JABRA Corp. and FICOMP SYSTEMS join forces in introducing the JABRA Interpreter for the financial services industry.SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 1995--JABRA Corp. Wednesday announced they have teamed up with FICOMP FICOMP Fieldbus Components SYSTEMS INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic. Antonym: dec. . (FSI FSI Foreign Service Institute FSI Fluid Structure Interaction FSI Fuel Stratified Injection FSI Federazione Scacchistica Italiana (Italian Chess Federation) FSI Free Standing Insert FSI Flight Simulator ) in bringing to market the JABRA Interpreter. The DSP-based JABRA Interpreter incorporates a custom version of JABRA Corp.'s noise cancellation (1) The elimination of unwanted signals in an electronic circuit. See noise and dynamic noise reduction. (2) The elimination of unwanted noise in the environment using noise cancelling headphones. software, enabling traders on the trading floor to use voice recognition in an environment with very high voice levels. This technology is being combined with FSI's Interpreter 6000 voice recognition system. The JABRA Interpreter is currently being used in live trading at Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. & Co., in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. in conjunction with FSI's Interpreter 6000. William J. Marshall, senior managing director of Bear Stearns said, ``We feel that the JABRA Interpreter provides breakthrough technology and the appropriate human factors element to allow our traders to have the freedom to make it a natural part of their daily business.'' The JABRA Ear PHONE is very unique. First, its ``all-in-the-ear'' technology incorporates a speaker and microphone into a tiny unit. There's nothing over your head or in front of your face. Secondly, the JABRA Ear PHONE is held in your ear with patented earmolds. These earmolds provide comfort for extended periods of time, superior channeling of sound and hygienically correct use of headsets. Additionally, the earmolds will save money in the long run and reduce the chances of hearing loss. Besides being unobtrusive, the JABRA Ear PHONE is a natural for voice recognition systems because it remains in a constant position while the trader is doing heavy trading interactions. It allows the trader to take phone calls and then very quickly state the trade into the system while the speech-to-text annotates it and enters it into the system. The combination of the JABRA Ear PHONE and the custom-noise cancellation software provides an accurate and comfortable human auditory interface and hands-free manipulation of the financial trading systems as well as providing excellent voice recognition in noisy environments. The Interpreter 6000 is an innovative voice recognition system that allows financial traders to conduct business by speaking commands into the computer using the JABRA Interpreter rather than by using a mouse or keyboard. The voice command is instantaneous, appearing on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. for confirmation less than a second after being spoken. ``We are very pleased to be working with FICOMP SYSTEMS in providing the human auditory interface and a true `hands-free' private solution for traders with our JABRA Ear PHONE,'' said Randy Granovetter, 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 JABRA. The JABRA Interpreter will allow professionals, such as traders at Bear Stearns, the ability to enter orders onto their trading system privately, while having their hands free to do other things. ``We feel the JABRA technology with custom-noise cancellation for the financial trading environment and the JABRA Interpreter Ear PHONE provides the perfect complement to the Interpreter 6000 and are pleased to be working with JABRA as a partner in this endeavor,'' stated Gary Richman, president of FSI. Located in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , JABRA develops and markets the JABRA Ear PHONE in a range of cellular, desktop, mobile and wireless telecommunications hardware and software products that provide users the best human auditory interface for personal, private, comfortable and hands-free communications. FICOMP SYSTEMS, located in Dayton, N.J., is a leading international systems integrator of wide area and local area networks, and a manufacturer of voice recognition systems specializing in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry. For more information, contact JABRA Corp., 9191 Towne Center Drive, Suite 330, San Diego, Calif., 92122. Telephone, fax and e-mail, respectively, are 619/622-0764, 619/622-0353, and earphone See earbuds. (at-sign)applelink.apple.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: Copyright 1995 JABRA Corp. JABRA Ear PHONE is a trademark of JABRA Corp. All other brand names and products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: JABRA Corp., San Diego Lisa Heller, 619/622-0764 or FICOMP SYSTEMS INC., Dayton Whit Smyth, 914/666-2737 |
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