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Sunnyvale ,
CA – March
2, 2005 – EverNote™ Corporation and Luidia
today announced a worldwide OEM licensing agreement. Luidia
has selected EverNote Corp.’s ritePen® advanced
handwriting recognition software to bundle with its eBeam
Interactive TM, the first portable interactive display
solution designed to work specifically with digital projectors.
The deal marks ritePen’s debut into the interactive
whiteboard category.
Targeted to the education and general business markets,
the combined ritePen and eBeam® package gives users
a complete note management solution for presenting and
taking notes in classrooms and conference rooms.
Luidia’s eBeam system essentially turns any flat
surface into a giant, interactive touch screen. It works
with a digital projector and PC, allowing users to control
their computer from the front of the classroom or meeting
room. The tool palettes allow users to navigate a PC, share
presentations and annotate anything on the screen.
With ritePen, users can intelligently navigate the desktop
and write on the full screen in smooth electronic ink – and
their handwriting is automatically converted into text
and entered into target applications. Built on an advanced
handwriting recognition engine, ritePen recognizes unrestricted
and continuous writing.
“Powerful handwriting recognition and flexible
note-taking systems are essential components for our eBeam
Interactive users,” said Rafi Holtzman, CEO of Luidia. “Combined
with EverNote Corp.’s deep expertise in pen computing,
we’re offering our customers the most innovative
interactive display solution on the market.”
Consisting of a small receiver and electronic stylus,
Luidia’s eBeam Interactive is small enough to be
carried in a laptop case and is installable in minutes.
The eBeam receiver is equipped with Bluetooth and can wirelessly
transfer on-screen actions to a PC. Users simply need to
attach the receiver to any flat surface, aim a projector
and begin writing.
ritePen includes natural editing gestures, provides a
list of alternative answers, as well as allows the addition
of custom user vocabulary to further improve recognition
accuracy of special terms and abbreviations.
“We are excited to be expanding our ritePen user
base to the interactive display market with Luidia, known
for their innovative interactive systems,” said Leonid
Kitainik, executive vice president for EverNote. “The
ability to instantly turn any office, conference room or
lecture hall into an idea capturing space will be
beneficial to the millions of people in their brainstorming
and presentation activities.”
Availability
eBeam Interactive retails
at less than $1,000.00 USD, and is available nationwide
from selected AV resellers or through the Luidia Online
Store. A complete list of dealers and resellers is available
at www.luidia.com.
ritePen is available for a one month free evaluation
and for commercial licensing.
About Luidia
Luidia is a global provider
of innovative idea-capturing systems for the education,
distance learning, conferencing, audio/visual, and office
products markets. Luidia’s
technology is incorporated into its own line of eBeam products
and is licensed to industry leaders such as 3M, Hitachi,
GBC/Quartet, Edding, and Uchida who integrate the technology
into compelling new interactive presentation and display
products.
About EverNote Corporation
Headquartered
in Sunnyvale, CA, EverNote Corporation is a provider of
note management, digital ink and handwriting recognition
software and technologies for the PC, mobile and wireless
markets. Please visit www.evernote.com for
more information.
Media Contacts:
EverNote Corporation
Courtney Brigham
408-746-9900 x 28
courtney@evernote.com
Luidia
Beatrice Kokitko
650-413-7529
bea@luidia.com
ritePen is a registered trademark and EverNote is a trademark
of EverNote Corporation. eBeam is a registered trademark,
and eBeam Interactive is a trademark of Luidia, Inc. All
other trademarks and trade names previously cited are hereby
acknowledged as the property of their respective owners.
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