Bell Atlantic's new voice dialing service utilizes Texas Instruments technology.AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 1995--Bell Atlantic announced today that it is launching a voice dialing service utilizing Texas Instruments' speech recognition technology. Regionwide rollout of the service, called Bell Atlantic(R) Easy Voice(SM) voice-dialing service, will begin with customers in the Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. suburbs of Washington, D.C. Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. Voice Dialing Services give users convenient hands- free access to frequently called numbers by simply directing the phone to dial the name or place they wish to call. The service works with any touchtone or rotary phone and doesn't require the purchase of additional equipment. Each customer can build a directory of up to 50 names. To place a call to a phone number in the directory, a customer picks up the phone and says, "Call Mike Smith," or "Call Joe's Pizza." The number is then dialed automatically and the network connects the call. "Deployment of consumer-oriented voice dialing services raises basic telephone service to a new level of simplicity and convenience," said Bill Eversole, vice president and general manager of Texas Instruments Communications and Electronic Systems. "The technology is easy to understand and customers quickly become adept at using it for easy, convenient calling." Bell Atlantic will charge residential customers $3.75 a month for Easy Voice with a 50-name directory. During a special introductory period, customers who sign up will receive the first month free and have normal one-time connection charges, where required, waived. TI Voice Service applications run on the TI MultiServe(TM) Platform, which is an industry-standard, UNIX-based system that incorporates TI's digital signal processors A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
Bell Atlantic Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BEL) is at the forefront of the new communications, entertainment and information industry. In the mid- Atlantic region, the company is the premier provider of local telecommunications and advance services. Globally, it is one of the largest investors in the high-growth wireless communication marketplace. Bell Atlantic also owns a substantial interest in Telecom Corporation of New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and is actively developing high-growth national and international business opportunities in all phases of the industry. Texas Instruments Telecom Systems, headquartered in Austin, Texas, is an established provider of network-based voice recognition systems for telecommunications. TI products and services are the result of more than 25 years of experience in speech research and development. From semiconductors to systems, Texas Instruments has extensive speech capabilities, with a world-class speech lab, expertise in software development and hardware design, and market leadership in digital signal processors (DSPs) -- the semiconductors that translate speech commands into instructions for a telephone network. TI Voice Services are aimed at every segment of the telecommunications industry worldwide: long-distance carriers; Regional Bell Operating Companies The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against American Telephone & Telegraph. History (RBOCs); Postal, Telephone and Telegraph Providers (PTTs); independent telecommunications companies See telecom company. ; and cellular carriers. For More Information, Contact: Texas Instruments Inc. 12501 Research Blvd., MS 2201 Austin, Texas 78759 1-800-TI-TEXAS Texas Instruments Incorporated, headquartered in Dallas, Texas “Dallas” redirects here. For other uses, see Dallas (disambiguation). The City of Dallas (pronounced [ˈdæl.əs] or [ˈdæl. , is a high-technology company with sales or manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. in more than 30 countries. TI products and services include semiconductors; defense electronics systems; software productivity tools; printers, notebook computers A laptop computer that weighs in a range from five to seven pounds. The term originated when laptops were routinely more than 10 pounds, and those that became lighter were placed in a special "notebook" category. In practice, notebook computer and laptop computer are synonymous. and consumer electronics products; custom engineering and manufacturing services; electrical controls; and metallurgical met·al·lur·gy n. 1. The science that deals with procedures used in extracting metals from their ores, purifying and alloying metals, and creating useful objects from metals. 2. materials. -0- NOTES TO EDITORS: 1. TRADEMARKS: MultiServe is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated. Easy Call is a service mark of Bell Atlantic. 2. PLEASE DO NOT PUBLISH CONTACT PHONE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW. CONTACT: Texas Instruments Sherri Sanchez, 512/250-4021 or The Ketner Group Lisa Kuchar, 512/794-8876 or Bell Atlantic Shirley Risoldi, 412/633-5574 |
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