Avistar Receives Editor's Choice Award from Communications Convergence; CMP Media Publication Lauds Avistar Desktop Video's Power and Ease of Use.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2003 Avistar Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:AVSR (Audio Visual Speech Recognition) Using lip reading software to enhance speech recognition. In noisy environments where a camera can be included, AVSR improves the computer's ability to recognize the speaker's words by visually tracking lip movement and ), a provider of business video collaboration solutions -- vBusiness, today announced that it received an Editor's Choice Award in the May 2003 issue of the respected CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information Media LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control publication, Communications Convergence. The award extolled Avistar's ability to effectively integrate audio and videoconferencing with document sharing, referring to the video system as "fluent multimedia." The Avistar desktop videoconferencing system is powered by the AvistarVOS(TM), which supports a range of collaborative applications. Communications Convergence was impressed with the Avistar system's ability to easily set up a high-impact videoconference and manage document collaboration. Wrote Editor-in-Chief John Jainschigg, "We recently viewed a spectacular demo....Nobody had to sweat to set up or join the conference; the client was mannerly man·ner·ly adj. Having or showing good manners. See Synonyms at polite. adv. With good manners; politely. man and unobtrusive, dropping into background to let us focus on the shared documents as necessary, giving a degree of comfort-control to both end-user and presenter. Very sleek, and the media comes across great." "The award from Communications Convergence underscores the experience of our customers worldwide," said Jerry Burnett, 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 Avistar. "The Avistar system allows end-users to quickly get down to business without the intrusion of cumbersome technology. The AvistarVOS drives a user interface that makes collaboration so painless that anyone in the enterprise can master it easily." About Avistar Communications Corp. Avistar develops, markets and supports video collaboration solutions for the enterprise, all powered by the AvistarVOS(TM) software. From the desktop, Avistar delivers TV-quality video calling, recording, publishing to web and emails, video-on-demand, broadcast, and document sharing. Avistar delivers on vBusiness -- video-enabling business -- by integrating visual communications into the daily workflow and connecting communities of users within and across enterprises. Founded in 1993, Avistar Communications Corp. is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with sales offices in 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 and London. Avistar's technology is used in more than 35 countries. Collaboration Properties, Inc Collaboration Properties, Inc. (CPI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avistar Communications Corporation. It holds US and foreign patents in the primary areas of presence-based interactions, desktop video, recorded and live media at the desktop, multimedia documents, data sharing, ., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Avistar Communications Corp., holds a broad portfolio of patents covering the AvistarVOS platform as well as multiple software and hardware video collaboration products. For more information, visit www.avistar.com. Avistar, AvistarVOS, and the Avistar logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Avistar Communications Corp. |
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