High-End Authoring Software

HIGH-END AUTHORING SOFTWARE

Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
SAMPLE
Author-
ware 3.0 / Macro-
media
(415) 252-
2000 /
www.
macro
media.
com/ / $4,995 / $250 / CBT,
corporate,
interactive
publishing / Mac, Pow-
er Mac,
Windows
Windows 95 / No / Mac,
Windows / Icon/
flow chart / Proprietary / Varies / Yes / No / No / RTF / No / Yes / Text / Yes / Varies / Search
Spell check
SAMPLE
CD Motion
for Video
CD / Script
Media
???? / ???? / $1,600 -
$3,200 / ???? / Interactive
video CD / Windows
Windows 95 / No / 3DO, CD-I,
DOS, Jag-
uar, Mac,
Power Mac, Video CD, Windows / Slide w/
scripting / C/C++,
proprietary,
Visual Basic / Varies / No / No / No / No / No / Yes / Animation,
audio,
image,
video / Yes / Free for CD-I; other
platforms:
$28 (1 user), 60
cents (per
user in
volume) / No
Expo 1.0 / Paul Mace
Software
Inc.
(800) 944-
0191 / www.
pmace.
com / $399.00 / $239.95
(Journey
Education-
al Market-
ing (800)
874-9001 / CBT, Games,
interactive
applica-
tions, add
multimedia
content to
www page / Windows
Windows
95 / No / Windows / Script / Proprietary / None / No / No / No / No / Yes / No / Text, bit-
map,
animation / No / Free
distribution / Search
Quest / Allen
Commun-
ication
(800) 325-
7850 / www.
allen
comm.
com/ / $3995.00 / $995.00 / CBT,
corporate,
interactive
publishing,
distance
learning,
www
delivery / Windows
Windows
95
Windows NT
OS/2 / No / Windows
Windows
95
Windows
NT
OS/2 / Frame-
based
flowchart / C / None / Yes / Yes (SGML) / Yes / Yes (RTF,
DOC,TXT) / Yes / Yes / Text,
Graphics,
Animation,
etc. / Yes / Yes / Yes
askSam
Electronic
Publisher / askSam
(904) 584-
6590 /
askSam.
com/ / $1495.00-
$2995.00 / Electronic
distribution
of documents and
databases / Windows
Windows 95 / No / Windows
Windows
95 / Word Processor / N/A / None / Yes / No / No / RTF, TXT,
Word,
Word Per-
fect, dBase,
HTML +
more / Network / Yes / Word
Processor / Yes / Yes / Yes
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
askSam
Web
Publisher / askSam
(904) 584-
6590 /
askSam.
com/ / $1495.00 / Publish
documents
and data-
bases on
the Net / Windows
Windows
95 / Yes / Windows
Unix
Mac
O/S 2 / Word
Processor / N/A / None / Yes / HTML / Yes / RTF, TXT,
Word,
Word Per-
fect, dBase,
HTML, +
more / Yes (Network and WWW) / Yes / Word
Processor / Yes / Yes / Yes
Story
Vision 1.5 / Story
Vision
(310) 392-
5090 /
members.
aol.com/
storyvisn / $199.00 / $149.00 / Writing and
planning tool for
interactive
multimedia
products / Mac
Windows / No / N/A / Flowchart
to which
text files can be
attached / Proprietary / N/A / No / No / No / TXT, DOC / No / No / Connects
to MSWord and
other
applica-
tions / No / No / Through
attached
text
editor
Digital Chisel
HTML / Pierian Spring
Software
(503) 222-
2044 /
pierian.
com / $159.00 / $119.00 / CBT,
Presenta-
tions, Re-
ports,
Lessons / Mac,
Power Mac / No / Mac,
Power Mac / Projects
with
screens / Super Card / None / Yes / HTML / Convert
Internet / No / No / Built-in
database / Pics,
animation,
sound re-
cord,
paint/draw / No / Yes - Free / No
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check
Product / Company/
Phone / Web
Address / Price / AcademicPrice / Primary
applica-tions / Authoring
platforms / 32-Bit Windows
NT
Version / Playback
platforms / Authoring
metaphor / Macro or
scripting
language / Runtime
Royalty
Fees / Hypertext
support / Markup
language
(SGML,
HTML,
VRML) / Internet
author &
Java / Text
Filters
(RTF, DOC,
TXT) / Network
version & WWW runtime
player / Data-base
front end / Built-in
editors / Built-in
multi-
media
database / Distribu-table
player / Search
and
Spell
Check