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From: moshier@world.std.com (Stephen L Moshier)
Subject: Re: Speech recognition s/w, h/w
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Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 21:56:52 GMT
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  >IBM??  Last time I talked to to CEO of Dragon Systems,
  >she said she was receiving affilliate funding of some
  >sort from EXXON, not IBM. ... 
  >If Dragon Systems really was sold off/whatever by EXXON, did they dump
  >their other Voice project (VERBEX) too? 

 She was an employee of Verbex for several years. Dragon Systems is
independent, and has had dealings with IBM.  Verbex was started in 1971,
later acquired by Exxon, and sold about 8 or 9 years ago to a private
investment group. 
 

