Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA (02/17/84)
From: Ken Laws <Laws@SRI-AI.ARPA> The February issue of High Technology has a short article on natural language interfaces (to databases, mainly). The article and business outlook section mention four NL systems currently on the market, led by AIC's Intellect ($70,000, IBM mainframes), Frey Associate's Themis ($24,000, DEC VAX-11), and Cognitive System's interface. (The fourth is not named, but some OEMs and licensees of the first two are given.) The article says that four more systems are expected out this year, and discusses Symantec's system ($400-$600, IBM PC with 256 Kbytes and hard disk) and Cal Tech's ASK (HP9836 micro, licensed to HP and DEC).