Applied Voice Technology Announces New Version of Its Award-Winning CallXpress3 Voice and Call Processing System.KIRKLAND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1998-- New Version Supports Year 2000 and a Host of New Features and Enhancements Applied Voice Technology (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : AVTC AVTC Antivirus Test Center (informatics, University of Hamburg) AVTC Automatic Vehicular Traffic Control ) today announced a new version of its popular voice and call processing In telecommunication, the term call processing has the following meanings:
This new version provides Year 2000 compliance within the product and enhances the product's capabilities with a number of new applications and features. "While many of our customers are purchasing AVT's newest unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. server, CallXpress(r) for Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (r), AVT's CallXpress3 voice and call processing system continues to be a strong seller," said Joseph A. Staples, AVT's senior vice president of worldwide marketing. "Our goal is to continue to enhance and support this product as long as customer demand remains steady. This release is significant in that it reinforces AVT's commitment to our existing family of OS/2-based products." Paramount to this release are the changes to the internal software logic required to support the Year 2000. CallXpress3 correctly recognizes dates after December 31, 1999, and correctly processes those dates in internal algorithms, databases, and reports. CallXpress3 Version 4.03 also supports the newly introduced NetConnect(tm) digital networking module. NetConnect digital networking allows users to exchange voice and fax messages with users of other AVT AVT avian arginine vasotocin. See vasotocin. voice messaging Using voice mail as an alternative to electronic mail, in which voice messages are intentionally recorded, not because the recipient was not available. systems or systems from other manufacturers, across the Internet or corporate intranet using the Voice Profile for Internet Mail See Internet e-mail service. (VPIM (Voice Profile for Internet Mail) A method for encoding voice mail messages as data so they can travel via the SMTP mail protocol over IP networks. VPIM uses MIME to encode messages in multiple parts, which are decoded by VPIM-compliant voice mail systems at ) protocol. AVT's NetConnect digital networking eliminates the long distance charge associated with analog transmissions and reduces the transmission time by more than 200% compared to analog networking. Also supported in Version 4.03 is the CallXpress Desktop Message Manager for Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook unified messaging module. Desktop Message Manager for Microsoft Outlook provides a true unified messaging interface by allowing users to manage voice and fax messages within the popular Microsoft Outlook interface. This application provides customized forms containing all of the voice and fax message playback controls, and supports all of the features available with email messages for voice and fax messages. In addition, this new release of CallXpress3 includes two new message-handling features -- FastPage(tm) and Bookmark A stored location for quick retrieval at a later date. Web browsers provide bookmarks that contain the addresses (URLs) of favorite sites. Most electronic references, large text databases and help systems provide bookmarks that mark a location users want to revisit in the future. . With FastPage, CallXpress3 provides information about the sender of a message to the recipient's alphanumeric pager. FastPage not only notifies subscribers of new messages, but also sends caller identification to pagers, allowing recipients to respond to messages more quickly. With AVT's new Bookmark feature, users can "mark" a position in a message with a single keystroke key·stroke n. A stroke of a key, as on a word processor. key  stroke , and continue to the next message. When users go back to that message, the same keystroke returns them to the marked position in the message. CallXpress3 is a unified messaging and call-processing server designed for small to mid-size companies. CallXpress3 provides access to voice, fax, and email messages from the telephone and personal computer, as well as flexible call processing applications and integration with most PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , Hybrid, and Key Telephone systems. Pricing for new CallXpress3 systems starts at $6,500 for software and voice cards. Software upgrades to Version 4.03 are free for customers with CallXpress3 systems Version 4.0 or higher. Many of these enhancements are also being introduced in PhoneXpress, AVT's voice processing system designed and priced for small businesses. PhoneXpress provides feature-rich voice messaging and flexible call processing. Supported in PhoneXpress Version 4.03 are Year 2000 compliance, NetConnect Digital Networking, FastPage, and Bookmark. Both CallXpress3 and PhoneXpress, Versions 4.03, will be available by the end of May 1998. For more information on these products, contact Applied Voice Technology at 425/820-6000, by fax at 425/820-4040, or by e-mail at info@appliedvoice.com. Applied Voice Technology Inc. develops and markets a broad line of open systems-based advanced computer telephony products, specializing in fax and call processing, unified messaging, and call center productivity and customer service, sold worldwide through affiliated distributors and dealers. Headquartered in Kirkland, Wash., USA, AVT has offices in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong and Dubai. In addition, AVT has two wholly-owned subsidiaries -- RightFAX Inc., based in Tucson, Ariz. and CommercePath Inc. based in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1982, AVT is publicly traded under the symbol "AVTC" on the NASDAQ National Market. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: News releases are available from AVT's Newsroom fax server. Call 425/820-4089 and follow the prompts. This document is number 77090. CallXpress, CallXpress3, and PhoneXpress are registered trademarks and NetConnect, Desktop Message Manager, and FastPage are trademarks of Applied Voice Technology Inc. Windows NT is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Other products mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners. WORLD WIDE WEB: www.appliedvoice.com CONTACT: Network Associates Sherri Walkenhorst, 801/373-7888 sherriw@netassoc.com |
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