ScreenWatch Software and Mimio Stream Content from Whiteboard to Desktop

CHICO, Calif.--(PRNewswire)--October 1, 2001
OPTX International's ScreenWatch™ Software and Virtual Ink's mimio® system form an alliance to deliver OPTX's new Classroom Edition Package. Together they stream content from whiteboard to desktop. Available nationwide and reaching foreign markets daily, ScreenWatch joins with Virtual Ink to put whiteboard content at the fingertips of professionals. ScreenWatch software is the recognized leader of easy-to-use screen capture technology. ScreenWatch is the multiplatform solution for communicators who demand high-quality results for desktop recording and streaming. Mimio transforms whiteboards into powerful communication tools.
    OPTX's new Classroom Edition is a powerful and easy-to-use communications tool that helps rewrite the course of university on-line education by helping professors reach more students onsite or via distance education. The package includes everything educators need to simply record and publish lectures and presentations to the Internet, intranets, and CD-ROMs. Classroom Edition includes a ScreenWatch recorder and CD-ROM kit, RealProducer, a microphone, a USB video capture device, and the mimio system for whiteboards.
    Virtual Ink's mimio attaches to any whiteboard and electronically captures everything written or drawn to a computer in color and real-time. The information can then be easily printed, e-mailed, edited or incorporated into other documents and shared with anyone anywhere.
     "Business and education are looking for technology that will create more productive environments," comments Greg McHale, president and CEO of Virtual Ink." Mimio is just such a technology, allowing users to easily capture and share written whiteboard information. We are excited about the added value of ScreenWatch with mimio. Users will be able to blend content from whiteboards, applications, and PowerPoint presentations together and conveniently deliver information to their audience."
    Brian Meyerpeter, president and CEO of OPTX International, likes this alliance: "Like Virtual Ink, our goal is to increase productivity through innovative technology to improve the way people work in business or the classroom. With ScreenWatch software and mimio, participants in meetings and classes can concentrate on information because whiteboard and PowerPoint applications can be recorded, archived, streamed live, and played on-demand. That's why we've blended the mimio system and ScreenWatch into our new Classroom Edition."
    ScreenWatch's new easy-to-use Click and Stream(TM) Wizard simplifies screen capture and enables novices and experts to create sophisticated presentations for streaming. ScreenWatch automatically launches mimio whiteboard applications, PowerPoint, Corel Presenter, and STAR Office Presenter so professionals are no longer mired in production details. This Wizard blends screen capture, audio, video, whiteboard, and streaming functions. ScreenWatch publishes presentations in one simple step for easy access at on-site or remote desktops.
    ScreenWatch is the only screen capture software that supports Windows and Unix systems, and Real Media and Windows streaming technologies. ScreenWatch works with RealServer on Linux, Solaris(TM), and HP-UX as well as Windows 2000 and Windows NT systems.
    OPTX serves organizations requiring high-quality screen recording and playback for workplace communications, training, and education. Harvard University Business School, Stanford University, the University of Maryland, the U.S. Navy, National Medical Library, and Tivoli Systems have adopted ScreenWatch. ScreenWatch is distributed worldwide. Visit http://www.screenwatch.com, call 530-899-2100 or e-mail sales@optx.com.

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NOTE: RealNetworks is a trademark of RealNetworks, Inc. ScreenWatch is a trademark of OPTX International. Solaris is the trademark of Sun Microsystems. Windows Media Player 7 is a trademark of Microsoft. Mimio is a registered trademark of Virtual Ink.