Fisheries and Oceans Canada Selects SpeechWorks Solution for Collection of Vital Industry Data.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2002 World's First Fisheries Application Aids in Monitoring Nation's Natural Resource Harvesting Activity SpeechWorks International, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPWX SPWX Speechworks (stock symbol) ), the global leader in speech recognition and 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 ) technologies and services, today announced that Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), is the department within the government of Canada that is responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters. (DFO DFO Department of Fisheries and Oceans (Canada) DFO Disaster Field Office (US FEMA) DFO Designated Federal Official DFO Deferoxamine DFO Divisional Forest Officer ) has selected SpeechWorks to build a speech-enabled application for its "Hail Out" service. Partnering with MTTI MTTI Massage Therapy Training Institute (Kansas City, MO) MTTI Transfer RNA, Mitochondrial, Isoleucine MTTI Mean Time to Install MTTI Mean Time to Interrupt - a full-service computer telephony See CTI, VoIP and IP telephony. Computer Telephony - Computer Telephone Integration provider - the SpeechWorks solution will allow Canadian fisherman to report trip departure dates and times for monitoring and security by the Federal Government of Canada The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. The powers and structure of the federal government are set out in the Constitution of Canada. In modern Canadian use, the term "government" (or "federal government") refers broadly to the cabinet of the day and . The SpeechWorks powered solution is scheduled to go live in the Maritimes Region in early 2003. Nationwide implementation could follow. A first of its kind for the fishing industry, the speech system will handle hail-out calls, from the license holder, and will prompt for and record the Fisher Identification Number, Vessel Registration Number, time, date and port of departure, species and area to be fished, up to three contact telephone numbers, estimated date of landing and the time and date of the call. Traditionally, an industry-sponsored dockside monitoring company handles these calls. With this speech application, the DFO will be able to offer fishermen a more efficient method of recording this vital information, while simultaneously compiling more accurate and timely data on fishing activity, all at a lower cost. "The fishing industry is a major tenant of the Canadian economy and having timely, accurate information on fishing activity and vessel movements helps us to more effectively monitor the public resource," said David Balfour, director-general of program planning and co-ordination for fisheries management Fisheries management is today often referred to as a governmental system of management rules based on defined objectives and a mix of management means to implement the rules, which is put in place by a system of monitoring control and surveillance (MCS). at DFO. "Having SpeechWorks' cutting-edge speech technology incorporated into our "Hail Out" system provides us with a more efficient method of capturing the data reported by fishermen, while making it more convenient for them to comply with government regulations." "Fisheries and Oceans Canada is the lead federal government department responsible for developing and implementing policies and programs in support of Canada's oceans and inland waters Canals, lakes, rivers, water courses, inlets, and bays that are nearest to the shores of a nation and subject to its complete sovereignty. Inland waters, also known as internal waters, are subject to the total sovereignty of the country as much as if they were an actual part ," said Steve Chambers, chief marketing officer, SpeechWorks. "This unique application truly demonstrates how the federal government of Canada is using innovative technology to impact the environmental and economic issues of the day." About Fisheries and Oceans Canada Fisheries and Oceans Canada is responsible for policies and programs in support of Canada's economic, ecological and scientific interests in oceans and inland waters; for the conservation and sustainable utilization of Canada's fisheries resources in marine and inland waters; for leading and facilitating federal policies and program on oceans; and for safe effective and environmentally sound marine services responsive to the needs of Canadians in a global economy. About MTTI Maximizing Today's Telecommunications Inc "M T T I" is committed to researching the ever changing world of computer technology for innovative solutions. Our goal is to offer computer based open architecture communications opportunities to our customers. Using the potential available to our software developers in open architecture technology we are able to tailor solutions to our clients precise requirements. The net benefit is technology actually working for you. From offices in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Dartmouth (2001 pop.: 65,741[0]), founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, a provincially designated Metropolitan Area, and a former city in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. , Canada we bring Atlantic Canadian Business Canadian Business is the longest-publishing business magazine in Canada. It was founded in 1928 as The Commerce of the Nation, the organ of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The magazine was renamed Canadian Business in 1933. open architecture communications solutions. The convergence of voice/data/video provides them the means to solidify a position as world competitors. For more information visit, www.mtti.ns.ca . About SpeechWorks International, Inc. Through the power of SpeechWorks technologies, the human voice is all a person needs to access instant information and conduct transactions from a phone or device. Around the world, customer service innovators such as America Online See AOL. , Bell Canada, CIBC CIBC Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce CIBC Centres Interinstitutionnels de Bilan de Compétences CIBC Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control (Trinidad) CIBC Commercial International Brokerage Company , and National Weather Service are realizing returns on SpeechWorks applications that consistently delight and serve customers 24 hours a day. With over 170 partners, SpeechWorks (Nasdaq: SPWX) delivers natural language speech recognition, speaker verification and text-to-speech (TTS) solutions to leading corporations, telecommunications providers, device manufacturers and government organizations worldwide. For a description of our products, services and unique customer programs such as SpeechWorks S.T.E.P.(TM) (Speech Technology Evaluation Process) program call 617.428.4444 or visit www.speechworks.com. SpeechWorks and SpeechWorks S.T.E.P. are trademarks or registered trademarks of SpeechWorks International, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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