ART Licenses smARTspeak CS Voice Recognition to Maxon.Business Editors SIMI VALLEY Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000 Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. (ART) today announced that Maxon Electronics Co., Ltd. has licensed ART's smARTspeak CS continuous speech voice recognition technology. ART's smARTspeak CS will provide voice digit dialing and command features in Maxon's future line of Cellular Telephone and Digital Cordless products worldwide. As part of this multi-year agreement, ART will work to develop advanced technologies in speech and handwriting recognition Handwriting recognition is the ability of a computer to receive intelligible handwritten input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning (optical character recognition). that Maxon will use to advance the user interface designs of its future wireless communication technology. Steve Kim Steve Kim (born April 16 1977[1]) is a Korean-American hip hop artist who is a member of the Korean hip-hop group Uptown. He is also known by the alias Kwon. He was also one half of the now defunct hip-hop duo Uptown 3000. , Maxon's managing director, stated, "We believe that ART's speech recognition will further enhance our leadership position in the wireless market." D.Y. Yang, managing director of Maxon's Overseas Sales Unit added: "ART's unique digit dialing feature will create a necessary interface for hands-free operation, eliminating distractions caused by push-button (electronics) push-button - A roughly fingertip-sized plastic cover attached to a spring-loaded, normally-open switch, which, when pressed, closes the switch. Typical examples are the keys on a computer or calculator keyboard and mouse buttons. dialing. Maxon is committed to the safety of its customers while providing convenience and ease of use." "This agreement with Maxon not only validates voice recognition as the new standard in cellular phone technology, it also builds the bridge between voice recognition and other communication platforms, such as cordless phones," Rick McCaskill, Executive VP, Worldwide Sales & Marketing commented. "Maxon is a revolutionary company setting the stage for the future of wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. on a global basis and we are proud to be partnered with them." The Maxon platforms planned to receive ART's smARTspeak CS technology include all future CDMA/AMPS and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. cellular phones for the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and South American markets and GSM Cellular Phones for the European markets. The companies also have the understanding to port smARTspeak CS to Maxons DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) A cordless phone standard mostly used in Europe; however, DECT 6.0 is increasingly used worldwide. The first DECT standards were introduced by ETSI in 1992, and DECT phones have been used as cordless home phones as and DSST DSST Denver School of Science and Technology (Colorado charter school) DSST DANTES Subject Standardized Test DSST Direct Signal Support Team DSST Dunlop Self Supporting Technology cordless phones. The first Maxon products including smARTspeak CS are scheduled to ship early second quarter, 2000. About smARTspeak CS smARTspeak CS provides a faster and intuitive voice-based user interface for any multi-layered menu-based system, such as a cellular phone, cordless phone or a handheld device. Users can program numbers and/or names to dial phone numbers -- saying "Dial 213/555-4567" or "Call Bill at home," without pausing between numbers or commands. The device then connects the call automatically and puts users in touch. User-defined voice commands can be used to bring up a contact list, the Internet and even e-mails. Speech recording application programming interfaces (APIs) provide a voice recording and playback feature, enabling users to record and play back voice memos into any application designed by the developer. Voice Lock feature can voice-protect the unit with a user-created voice password to lock or unlock the unit. smARTspeak CS has superior noise immunity, making it an ideal solution for products that are on-the-go. Because smARTspeak CS is a speaker-dependent solution, languages and accents are not an issue when it comes to designing products being marketed globally. About Maxon Maxon is a world leader in the design and manufacture of wireless communication terminals such as portable and mobile professional FM two-way Land Mobile Radios, Specialized Mobile Radios, RF link modules, and a line of personal communication products including Family Radio Service (FRS FRS abbr. Fellow of the Royal Society FRS, n “flexed rotated side-bent,” an osteopathic abbreviation used to describe vertebral position in cases of spinal dysfunction. ) radios, handheld and mobile CB radios, 49MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. personal communicators, GMRS/DOT frequency two-way radios, CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , GSM and AMPS handsets, and a variety of optional accessory items. More information about Maxon can be found at www.maxon.co.kr in Korea, www.maxonusa.com in the United States and www.maxon.dk in Denmark. About ART ART was founded in 1990 and develops and markets innovative, technologically superior voice and handwriting recognition products for the control of cellular phones, computer applications and many other electronic devices. ART holds six patents with twenty-one additional patents pending, protecting its voice and handwriting recognition technologies. ART is based in Southern California, with an R&D subsidiary in Tel Aviv, Israel, and sales offices in the United States, Israel, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. ART licenses its voice and handwriting recognition technologies, smARTspeak, smARTwriter and simpliWrite, to industry leaders such as Zilog, Philips, Casio, LGIC LGIC Ligand Gated Ion Channels (cell signalling) LGIC Line Group ISDN Controller , Samsung, Lucent/Optimay, Harris Corp., NeoPoint Inc., Acer Peripherals and Maxon. More than 15 million wireless phones with ART's smARTspeak Voice-Activated Dialing feature have been shipped worldwide. The company was recently recognized by Deloitte & Touche's Technology Fast 500 program. This program ranks ART as the 99th fastest-growing technology company in the United States. The company has been awarded many other technology and product awards such as the 1998 Developer of the Year from the Southern California Software Council. The company can be reached at www.artrecognition.com. |
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