Thai software recognizes typed and hand-written words and translates them into spoken words</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Thai software recognizes typed and hand-written words and translates them into spoken words"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Thai,software,recognizes,typed,and,hand-written,words,and,translates,them,into,spoken,words"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">13-08-2007</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Thai software recognizes typed and hand-written words and translates them into spoken words</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Seoul, Republic of Korea (The Age): A team of Thai college students who wrote computer software to read for the illiterate took the top prize at Microsoft's 2007 Imagine Cup in Seoul on Friday. Microsoft's fifth annual competition challenged university students to find ways to use computer technology to improve life on the planet. The first place Team 3KC of Thailand earned won a 25,000-dollar cash prize and the attention of potential commercial backers for the invention. The software recognizes typed and hand-written words and translates them into spoken words, enabling computers to read for people. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Technology/Thai-university-students-win-Microsoft-2007-Imagine-Cup/2007/08/11/1186530652537.html " target="blank">www.theage.com.au/news/Technology/Thai-university-students-win-Microsoft-2007-Imagine-Cup/2007/08/11/1186530652537.html </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show