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MTX™ and Terminology Management Electronic Dictionaries Quick English™ and Support Materials Consulting Services

Introduction Over the years, we've produced a number of electronic dictionary products. Most were dictionaries or glossaries designed to be sold and used as add-ons to MTX™; some were produced as private label products for dictionary publishers. The most notable of the private-label versions were the Collins On-Line™ series and the Larousse Référence Electronique™ series. HarperCollins, in addition to marketing COL themselves, also allowed LinguaTech to market the products; Larousse chose to market LRE themselves -- it was never part of the LinguaTech product line, unfortunately. Regrettably, both Larousse (in 1995) and HarperCollins (in 1999) have chosen to discontinue their products. The decision was based primarily on the revenue streams these products generated: steady but unspectacular. We keep some contacts in the dictionary publishing industry, and are hopeful that at some point the publishers will decide that some form of electronic distribution makes good economic sense, and that these products can live again. In the meantime, we are sorry that we can't provide formal technical support for these products, since there has been no money coming in to LinguaTech from the publishers for quite some time now.