Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile deploys Voice Processing Corporation's cellular speech recognition technology; Intellivoice implementation gives northern New England, Upstate New York voice activated dialing.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 15, 1996--In a further broadening of its voice-activated dialing base, Voice Processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. Corporation today announced that its VProCel technology has been implemented by Intellivoice Communications for Bell Atlantic NYNEX NYNEX New York-New England & X for the Unknown (Telephone Company) NYNEX New York Network Exchange Mobile. Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile will be offering its TalkDial voice- activated dialing services for its northern New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. and upstate New York Upstate New York is the region of New York State north of the core of the New York metropolitan area. It has a population of 7,121,911 out of New York State's total 18,976,457. Were it an independent state, it would be ranked 13th by population. subscribers. VProCel is a highly accurate cellular version of VPC's VProContinuous, VPro/RT and VPro/XD speech recognition products optimized for cellular environments. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. VPC's Vice President of Strategic Marketing Dr. Anthony Bladon, "In addition to being the first continuous speech recognition technology for cellular environments, we remain the most accurate and reliable because of our continual enhancement efforts. With VPro-enabled TalkDial, subscribers will now be able to safely and conveniently make phone calls from any location." TalkDial customers can specify up to 20 phone numbers in their personal dialing directory and simply speak words, such as "home," "office," or "beauty salon" to have the phone number automatically dialed. In addition, customers can recite any seven or ten-digit number and TalkDial automatically places the call. For added convenience and security, customers' personal identification numbers (PIN) can be pre-programmed in their personal dialing directory when voice dialing by name. For a voice-activated dialing demonstration from Voice Processing Corporation, please call 800/755-0880. Founded in 1983, Voice Processing Corporation is a leading developer of robust over the telephone speech recognition technology for the development of telecommunications, cellular, and personal computer speech applications. The company's VPro product line consists of field-proven speaker-independent and speaker- dependent continuous and discrete speech recognition hardware and software. These products allow original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs), system integrators and application developers to develop voice mail, voice-activated dialing, interactive voice response, computer-telephony integration and command & control of personal computers. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., VPC's customers include Creative Labs, Inc., Dialogic di·a·log·ic also di·a·log·i·cal adj. Of, relating to, or written in dialogue. di  a·log Corporation, Natural MicroSystems, Octel Communications, Intellivoice Communications and Wildfire Communications. VPC's end-users include Hewlett-Packard Co., Bell Atlantic NYNEX Mobile, GTE GTE General Telephone & ElectronicsGTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) Mobilnet, Cellular One Chicago and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables. . -0- Throughout this release, software and hardware products are mentioned by name. In most, if not all, cases, these product names are claimed as trademarks by the companies that manufacture the products. It is not our intention to claim these names or trademarks as our own. CONTACT: Deborah Persson George Cohen George Reginald Cohen MBE (born 22 October 1939, Kensington, London) was the right back for England in the side which won the 1966 World Cup. He is the uncle of Rugby Union World Cup winner, Ben Cohen. Voice Processing Corp. George Cohen Communications (617) 494-0100 (617) 325-0011 http:/www.vpro.com |
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