INTERNATIONAL NEURAL MACHINES INC.
Neuro Talker OCR

SOMETHING NEW
In DOS And WINDOWS

Text By: INM Inc.
http://www.ineural.com/home.html
Report By: SuperAdaptoid

Welcome to NeuroWeb, International Neural Machine's (INM) WWW home! INM applies neural network technology in development of pattern recognition products for the software and technology marketplace. Such applications include award-winning custom and shrink-wrapped optical character recognition (OCR/ICR) products, and speech synthesis and decision support systems for variety of vertical markets.

http://www.ineural.com/home.html

Optical Character Recognition ... OCR:
As the Internet becomes more and more widely used, much of the conventional paper documents will be converted to electronic format and stored on-line. OCR eliminates the time, error and expense of rekeying this data. INM's NeuroTalker OCR provides you the means of converting these documents with proven reliability and accuracy. The NeuroTalker OCR line currently consists of two products; OCR (Standard Edition) and OCR AVE (Audio Visual Edition) for the visually impaired.

The NeuroTalker OCR:
NeuroTalker OCR offers the best price-performance in the industry today! This is the lowest-priced, feature-reach product on the market! Only the most rudimentry, no-frills OCRs are offered at this price level by our competitors.

  • Languages Support: Currently there is a built in dictionary for English. Development is proceeding on support for all major European languages and will be announced in the near future.

  • Typeface Independence: NeuroTalker OCR recognizes all commonly used fonts. Fonts can be mixed on a page, paragraph or line.

  • Performance: More accurate on recognizing numerical data, technical terms, names and any other text which cannot be easily corrected through an embedded speller. Most conventional OCR's suffer serious performance drops on such data, where as NeuroTalker OCR does not! NeuroTalker OCR delivers fast, efficient and accurate text preservation. Now that is what OCR is all about!

  • Text/Graphics Separation: Our software incorporates advanced text-from-graphics separation. In many cases it allows for efficient, fast and accurate processing of pages without framing the text areas. Any frames designated as graphics are automatically extracted and stored as separate bitmaps together with the corresponding text files.

  • Built-in Spell Checker: Errors can be marked or auto-corrected. Proofing is optional and can be enabled by the user at any time. While NeuroTalker OCR comes with a master dictionary containing over 100,000 words, you can also build your own custom dictionaries for special words and use them with the click of a button.

  • Document Proofing:Your proofing time will be reduced using NeuroTalker OCR's integrated Proof Reader. By displaying the actual portion of the bitmap surrounding the suspicious characters you can immediately correct possible errors by choosing from a list of alternate selections.

  • Application Compatibility: Once your text has been recognized you can import it into your favorite Word Processor. NeuroTalker OCR maintains all layout information and allows you to save documents in ASCII, Smart ASCII and RTF formats.

  • Scanner Support: NeuroTalker OCR works with all TWAIN-compliant scanners. ( Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu, Epson, Microtek and many others. )

  • System Requirements.486DX/Pentium with minimum 8 Meg RAM. MS Windows 3.x, Windows 95, Windows NT.

  • User Support: Should you encounter any problems INM offers a variety of support options including WWW and a dedicated toll free support line.

    Neuro Talker Demonstration Download Site:
    http://www.ineural.com/usr_info.html

    • NeuroTalker OCR AVE.
    All In One
    Custom Adaptive Applications

    The NeuroTalker OCR AVE is a special edition of INM's OCR product line which provides both audio and visual enhancements to a standard text menu interface, turning a PC into a reading machine. While OCR AVE can be used as a stand-alone product, it will also integrate with a large variety of existing access solutions giving it greater flexibility. OCR AVE converts page images into text which can then be used by a large variety of applications, such as Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. A summary of features include:

  • Languages Support: Currently there is a built in dictionary for English. Development is proceeding on support for all major European languages and will be announced in the near future.

  • Typeface Independence: NeuroTalker OCR recognizes all commonly used fonts. Fonts can be mixed on a page, paragraph or line.

  • Performance: More accurate on recognizing numerical data, technical terms, names and any other text which cannot be easily corrected through an embedded speller. Most conventional OCR's suffer serious performance drops on such data, we do not!

  • Text/Graphics Separation: Our software incorporates advanced text-from-graphics separation. In many cases it allows for efficient, fast and accurate processing of pages without framing the text areas.

  • Adjustable font size and screen magnification.

  • Built-in Spell Checker: Errors are automatically identified and corrected to mimimize the need for user interaction.

  • Output Support: Once your text has been recognized you can either have the document read back to you using the integrated audio text browser and/or export it to an ASCII file.

  • Scanner Support: NeuroTalker OCR AVE works over 42 different scanners. (Those supported include the Hewlett Packard line.)

  • Speech Devices: OCR AVE supports any speech card which is able to receive text speech from either a serial (COM) or parallel (LPT) port.

  • Adaptive Product Support: OCR AVE is designed to be a stand-alone product without the need for additional enhancement products such as screen readers and screen enlargers. It offers the user the ability to tailor the interface to their needs regardless of what they may be! As well, you could choose to use your existing adaptive products and easily configure OCR AVE to work with them.

  • Automated Features: OCR AVE will automatically detect and correct a page's orientation, as well as preserve its reading order!

  • System Requirements: 486DX/Pentium with minimum 8 Meg RAM. DOS version 5.0 or a DOS Compliant Window which supports DOS version 5.0 or higher.

  • User Support: Should you encounter any problems INM offers a variety of support options including WWW and a dedicated toll free support line.

  • Text to Speech ... TTS: Converting electronic text to speech requires the use of an engine which is able to determine the correct phonetic sequence for each word. The phonetic sequence is then translated into waveforms which may then be played on audio-enabled PCs and sound cards. INM uses the NeuroTalker Engine to achieve high accuracy when translating text into speech.

    Using the phonetic translation INM is able to provide realistic sounding speech with natural intonation and stress. Currently INM's TTS engine supports American English with development plans for major European languages. The engine also allows the user the ability to add specialized pronunciation words and rules to the speech database.

    NeuroTalker TTS adheres to Microsoft's speech API definitions and can be integrated into any application following these specifications. For more information on these specifications contact Microsoft or refer to the MS Speech SDK.

    Neuro Talker Products:
    http://www.ineural.com/products.html#ocr_standard

    Email: SDK@ineural.com

    • SUGGESTION: When testing ANY demonstration software in MS Windows ... it is suggested that:
    1. Use an "Independent" Uninstall program/utility.
    [Even when uninstall is included in the test application].
    2. Backup copies of win.ini, system.ini, progman.ini to be held off-disk and "on floppy".
    3. A zipped copy of the demonstration software should be held off-disk for backup.

    GOOD HUNTING AND ENJOY!
    SUPERADAPTOID.

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