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"The Doctrine of Chances"

Its methods are complex, but Autonomy's promise is simple: Enable computers to understand context. What makes Autonomy's products different is an underlying pattern-recognition algorithm.

Stock Market

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Webster's Dictionary

Hook your web browser into the Webster's Online Dictionary and Thesaurus. Any time you want to see the definition of a word present on the web, simply select the word or phrase (as you would to copy the text to your clipboard), right-click and select "Magic Dictionary" or "Magic Thesaurus" from the menu.

Language Translator

Translate text with Alta Vista's Babel Fish. Enter up to 150 words for translation, enter the Web address of the entire web page you wish to translate or use the "World Keyboard" link for a convenient method of entering accented or Russian characters.

Text to Speech

The Bell Labs Text-to-Speech system (TTS) has various applications including reading electronic mail messages, generating spoken prompts in voice response systems, and as an interface to an order-verification system for salespeople in the field.