Gionee Selects ART smARTspeak XG As Voice Recognition Standard for Its Line of Mobile Phones.

ATLANTA -- Addition of smARTspeak(R) XG Marks First Use of Voice Recognition by Leading Chinese Mobile Phone Maker

ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, a global leader in voice interface solutions for mobile devices, announced today that Gionee Corporation has selected the smARTspeak(R) XG embedded speech interface from ART as the voice recognition standard for its new line of handheld phones. Founded in 2002, Gionee offers more than 10 phone models and has established itself as one of the leading research and development organizations in the Chinese mobile phone industry.

The new Chinese version of smARTspeak XG voice interface has been integrated onto the TTPcom ADI430 chipset, which is used by Gionee for its newest line of mobile phones. The new phones are scheduled for release in December.

"China is the most important cell phone market in the world," said Yakov Shulman, acting CEO of ART, "and we have created the best available voice recognition technology for the Chinese language. Gionee is an enormously innovative company and we are very pleased to be working with them on this new line of full-featured phones. We look forward to a long and rewarding relationship."

The smARTspeak XG is the first embedded speaker independent name dialing solution designed for wireless phones and mobile devices. With swift and accurate recognition based on phonemic identification, the smARTspeak XG needs no training to provide instant name dialing. The smARTspeak XG is fully speaker independent, meaning it can be operated by any user with no voice training of the device. In addition, it incorporates the same feature-rich functions that made ART's revolutionary smARTspeak NG platform so popular: continuous digit dialing, speaker independent command and control, and trainable continuous digit dialing for custom languages.

"The smARTspeak XG technology is clearly the best Chinese language voice interface on the market," said Zhang gaoxian, the IMC Director of Gionee. "ART has created a product that is ideally suited to our requirements-small in size and large in performance."

The advanced features of the smARTspeak XG enables users to dial by speaking a person's name or phone number. Giving equally fast and accurate response whether users say "Xiao Wei" or "Dial 1202111002", smARTspeak XG maintains ART's popular out of-the-box, multi-user experience. In addition, the phone will recognize commands such as "contact" and "redial" and offers trainable digit dialing that can be adjusted to a user's accent. When more than one name is available, ART's "Best Match" function presents a short-list of options either as text or voice for extra convenience.

About ART Advanced Recognition Technologies

Established in 1990 and recently acquired by ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSFT), ART is the acknowledged market leader in embedded speech and handwriting recognition software for mass-market mobile devices. With a decade of award-winning innovation behind it, ART develops and markets technologically superior solutions for the control and command of mobile devices through the human voice and natural handwriting. The company's proprietary technologies provide next-generation user interface solutions for cellular handsets, smartphones, mobile communicators, PDAs and handhelds, and automotive systems.

Today, ART's embedded software-only solutions are deployed in dozens of product lines from industry leaders such as LGE, Motorola, Mitsubishi, NEC, Panasonic, BenQ, Xelibri by Siemens, Sierra Wireless, Compal, Quanta, Inventec, Gionee, Siemens Automotive, Maxon, GVC, Hitachi, Emblaze mobile, Casio, Franklin, PaceBlade and others. ART has strategic and technological partnerships with industry leaders including: Texas Instruments, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Freescale, TTPCom, Agere, Infineon, Intel, Broadcom, ADI, Microsoft, Symbian, UIQ, Series 60, Prairiecomm, Spreadtrum, Renesas, Cirque, Accelent Systems, Teleca, Ceva, Clarity, e-sim, Persay, SVOX, DSPG, Pegasus, VOXON and others.

Based in the United States with sales office on the West coast, ART maintains a wholly owned Israeli subsidiary that conducts research and development. Additional information about ART is available at: www.artcomp.com

About Gionee Corporation

Established in 2002, Gionee Corporation develops and manufactures mobile communication devices primarily for the Chinese domestic market. With headquarters in Shenzhen, China, the company employs a staff of more than 1,600. The company has established the Gionee Mobile Communication Design Institute, which has quickly become one of the strongest research and development groups in the domestic field. Additional information is available at http://www.gionee.net

smARTspeak XG is a registered trademark of ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. Names of other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.