ABBYY Lingvo Dictionaries Bundled with New Series of PocketBook E-Readers Worldwide

MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 18, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- ABBYY®, a leading provider of document recognition, document capture, and linguistic technologies and services, and PocketBook International, a manufacturer of E-Ink-based multifunctional devices, today announced that the new series of Pocketbook e-readers will be bundled with ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software.  The new series include four premium-class models PocketBook Pro 602 and Pro 902, PocketBook Pro 603 and Pro 903, and PocketBook IQ with TFT color screen.  ABBYY Lingvo will be pre-installed with 44 dictionaries for location and translation of words between English and 24 other European languages.  Linguistic technology underlying the software expands the possibilities of e-reading with multilingual translation and powerful morphological search for words.

"The demand for e-readers has been fueled by consumer demand for easy access to information while on the go.  That includes information in foreign languages ranging from simple references that may require translation to masterpieces of foreign literature in original languages," commented Katya Solntseva, director of the mobile products department at ABBYY.  "With Lingvo dictionary software installed on a PocketBook device, users can quickly locate and understand words that are unfamiliar to them."

The new series of PocketBook e-readers provides the comfort of paper-like reading with the functionality and freedom of digital information.  The series includes devices in several classes allowing users to choose the most suitable e-reader in terms of functionality, size and price.

ABBYY Lingvo allows PocketBook e-reader users to instantly translate unfamiliar words in a book without leaving the page they are on.  The software offers an intelligent word look-up technology that provides accurate translations by using any form of a given word.  Dictionaries installed on a PocketBook e-reader can also be accessed via a separate dedicated interface.

If a user needs more language combinations or more comprehensive content they can easily extend the basic dictionary set by purchasing additional premium content dictionaries via www.bookland.net.

Availability

The new PocketBook e-readers with pre-installed ABBYY Lingvo will become available for purchase in the US and Europe over the coming weeks.  For more information about the products and for availability in your region, visit www.pocketbook-int.com.

About ABBYY

ABBYY is a leading provider of document recognition, data capture, and linguistic technologies and services.  Its products include the ABBYY FineReader line of optical character recognition (OCR) applications, ABBYY FlexiCapture line of data capture solutions, ABBYY Lingvo dictionary software, and development tools.  ABBYY Language Services provides comprehensive linguistic solutions to corporate customers.  Paper-intensive organizations from all over the world use ABBYY solutions to automate time- and labour-consuming tasks and to streamline business processes.  ABBYY products are used in large-scale government projects such as those of Australian Taxation Office, Lithuanian Tax Inspectorate, Ministry of Education of Russia, Ministry of Education of Ukraine, and Montgomery County Government of the USA.  Companies that license ABBYY technologies include BancTec, Canon, EMC/Captiva, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, NewSoft, Notable Solutions, Samsung Electronics and more.  ABBYY OCR applications are shipped with equipment from the world's top manufacturers such as BenQ, Epson, Fujitsu, Fuji Xerox, Microtek, Panasonic, Plustek, Toshiba, and Xerox.  ABBYY is headquartered in Moscow, Russia, with offices in Germany, the United States, Ukraine, the UK, Japan and Taiwan.  For more information, visit www.ABBYY.com.

About PocketBook International

Since PocketBook's inception in 2007, this specialist for mobile reading has had one definite goal: to develop the ideal electronic reading device fulfilling all desires of its users.  PocketBook has been focusing on the development of software for its readers.  This software is designed as Open Source based on Linux.  E-readers have been continually refined to improve functions and features.  In September 2010, the new range of PocketBook models have their world premiere debut at the IFA 2010 in Berlin.  The hardware of these readers is exclusively produced by a leading technology producer in Taiwan.  PocketBook International is registered in Hong-Kong with branch offices in USA, Germany, France, and Russia and software development department based in Ukraine.  PocketBook International is actively present in the CIS, UE, USA, Near East and Asia markets.  In 2009, PocketBook International's 70 employees generated $37,2 million.  As of August 2010, PocketBook International has 150 employees.  Each month, more than 50,000 PocketBook devices are sold.  PocketBook International's market share in the CIS is 43 percent, it reaches 5 percent worldwide.  For more info, visit http://www.pocketbook-int.com.

ABBYY, the ABBYY Logo, FineReader, ADRT, Lingvo, FlexiCapture, Recognition Server, and PDF Transformer are either registered trademarks or trademarks of ABBYY Software Ltd.  Other product names mentioned herein may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized.

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