AT&T Extends and Expands Wizzard Agreement For World Wide TTS Distribution Rights.PITTSBURGH -- Wizzard Software (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :WIZD) announced today they have expanded their relationship with AT&T with the addition of distribution rights for the Telephony Server A computer in a network that provides telephone integration. The term may refer to the entire system or to just the plug-in boards and software. An Internet telephony server links phone lines to the Internet. version of AT&T's Natural Voices text-to-speech engine, bringing voice technology to a new generation of business and consumer applications. In addition to adding the Telephony Server product line, the agreement between Wizzard and AT&T has been extended beyond the original three years. The AT&T Natural Voices Telephony Server edition is targeted to include corporate IT servers and Internet Service Providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. . Businesses of all sizes will benefit by using these products due to its ability to simultaneously support different languages for dialogue or multi-language telephone applications efficiently and effectively. For example, a company offering voice portal An interactive voice response (IVR) front end to a data retrieval system. This does not differ in core technology from traditional IVR; rather, the difference is in the application presented. Where old-style IVR was mostly a routing application (press 1 for sales, 2 for service, etc. services can support multiple languages for international customers with one AT&T Natural Voices TTS (1) See text-to-speech. (2) (Transaction Tracking System) Software that monitors a transaction until completion. In the event of a hardware or software failure, it ensures that the database is brought back to its former state before the attempt to engine and multiple foreign-language voice fonts A voice font is a computer-generated voice that can be controlled by specifying parameters such as speed and pitch and made to pronounce text input. The concept is akin to that of a text font or a MIDI instrument in the sense that the same input may easily be represented in several , all on the same hardware platform. This has a potential to provide significant savings to voice portals and ISPs. "Demand for high quality Text-To-Speech has never been stronger and customers are responding with great enthusiasm to the exceptional quality of AT&T Natural Voices," said Bruce Phifer, Wizzard Software's General Manager of Business and Market Development. "We are pleased with the confidence AT&T has shown in Wizzard's abilities by making us as their sales and marketing channel for their world-class TTS technology and view this announcement as a true milestone for Wizzard and all customers who will benefit from these products." This agreement also meets a rising need for companies to make information accessible to the disabled community. "AT&T Natural Voices will now support a new generation of telephony applications for individuals with special needs for advanced communication tools," said Juergen Schroeter, AT&T's Director for Speech Algorithms and Engines Research. "Wizzard provides strong sales, support and marketing capabilities for AT&T Labs' advanced speech technologies." AT&T Labs' Natural Voices software delivers among the highest quality voices in the industry and offers "plug-and-play" language support instead of requiring different engines for each language. AT&T's Natural Voices team can create voices up to three times faster than the industry standard and the AT&T technology provides up to 20 percent higher channel density than the closest competitor. "The use of high quality TTS continues to grow, although the potential has been significantly under optimized," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Voice Information Associates industry analyst Walt Tetschner. "With the aggressive and innovative orientation that Wizzard Software brings to the table, the likelihood of high quality TTS truly reaching its potential is enhanced significantly." About Wizzard Software Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in the speech technology application development market. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via PC or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors. In April of 2004, Wizzard acquired the Pittsford, NY company MedivoxRx Technologies, Inc. Founded in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator of "Rex", the talking prescription pill bottle, which "talks" to the patient, allowing them to distinguish what type of medication is in the bottle and hear information on dosage dosage /dos·age/ (do´saj) the determination and regulation of the size, frequency, and number of doses. dos·age n. 1. 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