Casio Adds New e-Dictionary Models for 2007 with Fonix Speech Technology.New Generation of e-Dictionaries from Casio Feature Fonix DECtalk Text-to-Speech and Fonix VoiceCompress SALT LAKE CITY -- Fonix Speech, Inc., 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 Fonix[R] Corporation (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :FNIX), specializing in embedded speech interfaces for mobile devices, handheld electronic products, video game systems and processors, announces Fonix DECtalk[R] text-to-speech (TTS (1) See text-to-speech. (2) (Transaction Tracking System) Software that monitors a transaction until completion. In the event of a hardware or software failure, it ensures that the database is brought back to its former state before the attempt to ) and Fonix VoiceCompress[TM] on 22 new models of electronic dictionaries manufactured by Casio Computer Co., Ltd., a market-leading device manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Nineteen models will be available in Japan and three models will be available in Korea. Fonix receives unit royalties from the sale of each device. "Fonix is pleased to continue our relationship with Casio as the speech technology provider for their line of top-selling electronic dictionaries," says Walt Nawrocki, Senior VP and GM, Fonix Speech. "Casio is dedicated to providing their customers with high-quality, convenient products to help them learn new languages. Japanese and Korean customers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to expand and enrich their language skills will find superior solutions in Casio's new products, which are augmented with Fonix speech technology." Casio's 22 new models of e-dictionaries -- 19 models in the Japanese series XD-SW and XD-GW, and three models in the Korean series The Korean Series is the championship series of the Korean Baseball Organization. It has been held since the KBO's first season in 1982 and is the final series of in the post-season play-offs. From 2005, the winner of the Korean Series goes on to play in the Asia Series. EW-H -- feature Fonix TTS and Fonix VoiceCompress. Multiple models ensure that users find the best device suited to their needs, whether they are businesspersons, students or tourists. Fonix DECtalk "speaks" to the e-dictionary user in clear, easy-to-understand TTS voices, demonstrating how to pronounce vocabulary words as well as speaking example sentences in five different languages: English, Castilian Spanish Castilian Spanish refers to some dialects of the Spanish language as spoken in Spain, also known as Spanish Spanish or Spanish from Spain. Although castellano , German, Italian and French. Additionally, Fonix VoiceCompress allowed Casio application developers to significantly compress audio files, freeing up device memory for more content and other functions. Fonix speech technology conforms seamlessly to manufacturers' development needs. "Casio is the dominant market leader in the electronic dictionary space in Asia," continues Nawrocki. "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. a recent survey by Gfk Japan, they continue to hold the number one share of the Japanese market. Fonix's continued relationship with Casio is a proven partnership with a great track record. E-dictionaries are only growing in popularity, and Fonix is confident of our place as the primary speech technology provider for this market." For more information about Fonix speech solutions, visit www.fonix.com, or call 801-553-6600 and say "Sales." About Casio Casio Computer Co., Ltd. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of consumer electronics products and business equipment solutions. Since its establishment in 1957, Casio has strived to realize its corporate creed of "creativity and contribution" through the introduction of innovative and imaginative products. Today, Casio's offerings include timepieces, digital cameras, cellular phones, electronic dictionaries, calculators, musical instruments, system equipment, and electronic components such as LCDs. About Fonix DECtalk Fonix DECtalk offers the smallest memory footprint Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a program uses or references while running. This includes all sorts of active memory regions like code, static data sections (both initialized and uninitialized), heap, as well as all the stacks, plus memory required to hold for a multi-language, full-dictionary text-to-speech engine in the industry. Fonix DECtalk is specifically engineered for small devices and limited memory applications and provides a standard of intelligible and natural sound quality that surpasses competitive offerings. Version 4.6.5 supports the widest array of hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. and operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. on the market and offers nine voices (four female, four male and one child's voice) and seven languages (U.S. and U.K. English, Castilian and Latin American Spanish, French, German and Italian). About Fonix Fonix Corporation (OTCBB:FNIX), based in Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see . Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C. , is an innovative speech recognition and text-to-speech technology company that provides value-added speech solutions through its wholly owned subsidiary, Fonix Speech, Inc., currently offering voice solutions for mobile/wireless devices; interactive video games, toys and appliances; computer telephony systems; the assistive market; and automotive telematics. Fonix provides developers and manufacturers with cost-effective speech solutions to enhance devices and systems. Visit www.fonix.com for more information, or call 801-553-6600 and say "Sales." Statements released by Fonix that are not purely historical are forward looking within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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