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Grundig Business Systems Introduces Special Dictation Microphone

Grundig Business Systems launched the DigtaSonic xMic, a digital dictation microphone designed for added comfort during longer dictation sessions.
Industry News, Posted 08 Aug 2007

8x8 Introduces Packet8 Virtual Office Call Center Solution for SMBs

8x8 yesterday expanded the market for its Packet8 Virtual Office hosted iPBX phone service with a new, fully integrated hosted call center solution designed specifically for small to medium-sized businesses with call center operations of less than 100 seats.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

SoundBite Voice Messaging Solution Integrated into the Akcelerant Framework

Akcelerant Software and SoundBite Communications yesterday announced a strategic alliance that will incorporate SoundBite's automated voice messaging solution into the Akcelerant Framework workflow and business process automation suite for the financial services industry.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

CSG to Acquire Prairie Voice Services

Customer-service provider CSG Systems International will acquire Omaha, Neb.-based interactive-messaging-service provider Prairie Voice Services for approximately $39 million.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

SpeechCycle Launches Automated Tech Support Solution for OpenCable Devices

SpeechCycle's LevelOne Video Automated Agent now provides troubleshooting and corrective action for callers with OpenCable Platform-certified set-top boxes.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

LumenVox Improves Speech Engine Detection of Human Voices in Noisy Environments

LumenVox released new Voice Activity Detection (VAD) technology that improves the LumenVox Speech Engine's ability to decipher a human voice from any other sound, such as music, background noise, car noise, and traffic.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

Autonomy Recording Solutions Now PCI Compliant

Autonomy expanded its advanced call and computer screen recording security features to enable enterprise customer contact centers recording strategies to comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

j2 Global Adds New Countries to Voice Service Offerings

j2 Global Communications expanded coverage for its Onebox, Onebox Receptionist, and eVoice Receptionist product lines to Austria, Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, and Hong Kong.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2007

Animated Voices Can Be Added to PowerPoint Presentations

With the release of Version 2.3 of its Speech-Over technology, Tuval Software Industries is making it easy to add perfectly timed voices to animated PowerPoint presentations.
Industry News, Posted 25 Jul 2007

Polycom’s HDX 4000 Series Offers High-Def Apps

Polycom earlier this week released its HDX 4000 series executive desktop video conferencing systems with a complete UltimateHD experience for voice, video, and content-sharing capabilities.
Industry News, Posted 25 Jul 2007

Your Voice, Surf To Collaborate on 3G Video Conferencing Services

Italian telecommunications service provider Your Voice has selected Surf Communications Solutions' multimedia processing products for development of its 3G video conferencing services solution.
Industry News, Posted 25 Jul 2007

D+S solutions Selects VoiceObjects for Telco Portal Suite

German services provider D+S solutions has incorporated VoiceObjects' phone application server software into its Telco Portal Suite.
Industry News, Posted 25 Jul 2007

Five9’s New Release Incorporates Real-Time Call Center Analytics with Microsoft Excel

Five9 yesterday announced the immediate availability of the Five9 Virtual Call Center 6.0, which features real-time call center dashboards within Microsoft Excel and provides call center supervisors with the ability to analyze call center performance metrics and make decisions based on real-time information.
Industry News, Posted 25 Jul 2007

Ectaco Releases Communication System with Fodor's Travel Guide

Ectaco yesterday released a new two-way, nine-language communication system, the iTRAVL NTL-9C, a hands-free/eyes-free speech recognition device with a travel guide for 50 major destinations on five continents.
Industry News, Posted 18 Jul 2007

Genesys Brings Multimedia Virtual Meetings to the iPhone

Genesys earlier this week became the first company to bring full virtual meeting capabilities to users of Apple's new iPhone. The standards-based AJAX technology of Genesys Meeting Center 4.0 allows users to join a voice and Web meeting through the iPhone's Safari browser.
Industry News, Posted 18 Jul 2007

NeoPhonetics Tool Assesses VoIP Readiness

Telephony provider NeoPhonetics earlier this week launched the Network Assessment Tool to help companies considering a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution determine whether its cabling, switching, routers, and network bandwidth are VoIP-compatible in a matter of minutes.
Industry News, Posted 18 Jul 2007

Cbeyond Announces Cisco Unified Communications Interoperability

Internet-based managed services provider Cbeyond announced earlier this week that its BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service is interoperable with Cisco's Unified Communications 500 Series.
Industry News, Posted 18 Jul 2007

CSR Adds Rubidium’s Talking Caller ID to BlueCore5 Platform

CSR recently announced that its BlueCore5-Multimedia Bluetooth platform is now available with Rubidium's Talking Caller ID text-to-speech (TTS) application.
Industry News, Posted 18 Jul 2007

TuVox Names VUI Design Center Leader

TuVox has named Silke Witt-Ehsani as the vice president of its TuVox Design Center for VUI Design and Speech Science.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

Aptuit Introduces Aptuit IVRS powered by Clarix

Aptuit yesterday introduced Aptuit IVRS powered by Clarix, a fully Web-integrated interactive voice response (IVR) system for companies performing drug trials.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

Aculab Introduces VoiceXML/CCXML Interpreter Software

Aculab announced the availability of its VoiceXML/CCXML interpreter software, allowing developers of VoIP and PSTN telephony solutions to implement standards-based interfaces to interactive voice response (IVR) systems, voice portals, conferencing services, voicemail, unified messaging platforms, and prepaid services.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

WebDialogs Releases New Version Conferencing Solution

WebDialogs yesterday announced its enhanced version 8.0 of Unyte Meeting, an online conferencing service, is now available.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

Clarus Releases Automated IP Communication Testing Applications

Clarus Systems' ClarusIPC 2.3 is now available to help organizations optimize their VoIP technology investment.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

TuVox Unveils VoIP Speech Application Hosting Solution

TuVox has announced the availability of hosted TuVox On Demand applications with VoIP access.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

Snom Releases Phone Featuring VPN Security

Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone manufacturer snom technology recently launched an IP business phone, the snom 370, which features advanced VPN security measures that provide complete voice traffic protection.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

Nuance Speech App Now Part of Salesforce.com

Dragon NaturallySpeaking 9 from Nuance Communications has been certified by Salesforce.com and is now available on the AppExchange, thereby speech-enabling salesforce.com's on-demand customer relationship management applications.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

EVAS to Bring New Assistive Technology to the U.S.

Electronic Vision Access Solutions (EVAS) will begin distributing Software Express' GUIDE, a software suite with built-in speech technologies to help the blind and visually impaired use computers, throughout the United States.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

Empirix IP Applications Test Portfolio Rated Avaya Compliant

Empirix's Hammer Test Portfolio was just recently rated to be compliant with key IP communications solutions from Avaya.
Industry News, Posted 11 Jul 2007

VoSKY Named to Avaya DeveloperConnection Program

VoSKY Technologies has been selected by Avaya for Gold membership in the Avaya DeveloperConnection program.
Industry News, Posted 27 Jun 2007