Accordent Announces PresenterONE Multimedia Authoring Suite For RealNetworks RealOne Platform. Release Candidate Version Of PresenterONE Basic Available At No Charge

Accordent Announces PresenterONE Multimedia Authoring Suite For RealNetworks RealOne Platform. Release Candidate Version Of PresenterONE Basic Available At No Charge

Los Angeles, April 10 - Accordent Technologiesä (www.accordent.com), a leading developer of multimedia presentation authoring platforms, today announced PresenterONE, a breakthrough suite of authoring tools that enable users to create live and on demand multimedia presentations for the RealOne platform from RealNetworks®, Inc., the global leader in Internet media delivery. Designed to simplify the entire authoring process, PresenterONE automatically configures and manages RealSystem® Producer and automates publishing content directly to a RealSystem Server for viewing worldwide.     With PresenterONE, companies can now cost -effectively produce multimedia presentations, including corporate communications, investor relations, product releases, e-learning applications, and sales training content with fully featured playback in the RealOne Player. RealOne enables the most compelling playback experiences, through tight integration of audio and video, contextual information such as slides, and browser content.

Derived from Accordents PresenterPRO suite of corporate communications software, PresenterONE enables companies and universities to create highly scalable and interactive multi-media presentations that can include: live and on demand streaming video, PowerPoint slides, web-tours, gif and jpeg images, Flash as well as a host of interactive features including polling, surveys, and trivia questions.

RealOne is the leading platform for rich media content creation and playback, and we are pleased that Accordent has created an authoring solution that takes advantages of its capabilities," said Adam Selipsky, general manager, Enterprise Markets, RealNetworks, Inc. Partners such as Accordent are simplifying the content creation process while building end user experiences that will create value for enterprises."

The PresenterONE suite consists of three versions: PresenterONE Basic, Standard Edition, and Live. All three versions of PresenterONE will be available through select distribution partners including ViewCast/Osprey Corporation.

Neal Page, Sr. Vice President and General Manager of ViewCast's Osprey Video division stated, Osprey Video products have established themselves as the de facto standard for the streaming market. Accordent has excellent web authoring tools, and we are extremely pleased to be working with them on the PresenterONE initiative. The combination of our Osprey Video products and Accordent authoring tools offers truly compelling joint solutions for real-world customers."

·   PresenterONE Basic. PresenterONE Basic provides an inexpensive and flexible way to synchronize Microsoft PowerPoint slides with on demand RealAudio® and RealVideo® clips of up to 15 minutes in length.    Built upon Accordents proprietary 'wizards based technology, PresenterONE Basic requires absolutely no hand-coding.

·   PresenterONE Standard Edition. As an upgrade from the Basic toolset, PresenterONE SE offers content creators the ability to easily synchronize PowerPoint slides and URLs with on demand RealMedia clips of any length. With full URL support - authors now have the ability synchronize Flash animation, web pages, e-commerce opportunities, and virtually any other type of Web content with their streaming media and PowerPoint slides.

·   PresenterONE Live. PresenterONE Live is upgradeable from the both the Basic and the SE toolsets, and offers content creators the ability to create presentations around live RealAudio and RealVideo and also to add interactive content including polling questions, surveys, and trivia questions. With live video support, synchronized PowerPoint slides and URLs, and enhanced interactivity, there are no limits to the types of presentations that can be created with PresenterONE Live.

As part of Accordents Release Candidate program, Accordent is making PresenterONE Basic available for download at no charge and participants in the program will receive the full release version of PresenterONE Basic as soon as it is commercially released. To obtain a copy of PresenterONE Basic, please visit www.accordent.com/presenterone.

Commenting on the release of PresenterONE, Michael Newman, CEO of Accordent Technologies, stated, Our software products have been used commercially for years by top CDNs and satellite networks. PresenterONE represents an effort to bring that same proven architecture to content creators everywhere."

ABOUT ACCORDENT
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Los Angeles based Accordent Technologies develops presentation software-based authoring tools that enhance the way companies use live and recorded streaming media for corporate communications, e-training, entertainment, and marketing.
The Accordent product line has earned a reputation for their ease-of-use, scalability, and flexibility, are designed to meet the needs of a diverse range of clients - which currently include telecommunications companies, ISPs, learning institutions, web-site developers, and the corporate enterprise.
If you are interested in learning more about Accordents suite of corporate communications and e-training authoring platforms, please contact us at sales@accordent.com or 310.417.9790, ext. 224
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