Fast-Talk Wins ''Best Business Potential Award'' at Analyst Conference.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2002 Audio search company wins a total of three awards at the Giga Information Group Emerging Technology Showcase Fast-Talk Communications, creator of the world's only high-speed audio searching technology, recently won awards for Best Business Potential, Level of Innovation and Overall Quality of Demo at Giga Information Group's (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: GIGX) Fifth Annual Emerging Technology Showcase. The conference, which was held in Scottsdale, Ariz. from Dec. 9-11, is a unique forum showcasing innovative IT solutions for both new and established companies. Participating companies demonstrate their products and services to an audience of IT executives, venture capitalists Venture Capitalist An investor who provides capital to either start-up ventures or support small companies who wish to expand but do not have access to public funding. Notes: Venture capitalists usually expect higher returns for the additional risks taken. and investment bankers Investment Banker A person representing a financial institution that is in the business of raising capital for corporations and municipalities. Notes: An investment banker may not accept deposits or make commercial loans. who collaborate with analysts and CIOs in order to identify winning technologies that will have a major impact in the months beyond the conference. Fast-Talk's phonetic pho·net·ic adj. 1. Of or relating to phonetics. 2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound. audio searching software was demonstrated during Speak Your Mind: Speech Applications Revolutionize the Enterprise TechnoVista and was voted by attendees as the overall winner for quality of demo, level of innovation and best business potential by an overwhelming 73 percent of the vote. "It's an honor to be recognized by an audience of visionaries for the quality of our audio search products," said Armistead Whitney, president and 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 Fast-Talk. "Searching media and voice is an untapped and emerging technology, and the interest and input we received from show participants was really overwhelming. This conference was the perfect place to demonstrate our products." "The Giga Information Emerging Technology Showcase brings together some of the most significant new technology talent on the market. TechnoVista winners are the cream of the crop when it comes to introducing exciting and innovative ideas from both new and established companies," said Daniel Rasmus, vice president and research leader at Giga Information Group. TechnoVista winners from other categories include: Platespin, AskMe, Solutionary, Transmeta Corp. (Nasdaq: TMTA TMTA Transmeta (stock symbol) TMTA Texas Music Teachers Association TMTA Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association TMTA Truro Morlaix Twinning Association (UK) ) and iMagic. About Fast-Talk Fast-Talk's unique audio searching technology enables extremely accurate, high-speed searching of audio and video content. Based on identifying phonemes -- the smallest units of speech -- Fast-Talk audio searching technology can identify and retrieve any word, proper name, or phrase, regardless of various accents, dialects, and slang without converting speech to text. Fast-Talk's patent-pending technology is being utilized in government and commercial markets for media asset management, real-time monitoring and alerting, and call center quality assurance. The phonetic search technology Phonetic Search Technology (PST) is a method of speech recognition developed by Nexidia. An audio signal of speech is broken down into series of phonemes, which can be used to identify words. was developed over five years at the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. . Fast-Talk is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Atlanta. For more information, visit www.fast-talk.com. |
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