

The WisdomPen Chinese Handwriting Recognition System will be demonstrated at the InfoMonth Computer show in Taipei. The InfoMonth Computer Show will be in various cities of Taiwan during December 1996.

Acer Sertek

Acer Sertek is Taiwan's largest high-tech sales and service company. Since its founding in 1976, Acer Sertek has continuously introduced the latest technology and products, both foreign and domestic. Its development goes hand-in-hand with that of the entire information industry in Taiwan; its promotion of the computerization of public and private companies increases the entire country's competitive strength.

Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the worldwide leader in software for personal computers. The company offers a wide range of products and services for business and personal use, each designed with the mission of making it easier and more enjoyable for people to take advantage of the full power of personal computing every day.

Motorola, Lexicus Division

Motorola, Lexicus Division is one of the world's leading providers of handwriting and speech recognition software for desktop, mobile and embedded systems. Its products include cursive and print recognizers for English and Chinese, and noise-robust DSP-based speech recognition subsystems.

Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Motorola's 1995 sales were $27.0 billion. -0-

Note To Editors: Motorola and the Motorola logo are registered trademarks and WisdomPen is a trademark of Motorola Inc. Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Inc. PC-cillin is a trademark of Trendmicro. All other company and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

CONTACT: Motorola Lexicus

Brenda Scariot, 415/833-8062 (English)

e-mail: brendas@lexicus.mot.com

Sheree Wu, 415/833-8082 (Mandarin)

e-mail: shereew@lexicus.mot.com

http://www.mot.com/lexicus/

or

Acer Sertek

Kevin Kuo, (011) 886/02-502-2521 (Fax)

e-mail: kevink@mail.linkease.com.tw

http://www.acer.com

or

Microsoft Taiwan

Joyce Kuo, (011) 886/02-504-1807 (Fax)

e-mail: joycekuo@microsoft.com

http://www.microsoft.com