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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
VoiceGenie Announces ScanSoft OpenSpeech Recognizer 2.0 and Speechify 3.0
TORONTO, Dec. 4 - VoiceGenie Technologies, the leading
provider of VoiceXML platforms, development environments and tools for
advanced speech solutions, today announced the immediate availability of its
latest open standards platform release, Version 6.1, making it the first
generally available VoiceXML platform worldwide to offer full integration and
support for the SpeechWorks(R) Suite of Network Speech Solutions from
ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), including the recent releases of OpenSpeech
Recognizer(TM) 2.0 and SpeechPearl(TM) XML 1.1 speech recognition software and
Speechify(R) 3.0 text-to-speech (TTS) software.
With this release, customers will now receive immediate access to
ScanSoft's latest product releases within each VoiceXML application running on
a VoiceGenie platform. Global enterprises around the world can take advantage
of ScanSoft's broad language support for speech recognition and TTS. In
addition, the VoiceGenie platform fully exposes, at the VoiceXML layer, all of
the capabilities of OpenSpeech Recognizer 2.0 speech recognition engine,
including SpeakFreely(TM) natural language capabilities.
The latest generation release also marks the introduction of H.323
support, Multi-phase Transfers that enable a richer caller experience during
call transfer operations, and VoiceXML optimizations delivering proven
performance in excess of 200 ports(1).
These new features extend beyond the platform's many VoiceXML extensions
including full call recording, MRCP support, support for multiple ASR/TTS
engines, and enhanced OA&M functionality via the web-based VoiceGenie
Management Console (VMC) interface. The VMC is an integral component of the
Cluster Management Platform that provides a powerful and intuitive Web-based
interface for real-time, centralized and comprehensive management and
monitoring of multiple platform deployments.
"VoiceGenie continues to lead the market in terms of our ability to
quickly execute on the integration and full support of the latest speech
technologies on our platform." said Adrian Lee-Kwen, Vice President of
Engineering at VoiceGenie. "This release introduces some significant
performance enhancements that raise the bar for open-standards platforms
worldwide and will allow us to provide our customers with the industry-leading
features, functionality and performance they require. Our first to market
integration of ScanSoft's latest ASR and TTS offerings, along with enhanced
OA&M capabilities, development tools and simultaneous PSTN/VoIP/SIP/H.323
support is in line with our vision to deliver the industry's most flexible,
reliable and scalable platform for advanced speech solutions."
"VoiceGenie is clearly a leading supplier of VoiceXML based speech
platforms, and together we have successfully deployed VoiceXML-optimized
speech solutions around the world," said Steve Chambers, general manager of
Network Speech Solutions at ScanSoft. "VoiceGenie's ability to be the first
platform vendor to bring our latest speech technologies to market, and its
commitment to standards like VoiceXML and MRCP, will accelerate the
development and deployment of high-quality speech solutions, enabling
customers to deploy large-scale, mission-critical speech solutions."
The latest VoiceGenie release provides simultaneous support for PSTN and
VoIP environments as well as the predominant telephony interfaces, including
Central Office and PBX products, protocols and interfaces.
"With the addition of H.323 to our existing support for both VoIP/SIP and
PSTN environments, we can continue to enable an even greater variety of
architectures and deployment scenarios, as well as provide the framework for
both Distributed Speech Recognition (DSR) and Multimodal applications," said
Mark Scott, Chief Technology Officer at VoiceGenie Technologies.
About VoiceGenie
VoiceGenie Technologies Inc. is the world's leading provider of open
VoiceXML platform solutions, development environments, and tools for advanced
speech solutions. Allowing enterprises and telecom carriers to develop and
deploy sophisticated IVR (Interactive Voice Response) applications, speech-
enabled services, and voice portals, VoiceGenie's platform enables large-
scale, mission-critical applications worldwide, answering millions of calls
for customers each day. Delivering the highest levels of scalability,
flexibility, performance, and reliability, it allows applications to be
deployed seamlessly into almost any environment, leveraging investments in new
and existing applications even as the environment evolves. The VoiceGenie
platform has received numerous independent product awards.
Officially founded in January 2000, VoiceGenie's early work on its core
product dates back to 1995. Today, more than 2000 companies are using
VoiceGenie's platform solutions worldwide, including AT&T, AIG, Air Canada,
France Telecom, Merck, Mobilkom Austria, Orange, SBC Technology, Verizon,
Vesta, and others. VoiceGenie's partners comprise leading organizations such
as Audium, AT&T, BBN, Brooktrout, IBM, Intel, Loquendo, Nuasis, Oracle,
Rhetorical, ScanSoft, Telisma, VoiceObjects, Voxeo, and many more. For
additional information, please visit http://www.voicegenie.com.
ScanSoft, SpeechPearl and the ScanSoft logo are registered trademarks or
trademarks of ScanSoft, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
SpeechWorks, OpenSpeech Recognizer, SpeakFreely, Speechify are registered
trademarks or trademarks of SpeechWorks International, Inc. in the United
States and other countries. All other company or product names mentioned
herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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(1) DTMF VoiceXML application on a Dual Xeon 2.8 GHz server.
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