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     E – N E W S from    ‘

     2SS.Com     ‘

     Complied and Edited by      ‘

‘     [email protected]     ‘

     Mailed on: 08/01/1998 8:38 PM                          Number 1    ‘

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‘     Here is your ‘fast-read’ update on identifying and  ‘

‘     implementing strategic systems.     ‘

 

‘     In this issue (5 Items):     ‘

‘     ================     ‘

‘     1--Welcome to E-News from 2SS.Com   ‘

‘         (AKA To Strategic Systems Co.)      ‘

‘         ‘for thinking about Strategic Systems     ‘

‘         and how to implement them.    ‘

‘     2--Voice Recognition Coming Fast But    ‘

‘         Not Quite Here     ‘

‘     3--Product Watch     ‘

‘     4--Top Five Strategic Links     ‘

‘     5--Strategic Systems Advisory Panel,     ‘

‘     2SS.Com and your subscription.     ‘

 

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‘     --------------Item One---------      ‘

‘     WELCOME TO E-NEWS (First Issue)    ‘

‘     FROM 2SS.Com.     ‘

 

‘     We’re very pleased at the interest we’ve ‘

‘     received in preparing for this first issue. ‘

‘     You will receive three issues before you   ‘

‘     are asked to subscribe. But, please do   ‘

‘     subscribe by simply sending a message   ‘

‘     to [email protected] with subject =     ‘

‘     Subscribe.

 

‘     Our plan is to cut-down the mailing list.   ‘

‘     Only those who respond by requesting    ‘

‘     a subscription will continue receiving    

‘     E-News.     ‘

 

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‘     --------------Item Two---------      ‘

‘     Voice Recognition Coming     ‘

‘     Fast BUT Not quite here!     ‘

 

‘     Summer ’97.  The voice recog-     ‘

‘     nition industry passed a major mile-     ‘

‘     stone with the announcement of two      ‘

‘     products that perform continuous     ‘

‘     speech recognition.  They both work     ‘

‘     pretty well but are generation one prod-   ‘

‘     ucts. The real news is that this tech-     ‘

‘     nology is poised to mature and be-     ‘

‘     come widely available for little cost.    ‘

 

‘     A 166MHz Pentium or higher PC with     ‘

‘     a standard sound card is and software     ‘

‘     for $100 to $300all you need to start.     ‘

‘     Most expensive are the set-up, voice     ‘

‘     training and learning time you’ll need to   ‘

‘     commit.  Today, accuracy is advertised    ‘

‘     at 95%.  What is needed is 99%!  Also    ‘

‘     needed is a somewhat simpler training   ‘

‘     and learning process.  But, get ready, it’s  ‘

‘     coming fast!     ‘

 

‘     PCWeek 6-29-98 says voice recog-     ‘

‘     nition continues to move closer to the     ‘

‘     mainstream”.  The article notes that      ‘

‘     Corel (WordPerfect), Microsoft (Word),   ‘

‘     Lotus (WordPro) all have word proces-   ‘

‘     sor to speech recognition projects     ‘

‘     for sale or in the works.     ‘

 

‘     For more information there is a good     ‘

‘     May-15, 98 comparison of three tools at   ‘

‘     http://ai.miningco.com/index.htm select   ‘

‘     Features’ at the bottom and scroll to     ‘

‘     5-17-98.     ‘

 

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‘     ------------Item Three---------      ‘

‘     Product Watch    ‘

 

‘     March ’98 Mobile Computing magazine    ‘

‘      (p26) announced Auto-PC at about      ‘

‘     $1,300. Why a PC in your car?  It plays   ‘

‘     AM and FM radio, plays audio CDs, reads  ‘

‘     CD-ROMs and includes an eight-color   ‘

‘     LCD panel display.     ‘

 

‘     Especially interesting is integrated voice      ‘

‘     recognition that let’s you talk to the PC    ‘

‘     while your eyes are on the road.  There     ‘

‘     are 200 pre-programmed phrases to alert   ‘

‘     you to incoming E-Mail and help main-     ‘

‘     tain a personal information manager      ‘

‘     (PIM) which is included.     ‘

 

‘     The PIM can place calls on request with  ‘

‘     the optional cell-phone ($250).  The Auto-      ‘

‘     PC can also connect to a ground posit-    ‘

‘     ioning system and give you turn-by-turn   ‘

‘     directions.     ‘

 

‘     Anyone have drivers in the field who     ‘

‘     you’d like to be more productive?  The   ‘

‘     price of doing just that is falling fast!     ‘

 

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‘     -------------Item Four---------      ‘

‘     TOP FIVE STRATEGIC LINKS

 

‘     1--Fast Language Translations between   ‘

‘     the world’s six most popular languages   ‘

‘     http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate     ‘

‘     2--Your computer with sound card     ‘

‘     says what you type by converting typing     ‘

‘     to a playable Wave (.Wav) file      ‘

‘     http://www.att.com/aspg/odemo.html.      ‘

‘     3--Microsoft weighs in on Year 2,000      ‘

‘     concerns for its multitude of products     ‘

http://www.microsoft.com/ithome/topics/year2k/product/product.htm      ‘

‘     4--Artificial Intelligence surveyed, re-     ‘

‘     viewed and analyzed from a laymen’s     ‘

‘     perspective      ‘

‘     http://ai.miningco.com/index.htm    ‘

‘     5--Microsoft Automated Technical Sup-     ‘

‘     port is a real sign of things to come.     ‘

‘     What support could you firm provide as     ‘

‘     Microsoft already does for its may      ‘

‘     products?     ‘

‘     http://support.microsoft.com/support/c.asp?M=F

 

‘     Try these links to get a glimpse of the     ‘

‘     what we think the future will look like.    ‘

‘     More in the next issue of  2SS.Com.     ‘

 

‘     Thanks for getting to here!….’

‘     We have 4 free round-trip tickets on      ‘

‘     Sacramento’s River Otter Taxi for the     .’

‘     fifth and tenth readers who E-Mail back   ’

‘     “I’d like to get 4 for being #5 or #10.”     ‘

 

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‘     -------------Item Five----------      ‘

‘     STRATEGIC SYSTEMS ADVISORY     ‘

‘     PANEL, 2SS.Com, and YOUR    ‘

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‘     On more reason to subscribe is     ‘

‘     the ‘E-News Strategic Technology     ‘

‘     Advisory Panel, a growing list of     ‘

‘     professionals in a variety of disciplines   ‘

‘     who have agreed to:     ‘

‘     1--Review each month’s issue in      ‘

‘     advance of its release to help make     ‘

‘     sure we’re doing what we intend.     ‘

‘     2--Contribute throughout the year     ‘

‘     from their respective areas of      ‘

‘     specialization.    ‘

‘     3--Accept your strategic systems      ‘

‘     technology questions.  (That is a   ‘

‘     free, EXTRAORDINARILY CON-     ‘

‘     VENIENT multi-discipline re-     ‘

‘     source available any time to resp-   ‘

‘     ond to what’s on your mind.)  ‘

 

‘     [email protected]     ‘

‘     Computer Hardware and Software     ‘

‘     Acquisition, Service and Repair by Ron  ‘

‘     Ellis of 2SS.Com.    ‘

 

‘     [email protected] Legal     ‘

‘     issues and specific expertise in corporate    ‘

‘     and securities law, nonprofits, licensing     ‘

‘     and franchising by William Van der Mei     ‘

‘     of The Van der Mei Law Firm.    ‘

 

‘     [email protected] Accounting     ‘

‘     and Financial expertise including Audit,  ‘

‘     Tax and General Business Consulting     ‘

‘     by David Ljung of Gilbert Accountancy     ‘

‘     Corporation.  Visit them at      ‘

‘     www.GilbertCPA.com.     ‘

 

‘     [email protected] Human     ‘

‘     Resources expertise including problem  ‘

‘     employees, policy and procedures and   ‘

‘     customized training by B..J Flora of B.J.  ‘

‘     Flora Associates.    ‘

 

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‘     by Ron Ellis of 2SS.Com.    ‘

 

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‘     types by Rick Randall of RenTech     ‘

‘     Computers.  Visit them at      ‘

‘      www.RenTechCoputers.Com.    ‘

 

‘     [email protected]      ‘

‘     Corporate and professional skill train-  ‘

‘     ing by Ann McCandless of Computer     ‘

‘     Assistance.  Visit them at     ‘

‘     www.Computer Assistance.Com.     ‘

 

‘     [email protected]      ‘

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‘     ing analysis and litigation support by Peter  ‘

‘     H. Michael of The Michael Consulting      ‘

‘     Group.  Visit them at www.mcgmcg.com.  ‘

 

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‘     development and connectivity by    ‘

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