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Antidote 11 and the Power of Deep Learning

Druide informatique is pleased to announce the release of Antidote 11, the 25th anniversary edition of its famous writing software. Among more than 100 new features, the corrector introduces a new neural engine and allows the creation of custom correction rules. Deep learning is used to pronounce all...

Druide Celebrates 25 Years of Antidote

To mark the 25th anniversary of its famous writing assistance software, Druide informatique highlights the milestones in Antidote’s history and continues to invest in the future.
A quarter of a century of technological evolutionThe first Antidote for French was released in 1996 on Windows and Mac. It...

A Deeply Enhanced Antidote Mobile

Druide informatique is pleased to announce the release of a major update for Antidote Mobile, the edition for iPhone and iPad of its famous language software. Antidote Mobile inherits important new features from the dictionaries of Antidote 11, our 25th anniversary edition, including the pronunciation of words in two...

A Deeply Transformed Antidote Web

Druide informatique is pleased to announce the immediate rollout of major new features for Antidote Web, the cloud-based edition of its famous language software. Antidote Web inherits the vast majority of the 100 new features of Antidote 11, our 25th anniversary edition, including a new interface and a new neural...

De Pierres et de Sang Among the Selection of the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle

We were pleased to learn that the French edition, published by Le mot et le reste, of André Jacques’s novel De pierres et de sang, has been selected for the Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle.
Alexandre Jobin’s following investigations, La bataille de Pavie and Ces femmes aux...

L’état sauvage Among the Jury Selection for the 2021 Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal

The Grand Prix du livre de Montréal has unveiled the 10 titles that left a mark on the members of its jury this year. We were very happy to learn that L’état sauvage by Pierre Ouellet is part of this selection!
In its efforts to promote Montreal literature...

Pétronille inc. Tome 1 – Bave de crapaud bio Takes the Duel de Livres Summer 2021

We were delighted to learn that the first volume of the Pétronille inc. Series, Bave de crapaud bio, written by Annie Bacon and illustrated by Boum, won the duel de livres for the summer of 2021 organized by the TD Summer Reading Club!
The TD Summer Reading...

Typing Pal’s New Features for 2021 – School Edition

Druide informatique is pleased to announce the rollout of a new version of Typing Pal – School Edition, its web-based typing tutorial application for educational institutions. This year’s biggest change has taken place behind the scenes: we have fully replaced the servers and made significant structural changes. This...

The 2021 Antidote Scholarship Awarded to Sasha Luccioni

As part of the Druide Fund for Research in Text Analysis, created through a donation from Druide informatique, the MILA Laboratory has chosen the winner of the 2021 Antidote Scholarship. The lucky recipient of the $20,000 scholarship is Dr. Sasha Luccioni, a postdoctoral researcher under the supervision of...

Aliments JM inc. Wins Druide’s Grand Prize for Entrepreneurship

At the 21st Défi OSEntreprendre gala for the region of Montreal that took place on April 30th, Les Aliments JM inc. won Druide’s Grand Prize for Entrepreneurship, earning $3000 and several services. The winners in each official category also received a copy of Druide’s renowned software, Antidote.
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