CIC Handwriter Recognition System software Bundled with new NEC VersaPad

July 19, 1993 — Communication Intelligence Corp. (CIC) (NASDAQ/NMS:CICI) Monday announced that its PenDOS pen operating environment software is offered on the VersaPad — NEC’s new, versatile, high-performance, lightweight pen-tablet.
The VersaPad bundles CIC’s Handwriter Recognition System software with both CIC’s PenDOS and Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing.

Originally introduced as the UltraLite Autograph, NEC’s VersaPad, with pricing starting at $2,999, has been enhanced with increased hard disk storage, user-expandable RAM, and CIC’s award-winning Handwriter Recognition System software. Available for U.S. and U.K. English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Japanese languages, the Hand-writer software recognizes handwritten input on pen-based computers. Offering a more natural input style especially well suited for portable computing, Handwriter allows users to readily interact with the VersaPad pen-tablet.

“Reliable handwriting recognition as well as high performance and competitively priced hardware are critical to the growth of the pen computing market,” said Bob Levin, director of portable marketing at NEC Technologies.

“NEC is responding to market demand by offering the VersaPad — a lightweight, superior price/performing tablet that provides corporate users with sophisticated functionality in an ultra-portable form factor. Early feedback from our customers is very positive regarding CIC’s Handwriter software on both the Pen Windows and PenDOS platforms.”

CIC’s PenDOS pen operating environment is specifically designed to transform major existing mouse-aware DOS applications into pen-aware applications, without modification, as well as to facilitate the development of new pencentric applications.

PenDOS, which provides an easy-to-use pen user interface, including electronic ink, a pen-based cursor, standard and user-definable pen stroke commands, and a pop-up writing window, is implemented on the NEC VersaPad which sup-ports a DOS operating environment.

PenDOS is localized for the languages of the major world markets including U.S., Western Europe and Japan. Combined with Handwriter Recognition System software from Communication Intelligence Corp. (CIC), PenDOS allows NEC Technologies to offer its customers a pen computing solution, worldwide.

Communication Intelligence Corp. (CIC) develops, markets and licenses natural input computer technology — products that use pen and image for input. Founded in 1981, CIC today is a leading supplier of pen computing products throughout the world, particularly its multilingual Handwriter Recognition System and Handwriter Dynamic Signature Verification software, and PenDOS and PenMac pen operating environments.

CIC’s products allow existing and new pen applications to operate on all major hardware and operating system plat-forms, including: Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing, GO’s PenPoint and CIC’s own PenDOS and PenMac. CIC’s PenDOS and Handwriter Recognition System for PenDOS are distributed and exclusively sublicensed by IBM to pen computer manufacturers worldwide. CIC’s MacHandwriter, a desktop pen extension to the Macintosh computer, is distributed by Apple Japan Inc.

CIC is headquartered in Redwood Shores, and has a subsidiary in Tokyo.

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CONTACT:
Communication Intelligence Corp., Redwood Shores
Germaine Gioia or Anne Butler, 415/802-7888
NEC Technologies Inc.
Stephanie Allman, 508/264-8835