Labels:text | font | screenshot | letter | black and white | document OCR: SENDER : 31.05.95 02:47 NR. 05 Set-top world common goal: 1. Low cost - 2. Content rich - variety 3. Deploy a platform to meet the above parameters: Allow an upgrade path similar to a computer 1.e. cable modem du jour , MPEG audio/video, etc ., ISDN, wireless cable modems, etc. The confusion: 1% homes wired for 2-way highspeed data .... The confusion stems from how this magic, high-speed data arrives to the home: Is It from a telephone, satellite, radio, cable, or some hybrid? In our model it does not matter. We have OEM activities today in all of these areas. Our present VisCorp model, which Is in homes today under the guise of a market test, Is a hybrid model utilizing both analog telephone and broadcast data video. When the cable modem and digital audio and video technologies sattle, the federal laws may change as well. Our strategy Is to deploy a product that Is useful today but provides a migration path to this over hyped, high speed, low cost world we don't live in. The current product: Over the past few years, we at VisCorp have been developing an Interactive set-top platform. The VisCorp product starts by converging the television set with the telephone. It converts the television set Into an executive speakerphone with one-touch on-screen dialing and caller ID. It has built in filters and font generators to convert on-line data services to text that is readable at standard television viewing distances. It has a built- In credit card reader and can support electronic directorles, classified advertising, and catalog shopping applications. Other features Include on- screen TV listings with one button recording capability, sending faxes and
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