CharacTell was founded in June 1998 by Dr. Eliyahu Comay and Ofer Comay. Dr. Comay is a physicist who has published over 60 papers in the field of Particle and Nuclear Physics. Ofer Comay is a skilled mathematician (in 1975 he won the first place in the prestigious Mathematical Olympiad for Youth in Israel) and a world champion in chess problem solving (he received this title three times in 1980, 1985 and 1999). Ofer Comay has over 12 years of experience developing award-winning technologies for the forms processing industry (when he worked in TIS he led a development team that developed the flagship product of TIS, that received the best of show in 1998 and 1999 in AIIM - the most professional imaging show in the world; and it was selected as the best form processing product out of 22 products by Imaging & Document Solutions magazine in 1999). He is presently CharacTell's President and CEO, while Dr. Comay is CharacTell's Chief Scientist. In 2000, Eran Planer joined the team as Chief Programmer, responsible for the design and development of the new flagship product, SoftWriting™. David Golomb, formerly CEO of a Koor subsidiary, joined as Director of Business Development, and Guy Halperin is the Director of Marketing. CharacTell specializes in the field of handwriting recognition, otherwise known as Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR). The CharacTell development team has proven outstanding algorithmic abilities, developing products that have received the most prestigious professional awards given in the form-processing field. CharacTell offers two innovative products: SoftWriting™ Introduced in 2000, CharacTell's flagship product, SoftWriting, is based on its proven technology for handwriting recognition. SoftWriting enables you to convert non-connected handwritten text into a computer file, such as an MS Word document. SoftWriting is the only product of its kind available on the market. The system is used by anyone wishing to transfer handwritten notes or diagrams to a computer text file without having to retype it, saving both time and effort. JustICR Launched in 1998, JustICR is a software development kit for recognizing handwriting and printed characters. The program enables the users to 'train' and tune the engine themselves. Users need only a few hours and less than one thousand characters, to teach the system a new font or even a foreign language. Specifically suited to the forms processing industry. JustICR has been sold to OEMs in the form-processing market and is currently in use worldwide, including in the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Turkey, Portugal, Brazil, Chile, Argentine, India, Hong Kong and Israel.