Audible Chooses VoiceAge's ACELP.net as Preferred Speech Codec; Recognition of ACELP.net by the Leading Spoken Audio Service on the Web.Business &Technology Editors WAYNE, N.J. and MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2000 VoiceAge Corporation, specialists in the integration, development and commercialization of applications and products requiring a digital processing of voice or audio, and Audible, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADBL ADBL Agricultural Development Bank Limited (Nepal) ), today announced ACELP ACELP Algebraic Code-Excited Linear Prediction ACELP Association Canadienne des Ecoles de Langues Privées ACELP Adaptive Code Excited Linear Prediction ACELP Algebraic Code Excited Linear Predictive (R).net as the new and preferred low bit-rate speech codec at www.audible.com(TM), the leading source for Internet-delivered premium spoken audio for playback on PCs and AudibleReady(TM) mobile devices &uot;ACELP(R).net was selected by Audible for its remarkable sound quality at low bit-rates and for its outstanding technical performance,&uot; said Guy Story, Vice President of Technology at Audible, Inc. &uot;This means that listeners who download or stream audio from audible.com and listen on numerous AudibleReady devices will soon be able to choose between audio quality levels, depending on their preference for higher audio quality or smaller file size. This agreement affirms our commitment to provide the best possible audio experience.&uot; Laurent Amar, Vice President of Business Development at VoiceAge Corporation termed the quest for bandwidth, storage capacity, quality of service and cost issues as being among the industry's major challenges. &uot;More than anything, the deployment of digital distribution of audio over the Internet, ignited by MP3, has generated high enthusiasm but also exposed the need for high quality, low bit-rate compression technology for storage and streaming applications,&uot; he remarked. &uot;ACELP(R).net is occupying that space on the web and this agreement with Audible, Inc. broadens the use of this technology on the Internet and in the rapidly growing category of portable digital audio players.&uot; About Audible.com audible.com(TM) features is daily selected audio content from The Wall Street Journal and daily digests of The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times, San Jose Mercury News The San Jose Mercury News is the major daily newspaper in San Jose, California and Silicon Valley. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group. Its headquarters and printing plant are located in North San Jose next to the Nimitz Freeway (Interstate 880). , Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). , as well as The Economist Audio Digest, The Industry Standard, Forbes and Harvard Business Review Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership and . The site also offers a powerful collection of audiobook bestsellers and classics by authors such as Stephen King, John Grisham, Frank McCourt, Jon Krakauer, Scott Adams, Mary Higgins Clark Mary Theresa Eleanor Higgins Clark Conheeney, best known as Mary Higgins Clark, (b December 24, 1927 in the Bronx, New York) is an American author of suspense novels. , James Redfield, James Patterson, William Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson and Jane Austen. There are also speeches, lectures, language lessons, and on-demand radio programs including Marketplace, Car Talk, Fresh Air and Science Friday. All of the programs at audible.com are available for PC-based playback and on-the-go listening using numerous AudibleReady(TM) portable digital audio players offered by leading consumer electronics and computer manufacturers. About ACELP(R).net Designed around the famous ACELP(R) technology, already at the core of most low-bit rate of international and national cellular telephony standards, VoiceAge Corporation's ACELP(R) related codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, is the only compression algorithm recommended by Audible, Inc. for high-quality encoding of speech content at low bit rates. ACELP(R).net, when encoding spoken word audio at 16 Kpbs, is comparable to MP3 at 64 Kpbs, shortening download time and extending playback time by as much as 4x. About Audible, Inc. Audible is the Internet's largest, most diverse provider of premium spoken audio services for content download or playback on personal computers or AudibleReady(TM) mobile devices. Audible allows customers to take advantage of their commuting, travel and desktop computer time by delivering premium entertainment and information audio while their eyes are busy but their minds are free. Audible's content partners include leading audio book publishers, broadcasters, magazine and newspaper publishers, business information providers, and educational and cultural institutions. Visitors to www.audible.com(TM) can browse, sample, purchase and subscribe to more than 20,000 hours of audio programs. Among the company's key business partners are Casio Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , S3/Diamond Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics, RealNetworks, Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. This press release contains information, that is not historical fact and may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, Audible's limited operating history, history of losses, uncertain market for its services, and its inability to license or produce compelling audio content and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. About VoiceAge Corp. Based in Montreal, Canada, VoiceAge (www.voiceage.com) is a spin-off company of Sipro Lab Telecom Inc., better known for its voice compression technology brokerage capabilities, and Universite de Sherbrooke, renown for its speech research group. Drawing on this wealth of expertise and experience, VoiceAge is well positioned to develop alternative solutions for specific customers or industries' needs through proprietary solutions. The second generation of the ACELP(R) Technology (Algebraic-Code-Excited Linear Prediction), owned by VoiceAge and developed by Universite de Sherbrooke and Sipro Lab Telecom Inc., has become a de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, on the Internet in the realm of voice applications. In addition, over the last decade the first generation of the ACELP(R) Technology was positioned in several International Telecommunication standards, notably: GSM EFR EFR Early Failure Rate (reliability) EFR Emergency First Response/Responder EFR Enhanced Full Rate EFR Efficient Foodservice Response (initiative) EFR Employee & Family Resources (ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. ), PCS 1900, IS 136 (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. , North American TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). ), IS 95 (TIA, North American 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. ), TETRA, G.729 and its Annexes, as well as G.723.1. AudibleReady and audible.com are trademarks of Audible, Inc. ACELP and VoiceAge are either registered trademarks or trademarks of VoiceAge Corporation in Canada and / or other countries |
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