SANTA CLARA, CA - Sensory Inc. announced a strategic initiative to globalize its customer and technology base.
COLLEGE PARK, MD - LogicTree and Nuance announced that they have teamed together to voice-enable the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's (WMATA) Ride-Guide Itinerary Planning Service.
COLLEGE PARK, MD - LogicTree Corporation and Bo Tveden Systems jointly announced general availability of the BTS Enhanced Information Server.
CUPERTINO, CA and EDINBURGH, UK - Vocomo Software Corporation and Rhetorical Systems Ltd announce the availability of a new choice for voice customers.
FRAMINGHAM, MA - NMS Communications has partnered with enGenic Corporation to enable enGenic's TeleFlow Software to work within NMS' voice processing platforms.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - iHello Inc. announced a new voice application that provides enterprise workers with "productivity beyond the desktop" by enabling real time voice access to corporate Microsoft Exchange systems.
ENGLEWOOD, CO - Frank Solutions Inc. announced that it has been selected by Fulton County (Ga.) to provide a complete self-service communications solution for the Tax Commissioners' Office.
NEW YORK, NY and St. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - VoiceMethods, an affiliated company of Ectaco Inc. presents its Health Care Translator.
Now that the BioAPI Specification, Ver. 1.1, has become an ANSI standard (ANSI/INCITS 358), it is expected that more vendors will be announcing BioAPI compliant products and that more end-users and integrators will be demanding it.
PARIS, FRANCE - SVOX, a provider of speech synthesis software and Telisma, one of Europe's players in the field of voice recognition technologies, have announced the signature of a global co-marketing agreement.
BOSTON, MA - SpeechWorks International Inc. announced it has deployed speech-enabled applications for The Hartford Financial Services Group's affinity auto and homeowners insurance unit.
FRAMINGHAM, MA - NMS Communications unveils StudioSound(R), which eliminates background noise, network distortion,and acoustic echo that hamper the quality of mobile phone calls.
BERLIN, GERMANY and DUBLIN, IRELAND - 8hertz technologies GmbH launched a web-based, VoiceXML application tool: the 8hertz Voice Dialog Editor.
PEABODY, MA - ScanSoft Inc. announced it has launched Dragon NaturallySpeaking v6 into North American software distributor and retail channels.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT and CHICAGO, IL - Fonix Corporation and First International Digital Inc. announced the bundling of the Fonix iSpeak Personal Text Reader into the irock! 500-series MP3 players.
BOSTON, MA - SpeechWorks International Inc. announced a new suite of OpenSpeech DialogModule software for developing commerce applications.
GREENACRES, WA - Callware Technologies Inc. announced an exclusive agreement with SpeechWorks International Inc. to integrate Speechify 2.1 TTS software into Callegra .UM, Callware's next-generation unified messaging solution.
CHICAGO, IL - Verascape Inc. and Integy Software announced a partnership that will deliver VoiceXML solutions to meet the needs of enterprise customers.
ATLANTA, GA - Glenayre Technologies Inc.announced it will work with Nuance to extend its voice portalsolutions for service providers.
ORLANDO, FL - Vialto Corp. and SandCherry Inc. announced they have joined forces to provide voice-driven multimodal solutions for carriers and enterprises.
SAN JOSE, CA - Microsoft announced the beta release of the Microsoft .NET Speech SDK, a Web developer tool and product deployment based on the SALT specification. The SDK can be ordered from Microsoft's Web site at
www.microsoft.com/speech/stmag
ATLANTA, GA - ART announced the porting of its smARTspeak XG speech recognition solution to Texas Instruments Inc.'s power-efficient TMS320C5000 digital signal processor platform.
Dimension Data Holdings is launching a new "smart" voice recognition technology to the UK marketplace that is able to interpret natural language sentences and provide intelligent responses to customer queries.
DUBLIN, IRELAND - Voicevault has been awarded the first BS 7799 / IS 17799 certificate issued in Ireland.
MUNDELEIN, IL - ArialPhone Corp., a provider of wirelesscommunications devices and voice-enabling software, announced that itsflagship product, the ArialPhone, now supports ACT!.
MADRID, SPAIN - Air Miles Spain and Ydilo Advanced Voice Solutions announced the conclusion of the testing phase for the call center voice solution.
BOSTON, MA - SpeechWorks International Inc. announced that it is pleased to participate in establishing a fair, objective benchmark test facilitated by Speech Technology Magazine.
TORONTO, CANADA and CAMBRIDGE, MA - A new product from VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. and BBN Technologies replaces voice mail menus with speech recognition technology that allows callers to get where they want to go in one step.
TORONTO, CANADA - VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. announces its certification and support of the VoiceXML Gateway for Hewlett-Packard Company's IA-32 based servers and carrier-grade servers running Linux.
PITTSBURGH, PA - Cepstral announced atechnology agreement with SpeechWorks.
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, UK - The cinema system developed by computer telephony and speech recognition specialists Telephonetics has been chosen by CineUK.
NEW YORK, NY and MOSCOW, ST.PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - Ectaco Inc. has decided to continue the UT product line, which combines speech recognition technology with multi-lingual translation capabilities.
SANTA CLARA, CA - Sensory Inc. announced the introduction of the RSC-4x.
FLORHAM PARK, NJ and BEDFORD, MA - AT&T and Phonetic Systems announced that they have signed an agreement to integrate AT&T's Natural Voices TTS Engine into Phonetic Systems' DirectoryAssistant product.
BOULDER, CO - SandCherry Inc. announced the appointment of Brian Marquette to the position of chief technology officer.
Interactive Intelligence honored InfoCision Management on May 6 with its Innovator Award, which is given each year to the customer with the most unique application of its interaction management software.
ORLANDO, FL and TORONTO, CANADA - VoiceGenie and Audium announce AudiumGenie, the open standards voice-driven platform for replacement of traditional Interactive Voice Response systems.
LOUISVILLE, KY - Crime victims in the nation's capital now have access to offender custody status information through VINE.
PARIS, FRANCE - Alcatel announced it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Telera Corp., a Campbell, Calif., company thatprovides a voice-web platform using voice extensible markup language (VoiceXML) to make web content accessible by telephone. Telera will become apart of Alcatel's Genesys contact center software business.
DUBLIN, IRELAND - Active Signal Inc. and Voxpilot announced they have joined forces to provide scalable voice-driven multi-language solutions for carriers and enterprises.
SUNNYVALE, CA and TORONTO, ONTARIO - General Magic Inc. and VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. announced they have signed a value-added reseller partnership agreement.
PEABODY, MA - ScanSoft Inc. announced that VoicePC has selected ScanSoft's recently launched Dragon NaturallySpeaking v6 to deliver a fully integrated voice-activated personal computer.
MINSK, BELARUS - Sakrament company has announced the availability of Sakrament TTS Engine v2.0.
PRINCETON, NJ - Voxware Inc. announced that Somerfield plc has selected Voxware's VoiceLogistics solution for deployment in one of their UK distribution facilities.
LOS ANGELES, CA - Chant Inc. announced availability of a new tool set for developing software that speaks and listens.
FRAMINGHAM, MA - NMS Communications has demonstrated integration of Fusion with a SIP software stack from Pactolus Communications Software Corporation.
SAN DIEGO, CA - LumenVox unveiled version 2.5 of their Speech Driven Information System.
PARIS, FRANCE - Telisma launches Telisma's densifier. The densifier reduces the data flow towards the ASR client by porting a set of ASR pre-processing modules onto selected telephony boards.
SEOUL, KOREA - Voiceware announced that it has started sales of VoiceText American English - Paul, the male voice.
MATAWAN, NJ -iVoice Inc. announced a recently adopted acquisition strategy employed to take advantage of low industry valuations and weak IPO market.
DETROIT, MI and DUBLIN, IRELAND - ejTalk and Voxpilot have announced a partnership to address the cutting-edge of voice technology.
BEIJING and HONG KONG, CHINA - InfoTalk and Beijing Jingxin Beidou Information Service Center announced the deployment of the Beijing Telecom 262 voice portal, a carrier-grade voice portal in China.
PITTSBURGH, PA - Cepstral LLC announced a technology agreement with SpeechWorks. Cepstral is working with SpeechWorks on the development of a small footprint, multilingual unit selection TTS system.
BELLEVUE, WA and SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - InfoSpace Inc. announced that the company is providing its wirelesssoftware services and applications for the launch of WAP, SMS andSpeech-enabled data services by Verizon Wireless Puerto Rico.
NMS Communications introduces the AG 2000C, an analog CompactPCI (cPCI) telephony platform.
SAN JOSE, C.A. - Phonetic Systems announced its Enterprise Call Connection Solution.
MILTON KEYNES, UK - To ensure the continued development of applications utilizing the latest technology, Aculab's Audio Provider now supports Nuance 8 and Linux operating system.
BOSTON, MA - SpeechWorks announced that the National Federation of the Blind has gone live with its next generation NEWSLINE service, which uses SpeechWorks' ETI-Eloquence TTS technology.
BURLINGTON, MA - iBasis Inc. announced commercial availability of the iBasis SpeechPort VoiceXML 2.0 platform built using technology from SpeechWorks.
SAN DIEGO, CA - Flashpoint Studios recently completed several hundred voice prompts for Vialto Corporation's new voice driven application for mobile access.
SALT LAKE CITY, UT and SAN JOSE, CA - Fonix Corporation and Hitachi Semiconductor announced the availability of a solution that combines the Hitachi hardware and Fonix voice recognition software for in-vehicle computing systems.
PEABODY, MA and STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - ScanSoft Inc. announced that SpeechTime has selected ScanSoft RealSpeak to create voice-controlled information services in Sweden.
Integy Software and Voxpilot announced a development partnership agreement.
Fluency Voice Technology has launched a system with The First Resort to provide an advanced speech recognition and call routing technology solution to its Manchester call center.
SAN JOSE, CA - SandCherry Inc. and Kirusa announced a partnership to provide an integrated wireless communications solution.
DALLAS, TX - Ketchum and The Beryl Companies are partnering to provide medical information to individuals living with diabetes across America.
ATLANTA, GA - Cox Enterprises Inc. has announced the sale of Cox Voice Services, the Infoventures of Atlanta facility, to Automated Responses Interactive.