All,
I'm forwarding this post in case someone might be interested.
Other than my personal use of a scanner, I have nothing to do with this
company.

Bonnie

In a message dated 9/17/99 8:47:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>
>  Dear ScanSoft customer,
>
>  Tired of typing? Tired of retyping? Solve these time consuming
>  tasks forever with an exciting new bundle brought to you by
>  ScanSoft.
>
>  We've partnered with IBM to bring you the just released ViaVoice
>  Web Millennium Edition(tm) bundled with our own TextBridge Pro
>  9.0 for this limited time price of only $99 (a savings of $80)!
>  For more information, or to order click below:
>
>  http://www.scansoft.com/ibm19466
>
>  IBM's ViaVoice(tm) brings you the best in speech recognition
>  technology. Instead of typing, simply speak to your PC! "You talk
>  it types" and you save time!
>
>  And here's three other great benefits as well:
>
>  * Use directly in chat rooms to save time typing
>
>  * Speak your email and instant messages instead of typing
>
>  * Let the text-to-speech feature read text back to you
>
>
>  Our TextBridge Pro 9.0, winner of PC Home's 5 Star Gold Award
>  (Aug '99), is the incredibly accurate, easy-to-use, most
>  versatile OCR software available! Read what PC Magazine has to
>  say in their July '99 issue!
>  http://www.zdnet.com/adverts/eprints/scansoft/pcmg/90702dh.html
>
>  What can TextBridge Pro 9.0 do for you?
>
>  * Improve Accuracy On Poor Quality Faxes and Photocopies
>
>  * Scan color documents without losing your formats!
>
>  * Turn Printed Pages Into HTML Web Pages
>
>  Combined together, ViaVoice(tm) and TextBridge Pro 9.0 provide a
>  wonderful solution, the fastest communications over the Internet
>  and the best scanning software available. The link below provides
>  more information on each separate product, as well as information
>  for ordering. ViaVoice will be shipped, and you can order
>  TextBridge to ship with it or as a digitally downloaded product.
>
>  http://www.scansoft.com/ibm19466
>
>  Again, this offer won't last forever, and at $99, it's a savings
>  of $80 over retail. We welcome you to forward it to your friends
>  who find these products as useful as you do.
>
>  Thank you for being a valued ScanSoft customer!
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Wayne Crandall
>  VP Sales
>  ScanSoft, Inc.
>