IBM Software Exec. Describes Company's Global Leadership in Speech Recognition End-to-End Voice Solutions.Business Editors SOMERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2000 IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM) is pioneering the conversational user interface through speech technologies, the new way humans will more naturally interact with computers, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. W.S. "Ozzie" Osborne, general manager of IBM Voice Systems. Osborne was a featured speaker at this week's WebSphere 2000 Conference in Miami, Florida “Miami” redirects here. For the Native American tribe, see Miami tribe. Miami is a major city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. It is the county seat of Miami-Dade County. Miami is a gamma world city with an estimated population of 404,048. . He described IBM's end-to-end speech recognition offerings that transcend the desktop, ranging from speech-enabled mobile devices, such as a Palm Pilot or automobile, to telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. offerings and computing computing - computer solutions for the Internet. "As computing devices continue to become smaller and smaller, voice is the most natural interface for e-business and our evolving e-life," said Osborne. "We are in a thriving market and, as the global leader in speech recognition technology, IBM is the only company in the world that can provide the full range of speech-enabled solutions for consumers and businesses alike, across all platforms." With more than 30 years in research and development, 150 patents and 250 researchers, IBM is leading the global market of speech recognition technology, including the majority of the Japanese and European market share. IBM was the first company to deliver a boxed voice recognition software product in 1996. With more than 10 million users, IBM's ViaVoice is the only speech recognition technology that can be found on every operating platform --from Windows to Macintosh to Linux. Using voice as an interface will dramatically improve the way people interact with computers and drive the evolution of transparent computing See pervasive computing. -- making the human-to-machine interaction easier and more natural. "Computing is pervasive and part of everything we do in everyday life -- voice will make computing seamless," said Osborne. "We're in a sweet spot, and IBM is the only company that can make this happen." For more information about IBM Voice Systems visit www.ibm.com/software/speech. |
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