Centigram's TruVoice Text-To-Speech Software Adds Two New Languages; Computer Telephony Product of the Year Adds Mandarin and Cantonese to its Existing Library of Five Languages.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 12, 1996--Centigram Communications Corp. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CGRM CGRM Computer Graphics Reference Model (ISO) ), a leading global provider of communications solutions, today announced it has added Mandarin and Cantonese language support to its TruVoice family of advanced text-to-speech products. In 1995, Centigram's TruVoice earned a Product of the Year award from Computer Telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration , a leading communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. magazine. Centigram cen·ti·gram n. A metric unit of mass equal to one hundredth (10-2) of a gram. centigram one-hundredth of a gram; abbreviated cg. is demonstrating its TruVoice technology in its booth No. 1709 at the Computer Telephony Expo '96 in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. March 12 - 14. Users can test Centigram's text-to-speech voice quality through the type-and-talk demonstration, which converts text entered by users to spoken English and other supported languages. TruVoice offers intuitive features that include context-sensitive rules to eliminate time-consuming editing so text can be accurately read. These rules allow data to be correctly interpreted from spreadsheets, address book applications, electronic mail messages, and faxes. TruVoice's preprocessor Software that performs some preliminary processing on the input before it is processed by the main program. See preprocessing. (programming) preprocessor - A program that transforms input data in some way before it is read by the main program. also strips out unwanted header information in e-mail messages and appropriately interprets punctuation, multi-expansion abbreviations, non-standard abbreviations, and multiple date and time formats. In addition to the new-language technologies, other enhancements include improved voice quality in American English American English n. The English language as used in the United States. Noun 1. American English - the English language as used in the United States American language, American , French, German, Italian and Spanish, as well as new voices (8 male, 2 female) across all available languages. "With the introduction of these two new languages we are addressing a global audience and the text-to-speech needs of this growing market," said Dr. Bathsheba Malsheen, Centigram's Technology Business Unit general manager. "These offerings will provide powerful speech capabilities to a broader range of customers worldwide." TruVoice is available directly from Centigram as an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and product, or as an SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). or speech engine. It is offered in many messaging solutions, including in Microsoft's Speech Application Programming Interface (programming, standard) Speech Application Programming Interface - (SAPI) Microsoft's standard API for speech synthesis and speech recognition in Windows 95. The idea is to let developers try out and use various low-level speech software from any number of verndors, while retaining (API) and Microsoft Phone; with Big Sky Technologies' Remark! MessageCenter, a Lotus Notes-based unified messaging product; and with AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. Research's Bravo MS line of personal computers. TruVoice is also available on Dialogic's Antares boards, and Natural MicroSystems' DIVA open digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). card. An interactive demonstration of TruVoice is available on the company's World Wide Web site at www.centigram.com. Microsoft Incorporates TruVoice The TruVoice Version 5.0 English Software Development Kit (SDK) is available to provide users of the Microsoft Speech API with high-quality speech in their applications. At the Microsoft Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Centigram announced that its TruVoice SDK is available with full support for the Microsoft Speech API, which is used with Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT operating systems. It is also available with a Centigram API which is suitable for use in the family of Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 3.1, Windows 95 and Windows NT. The TruVoice SDK for Windows is available today directly from Centigram for $295. Through a licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp., TruVoice advanced speech enhancements are also bundled with Microsoft products and are now available in Microsoft Phone. The agreement makes Centigram's full 32-bit text-to-speech software implementation -- suitable for both Windows 95 and Windows NT, and supporting the Microsoft Speech API -- available to end users. Microsoft Phone is a powerful, easy-to-use software-only speakerphone and answering machine made possible by TruVoice and other new communications technologies available in the Windows 95 operating system and by new voice-enabled modems. Providing innovative computer telephony applications, Microsoft Phone uses TruVoice to transform a voice modem into a comprehensive voice communications center voicemail, allowing individuals and small businesses to be far more productive. Centigram Communications Corp. Centigram Communications Corp., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is a leading provider of communications solutions. Centigram licenses TruVoice, its patented text-to-speech software, and delivers communications solutions by integrating voice, data and facsimile; and by providing access to this multimedia information through a telephone or PC. Centigram is located at 91 East Tasman Drive, San Jose, Calif., 95134. Phone 408/944-0250, Fax 408/428-3732. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Centigram and TruVoice are registered trademarks of Centigram Communications Corp. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or certain other countries. Remark! is a registered trademark and MessageCenter is a trademark of Big Sky Technologies Inc. Lotus Notes is a registered trademark of Lotus Development Corp. Dialogic is a registered trademark and Antares is a trademark of Dialogic Corp. Natural MicroSystems is a trademark of Natural MicroSystems Corp. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Corp., San Jose Dan Spalding, 408/428-3559 dan.spalding@centigram.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies, Mountain View Lisa Kelaita or Robin Foster, 415/962-9550 lkelaita@millerwest.com rfoster@millerwest.com |
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