The real time news browser that lets you share and publish

RAPID Browser allows content publishers to:
• View news in several continuously updated windows, each displaying stories and photos that match specific areas of interest. News can be wire agencies, Web harvested content, RSS feeds or correspondents emails.
• Share timely news content with individuals or groups of employees or clients
• Set up editorial workflows in the newsroom and its associated area
• Publish selected content immediately to web, Weblogs and RSS feeds

The system has also been integrated with Adobe's InDesign and InCopy, and with InDesign-based editorial systems such as SoftCare's K4, making RAPID Browser an ideal wire handling and content acquisition tool for users of those systems.

RAPID Browser eliminates the duplication of news gathering
RAPID Browser is the ideal tool for news browsing and for sharing editorial material across several production systems, saving greatly on costs. It can be combined with RAPID Publish tools for extracting text and images from full-page PDF files providing an effective way for multi-title publishers to share content irrespective of the editorial systems in use at different publishing units. RAPID Browser can even be used to generate additional revenues by delivering personalized real-time content and news clippings to paying customers.

Technology used by RAPID Browser
RAPID Browser's Web-based client software can be used on any Windows or Macintosh computer with a standard web browser. The back-end RAPID Browser server is based on the RAPID Publish technology, a pure Java application that can be installed on any Windows, Linux, Mac OS X or Solaris server and works with any JDBC-compliant database, such as Oracle, MS SQL or MySQL.

RAPID Browser - main features
1. Acquire and browse news agency text, photo wires, email reports, RSS feeds, Web harvested content and hundreds of industry-specific feeds and news clippings
2. View live news feeds (text, images, graphics, PDF) updated in real-time
3. Create customised filters to display content sorted by source, classification schemes, keywords and date
4. Apply customised actions to selected items, enabling editors to
a. copy them to individual and group work queues
b. open them for editing in Adobe InCopy, PhotoShop and other editorial applications
c. publish them to web or wireless services
d. email them to colleagues or subscribers
5. Create new items and load them into the editorial system
6. Integrate with editorial and content management systems, including InDesign-based systems such as SoftCare's K4 Publishing System and broadcasting systems such as AVID INews.

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