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CrossMedia Launches MyStockPortfolio:.


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, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000

Voice-navigable service retrieves

business-critical stock data from any telephone

CrossMedia Networks Corporation is pleased to announce the development of MyStockPortfolio, a voice-driven personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 information portal offering alternative access to business critical stock data from any telephone, anytime.

Using simple verbal commands, MyStockPortfolio offers completely "hands-free" stock access and prioritization of personalized stock portfolios. MyStockPortfolio, scheduled for release QIV QIV Quick Image Viewer  2000, grants customers the technology of a computer with the ease and efficiency of a telephone.

"We're very excited to offer a service that allows business professionals to constantly stay on top of their investments even if they aren't anywhere near a computer," explained CrossMedia Executive Vice-President Michael Pratt Michael Pratt or Mike Pratt may refer to:
  • Mike Pratt (actor) (1931-1976), British actor
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. "This new technology offers great new possibilities to provide assistance with instant and convenient access to communications, especially when combined with the efficiency of communication through our voice-enabled email product, MyInBox."

Offering both brief and detailed configurations, MyStockPortfolio communicates current stock prices (20 second delay), trading volumes Trading volume

The number of shares transacted every day. As there is a seller for every buyer, one can think of the trading volume as half of the number of shares transacted. That is, if A sells 100 shares to B, the volume is 100 shares.
, daily highs and lows, and gains and losses for either individual stocks or an entire portfolio. Access and management is completely voice-navigable which allows the user to easily move between his email and stock portfolio with the use of simple commands like "Current Stock," "Next Stock," "Read All Stocks," "List Stocks," "Read Details," "Market Indices," "Get Quote For . . ." and "Portfolio Value." Future enhancements will include stock alerts and priority notification, based on user-designated criteria.

CrossMedia creates communications solutions that enable the business professional to quickly and efficiently access and manage business-critical information from any telephone in the world. Founded in 1996, the Virginia-based company has designed a scalable, carrier-class distributed system See distributed computing.

distributed system - A collection of (probably heterogeneous) automata whose distribution is transparent to the user so that the system appears as one local machine.
 to support its primary two products: MyInBox and MyStockPortfolio. Using advanced speech technologies, both products offer a hands-free solution to retrieving and managing information anywhere, anytime. For more information, visit www.crossmedia.net. For a free demonstration, call 1-877-246-DEMO.
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