July 18, 2007
Cover Story
Small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) are growing in importance among speech industry vendors.
Forward Thinking
Speech vendors should support SISR for easier porting of grammars and applications between platforms
Industry News
CSR recently announced that its BlueCore5-Multimedia Bluetooth platform is now available with Rubidium's Talking Caller ID text-to-speech (TTS) application.
Royal Philips Electronics' speech recognition technology SpeechMagic has received Citrix Ready status after successfully completing verification testing that proved joint system compatibility.
Internet-based managed services provider Cbeyond announced earlier this week that its BeyondVoice with SIPconnect service is interoperable with Cisco's Unified Communications 500 Series.
Telephony provider NeoPhonetics earlier this week launched the Network Assessment Tool to help companies considering a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution determine whether its cabling, switching, routers, and network bandwidth are VoIP-compatible in a matter of minutes.
Genesys earlier this week became the first company to bring full virtual meeting capabilities to users of Apple's new iPhone. The standards-based AJAX technology of Genesys Meeting Center 4.0 allows users to join a voice and Web meeting through the iPhone's Safari browser.
Ectaco yesterday released a new two-way, nine-language communication system, the iTRAVL NTL-9C, a hands-free/eyes-free speech recognition device with a travel guide for 50 major destinations on five continents.
News Feature
BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Global Crossing has selected Siemens Communications to provide the open communications technology behind Europe's largest private managed IP communications network.
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. -- LifeOnRecord, an audio journaling company, is introducing two new services that take the traditional means of recording memories one step further.
ATLANTA — Timberland Investment Resources will deploy the C4 IP hosted Voice over Internet Protocol solution from Cypress Communications to help its employees maintain constant communication between headquarters and four satellite offices.
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, a large acute-care teaching hospital, has chosen Siemens Communications to upgrade its hospital-wide communications system.
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. -- Asian value-added services provider Cellebrum has standardized on Envox Worldwide's Envox CT ADE interactive voice response (IVR) development tool.