Centigram and Olivetti develop Italian TruVoice text-to-speech software and provide other TruVoice languages to customers; Alliance provides OEM's with single vendor solution for multiple TTS languages.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1995--Centigram Communications Corporation (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 provider of communications solutions, today announced an agreement with Olivetti S (company) Olivetti - A large Italian company producing office machinery, computers and printers. Olivetti took a controlling stake in Acorn Computers in September 1985. Olivetti computers were once marketed in USA with the ATT brand name. .p.A. to provide Italian language Italian language, member of the Romance group of the Italic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Romance languages). The official language of Italy and San Marino, and one of the official languages of Switzerland, Italian is spoken by about 58 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 ) software for use with communication systems. TTS software translates text into natural-sounding speech. This alliance also allows 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. to offer Italian TTS to its TruVoice customers. It also enables Olivetti's customers to use the Italian TTS on different platforms, bringing advanced text-to-speech capabilities to a broader market. "Olivetti's Italian text-to-speech software is the most advanced solution on the market today," said Dr. Bathsheba Malsheen, general manager of Centigram's Technology Business Unit and a renowned speech technologist. "Centigram's TruVoice TTS software is the only product to offer high-quality text-to-speech capabilities in all the major European languages." "Olivetti is excited by this opportunity to work with Centigram and bring multiple language text-to-speech capabilities to Olivetti's extensive customer base," said Giovanni Gurrieri, personal computers marketing vice president for Olivetti. "Given our history in multimedia development, it is natural for us to see our efforts materialize, resulting in the most advanced TTS solutions for our customers to date." The companies also signed a separate licensing agreement allowing Olivetti to include Centigram's TruVoice English, Spanish, French and German versions with its own line of products. Centigram and Olivetti have both been involved in furthering the development of TruVoice TTS software. Under this alliance, the companies will continue to jointly develop the base technology and the base technology implementations for this product. Centigram's TruVoice is an advanced text-to-speech application for multiple environments. It converts any text into highly intelligible, synthesized speech. Available in five major languages, TruVoice offers speech capabilities to any sound card or sound-enabled platform, enhancing productivity and communications for users. Centigram Communications Corporation, headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , is a leading provider of communications solutions. Centigram licenses TruVoice, its patented text-to-speech software, and solves communications problems by integrating voice, data and facsimile and providing access to this multimedia information through a telephone or PC. Centigram is located at 91 East Tasman Drive, San Jose CA 95134 Phone 408/944-0250, Fax 408/428-3732. CONTACT: Centigram Communications Pam Ferguson, 408/428-3722 pam.ferguson@centigram.com or Miller Communications Robin Foster/Lisa Kelaita, 415/962-9550 rfoster@millerwest.com |
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