The Russians are coming. (Russian computer scientists from the Soviet Academy of Sciences develop the CuneiForm optical character recognition software and sign a marketing agreement with Cognitive Technology Corp.) (Newsfront) (Brief Article)

From: Software Magazine | Date: May 1, 1993 | Copyright information

A group of native Russian computer scientists from the prestigious Soviet Academy of Sciences in Moscow has developed CuneiForm, an optical character recognition software product named after the oldest-known form of writing used in Babylon around 3000 B.C.

The group signed an agreement with start-up Cognitive Technology Corp., Larkspur, Calif., to market the system to American software vendors. Early customers include Corel Systems...

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