December 17, 1996 1:45 PM ET
Netscape unveils 'talkie' version of Navigator for OS/2
By Margaret Kane

Netscape Communications Corp. has released an OS/2 version of its Navigator software that supports IBM's VoiceType speech recognition technology and lets users surf the Internet by talking to their computers. The Navigator version will run in OS/2 Warp 4, Warp 3 and Warp Connect. The new software also will support frames and HTML-enabled mail and news applications including Netscape's Inbox Direct service, and has built-in JavaScript. Selected Windows 3.1 multimedia plug-ins also will be supported. Navigator for OS/2 Warp is available as a free download from the Netscape home page at www.netscape.com and the IBM Software home page at www.software.ibm.com. IBM will work with Netscape to develop native OS/2 upgrades to Navigator 2.02 including version 4.0, code-named Communicator. Copyright(c) 1996 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company is prohibited. PC Week and the PC Week logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. PC Week Online and the PC Week Online logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Send mail to PC Week