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======================================================= Speech technology takes its place in medical correspondence Two new orders in Canadian medical market through dealer F-J Communications. G2 Speech, market leader in the Benelux in the integration of speech technology, has taken its first steps in Canada in the medical field. The Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) in Sherbrooke and the Legardeur hospital in Québec, have both placed an order for the installation of ProSpeech®. The Radiology departments in both hospitals are to work with G2 Speech's ProSpeech® . The technical support for the system will be provided by G2 Speech partner F-J Communications of Montréal in Canada. ProSpeech® will be integrated in the existing Lanier Radiology Information System and the Fuji Picture Archive Communication System (PACS). The integration will be done by G2 Speech. The contract with the hospitals came about via F-J Communications. Both hospitals were on the look out for a sound partner for their Radiology department. The aim was to optimise the working methods in each department by using digital dictation and speech recognition. This is an efficient method of working which allows the workload to be managed better. Using ProSpeech® enables the departments to achieve their aim. In total, 81 licences have been sold for ProSpeech. F-J Communications has been the official partner of G2 Speech in Canada for several months. In Canada G2 Speech and its dealer are primarily targeting the medical market. If you would like more information about F-J Communications then visit www.f-jcommunications.com. ======================================================= G2 Speech proving its case with LegalSpeech Leading Legal Practices already working with LegalSpeech. G2 Speech UK Ltd., a market leader in the integration of Speech Technology, has announced four new orders. The solicitors' offices of Shillings, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, Naunton Lynch Hall and Christopher Rodgers & Associates, are all working with LegalSpeech. The four offices, which are ranked among the leading solicitors' offices in the UK, started working fully with LegalSpeech in November. Shillings and Howrey Simon Arnold & White are known from their participation in the list of the 500 largest legal practices in Great Britain Each of the offices first became acquainted with LegalSpeech after running a pilot project. Staff at each of these offices has now been working for some time with digital dictation and processing the dictation using LegalSpeech. Following the successful completion of the various pilot projects, each of the solicitors' offices elected independently to convert the initial agreement into a five-year contract. For G2 Speech this is proof that the market in Great Britain is giving increasing priority to a total system for workflow management, using digital dictation or speech recognition. LegalSpeech matches these demands. The company foresees increasing growth in this market. The co-operation between the solicitors' offices and G2 Speech came about via the dealer Dictation Direct. ======================================================= Rory McShane deploys digital dictation Rory McShane and Company has deployed the G2 Speech digital dictation and speech recognition system from BlueChip Technologies and have already achieved significant savings. After an initial pilot deployment, in March 2003 G2 Speech was rolled out to all 17 staff in the Newry office of the practice as the platform for document production, replacing the existing tape system. The combined use of digital dictation and speech recognition technology has demonstrably reduced the time and cost of document production. "The system benefits are clear and within 6 months of deployment we have already improved our fee earner / secretary ratio, meaning that G2 Speech has delivered the benefits anticipated" commented Founding Partner, Rory McShane. Digital dictation, using the existing office computer network to transfer dictations from author to support staff, is achieving rapid acceptance with the legal profession as a better platform than analogue tapes. Replacing the existing analogue tape system with digital dictation means that: - Work is immediately available to support staff without delay; McShane and Company also uses speech recognition technology in two ways. Firstly BlueChip integrated speech recognition to the existing Amicus Attorney case management software in use at McShanes, enabling case notes etc to be dictated directly into Amicus without typing, giving the fee earner a time saving. Secondly while a dictation is being transferred by the office computer network to the support staff, the server based speech recognition technology coverts the document into text which only requires final editing by the support staff. The high accuracy rates consistently achieved means that this substantially reduces the time taken to complete a document. By harnessing the benefits of speech recognition technology in this way the solicitor creates a document in the same way as before, a feature which is unique to the G2 Speech system. Rory McShane, Founding Partner concluded, "We believe that a law practice is a business like any other commercial enterprise and to remain successful, cannot be allowed to become static, either in the service it provides or in the manner in which it conducts its business. G2 Speech has helped us progress in that way." ======================================================= TOREX-HISCOM AND G2 SPEECH ANNOUNCE COOPERATION Leiden/Nuenen, 14th. October 2003 - TOREX-HISCOM and G2 Speech have signed a cooperative agreement. The cooperation concerns the integration of the MIRADOR. care work station made by TOREX-HISCOM and the MediSpeech® speech technology system of G2 Speech. More time for the patient Cooperation in the past About TOREX-HISCOM bv TOREX-HISCOM is part of Torex Plc, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange (www.torex.com). Torex is one of the largest ICT suppliers to the health care sector in Europe with offices in the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland. Torex supplies healthcare oriented and administrative systems for hospitals and other care institutions, GPs, pharmacies and laboratories. ======================================================= First steps taken in Irish medical market G2 Speech, market leader in the Benelux in the integration of speech technology, has taken its first steps in the medical world in Ireland. The Cappagh Hospital in Dublin placed an order for the implementation of MediSpeech® on September 5th. The Radiology department in the Cappagh Hospital is to start working with G2 Speech's MediSpeech® package. The technical support for the system will be provided by G2 Speech partner blueChip Technologies in Dublin. MediSpeech® will be integrated into the existing Radiology Information System. The integration will be carried out by G2 Speech. The initial contact with the Cappagh Hospital in Dublin came about via blueChip Technologies. The Cappagh hospital was on the lookout for a solid partner for its Radiology department. The aim was to optimise the working methods in the department and put in place an efficient working procedure, in which the staff could better manage the pressure of work. Using MediSpeech® , the department has been able to achieve this aim. BlueChip Technologies has been a partner of G2 Speech for some time now. For the legal profession, blueChip Technologies sells the LegalSpeech product of G2 Speech. Now the first steps have been made with MediSpeech. If you would like more information about blueChip Technologies, visit www.bluechiptechnologies.com. ======================================================= G2 Speech nominated for 'The Loties Award' 2003 The Loties is the most exciting event in the legal technology calendar, in which users of systems and services vote for the best suppliers and law firms in the market. Awards are a benchmark for judging innovation and excellence in the legal technology market place. The awards are given away on 13 November. This year G2 Speech is proud to announce that G2 Speech has been nominated for Best legal office technology newcomer. Winners and runners-up are announces at a gala 'Oscars-style dinner' with a celebrity host. This year the celebrity host will be Ruby Wax. For more information surrounding the Loties, please go to the website of the organiser; www.inbrief.co.uk. G2 Speech is also sponsor of 'The Loties Award'. Sponsor of the award of IT director 2003. ======================================================= G2 SPEECH, THE BENELUX MARKET LEADER IN INTEGRATION OF SPEECH TECHNOLOGY, IS NOMINATED FOR 'THE DUTCH TECHNOLOGY FAST 50 Next Thursday September 25 2003 the award ceremony for The Dutch Technology Fast 50 sponsored by Deloitte & Touche will take place. G2 Speech is proud to announce to be one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the Netherlands. The ceremony will be held at the ING House in Amsterdam. The Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 50 recognizes the 50 fastest growing technology companies, based on percentage revenue growth over a five-year period. This year's winners reflect the diversity and talent of those in the technology industry. At the ceremony the final ranking will be presented to the CEO's of the Fast 50 companies 2003. Significance of the technology industry Working hard means growing ======================================================= G2 Speech expects a breakthrough in the UK medical market G2 Speech, market leader in the Benelux in the integration of speech technology, made a successful presentation at the UK Radiological Congress (UKRC) along with its UK dealer Dictation Direct Ltd. As in previous years, the UKRC was held at the International Convention Centre, National Indoor Arena & Austin Court in Birmingham from Sunday June 15th to Tuesday June 17th. The UKRC was once again a great success. This is the second year running that G2 Speech has participated in the UKRC, which this year was attended by about 1700 radiologists. This congress is the perfect opportunity for G2 Speech to raise its profile among the target group of radiologists in the UK. In the Benelux countries, radiologists are already enthusiastic users of G2 Speech's MediSpeech product. In the UK, there is a growing band of followers for speech technology, particularly because the application of ICT throughout the medical market is continuously and increasingly expanding. G2 Speech is proud to report that a number of serious prospects are being followed up. G2 Speech exhibited on stand number 96, close by the Philips Medical Systems stand. The PACS supplier Telemis was on the stand next to G2 Speech. Along with Telemis, G2 Speech showed the direct integration of MediSpeech in the Telemis PACS system. Joe Murphy, managing director of G2 Speech UK Ltd.: 'The co-operation with Telemis was a very positive experience. We were immediately able to show the integration for which G2 Speech is so well known. The UKRC was a great success for G2 UK. We generated various leads. Those people who saw our product were very enthusiastic and are prepared to take the next step. In addition, many people definitely want to be kept informed about the developments within MediSpeech.' Joe Murphy expects that G2 Speech will really make a breakthrough in the medical market in the UK at the end of the year. Participation in the congress and exhibition was brought about in co-operation with several of G2 Speech's dealers. In addition to managing director Joe Murphy, the dealer Dictation Direct Ltd was also present. By working with various dealers G2 Speech is demonstrating its commitment to all parts of Great Britain. ======================================================= G2 Speech goes upward 'down under' March 2003 – G2 Speech is proud to announce yet another sales partner. In addition to last months’ news about overseas activities we present The Network Factory as the new sales partner for Australia. The Network Factory will offer G2 Speech technologies in the Australian market. ======================================================= G2 Speech successfully visited the LegalIT London 2003 G2 Speech has successfully visited the LegalIT London 2003. This year the LegalIT was at the business design center in the center of London. The visitor ship of the LegalIT was mainly practice lawyers and lawyers of the commerce sector. G2 Speech showed their product LegalSpeech, digital dictation with an option for speech recognition. Next year G2 Speech will also be participating at the LegalIT 2004, stand number 27. ======================================================= G2 Speech overseas in Israel, Canada and Australia 2003 started very well for G2 Speech. Not only is the European business going well, also in the rest of the world G2 Speech is becoming more and more active. In January 2003 an Israeli hospital, Chaim Sheba in Tel Aviv became a pilot client of G2 Speech and is now using MediSpeech on the radiology department. Furthermore G2 Speech is proud to announce another two future co-operations with sales partners in Canada and Australia. Soon an announcement will be made on this website. ======================================================= G2 Speech and blueChip Technologies form product alliance Belfast based speech recognition Software Company blueChip Technologies and leading Dutch technology company G2 Speech announced that it has formed a major strategic alliance. Under this alliance, blueChip will have exclusive license to market the suite of products in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The products, LegalSpeech and MediSpeech, include the core digital workflow and high performance speech recognition features of blueChip's own Ad Verbatim product set, as well as a range of enhanced features developed by G2 Speech. In addition the companies plan to work together on further product development, maximising the core competencies of both organisations, incorporating the latest in speech recognition and computer telephony technologies which will be offered in the Benelux, UK and Irish markets. Commenting on the completion of the alliance Michael Black, CEO of blueChip said, "There is a natural fit between the companies which makes best use of the core technical competencies and market presence of each, and we are delighted to be working strategically with G2 Speech." Hans de Groot, joint founder and CEO of G2 Speech, was equally delighted with the partnership and on signing the alliance agreement in Belfast commented, "Both G2 Speech and blueChip share the same high standards of quality product development and customer service and we are positive that the combination of our strengths will allow us to offer an enhanced product to our respective markets." ======================================================= DJ Freeman sitelicense contract DJ Freeman, the city law firm began with digital dictation at the beginning of the year 2002. First there was a pilot and later a total roll out over the 95 secretaries and 185 lawyers. DJ Freeman was very satisfied with the co-operation that they signed a sitelicense contract for the next 5 years. ======================================================= Growth in the speech technology market G2 Speech, a leader in the integration of speech technology consulting, contracting and services is to start marketing its products in Great Britain, following its successful launch in the Benelux. By establishing G2 Speech UK Ltd. with their dealers Dictation Direct Ltd. and Dictation Solutions Ltd., G2 Speech will be well placed to develop the market for its products in the UK. G2 Speech is the market leader in the Benelux and aims to grow its business by targeting the British market. The company will use its dealer network to allow potential users to become acquainted with its range of products and services . The new company will be led by Mr.Joe Murphey. 'He is the right man to get our activities started here because of his relevant experience in the UK dictation market,' according to Hans de Groot, director of G2 Speech. 'Joe Murphey created the contact between G2 Speech and the co-operating dealers'. The initial aim will be to build up product and brand recognition in the medical and legal market through the dealers. G2 Speech just signed in March a joint venture agreement with MedQuist, the largest North American electronic medical transcription company for selling its MediSpeech product in North America through co-operation dealers of DVI. The new UK address will be: G2 Speech UK Ltd. Congress UKRC in Birmingham About G2 Speech To date, more than 40 per cent of the hospitals in the Benelux and 10 per cent of the international law firms use the speech technology of G2 Speech. The international law practice Stibbe is currently using G2 Speech technology at its head office in Amsterdam and intends introducing it at its offices in Brussels, London and New York. This will mean that there a total of 550 users. About Dication Direct Ltd. "With Digital Dictation being the future, we invested heavily in technology and Microsoft qualified personnel. Our only problem was finding a developer with a good product and a vision for future development, giving us the confidence to carry the product to our end-users. In G2speech Joe Murphy has found us what we believe to be one of the best voice developers in the marketplace" says Henry Gallagher. About Dictation Solutions Ltd. ======================================================= G2 Speech enters into partnership with stock market listed North-American transcription company MedQuist G2 Speech, market leader in the Benelux in the integration of speech technology, is to start selling its MediSpeech® product in North America. This will be done by cooperating with MedQuist, using the distribution network of DVI, one of its distribution partners. To ratify this cooperation, a joint venture agreement was signed on Wednesday 27th. March 2002 at the head office of MedQuist in Marlton, New Jersey, USA, MedQuist is the largest North American electronic medical transcription company. G2 Speech's MediSpeech® speech recognition product will be sold in North America under the name 'SpeechMagic for Radiology, powered by G2 Speech'. The joint venture agreement is a marketing and distribution agreement between G2 Speech and MedQuist. The agreement covers North America, including the United States, Canada and Mexico. For G2 Speech, this joint venture agreement is an important step towards the internationalisation of its speech technology. While for MedQuist, the joint venture agreement with G2 Speech, increases its service orientation towards its clients. In this respect, MediSpeech® from G2 Speech is the ideal complement to the existing service package of MedQuist. About MedQuist ======================================================= G2 Speech at UKRC 2002 From 9 June untill 11 June 2002 the UK Radiological Congress will be held at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham. The UKRC exhibition is the leading UK technical exhibition, covering all aspects of medical imaging and oncology and it is FREE to attend. G2 Speech will be demonstrating its speech recognition product MediSpeech® and solutions for the efficiency of the medical hospital. ======================================================= |