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Wildfire Virtual Assistant Enhanced With Contact Management and Data Synchronization Capabilities
Voice-Activated Assistant now connects to Microsoft(R) Outlook(R) and adds Web interface for contact management
WALTHAM, Mass., Aug 1, 2002 -- Wildfire Communications, Inc., a pioneer in voice-activated virtual assistant technology, today
announced the addition of the Wildfire(R) Contact Manger to the Wildfire Virtual Assistant. The Contact Manager enables Wildfire users to seamlessly import
contacts from Microsoft Outlook directly into their Wildfire account, eliminating the need to recreate information and allowing access to those contacts through
voice commands.
The addition of the new Contact Manger expands Wildfire's capabilities by broadening users' access to information to now include voice, PC and Web
interfaces. The desktop interface provides the ability to download contacts from Outlook to Wildfire, where the contact names are converted from text to
speech, enabling the contact to be accessed by Wildfire for services such as voice dialing, group messaging and fax. Once the contact is imported the user could
simply instruct Wildfire to "Call... Joe... at work," and Wildfire will dial the phone number which was imported. Even names that are difficult to pronounce can
be tuned with Wildfire's built in phonetic converter. The Web interface provides a convenient way to access and manage contacts when you're on the road or
unable to access your desktop. Wildfire Contact Manager also supports the ability to send contact names from your Nokia phone to Wildfire.
"Efficient communications is about accessing information quickly and easily," said Stephen Rothschild, VP of Marketing, Wildfire Communications. "Our
customers need the ability to quickly make calls without the hassle of reentering their contact information. Contact Manager eliminates redundancy, and allows
calls to be made whenever or wherever you are, just by saying the name of one of your contacts."
Wildfire is a telephone-based virtual assistant providing a single means to manage all of a user's communications through voice or touchtone commands. "She"
takes messages, manages contacts, dials outgoing calls, handles faxes, and allows users to screen incoming calls, all without the user ever touching the keypad.
The addition of the Contact Manger makes Wildfire an extremely powerful communications tool for business and personal communications by providing a single
platform that combines key communications services through one number. This latest enhancement follows the recent deployments of the Company
Receptionist and new e500 version of the Wildfire Assistant for small businesses.
About the Wildfire Virtual Assistant
Wildfire(R) is a voice-activated virtual assistant "who" provides a single means to manage communications through simple, intuitive voice commands. The
award-winning Assistant offers an array of features that simplify and manage communications through one easy-to-use number. Wildfire takes messages,
manages contacts, dials outgoing calls, handles faxes, forwards calls, and allows you to screen incoming calls, all through intuitive voice commands. By serving
as a single source to manage communications Wildfire increases users' productivity, efficiency, and can also provide a significant cost savings for businesses by
consolidating long distance charges. Wildfire is offered as an enhanced service through wireless and wireline carriers, and to corporate enterprises.
About Wildfire Communications, Inc.
Wildfire Communications, Inc., headquartered in Waltham, Mass., is a pioneer in the field of virtual assistant technology. The company develops and markets
the Wildfire(R)suite of products offered to corporate enterprises and telecommunications companies. Wildfire's mission is to "humanize" technology to enhance
the connectivity between people, and between people and information whenever, wherever and however they want. Wildfire Communications, Inc. is located at
343 Winter Street, Waltham, MA 02451 USA. For more information about Wildfire Communications or for a demonstration of the Wildfire Assistant visit the
company's Web site at www.wildfire.com.
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