PC World Australia - IBM develops aDesigner, a java-based developer tool, that simulates low-vision and blind modes for testing web page capabilities tailored to the visually impaired and blind.
LONDON & MENLO PARK, CA - Nuance Software Provides Domestic and International Travelers with Anytime, Anywhere Access to Flight Information
SAN BRUNO, Calif. - The partnership will allow SandCherry to tailor solutions to customer needs and give Apptera another outlet for providing applications to a broader customer base.
SAN FRANCICSCO, Calif. & NEW YORK, NY - VoiceMatch partners up with Smart Commerce to develop distribute a version VoiceMatch's voice identification and validation (VIV) solutions suite that runs on a smart card.
PS Technology selected Vista voice application platform for deploying its software-based scheduling system.
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Utility companies reap benefits of speech-powered applications, increasing customer satisfaction and company savings.
Turin, Italy - Loquendo adds another voice to it's family of French personas. Her name is Juliette.
The CNIB Library of Toronto chooses Loquendo's text-to-speech software for digital talking books.
Acapela extends its text-to-speech coverage with its new voice - Kari.
NEW YORK, NY - Audium 3 met the Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice and Video Integrated Data) Partner Program test criteria for interoperability with the Cisco Internet Service Node (ISN), version 2.1.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that medication errors and/or adverse drug events kill an estimated 100,000 persons annually with the inability to read and understand medication instructions being a significant contributing factor.
LONDON - VoxSurf and Comverse sign agreement to integrate VxOneT into Comverse's Total Communication systems.
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Phonetic Systems recognized with the 2004 Speech Technology Differentiation Award.
NEW YORK, NY - Verizon updates New York's 411 directory assistance with one of the largest Internet applications on the telephone network. Darby Bailey is the new voice of Verizon 411.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass and SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Artisoft and LumenVox unite to promote the availability of Artisoft's IP-PBX, ArtiSpeech. ArtiSpeech integrates with TeleVantage to speech enable a company's name directory, allowing all internal and external callers to have hands-free interactions with an organization.
The W3C has published a new working draft of a cascading Style Sheet specification that renders (X)HTML as voice using speech synthesis.
VocaLabs is running beta-testing on a new system and is looking for participants.
Vendors Attempt to Woo Customers with Mix of Packaged and Custom Speech Solutions.
MILTON KEYNES, UK - Via a long-term alliance, Aspect has utilized Aculab's technology to deliver mission-critical, E1 telephony based self-service solutions to customers around the world.
BILLERICA, Mass. and TEL AVIV, Israel - Isreal Discount Bank deploys a speech recognition service to their customers.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - The immediate focus of the Solutions and Channels group will be the recently acquired MedivoxRx Technologies, Inc. subsidiary and its Talking Pill Bottle solution.
VIENNA, Austria - Royal Philips Electronics releases speech recognition software for Hungarian radiology departments.
SAN DIEGO, CA - Lumenvox's Speech Driven Information System (SDIS) was entered in the category of Speech Solutions for CRM.
TURIN, Italy - Loquendo ASR 6.3 includes application development enhancements and it is available in two new languages: Mexican and Portuguese.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - ISx FlexiQ platform enables Sensis to combine yellow pages(R) and white pages(R) systems to enable new services.
TROY, MI - Clarity Technologies Inc. has received its third patent in the area of improving the quality and performance of voice communications.
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The partnership will allow Bludis to offer developers a platform that combines Brooktrout's TR1000™ speech platform and NeXusPoint, VoiceGenie's VoiceXML-based platform, to build speech-enabled applications such as voice self-help systems, advanced message delivery services, virtual assistants and automated business finder and operator services.
ITASCA, Ill. - Knowles Acoustics opens a second production facility in Suzhou, China. The plant has started production and shipments of MEMS based Surface Mount Microphones.
Nuance named Glenn Cross, a 25-year technology industry veteran, to the position of senior vice president of sales and professional services.
LONDON, UK - Capita Resourcing has signed a two-year contract with SRC to use the SRC ContactCapture(tm) speech recognition system for its telephone recruitment services.
BOCA RATON, Fla. - The OpenScape solution, a real-time enterprise communication tool, is helping Siemens customers to lower overall collaboration costs, simplify workflows and streamline interaction-intensive business processes.
LONDON - Fluency announced the acquisition of SRC Telecom from Voice Recognition Holdings. SRC Telecom will continue to operate under the name SRC Dictation Solutions.
PITTSBURGH, Penn. - Wizzard Software and AT&T add distribution rights for the telephony server version of AT&T's Natural Voices text-to-speech engine to their agreement.
PARIS, France - Company will trade under the brand name "Voxpilot" and merger accompanied by investment of EUR 2.5 Million.
BILLERICA, Mass. and PETAH-TIKVA, ISRAEL - The speech recognition system will offer news, sports updates, dating services, downloading ringtones, sending greeting cards, listening to and sending jokes, downloading voice mail, economic reports, stock exchange, foreign currency reports and many other services.
WESTFORD, Mass. - Speech Technology Associates joined with Nuance Communication and has become a member of the Nuance Partner Alliance.