Conversa Previews Conversa Messenger Enterprise at CT Expo '99; New Enterprise-Wide Voice-Driven, Unified Messaging Solution Available for Corporations on a Non-Fee Basis.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--Conversa (pronounced con-ver-say) Tuesday announced that it is previewing Conversa Messenger(tm) Enterprise at CT Expo. Until now, voice-driven, unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. for accessing e-mail, voice mail and fax has been primarily available to companies as a fee-based, third-party service. The new Enterprise edition of Conversa's client product now allows companies to purchase a server-based, conversational unified messaging system that not only handles all messaging needs, but also integrates with the user's current contact manager. Conversa Messenger Enterprise is a cost-effective solution that easily allows the user to manage messages, calendar and contact information from the desktop or from a cell or landline phone. Conversa Messenger Enterprise also offers the option to incorporate Conversa Lingo(tm), the company's conversational rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. tool, which allows enterprise users to leap beyond messaging. Conversa Lingo provides an environment for preparing and delivering information contained in such applications as databases and spreadsheets, solely through conversational exchanges with the computer. Corporate users will be able to build transaction-based conversations enabling customers to quickly obtain information, provide instructions or make purchases by voice, without relying on verbal prompts and touch-tone dialing. "The technology we have developed and incorporated into Conversa Messenger Enterprise delivers one of the cornerstones of our marketing strategy which is telephony access to Web-based conversational content," said Steve Rondel ron·del n. 1. A poem similar to a rondeau, having 13 or 14 lines with two rhymes throughout. The first and second lines reappear in the middle and at the end, although sometimes only the first line appears at the end. 2. , CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Conversa. "In addition to our retail products, we now have server-based solutions that will attract both small and large-enterprise customers, thus expanding the reach of our Conversational Computing computing - computer (tm) technology into new market areas." Conversa Messenger Enterprise will be sold through VARs and by the company's corporate sales force. Delivery is expected to be available in the third quarter of 1999. About Conversa Established in 1994, privately held Conversa (Conversational Computing Corporation) develops and markets cutting-edge voice recognition and speech-processing software. Conversa's technology, Conversational Computing, allows users to interact with their computing environment intuitively and naturally with speech. The company's award-winning products -- designed for personal computers, network servers and non-PC platforms -- use spoken natural language, continuous speech and speaker-independent recognition to help the user complete tasks. Conversa's runtime environment A configuration of hardware and software. It includes the CPU type, operating system and any runtime engines or system software required by a particular category of applications. See runtime engine. , tools and applications address a wide range of computing activities, such as managing e-mail and voice messages over the telephone, using voice to surf the Web, and speech- driven information and transaction processing Updating the appropriate database records as soon as a transaction (order, payment, etc.) is entered into the computer. It may also imply that confirmations are sent at the same time. Transaction processing systems are the backbone of an organization because they update constantly. . Conversa's core speech recognition, response and processing engines, as well as client server and development tools, are proprietary and based on several patents pending. Conversa's corporate headquarters are at 8522 154th Ave. NE, Redmond, Wash. 98052. Phone: 425/895-1800 or toll-free at 888/487-4373. FAX: 425/861-8664. URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.conversa.com. Please direct all editorial inquiries to either Barbara Evans or David Kaye David V. Hope (born 14 October 1964), known professionaly as David Kaye, is a Canadian actor who is better known and revered for his work as a voice actor. Career at KPR KPR Kawartha Pine Ridge (Canada) KPR Kansas Public Radio KPR Kennewick, Pasco, Richland (Tri-cities Washington) KPR Kentucky Performance Report KPR Ketopantoate Reductase KPR Korean People's Republic Inc. Phone: 818/368-8212. FAX: 818/368-8857. E-mail: barbara@kprinc.com or dave@kprinc.com. To get this release electronically, please go to: http://www.kprinc.com/nr_lists/cccprlst.htm. |
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