GFT Group Inc. Debuts Petrana Voice Commands for DVD 1.0

August 2, 2004 - The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD 1.0 are now available from GFT Group Inc. Petrana on the website http://www.Petrana.net The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD for people with problems with their hands to easily and comfortably play DVD movies and videos on their computer. The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD, owners of Home Theater Systems that computer if the DVD player and other media to easily and comfortably operate their Home Theater System hands-free control without a keyboard, mouse, or traditional remote. The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD are one component of the full Petrana system. Petrana is an artificial personal assistant who talks to the computer user in spoken English and operates computer applications for the user easily, comfortably, and enjoyably, giving the user free use of his or her hands and freedom of movement. GFT Group Inc. is a private research and development company with offices in Mountain View, California and Maryland. The research and development division of the GFT Group in Mountain View is developing Petrana. The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD are the first component of Petrana available for purchase by the general public. "Watch a movie with Petrana!" says John McGowan, president of the Research and Development of GFT Group and the creator of Petrana. "Petrana makes your computer into a friend who knows your name. Petrana, a computer projector and a wireless microphone system transform your computer into the computer for the 21st century, the wall talking computers display futuristic 20th century movies and television shows. It's fun. It is more comfortable than the 20th century computers. Petrana buy the first person on your block move in the 21st century. "The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD require Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional 7.0, 7.2 or 7.3. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional 7.3 is recommended. Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional is a sophisticated high-end commercial speech recognition program from ScanSoft Corp. The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD will not work with earlier versions of Dragon NaturallySpeaking, such as the Standard or Preferred versions. The Petrana Voice Commands for DVD also require the InterVideo WinDVD 5 or 4 DVD player software. The InterVideo WinDVD 5 software is recommended. A computer is fast enough to both Dragon NaturallySpeaking and InterVideo WinDVD performed while playing a DVD-video is required. A clock speed of at least 1 GHz is recommended. John F. McGowan, Ph.D. President, Research and Development Division GFT Group Inc. E-mail: jmcgowan@gftgroup.com Web Site: www.Petrana.net