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Audiopoint and Innovata Bring 160 Major Airports Direct to Your Phone.


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FAIRFAX Fairfax, city (1990 pop. 19,622), historic seat of Fairfax co., NE Va., a residential suburb of Washington, D.C.; inc. 1892, as a city 1961 (at which time it became independent and no longer included in a county). There is some light manufacturing. , Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001

Odyssey Odyssey (ŏd`ĭsē): see Homer.

Odyssey

Homer’s long, narrative poem centered on Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

See : Epic


Odyssey
 Travel and Hospitality Product Suite Expands to Become the

Only Speech Enabled Service to Private Label Flight Schedules

Audiopoint, through partnership with Innovata, a global data retailer that supplies travel information to travel suppliers and their intermediaries, today announced the release of speech enabled airline schedules that bring the flight schedules of over 160 major airports direct to any phone.

Audiopoint, a speech applications company developing products for businesses that reach consumer markets, introduces speech enabled flight schedules as part of Odyssey, a turnkey See turnkey system.  product suite for the travel and hospitality industries. Odyssey is currently the only voice application to make flight information available for private label use.

"Using the superior data content provided by Innovata, Audiopoint continues to expand the Odyssey product suite to offer real solutions to the travel and hospitality industry by providing a comprehensive data set that includes highly accurate worldwide flight schedules and flight status feeds," said Brian The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1].  Lichorowic, 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 Audiopoint. "This comprehensive offering will allow travelers to plan complete trips using advanced speech recognition technology."

To access Odyssey flight schedule data, users call a designated number where they are guided through the selection of a departure and destination city, time of departure, airline preference, and the maximum number of acceptable stops or layovers. Flights matching a user's criteria are automatically retrieved and conveyed back over the telephone.

"Innovata's role in the travel industry is to provide our customer's customer with the most comprehensive and accurate travel information available, independent of rates or availability, which can change by the minute. Integrating our content within the Odyssey suite will allow the traveler to make a quick, informed flight selection," said Richard Walsh

For other people named Richard Walsh, see Richard Walsh (disambiguation).


Richard Walsh (1889 – 1955) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.
, President of Innovata. "This is especially beneficial when flight plans change or flights are cancelled, as it is often difficult to find a quick alternative at the airport. By simply placing a call to Odyssey you will know all possible alternatives, anytime, anyplace an·y·place  
adv.
To, in, or at any place; anywhere. See Usage Note at everyplace.

Adv. 1. anyplace - at or in or to any place; "you can find this food anywhere"; (`anyplace' is used informally for `anywhere')
anywhere
. We believe the ease and value of this service will drive it into broader and more diverse segments of the market and we will be a part of Audiopoint's success."

To experience the Odyssey flight schedule demo demo - /de'moh/ 1. A demonstration of a product, often of an early version or prototype. A demo is a far more effective way of inducing bugs to manifest themselves than any number of test runs, especially when important people are watching.

2. demo version.

3.
, please send an email to demo@audiopoint.net with "Flight Schedule" in the subject line.

About Audiopoint

Audiopoint, a speech applications company developing products for businesses that reach consumer markets, has been developing and hosting large-scale commercial voice applications since 1999. Products by Audiopoint include the Odyssey travel and hospitality suite and VoiceForm suite of speech enabled data capture technologies, which includes v-Reg voice enabled product registration. Using Audiopoint's 3.0 platform release to provide new strategic technology, voice applications by Audiopoint can be deployed as either on premise or hosted solutions, allowing for maximum scalability.

A privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
 based in Fairfax, Va., Audiopoint investors include NextGen Capital and other private investors. Audiopoint can be reached at (703) 279-4400 or www.audiopoint.net. Audiopoint's consumer service and speech recognition showcase can be accessed by dialing 888-38-AUDIO.

About Innovata

Innovata, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control
 is a leading global travel data aggregator. With offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Seattle, Palm Beach, Florida Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida. The Intracoastal Waterway separates it from the neighboring cities of West Palm Beach and Lake Worth. As of 2000, Palm Beach had a year-round population of 10,468, with an estimated seasonal population of 30,000.  and London, England, Innovata serves the worldwide travel community by collecting and distributing global travel data including, airline, hotel, car rental, passenger rail, and destination information. For more about Innovata, visit www.innovata-LLC.com or call toll free 888-639-8009.
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