Category: Retail
The Art and Science of War
U.S. forces in Iraq are stepping up field testing of speech translation devices.
Cover Story, Posted 01 Apr 2007
Speech Comes Standard in Microsoft Vista
Microsoft released its Windows Vista operating system on Jan. 30, calling it the most significant product launch in the company's 32-year history. At the same time, it also released its Office 2007 product suite—one of the key components of Microsoft's unified communications offering that is expected to ship this summer (see story on page 14).
FYI, Posted 01 Mar 2007
Industry Dashboard: Datamonitor
Over the past five months, (April to August) there has not been strong activity in terms of publicly announced customer wins in the global speech recognition market. The number of publicly announced speech recognition deals grew from 34 during the first three months of 2006 to reach a total of 69 deals year-to-date for 2006. Network-based speech deals continue to account for the majority of customer wins and revenue, as seen in the technology quadrant of the Industry Dashboard.
FYI, Posted 12 Sep 2006
Intervoice Receives U.S. Patents for Call Center Technology
DALLAS — The United States Patent and Trademark Office issued four patents to Intervoice, Inc. over the past 18 months for technology designed to provide enterprises with enhanced call center technology.
Industry News, Posted 06 Jun 2006
NMS Communications Releases Vision VoiceXML Server
CHICAGO — NMS Communications released the newest member of its Vision family of media servers, the Vision VoiceXML Server.
Industry News, Posted 06 Jun 2006
Loquendo Presents Zosia, the New Female Polish Voice
- Loquendo unveiled Zosia, the new female Polish voice, heralding the launch of a new language for Loquendo TTS. >
Industry News, Posted 06 Jun 2006
Genesys Completes Acquisition of VoiceGenie and Begins Partner Integration
- Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Inc. completed its acquisition of VoiceGenie and began integrating partners and customers.>
Industry News, Posted 06 Jun 2006
EchoStar Selects Intervoice to Enhance Customer Service for Subscribers
DALLAS - EchoStar Communications Corporation, a U.S. provider of advanced digital television services, will be using the Intervoice Voice Automation Platform to enhance customer self service to its more than 12 million subscribers.
Industry News, Posted 06 Jun 2006
Angel.com Uses the Salesforce.com AppExchange to Launch SupportFone
SAN FRANCISCO - Angel.com and salesforce.com released SupportFone for salesforce.com's AppExchange.
Industry News, Posted 30 May 2006
Cox Newspapers to Implement VoicePort Solution in Palm Beach
Cox Newspapers has selected the CircPort speech application to field circulation phone calls to the Palm Beach Post and the Palm Beach Daily News.
Industry News, Posted 30 May 2006
Message Technologies Launches AssuredVoice Retail Employment Pre-Assessment Tool
Message Technologies launched its AssuredVoice Retail Employment Pre-Assessment Tool for use by retailers and with retail solution providers.
Industry News, Posted 25 Apr 2006
Nuance Finds Consumers Want Speech Access to Popular Phone Features
Nuance Communications released the results of a recent survey regarding user interest in the use of speech technology for mobile phones.
Industry News, Posted 28 Mar 2006
IBM Releases Speech API Software Using Tellme Studio and Tellme Developers Launch Consumer Voice Services for Skype
ARMONK, N.Y. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — IBM released new open source development software enhancements for Web developers to use browser tools to build, test and run new voice applications. Tellme Networks, Inc. released seven new consumer voice applications built on Tellme for Skype.
Industry News, Posted 09 Mar 2006
Taking Care of Business
For more than a decade, businesses around the world have been harnessing the power of speech-enabled technology to reduce costs and enhance customer service. Today, with the evolution that is taking place in the industry, you'll find companies of all sizes using state-of-the-art systems to make it easier for customers to place an order, have a catalog mailed to them or find the nearest retail outlet.
Deployments, Posted 30 Aug 2005
JumpStart Reading with Karaoke from Knowledge Adventure Hits Retail Outlets
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Fonix VoiceIn Speech Interface enhances educational software product teaching kids to read using speech recognition.
Industry News, Posted 01 Aug 2005
Genesys Study Indicates Growing Popularity of Self-Service Applications Among Call Center Executives and Consumers
A recent study commissioned by Genesys Telecommunications Laboratoriesfound that self-service customer interaction systems are quickly becoming a standard method of communication between organizations and customers, and consumers are demanding and expecting easy-to-use, sophisticated technology to expedite their customer service inquiries.
News Feature, Posted 01 Jul 2005
Building Speech-Enabled Self-Service Automation for Seasonal Retail Contact Centers
The benefits of telephone-based, speech-enabled automation are being increasingly recognized by contact centers and other companies, and there are many companies that have taken advantage of this technology. Speech-enabled telephone automation is known to reduce the cost of calls by as much as 90 percent compared with agent-assisted calls; speech also reduces the length of calls compared to touchtone applications by as much as 35 percent; and speech is preferred over touchtone systems by consumers
Deployments, Posted 20 Jun 2005
Apptera Unveils Voice-Automated Campaign Management Solution for Retail Industry
CHICAGO - Apptera™ released a voice-enabled campaign management solution for the retail market that allows businesses to create marketing promotions to educate, inform, and sell to customers via their inbound phone channel.
Industry News, Posted 01 May 2005
Regaining Consumer IVR Confidence: Companies Draw on Different Tools to Save IVR/Speech Interaction
Michael Chavez, vice president of client services at ClickFox, explains that "by leveraging a strategic combination of customer behavior intelligence, customer service interviews and surveys, organizations can reduce customer frustration with IVR systems, which will result in drastic savings, while also improving customer satisfaction."
Talking Tech, Posted 01 May 2005
Vendor Directory of Assistive Technology
A-C ALVA Access Group436 14th Street, Suite 700Oakland, CA 94612Tel: 888-318-2582info@aagi.comwww.aagi.com ATIA – Assistive Technology Industry Association401 N. Michigan AvenueChicago, IL 60611-4267 Tel: 877-OUR-ATIA (687-2842)Tel: 312-321-5172Fax: 312-673-6659Info@ATIA.org www.atia.org Avaya, Inc.211 Mt. Airy RoadBasking Ridge, NJ 07920Tel: 866-GO-AVAYAwww.avaya.com AVSI--Automated Voice Systems, Inc.17059 El Cajon AvenueYorba Linda, CA. 92686Tel: 714-524-4488Fax: 714-996-1127mastervoice@mail.comwww.mastervoice.com Closing the GapComputer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation…
Feature, Posted 26 Apr 2005
Robotic Consumer Service Types: Models of Efficiency, Aggravation
From the Chicago Tribune - Bill Hendrick discusses the pros and cons of virtual assistants/operators and what they hold for the future.
Industry News, Posted 01 Mar 2005
Edify Releases New Consumer Electronics Speech Application
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - Edify Corporation released a new speech application for the consumer electronics industry that uses speech instead of touchtone-based menus.
Industry News, Posted 01 Feb 2005
bridgeSpeak Introduces bridgeSpeak Automotive Retail (AR) 1.1
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - bridgeSpeak LLC announced the release of bridgeSpeak AR 1.1, a vertically integrated communication system for automotive dealerships.
Industry News, Posted 01 Feb 2005
Women's Retailer Rings Up New Voice-Enabled Solution for Customer Gift Cards
Talbots created a new voice-enabled gift card balance application.
Industry News, Posted 01 Jan 2005
Consumer Electronics Growth Supercharging MEMs Microphone and Speaker Market
NEW TRIPOLI, PA, - Record-breaking growth in consumer electronics products has had a tremendous impact on MEMs microphones and speakers in 2004, according to the report "Market Analysis of Acoustic Products: Microphones, Speakers, Codecs, and End-Applications," recently published by The Information Network.
Industry News, Posted 01 Jun 2004
Voxware Solution Implemented by French Retailer Intermarché
PRINCETON, NJ - VoiceLogistics system is being used at Intermarché's distibution center with plans for installation at other facilities.
Industry News, Posted 01 Jan 2004
LumenVox Selected by ATA Retail Services
SAN DIEGO, CA and FREMONT, CA - Wholesale distributor to use automated merchandise ordering and shipment system to service more than 800 field merchandising personnel.
Industry News, Posted 01 Oct 2003
Study Shows Speech Satisfies a Broad Consumer Market
MENLO PARK, CA - Harris Interactive survey shows consumer adoption and satisfaction with voice-driven systems.
Industry News, Posted 01 Jun 2003
Metaphor Solutions and VoiceGenie Automate Retail Shopping By Phone
WELLESLEY, MA and TORONTO, CANADA - An automated speech application for ordering flowers by phone was introduced by Metaphor Solutions Inc.
Industry News, Posted 01 Mar 2003
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Companies: Retail
Cepstral, LLC
ClickFox, Inc.
Convergys Corporation
Diaphonics, Inc.
Envox Worldwide
Gold Systems
Right Voice, Inc.
SDC Solutions, Inc.
SER Solutions, Inc.
Syntellect
TuVox, Inc.
VoiceObjects
West Interactive
Wizzard Software
Angel.com
CreaLog GmbH
Empirix, Inc.
Intervoice
Ivrnet
Nuance Communications, Inc.
Tellme, a Microsoft Subsidiary


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