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Sunnyvale, Calif., Dec. 17, 2003 - Pen&Internet®, LLC, today announced the immediate commercial availability of ritePen™ 2.0 advanced handwriting recognition application and pen navigation tool. ritePen is available for the Tablet PC, pen laptops, ultra-portable computers, digital pens and other Windows-based pen computers.

With ritePen, users can write on the full screen in smooth electronic ink and their handwriting is instantly converted into text in any Windows application. When running on the Tablet PC, ritePen's handwriting recognition engine automatically fuses with the embedded Windows XP Tablet PC Edition handwriting recognition and provides users with improved recognition results.

Additionally, ritePen includes advanced pen functionality that enables intelligent pen manipulation of application windows, seamless navigation between windows, and automatic discrimination between on-screen navigation tools and input areas.

Key new features:

* Improved recognition accuracy: Uses a new version of Pen&Internet's advanced handwriting recognition technology to further increase accuracy rates.
* Floating tool bar: Users can now place a floating toolbar on the screen with convenient buttons for turning ritePen on/off, showing alternate answers, adding punctuation symbols and calling up the settings menu.
* Custom user dictionary: Add new words to the user dictionary to further improve recognition accuracy.
* Language: Select language to be recognized via new language pull-down menu. Currently this feature is available for English and German (additional languages to follow).
* Advanced writing settings: Permits user choice between writing in separate block letters or natural script.
* New pen colors: Users can now choose from among 32 different pen colors.


"With the growing popularity of digital pens and pen tablets, we have seen an increased market demand from users and business partners for advanced handwriting recognition and new features," said Leonid Kitainik, general manager of Pen&Internet. "This release of ritePen provides greater productivity to mobile users with improved and multi-language handwriting recognition, a custom dictionary and an enhanced user interface -- giving customers additional power and flexibility for unrestricted full screen writing."

Pricing, Availability
ritePen 2.0 is available for Windows 98/2000/XP/XP Tablet PC Edition. ritePen can be purchased online from Pen&Internet's software store at www.penandinternet.com. The base list price for ritePen is $19.95.

In addition to ritePen's new support for German, riteMail unified note taking application is also now available for German. A riteNotes bundle package that includes ritePen, as well as riteMail for Windows and a bonus free month of riteMail service, is priced at $29.95.

ritePen is also bundled with a number of pen computing devices on the market. A few highlights include: Clevo's T200V pen laptop, distributed by more than 10 OEMs; FingerSystem's i-pen Mouse, a pen-shaped optical mouse; and the Modular Computing Core (MCC) rugged handheld from Antelope Technologies.


About Pen&Internet

Pen&Internet®, LLC, a division of Parascript®, LLC develops advanced electronic ink, recognition and communications technologies, products and services for mobile, pen-enabled computers and devices. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, the Pen&Internet team has advanced engineering and R&D teams with over 80 years combined experience in these technologies. Please visit www.penandinternet.com for more information.

Media Contact:
Pen&Internet
Courtney Brigham
408-746-9900 x28
courtney@penandinternet.com

Parascript, Pen&Internet, ritePen, riteMail and riteNotes are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Parascript, LLC. Microsoft, Windows and Tablet PC are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and trade names previously cited are hereby acknowledged as the property of their respective owners.

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