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News Room automation System
The news room automation software, namely softdesk, is tailored made software designed for Press Trust Of India. This
software works in a client (Windows 95/98), server (Novell 4.11) architecture.
softdesk is basically a news gathering , retrieval and transmission system which
works round the clock. softdesk collects the various news from different
agencies & distributes these services, PTI wired services, through various
networks, which ranges from teleprinter lines to VSAT's.
Apart from PTI stories the software is capable to collect
stories from AP, AFP, GNA, Reuters, XINHua, TAS, kyodo, bloomberg etc.
The software has all features required for an ideal news room software. e.g
thesaurus, spell checker, calculator, idioms, data recovery.
There are three type of modules designed for the user namely communication,
editor & reporter.
FEATURES
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SUPPORTS MULTIPLE PRIORITIES FOR NEWS ITEMS
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PROVIDES MULTI LEVEL
SEARCH FACILITIES
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ANALYSES MULTIPLE
NEWS FORMATS
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INTELLIGENT
AUTOMATIC FILE NAMING OF RECEIVED STORIES BASED ON SLUG & PRIORITY
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PROVIDES SPECIAL
TOOLS LIKE UNIT CONVERSION , AUTOMATIC FORMATING, ETC.
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PROVISION FOR
GRAPHICS COMMUNICATION ON HIGH SPEED CHANNELS
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SUPPORTS Multiple
data-rate (50 bps to 9600bps)
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