Analog Devices' Blackfin Family of Processors Enhanced by Fonix Speech Solutions.SALT LAKE CITY -- Fonix Speech, an operating division of Fonix(R) Corp. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: FNIX), an integrated communications carrier providing telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies, releases its speech interface solution for the Blackfin(R) family of processors, made by Analog Devices, a global manufacturer of high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). applications. Fonix's Blackfin speech software developer's kit See SDK. (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ) is currently being used by several developers and is immediately available to developers looking to add automatic speech recognition (ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Using voice recognition to replace keypad entry for telephone voice menus. Typically used to speak the digits 0 through 9 insted of keying them, ASR systems may be able to recognize a limited vocabulary. See voice recognition and AVSR. ) and text-to-speech (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 ) interfaces to devices and products. "Conversational technologies are in demand," said Walt Nawrocki, senior VP and general manager, Fonix Speech. "Developers must provide users with simple ways to interact with devices that have small screens and keyboards. Speech interfaces are the answer, improving convenience, safety and user satisfaction." The Fonix Blackfin solution incorporates Fonix DECtalk TTS and neural network-based Fonix VoiceIn ASR. This combination of Fonix speech technologies allows developers to add voice interfaces to almost any device or embedded application. With the Fonix Blackfin solution, the software components and architecture are designed to operate directly on the main processor, eliminating the need for an additional CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. or DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive . The flexible building block structure allows developers to utilize only the required components needed to create the most efficient application for constrained memory and MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. systems. The Fonix speech solution for Blackfin processors is available from Fonix for 30-day delivery. For more information, visit www.fonix.com or call 801-553-6600 and say "Sales." About Fonix DECtalk Fonix DECtalk is the smallest memory footprint, full-featured, multilanguage TTS engine on the market today. No other TTS solution can provide the same developmental flexibility, feature set, voice quality and array of voices. In addition to speaking text, DECtalk can also sing. DECtalk's TTS voices produce human-like inflections, intonations, pauses and changes in pitch, speech and emphasis. These factors add correct meaning and context to create intelligible speech that is easy to listen to and understand. About Fonix VoiceIn Fonix proprietary neural network-based technology provides accurate speaker-independent ASR in noisy environments and does not require the user to train the system to recognize his or her voice. Fonix VoiceIn is specifically designed to provide robust ASR on small, embedded devices. Integrating Fonix VoiceIn into applications allows developers to add command-and-control functions that respond to continuous speech, enabling users to speak naturally to products. About Fonix Speech Group Fonix Speech, Inc., offers “voice technology solutions” for mobile phone and wireless devices, interactive video games, toys, appliances, computer telephony systems and vehicle telematics. Fonix Speech, an operating division of Fonix Corp., provides voice technology solutions for mobile/wireless devices; interactive videogames, toys and appliances; computer telephony systems; the assistive market; and automotive telematics systems. About Fonix Fonix Corp. is an innovative communications and technology company that provides integrated telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies through Fonix Telecom Inc. and The Fonix Speech Group. The combination of interactive speech technology and integrated telecommunications services allows Fonix to provide customers with comprehensive cost-effective solutions to enhance and expand their communications needs. 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