CalliGrapher 6.5 Adds Handwriting Recognition Support for Italian

Fremont, CA. - December 16, 2002 PhatWare Corporation today announced the immediate availability of Calligrapher 6.5, a new version of its award-winning handwriting recognition software. In addition to support for English, German, French and Spanish languages, the new version adds handwriting recognition support for Italian.

While the English handwriting recognition engine is included with CalliGrapher 6.5, support for French, German, Italian and Spanish languages is provided through CalliGrapher Language Packs. Language Packs are sold separately and can be added to any combination of CalliGrapher and other Language Packs.

Each CalliGrapher language pack includes a language-specific handwriting recognition engine, an on-screen keyboard, and a dictionary. CalliGrapher's spell checker also uses the active language-specific dictionary. In addition, Calligrapher's Letter Shape Selector supports each installed language independently.

In addition to support for Italian language and numerous performance improvements, the new version allows sending handwritten emails directly from CalliGrapher Scratchpad.

"We continue to receive numerous requests from CalliGrapher users to support handwriting recognition in other languages. About a year ago, we added support for French, German and Spanish. Today, we're pleased to announce CalliGrapher's support for the fourth most frequently requested language - Italian. We will continue our efforts to support more western European languages," said Stan Miasnikov president of PhatWare Corp.

Detailed information about CalliGrapher 6.5 and CalliGrapher Language Packs can be found on PhatWare’s web site at http://www.phatware.com/calligrapher/index.html.

Pricing, Availability, and Support

CalliGrapher 6.5 as well as French, German, Italian and Spanish Packs for CalliGrapher are available now. English handwriting recognition is included with Calligrapher. Additional CalliGrapher Language Packs are sold separately. CalliGrapher 6.5 and CalliGrapher Language Packs can be purchased directly from the PhatWare Online Software Store at http://www.phatware.com/store1.html or any PhatWare authorized reseller. All registered users of CalliGrapher will receive free technical support via email and free product updates.

About CalliGrapher

CalliGrapher is a universal recognizer that understands how people normally write - natural cursive, print, and mixed cursive and print handwriting. Based on fuzzy logic and neural network techniques, it recognizes dictionary and non-dictionary words and arbitrary symbol sequences. CalliGrapher is user-independent, can be used immediately without training, and does not require users to memorize special symbols or change their writing style.

About PhatWare Corporation

Founded in October 1997, PhatWare Corporation is a leading provider of easy to use powerful software products and professional services for the mobile and desktop computing marketplace. PhatWare Corporation exclusively manages development, support and distribution of ParaGraph CalliGrapher and PenOffice handwriting recognition products. PhatWare Corporation is a member of Microsoft Mobility Partner Advisory Council (MPAC) and Microsoft Windows Embedded partner.

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