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The Kurzweil Applied Intelligence Alumni Newsletter

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5/30/96     Introduction
6/23/96     About "Listen To Me"
* 12/16/09     Voices You'll Recognize
*            Voices You'll Recognize -- 2001
*            Voices You'll Recognize -- 2000
*            Voices You'll Recognize -- 1999
*            Voices You'll Recognize -- 1998
*            Voices You'll Recognize -- 1997
*            Voices You'll Recognize -- 1996
* 1/24/05     Photo Gallery
   

Kurzweil AI Alumni Profiles

We hope that you will take a few minutes to write a few paragraphs about what you have been doing since you left KAI, about your family and outside interests, and about your current job. If you have your own business, take this opportunity to tell others about it. You can also include information on new technology or anything else you think would be of interest to other KAI alumni.

So e-mail those profiles to either Steve or Pat!
* 1/2/97 Keith Belton
Scott Bradner (Home Page)
* 2/6/97 Roxane Brocato
* 5/3/97 Chuck Bunting
* 2/24/99 Kai Carver
* 7/2/01 Bill Cote
* 7/20/96 Chung K. Der
* 1/30/97 Frank Evan
* 10/20/06 Frank Evan
* 8/4/00 Sue Banner Inouye
* 1/14/97 Clark Kegley
* 11/10/96 Robin Kinkead
* 2/13/04 Robin Kinkead
* 2/25/09 Robin Kinkead
* 7/8/96 Mike Leathe
* 9/5/97 Norma Leger
* 9/17/99 Jim Lerner
Edmund R. "Mack" MacKenty (Home Page)
* 1/24/97 Mabyn Martin's Australia Trip Report
* 6/6/99 Edith Maxwell
* 8/12/98 Edith Maxwell
* 6/22/96 Edith Maxwell
* 4/14/01 Cheryl (Jacques) Menard
* 3/11/00 Elizabeth (Belton) Meyer zu Heringdorf
* 3/10/97 Elizabeth (Belton) Meyer zu Heringdorf
* 10/2/97 Amy (Kubin) Papazian


Simone L. Pringle (Home Page)
* 2/8/99 Ken Rheaume
* 6/21/96 Steve Schuster
* 5/11/07 Daniel Sogin
* 3/8/97 Allison (Gerber) Weisman
*     Former Employees Contact Database    
* 5/3/97     Where Are They Now?    
2/4/07     Show-Help: Positions Wanted and Offered    
*     Kurzweil Alumni News Mailings    
11/26/96     Solutions to Common Problems with this site    
11/6/97     The End of Kurzweil AI    
1/8/98     Kurzweil AI Fading Away...    

Kurzweil AI People In The News
2/25/05     That Singularity sensation
An Alex Beam column about Ray Kurzweil's upcoming book, from the Boston Globe.
12/19/04     Playing Mind Games
An article about Jon Bower's company from the West Weekly section of the Boston Globe.
4/29/03     Speech recognition programs still on ABCs
Hiawatha Bray, businsess columnist for the Boston Globe, reviews the status of ASR.
12/20/02     Speak Easy
An article reviewing the status of speech recognition technology and business.
5/22/01     All Talk, No Action
An article reviewing the status of speech recognition technology and business.
* 8/28/99     Man and Machine Become One
A business week interview with Ray talking about nanobots.
2/11/99     ComputerWorld Interview of Ray
Ray was interviewed for a ComputerWorld article about his new book.
2/11/99     Penquin Books web page on Ray's new book
12/6/98     Ray's New Book
Ray is about to publish a new book: The Age of Spiritual Machines. One of the Kurzweil Alumni News members found the book at the Amazon.com web site.
1/2/99     The Age of Spiritual Machines: Chapter 1
The New York Times published Chapter 1 of Ray's new book on the web.
12/28/98     Boston Globe Review of Ray's New Book
The December 27, 1998 edition of the Boston Globe published a very nice review of Ray's new book.
1/2/99     The New York Times Review of Ray's New Book
The New York Times Sunday Book Review of January 3, 1999 featured Ray's new book on the cover.
11/26/97     Bottom lines shift for software industry
A Boston Globe article about accounting rules which mentions Kurzweil AI as a bad example.
8/5/97     Its Master's Voice -- Speech-recognition software has come a long way-but is it ready for mainstream use?
A review from the July 21, 1997 issue of InformationWeek of Kurzweil, Verbex, Creative Labs, IBM and Dragon products.
8/2/97     The Boston Globe column on continuous recognition products from IBM and Dragon.
Kurzweil Voice is mentioned as last year's technology.
6/30/97     Lernout & Hauspie Announces Completion of Kurzweil AI Acquisition
The Learnout & Hauspie press release.
6/27/97     Summary of the Kurzweil AI -- Lernout and Hauspie Merger Information
The summary from the Proxy statement.
6/24/97     History of the Kurzweil AI -- Lernout and Hauspie Merger
The history of the KAI/L&H Merger as explained in the Proxy statement for the June 26 annual meeting.
6/22/97     Kurzweil AI Releases First Quarter Results
The Kurzweil AI press release, and the complete SEC Edgar 10-Q filing.
6/15/97     Taking Computers to Task
    From the July, 1997 issue of Scientific American
Will new 3-D interfaces, speech recognition and other highly touted computer technologies do anything to make workers more productive? A no-nonsense look at the value of new computer features, from the overhyped to the overlooked.
6/13/97     Talk, don't type, into your computer?
    From the July, 1997 issue of Consumer Reports
A review of IBM's VoiceType and Kurzweil AI's VoicePad.
4/15/97     Kurzweil AI Purchased by Lernout & Hauspie
Lernout & Hauspie Press Release
Kurzweil AI Press Release
Boston Globe Story
3/20/97     Test Drive the Kurzweil Clinical Reporter
    by Richard O'Brien, MD, FACEP, PaACEP Board of Directors
Reprinted from the February 1997 issue of "PaACEP News", the newsletter of the Pennsylvania Chapter American College of Emergency Physicians.
3/18/97     Kurzweil AI and Link announce availability of Kurzweil Clinical Reporter for invasive cardiology with DataLINK
2/21/97     Kurzweil AI introduces Kurzweil Clinical Reporter 1.1 for Windows 95 and Windows NT
12/13/96     Ex-Officers of Kurzweil Sentenced: CEO, Vice President get prison terms for fraud
    (Joann Muller, Boston Globe Staff, 12/13/96)
Two former executives of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence Inc. will go to prison for their role in bilking investors who plowed $24 million into the Waltham company's 1993 stock offering.
12/12/96     Former President and Former Vice-President of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Securities Fraud Scheme
The former President and the former Vice-President in charge of sales of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Inc. were sentenced to prison terms for their roles in a scheme to falsely inflate the revenues of the company and in falsifying the books and records of the company, according to the U.S. Attorney.
12/12/96     VoicePad Pro 1.0 Finalist for Best New Software
The Software Publishers Association has selected VoicePad Pro as one of five finalists for Best New Software Program of the Year.
12/13/96     Kurzweil AI Releases Third Quarter Results
The Kurzweil AI press release, and the 10-Q filed with the SEC.
12/5/96     Kurzweil Applied Intelligence and Alpha Software Announce Strategic Alliance
Companies plan to introduce voice recognition products to the retail market.
12/5/96     Kurzweil Applied Intelligence Introduces Kurzweil VOICE for Windows Release 2.5
Significant price reduction introduces mainstream PC users to the benefits of award-winning voice recognition software; personal and professional editions now available.
10/28/96     Kurzweil introduces Kurzweil Clinical Reporter for Primary Care
10/23/96     Kurzweil introduces VoicePad Pro
Kurzweil offers an upgrade to the free evaluation copy available on their Web site. It comes with a 20,000 word vocabulary and microphone, for $79.95.
10/17/96     Sentencing Delayed Again
Sentencing of Bernie Bradstreet and Tom Campbell in the Kurzweil fraud case has been postponed a second time, from October 22 to December 12.
10/16/96    Kurzweil files S-3 to register 2,247,550 shares of stock
On September 30, 1996 Kurzweil AI filed an S-3 statement with the SEC to register 2,247,550 shares of stock owned by various shareholders. Clicking on this item takes you to the SEC Edgar database; use the "back" function of your browser to return here.
10/13/96     NEC Computer Systems shipping some PCs with VoicePAD
NEC Computer Systems ships Kurzweil VoicePad with new Ready Office personal computer line; NEC's Ready Office PC systems first to ship voice-enabled word processing application.
9/26/96     Bradstreet, Campbell and Murray settle with SEC
The Commission's litigation is continuing as to a fourth defendant, David R. Earl.
9/20/96     Kurzweil AI Selects Andrea Electronics' Noise-Canceling Headsets
Andrea announced that Kurzweil has selected its noise-canceling headsets, and that its Anti-Noise Active Noise Cancellation retail products will include Kurzweil VoicePad.
* 12/23/96     Anatomy of a Fraud
The September 16 issue of Business Week magazine, which came out on September 6, included a four page article called "Anatomy of a Fraud: How Kurzweil's straight-arrow CEO went awry". The October 14 and December 30 issues had followups.
9/7/96     Sentencing Delayed
Sentencing of Bernie Bradstreet and Tom Campbell in the Kurzweil fraud case has been postponed from September 11 to October 22.
8/22/96     Kurzweil AI Releases Second Quarter Results
The Kurzweil AI press release, plus excerpts from the 10-Q report filed with the SEC and made available in the Edgar database, including the Statement of Operations, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.
8/15/96     Chatting ... with ... a ... PC: Software that lets you dictate to your computer need to boost accuracy
    (Simson L. Garfinkel in the Boston Globe, 08/15/96)
A discussion of the Kurzweil, Dragon and IBM dictation products.
8/2/96     Private Placement Completed
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence announced the closing of the sale of 927,500 shares of its common stock in a private placement at a sale price of $2.00 per share to individual and institutional investors.
8/2/96     Kurzweil Clinical Reporter Shipments Start
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence announced that it has started shipping its new Windows-based Kurzweil Clinical Reporter product line, a voice-enabled clinical reporting solution for clinicians looking to produce electronic medical records without a costly and time consuming transcription process.
6/22/96     Deb Murray Sentenced
Former Vice-President of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence, Debra Murray, was sentenced for her role in a securities fraud scheme.
6/21/96     Kurzweil AI Releases First Quarter Results
Excerpts from the 10-Q report filed with the SEC and made available in the Edgar database, including the Statement of Operations, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.
6/21/96     Kurzweil AI Web Page makes HOTLIST
The Kurzweil AI Web Page was noted as a "Web site worth checking out" in the June 17 issue of INFOWORLD.
6/7/96     Kurzweil Applied Intelligence introduces VoicePad for Windows 95
Kurzweil Applied Intelligence launches voice recognition shareware over the internet; Kurzweil VoicePad for Windows 95 Release 1.0 provides voice-enabled word processing capabilities; Joint promotion with Telex Communications, Inc.
5/19/96     Officers convicted of fraud: US claims big win in Kurzweil case
    (Kimberly Blanton, Boston Globe Staff, 05/15/96)
A federal jury convicted two former executives of Kurzweil Applied Intelligence Inc. of fraudulently covering up $2.3 million in losses before the company's 1993 sale of stock to the public.

Kurzweil AI Financial Information
6/14/97     Table of Contents for portions of the FY 1997 10-K which have been extracted from the complete filing. The 10-K is an annual report which provides a comprehensive overview of the company for the past year. The filing is due 90 days after the close of the company's fiscal year, and contains such information as company history, organization, nature of business, equity, holdings, earnings per share, subsidiaries, and other pertinent financial information
6/14/97     The complete FY 1997 10-K. CAUTION: This file is 268,517 bytes, and will typically take 10 minutes or more to download.
5/9/97     Lernout & Hauspie's 13-D filing reporting ownership of KAI stock
Note: The file is about 38K bytes, and will take several minutes to download.
5/7/97     The S-8 filing registering 700,000 shares of stock.
4/25/97     Summary of the Kurzweil AI 8-K filing which details the agreement with Lernout & Hauspie.
    Kurzweil AI Reports in the SEC Edgar Database
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