ART'S Unique smARTspeak XG Ported To Texas Instruments' Leading DSP Platform.

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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2002

Providing the ultimate hands-free experience, ART's revolutionary

phoneme-based smARTspeak XG(TM) enhances safety and productivity for

mobile devices users

ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc., global leaders in natural Human User Interface technologies for the mobile world, today announced the porting of its revolutionary smARTspeak XG speech recognition solution to Texas Instruments Inc.'s (TI) power-efficient TMS320C5000(TM) digital signal processor (DSP) platform.

An embedded, software-only solution, smARTspeak XG has passed eXpressDSP(TM) compliancy on TI DSPs, ensuring compatibility of algorithms and ease of integration into customer applications.

Bringing the first ever phonemic speech recognition solution to wireless mobile devices, ART's breakthrough smARTspeak XG provides speaker independent name dialing and other dynamic command functions. The XG is an evolution of the ground-breaking all-in-one smARTspeak NG recognition bundle previously ported to TI's code-compatible TMS320C54x(TM) and TMS320C55x(TM) platforms.

"TI's DSP platform already drives thousands of applications on next generation hand-held and Internet-enabled multimedia devices around the world," says Raymond J. Wagstaffe, Texas Instrument's Worldwide DSP Third Party Manager. "Dedicated to providing the very best real-time technologies for tomorrow's hand-held multimedia applications, we are confident that our customers will see the value of the eXpressDSP compliant smARTspeak XG for their real-time designs and will welcome the dynamic phonemic-based solutions made possible by ART."

"After more than a decade of creating ground-breaking speech recognition solutions, we are delighted with the reception that ART's new smARTspeak XG has received at Texas Instruments," said Eran Aharonson, ART's President. "High in feature-rich potential and low in resource demands, we are committed to creating the exciting next generation of hand-held, PC-connected and Internet-enabled products on TI's programmable and ultra power-efficient C5000 platform."

About the smARTspeak XG

The smARTspeak XG is the first embedded speaker independent name dialing solution designed for wireless mobile devices. Based on phonemic identification, the XG needs no training to perform accurate name dialing, no matter how command sentences are structured. Thus `Call John Smith in his office' or `John Smith -- office' both provide the same accurate response. Updating the smARTspeak NG platform, the XG offers the previously popular modular features of speaker dependent name dialing, speaker independent continuous digit dialing, speaker independent command & control and trainable continuous digit dialing for custom languages.

Allowing near infinite out of the box freedom, the XG -- being truly speaker independent -- now means the same device can respond with equal accuracy to the commands of multiple users. Thus the smARTspeak XG is another step towards the ultimate user experience.

About the Texas Instruments Third Party Program

ART is a member of the TI TMS320(TM) third party program, the most extensive collection of global DSP development support in the industry. With more than 500 independent companies and consultants, TI's customers have easy access to a broad range of application software, development hardware and software and consulting services. For more information on the TI third party program, please visit www.dspvillage.ti.com/v5.

About ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc.

Established in 1990, ART is an established TI 3rd Party Network Member -- porting its revolutionary smARTspeak XG speech recognition algorithm onto TI's code-compatible digital signal processors (DSPs). The acknowledged leader in embedded speech and handwriting recognition software, for more than a decade ART has pioneered award winning software innovation for mass-market mobile devices. Today, through a range of proprietary technologies based on unique, signal-processing algorithms, the company develops and markets technologically superior solutions for the control and command of mobile devices by the human voice and natural handwriting. Thus ART provides next-generation user interface solutions for cellular handsets, smartphones, mobile communicators, PDAs and handhelds, and automotive systems. Based in the United States with sales offices on the East and West Coasts, ART maintains a wholly owned Israeli subsidiary that conducts research and development.

Today, ART's embedded software-only solutions are deployed in dozens of product lines from industry leaders such as Acer, Casio, Franklin, GVC, Hitachi, Hutel, Konka, LGE, Inventec, Maxon, Mitsubishi, NeoPoint, Panasonic, Philips, Quanta, Samsung, Siemens Automotive and others. ART has strategic and technological partnerships with industry leaders including Agere Systems, Analog Devices, DSP Group, e-SIM, Microsoft, Motorola, OTM Technologies, Parthus, Pegasus, Persay, Symbian, Texas Instruments and TTPCom.

For more about ART see: http://www.artcomp.com.

smARTspeak XG(TM) and smARTspeak NG(TM) are trademarks of ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.