Potential users include maintenance engineers in remote locations, construction workers, architects and warehouse staff pulling stock off the shelves following complex computerised schedules.

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For instance, our algorithm for automatic instruction interpretation can convert computer trouble shooting and configuration instructions from text into executable scripts, thus helping ordinary computer users with maintenance tasks.

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Their hope, of course, is that they can attract price-sensitive, low-maintenance users disgusted with the rate increases from the national players.

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"The costs in terms of traffic delays as a result of piecemeal maintenance will be badly felt by road users in the south-east Dorset conurbation, " he added.

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