WORDPERFECT CORPORATION ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC ALLIANCE WITH DRAGON SYSTEMS,
INC.

Alliance Aims to Produce Easy-to-Use Speech Recognition Products

OREM, Utah--May 10, 1994--WordPerfect Corporation today announced a
strategic alliance with Dragon Systems, Inc. to bring fully integrated,
highly productive speech recognition applications to end users. Using
Dragon Systems' speech technology, WordPerfect Corporation will make its
applications voice-enabled and provide other developers with access to the
jointly developed technology.

Dragon Systems is an industry leader in command and control, and large
vocabulary speech recognition products. WordPerfect Corporation is
integrating Dragon Systems' speech technology into its Windows products
through a jointly defined applications programming interface (API).

This strategic alliance will benefit users by providing a greater level of
capability in a fully integrated product. Currently, users must talk to
their applications by speaking what they would otherwise type. By
integrating speech technology into its Windows products, WordPerfect will
provide applications that are actively aware of natural language input.
These integrated applications will offer a whole new functionality, and
support features and interactions that can be done more easily by voice
than by keyboard.

"Since its introduction four years ago, our DragonDictate--a personal
computer dictation program--has benefitted users of various PC
applications, especially WordPerfect Corporation's word processors," said
Jim Baker, CEO of Dragon Systems. "As part of this agreement, we will
tightly integrate our speech recognition technology into WordPerfect
Corporation software products and introduce their users to the substantial
benefits of speech-enabled applications."

These applications will benefit professionals who, in the past, have relied
on dictation. Using voice recognition features in personal computers
increases productivity, which saves professionals time and money The legal
and health communities, where traditional dictation is heavily used, are
already enthusiastic about speech technology.

"If I were a 100-word-per-minute typist and could remember keystroke
macros, I would not need speech. Since I am typical of others in my
profession, using voice recognition increases my productivity," said Darcy
G. Readman, partner in Duncan & Craig of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Dr. Andrew J. Rochester of Painted Post, New York, said, "With voice
recognition capability, I can complete my patient files immediately after
each patient visit and my records don't pile up anymore. Using WordPerfect
Corporation products and DragonDictate has eliminated 75 to 80 percent of
my office correspondence."

Developers who integrate their Windows products with WordPerfect
Corporation applications will be able to implement Dragon Systems' speech
technology into their products using the Speech Recognition API. This API
will be accessible through WordPerfect's PerfectFit Technology--a set of
tools that enable third-party developers to achieve unparalleled
integration across all WordPerfect Corporation Windows products.

"WordPerfect is committed to developing software that helps customers
communicate effectively and be more productive," said Mark Calkins, vice
president of product and strategic marketing for WordPerfect Corporation.
"Making our products voice-enabled, and maintaining an open standard for
other developers to build speech recognition into their applications means
that voice-enabled products will be available to end users more quickly
and on a broader scale."

WordPerfect Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing business,
workgroup, consumer and electronic publishing software. Driven by its
vision of helping the world communicate, the company develops software for
people to process, share, present and distribute information. The company
is widely recognized for its multilingual and cross-platform software
solutions and is the industry's premier provider of customer support.
Founded in 1979, the company markets software in 28 languages and in 117
countries. Through its merger with Novell, expected to be completed by
mid-summer, WordPerfect will take a leadership role in developing
networked applications.

Dragon Systems, Inc., the world's leading supplier of PC speech recognition
technology, develops and markets high-performance, cost-effective speech
and language tools that enable users to input text, issue commands, and
respond to computing systems by voice.

In addition to marketing its own products through its value-added reseller
channel, Dragon Systems works closely with strategic business partners and
collaborates with government and commercial organizations in developing
speech and language technology for computer and telecommunications
applications. Founded in 1982, the company is headquartered in Newton,
Massachusetts, and has an R&D subsidiary in Cheltenham, England.

WordPerfect Corp
1555 N. Technology Way
Orem, UT 84057-2399
801-225-5000,  fax 801-228-5077

Dragon Systems Inc
320 Nevada St, Newton, MA 02160
617-965-5200,  fax 617-527-0372

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