“The stock of Belgian speech technology company Lernout
& Hauspie Speech Products NV (LHSP.O) soared Monday after it
demonstrated new products, including a Linux-based
hand-held device that uses voice commands for Internet
applications.
Lernout stock jumped 18-9/16 to close at 79-3/16.
At the Demo 2000 technology conference in Indian Wells, Calif.,
L&H showed a prototype hand-held device that has a large
vocabulary continuous speech dictation engine for sending and
receiving e-mail, surfing the Web and conduct e-commerce
transactions. It showed how its technology can be used for other
wireless or hand-held devices.”
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