TOULOUSE, FRANCE - Elan Speech announces the availability of Elan Sayso in the German language.
MATAWAN, NJ - iVoice Inc. announced the release of the latest version Name Dialer allowing users to make calls via spoken voice by using the telephone in their office or by using their PC microphone.
WELLESLEY, MA and TORONTO, CANADA - An automated speech application for ordering flowers by phone was introduced by Metaphor Solutions Inc.
ISELIN, NJ - The Blackfoot Telecommunications Group announced that it has achievedan automation rate of 58% for Directory Assistance business andgovernment listings through its implementation of Telelogue's VoiceDirectory Assistance.
ATLANTA, GA - Witness Systems announced a strategic alliance with CallMiner Inc., a provider of speech recognition and trending technologies designed for the contact center market.
RAMSEY, NJ - Bogen Communications International Inc. announced that the French wireless operator, Orange France, has implemented an SMS-to-Voice Solution delivered by HP Consulting & Integration France jointly with Bogen's Speech Design subsidiary.
MATAWAN, N.J. - iVoice, Inc. announced Speech Enabled Auto Attendant with barge-in capabilities using a Telephone Application Program Interface.
HAMPTON, NH - Next IVR launched several new products and services focused on integrating telephone and Web technologies.
TORINO, ITALY - Loquendo speech technology has been selected by concept car creators, Bertone Group, to power their latest concept sports car, unveiled last week at the Geneva International Motor Show.
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - VeCommerce Limited has announced it hasentered into an alliance with SpeechWorks International Inc. and GenesysTelecommunications Laboratories Inc.
Vialto introduced a new release of its E2Go product.
MONS, BELGIUM - Babel Technologies S.A. has announced that Klett Sprachen is to use Babel's Babear v2.5 speaker-independent Automatic Speech Recognition system in it PONS product line.
Witness Systems has reached an agreement with Eyretel on the terms of a recommended cash offer for all of the shares of Eyretel.
MENLO PARK, CA - Nuance announced Nuance Vocalizer 3.0, text-to-speech (TTS) software.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - SPIRIT introduces configurable Voice + Fax over IP solution designed to provide core functionality for development of voice-over-packet applications.
OTTAWA, ON - Commercial-On-Hold-Marketing Inc. (COHM) announced the selection of LumenVox as their speech recognition provider.
PEABODY, MA - ScanSoft Inc. announced theavailability of Dragon NaturallySpeaking version 7, a new release of the speech recognition application for Microsoft Windows.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - The legal expenses insurance division of FirstAssist has implemented a desktop speech recognition system from UK-based SRC.
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Kirusa and Voice Web Solutions announced integration of Voice Web Solutions' multimodal authoring tool for Macromedia Dreamweaver MXT with Kirusa's multimodal platform, creating a solution to author, test, and deploy mobile multimodal applications.
WHITE PLAINS, NY - Ascent Computing Group and Integrated Speech Solutions (ISS) announcedthe implementation of the AscenTel speech recognition software product intoSubway Restaurants' corporate offices.
TEL-AVIV, ISREAL - Lavie Timetech from TIM Group announced the integration of Persay Speaker Verification system into its telephony based time attendance solutions.
Voice Signal Technologies has joined the Symbian Platinum Partner Program to support the market for Symbian OS advanced mobile phones.
BOSTON, MA and WEXHAM, UK - Using speech recognition technology from SpeechWorks International Inc., Vicorp has completed development of a new suite of calling services for Teleglobe Inc., operator of the Canada Direct service.
ISELIN, NJ - OSC announced that it has incorporated intoits directory assistance (DA) service offering, Telelogue's Voice DirectoryAssistance (VDA).
MATAWAN, NJ - iVoice Inc. announced the completion of compliance testing through the Avaya DeveloperConnection (DevConnect) program.
CAMBRIDGE, UK - Broca Networks Limited and Active Hotels have partnered to create a speech-activated hotel booking service, enabling telephone callers to book hotel accommodation throughout Europe over the Internet.
SAN MATEO, CA - IPCB.net launches Outsourced Softswitch Service for IP telephony operators and agents.
BOSTON, MA - SpeechWorks International Inc. introduced three new languages for its Speechifytext-to-speech software.
SAN DIEGO, CA - The Amanda Company announced the selection of LumenVox's Speech Recognition Engine (SRE) as the platform of choice for enhancing voice based applications.
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE - GN Netcom announced the introduction of the GN 9120. A wireless headset that can be used up to 300 feet from its charging station.
MORRISVILLE, NC - OC3 Entertainment Inc. announced that it has signed an Xbox Tools and Middleware agreement with Microsoft to provide automated lip-synchronization solutions for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft.
OTTAWA, CANADA - The partnership will allow OTG to deliverSpeechWorks SpeechSecure speaker verification technology withinOTG's telephony-based security and automationsolutions.
RAMSEY, NJ - Bogen Communications International Inc. announced that the French wireless operator, Orange France, has implemented an SMS-to-Voice Solution delivered by HP Consulting & Integration France jointly with Bogen's Speech Design subsidiary.
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Elix announces that theCity of Montreal has decided to pursue its collaboration with Elix for themanagement of its telephone service: 87-ACCES.
HANOVER, GERMANY - Clarity andDspfactory have teamed up to provide speechextraction technology on an ultra-miniature audio processing platform.
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Kirusa and NMS Communications announced the availability of an end-to-end multimodal solution featuring Kirusa's Multimodal Platform integrated with NMS Communication's mobile services delivery platform, NMS HearSay(tm), enabling multimodal mobile applications and services.
COLLEGE PARK, MD - LogicTree Corporation and BTS Solutions have announced the founding of BTS Logic Corporation, a jointly owned company with the mission to deploy automated directory assistance and enhanced service solutions to the U.S. marketplace.
MCLEAN, VA - Angel.com announced its 1,000th customer - Kikucall Incorporated.
The Kelsey Group has sold its Pervasive Communications assets to the Zelos Group of San Francisco.
MENLO PARK, CA - Nuance will continue to offer Nuance Vocalizer TTS for North American, U.K. and Australian English.
CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - Broca Networks and Confero formed a partnership to deliver a speech automated Travel Brochure request line for Sky Holidays.
HANNOVER, GERMANY - Brooktrout Technology Inc. and VoiceGenie Technologies announced that Brooktrout's TR1000 speech processing platform has been integrated with VoiceGenie's VoiceXML Gateway.
TOULOUSE, FRANCE - Chronopost International has chosen Elan Sayso to speech-enable their new Customer Service Voice Portal.
OTTAWA, CANADA and IPSWICH, UK - eurovoice limited has enhanced their development toolkit, called eurovoice objects, to integrate with PIKA voice cards.
HANNOVER, GERMANY - Elan Sayso Embedded technology uses 10-16MB of memory (depending on the language) for a voice sampled at 22kHz.
HOUSTON, TX - Texas Instruments and SPIRIT-DSP announced the availability of a digital signal processor (DSP)-based solution optimized for remote data collection, as well as applications requiring a telephony co-processor or voiceband processor.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - Telex Communications Inc. announced the introduction of their new business teleconferencing system, Nexus Platinum.
LAUREL, MD - Home Automated Living delivers new features with the newest release of its software.
Novauris has unveiled its first demonstration - a system enabling access to any of a quarter of a billion items, equivalent to all addresses in the US.
iVoice installed its Speech Enabled Auto Attendant at the Atlanta headquarters of Gold Kist.
SEATTLE, WA - Voice Web Solutions Inc. announced that they have joined the SALT Forum and released a SALT developer tool called Voice Web Studio.
TROY, MI - Clarity LLC announced that it has hired Michael Hayes as vice president and chief technology officer. Jim Wargnier has been promoted to executive vice president of engineering operations.
HANNOVER, GERMANY - Comverse announced that it has established a relationship with VoiceObjects AG to make VoiceObjects Factory available on the Comverse Media Server.
BRUGES, BELGIUM - Voxware, Inc. (OTC:VOXW) is extending their European presence. Expanding their local customer support in the Benelux, France, Germany and the UK, Voxware purchased a significant equity interest in Voxware n.v. Voxware n.v., headquartered in Bruges, was established in the second half of 2002 when it purchased all the assets of SyVox Europe.
ORLANDO, FL - SandCherry Inc. announced a partnership with BEA Systems Inc. to offer speech and multimodal capabilities to businesses that already rely on BEA WebLogic Server and BEA WebLogic Portal.
BOULDER, CO - Gold Systems announced an addendum to their contract with Avaya to ship Vonetix 3.5 standard on the recently announced Avaya Interactive Response platform.
PRINCETON, NJ - Voxware Inc. announces new contracts in several European countries.
DUBAI, UAE - Available now on the Mashreqbank's toll-free phone number 800-4010, callers can opt for either conventional telebanking by keying in numbers on their phone, or voice commands that enables them to access the same services by speaking.
NEW ORLEANS, LA - Kirusa and Flarion announced a series of joint alliance agreements and demonstrated an end-to-end multimodal solution.
BOSTON, MA, SCOTLAND and FRANCE - Digital Animations Group and Rhetorical have announced an application partnership with Emblaze Systems.
SANTA CLARA, CA - Jacent Technologies Inc. announced the launch of its first product, OrderStream for Domino's Pizza.
ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND - SVOX AG and Code Factory announced that they have teamed up in order to co-develop and co-market speech solutions for the use in next generation mobile communication devices.
CUPERTINO, CA - Vocomo Software Corporation announces general availability of Vocomo Voice Response, a turnkey IVR appliance with speech capabilities.