Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. and Optimay Join Forces to Bring Voice Recognition to GSM Phones.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)--Oct. 20, 1998--Advanced Recognition Technologies Inc. (ART) and Optimay GmbH, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies, announced an alliance to bring ART's smARTspeak voice recognition technology to GSM cellular phones. ART and Optimay will integrate ART's smARTspeak speech technology with Optimay's GSM Phase 2 Protocol Stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). and Man Machine Interface (MMI (Man Machine Interface) See HMI. 1. MMI - Man-Machine Interface. 2. (company) MMI - The company which developed the first Programmable Array Logic devices. MMI was bought by AMD. ) to run on Lucent-based hardware. The collaboration of ART with Optimay, a leader in GSM cellular phone software, is expected to yield advancements in GSM technology that will allow both to deliver next-generation products with Value Added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. Services to customers more quickly and efficiently than if each of them worked apart. The resulting products will speed the integration of speech recognition technology into GSM phones worldwide. ART's speech technology will bring the added safety and convenience of voice name dialing, voice digit dialing, and voice command and control to today's cellular phones. "Voice dialing will revolutionize the handset design as the user is no longer restricted to the normal input via keypad A small keyboard or supplementary keyboard keys; for example, the keys on a calculator or the number/cursor cluster on a computer keyboard. See programmable keypad. . Handsets could appear with completely new form factors which opens up a whole range of new applications," said Sam W. Goodner, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Optimay. The ART voice solution will be fully integrated in the Optimay software and Lucent's chips, providing a complete solution for voice recognition with GSM cellular phones. "The smARTspeak engine's patent pending algorithm includes the capacity to isolate the sounds to be recognized from background noise. This ensures high recognition accuracy regardless of the types of background noise present," said Richard McCaskill, executive vice president and general manager of ART. "This engine is ideal for speech recognition in the diverse mobile environments cellular phones are used in. ART is excited to be partnering with Optimay to bring this technology to the GSM market." ART and Optimay expect to demonstrate the speech recognition technology on a demonstration platform at the GSM World Congress in Cannes in February. Optimay GmbH is a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies and has been supplying the GSM industry with software since 1990. The company has client relationships with GSM mobile phone manufacturers in Europe, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and Asia, supporting the development of a mobile phone from the basic concept through to the complete realization of the phone as well as during production and field-testing. Optimay's fully type approved GSM Phase 2 protocol stack offers integrated data and fax services and increased phone standby time due to its smart power management. Optimay's advanced Man Machine Interface (MMI) tools are used for designing, developing and customizing telephone user interfaces very easily to meet customers' demands for product differentiation Product Differentiation A source of competitive advantage that depends on producing some item that is regarded to have unique and valuable characteristics. . Easy-to-use MMI software with graphical capabilities offers simple navigation through a feature-rich menu, providing all phase 2 services such as multi-party, call hold, call wait, advice of charge, short message services and telephone book viewing and editing. Optimay GmbH has headquarters in Munich, Germany, and has recently opened a new authorized sales and support center in Huntington Beach Huntington Beach, city (1990 pop. 181,519), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific coast, across from Santa Catalina Island, in an oil-producing area; inc. 1909. It manufactures aerospace vehicles, aircraft parts, optical instruments, and heat transfer equipment. , Calif. More detailed information on Optimay and its products can be found on its web site at http://www.optimay.com. Lucent Technologies designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit the company's web site at http://www.lucent.com. Advanced Recognition Technologies (ART) develops and markets innovative and technologically superior products that allow the human voice and handwritten hand·write tr.v. hand·wrote , hand·writ·ten , hand·writ·ing, hand·writes To write by hand. [Back-formation from handwritten.] Adj. 1. letters or symbols to control cellular phones, computer applications and electronic devices. The company is based in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, , with an R&D subsidiary in Tel-Aviv, Israel, and sales offices in 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. , Europe, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. More information on ART and its products is available on its web site at http://www.artrecognition.com. For additional information on ART contact Brenda Hoffmann, at 805/581-3999, ext. 105, fax 805/581-3994, or e-mail bhoffmann@artcomp.com For additional information on Optimay contact Renate Ramerseder at +49-89-45 918-460, fax +49-89-45 918-474, or e-mail renate.ramerseder@optimay.com |
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