Artematica, a multimedia communication company, and Loquendo announce the launch of The Woice, a service for building websites/voice portals that provides a new way for online visitors to interface with a website—by using the power of speech.

The 'W' in Woice represents the union between the Web and the voice.

The Woice is a Web-based content delivery service for building and editing websites—and, with just one click, your Website content can now be delivered to customers by phone.

The Woice enables on-screen content to be read out to you with Loquendo's multilingual and expressive text-to-speech (TTS): just dial, press speakerphone, and listen.  Visitors can also use voice-navigation, powered by Loquendo's robust and accurate speech recognition, to find the exact topic or information they require.

With The Woice users can create your own website simply and rapidly, simultaneously managing, in real-time, a voice portal and a Web portal—easily, in complete autonomy, and at an affordable price.

"Artematica has created an innovative way of interfacing with the Web, allowing companies to build speech into their websites rapidly and cost-effectively," says Alessandro Martino, Loquendo's VP of sales for Italy. "This unique solution is ideal for the visually impaired, differently able, and anyone who prefers to interact by means of speech".

"Speech technologies bring many advantages to the world of communications, since the most natural and intuitive way to deliver information is undoubtedly by voice. The basic principle which inspired this project was to put speech technologies within everyone's reach," says Sergio Reale, CEO of Artematica. "Besides being a leader in the sector, Loquendo continually invests in research and development, paving the way for the speech technologies of the future."