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Press Releases
Online Leader Taecan.com Chooses Microsoft Windows Media to Improve CLE for Attorneys e-learning pioneer's choice of Windows Media platform and Microsoft Producer for PowerPoint 2002 improves accessibility, value, and quality of Online CLE for Global Legal Community Taecan.com streams jurisdiction-specific CLE seminars using rich media (including audio, video, PowerPoint slides and text) over the Internet for more than 250,000 legal professionals world-wide through state, local, and specialty bar associations to help them comply with mandatory professional education requirements. The Windows Media platform and Microsoft Producer provide easy tools for rich media production and distribution. By using Windows Media Services in Windows 2000 Server and Windows Media Encoder, Taecan.com can now provide audio and video training to over 450 million Windows Media Players worldwide. Taecan.com is also using Microsoft Producer to easily create and distribute rich media CLE presentations with fully synchronized audio, video and PowerPoint slides that are viewable on-demand in a Web browser. With Windows Media and Microsoft Producer, Taecan.com is now able to provide broad access to Online CLE for attorneys, enhanced back-end production capabilities, and a high quality Online CLE product important to maintaining a leadership role in Online CLE. "Taecan.com is taking online CLE to a whole new level by providing attorneys around the world with easy access to the latest, high-quality CLE that is available on demand right at their fingertips," said Jonathan Usher, director in the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft Corp. “By using Windows Media and Microsoft Producer, Taecan.com is able to increase the quality and reach of its course offerings while decreasing its cost in a rapidly changing legal environment.” For attorneys with a diverse range of Internet connections, the Windows Media platform and Microsoft Producer help the Taecan.com production staff generate high quality rich media content for multiple connection speeds (56k, 256k, T1, corporate LAN), broadening accessibility and greatly enhancing an attorney's Online CLE experience. Providing a high quality educational experience is increasingly important as 25 states deliberate increasing the number of CLE hours permissible for online study, and others consider permitting online delivery of CLE for the first time. Since 1998, as the innovator and first provider of Online CLE to the US legal community, Taecan.com has continuously maintained a leadership role in delivering Online CLE through the most advanced and easy-to-use technologies. A Microsoft case study describing Taean.com's use of the Windows Media platform and Microsoft Producer is available at: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/archive/casestudies/taecan/default.asp. About Tæcan.com Taecan.com (http://www.taecan.com/) is the global leader in online Continuing Legal Education (CLE). Through the Internet, the Seattle-based company provides jurisdiction-specific, accredited CLE to the legal community throughout North America. Since 1998, Taecan.com has helped over one-quarter million legal professionals worldwide fulfill their professional education requirements 24/7, from their desktop, through the latest online rich media technology. # # # Product and service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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