New L&H Toolkits Offer Developers Easiest Access to Broadest Range of Leading Speech and Language Technologies.WASHINGTON, D.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 18, 1998-- Company to demonstrate dictation, speech control, spell checking and data search/analysis toolkits at Software Development '98 conference Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :LHSPF) (EASDAQ See European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. :LHSP-ED) (L&H) today released four new speech technology toolkits that help developers easily add advanced speech and language capabilities to their applications. L&H's offerings represent some of the industry's most feature-rich set of toolkits for integrating speech and language technology into a broad range of applications, ranging from office automation to games, Web applications, databases and other software. Lernout & Hauspie, a worldwide market leader in speech and linguistic technologies, products and services, will demonstrate the four new toolkits and offer special pricing today through Thursday at the Software Development '98 Show, booth number 202, at the Washington Convention Center The Washington Convention Center has been the name of two convention centers in Washington, D.C. The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW and was in use from 1983 until 2004. in Washington, D.C. "Our goal is to provide application developers with quick, easy access to the unparalleled breadth and depth of technology that L&H has created over the years," said Bert Van Colie, senior vice president of corporate R&D, L&H. "By working closely with developers, and allowing them to leverage our superior technology, we believe we can continue to offer the market the most diverse applications available today." The toolkits are expected to enable a new generation of standards-compliant software with capabilities such as speech-activated multi-dimensional database search engines and multi-lingual voice command and control of Windows and Java applications. The four new toolkits include: -- Quest(R), an advanced search and analysis engine -- L&H Voice Xpress Software Developer Kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), for turning continuous speech into text -- International ProofReader(tm) for Java, a spell checker A separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words. It can test the spelling of a marked block, an entire document or group of documents. Advanced systems check for spelling as the user types and can correct common typos and misspellings on the fly. for the Java environment -- and ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition) Using voice recognition to replace keypad entry for telephone voice menus. Typically used to speak the digits 0 through 9 insted of keying them, ASR systems may be able to recognize a limited vocabulary. See voice recognition and AVSR. 1600 SDK, a command and control engine for operating PCs through voice commands Compliance with the Microsoft Corporations speech application programming interface (programming, standard) Speech Application Programming Interface - (SAPI) Microsoft's standard API for speech synthesis and speech recognition in Windows 95. The idea is to let developers try out and use various low-level speech software from any number of verndors, while retaining (SAPI (Speech API) A programming interface from Microsoft for speech recognition and synthesis. It provides a way for developers to enable their applications to receive text from and send text to voice devices. 1. ) standard allows Windows developers to build new speech and language applications, or integrate speech and language into existing applications such as database search engines. "There is a growing demand in the market for applications with speech and language functions; for example, search engines that can translate information into new languages, or command and control engines that enable users speaking any number of languages to operate a PC with voice commands," said L&H 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. Gaston Bastiaens Gaston Bastiaens (Westerlo (Belgium) December 16, 1946) is a Belgian engineer and businessman. As a vice president of Philips Electronics, he was responsible for the Compact Disc as well as for CD-i, CD-ROM, Philips' contributions to the MPEG standard and the foundations for the . "By adapting our end-user technology into standards-compliant toolkits, we can help developers integrate those functions into their applications without a lot of coding and customization. This helps them give their customers what they want without expending a lot of resources outside their area of expertise." Quest: advanced data search and analysis made easy The Quest SDK enables Windows and Unix developers to embed language-based search and analysis engines into applications running on top of standard databases, such as Oracle and Sybase. It combines sophisticated search and analysis capabilities, comparable to a high-end online analytical processing Online Analytical Processing, or OLAP (IPA: /ˈoʊlæp/), is an approach to quickly provide answers to analytical queries that are multidimensional in nature. tool, with the easy use of a keyword search engine. Quest's "fuzzy logic fuzzy logic, a multivalued (as opposed to binary) logic developed to deal with imprecise or vague data. Classical logic holds that everything can be expressed in binary terms: 0 or 1, black or white, yes or no; in terms of Boolean algebra, everything is in one set or ," which searches for information through association, enables users to conduct high-level data search and analysis without the knowledge of database structures that other advanced analysis tools demand. Its ability to make associations ensures that Quest almost always returns an answer, unlike the "no matches found" message more limited search engines often return. Quest appears as a form on users' screens. Users fill in parameters that are each attached to a database field and a Knowledge Map that can make associations beyond a query's literal meaning. If certain parameters are more important, the user can assign higher relative weighting and Quest will search the database accordingly. This enables Quest to scan the database like a multidimensional analysis In statistics, econometrics, and related fields, multidimensional analysis is a data analysis process that groups data into two basic categories: data dimensions and measurements. tool. L&H Voice Xpress SDK L&H Voice Xpress SDK is a SAPI-based software development kit that enables C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ developers to incorporate highly accurate speech recognition into Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. applications. Applications that integrate L&H Voice Xpress SDK can create text from continuous speech and can react on spoken commands through any close-talk microphone. The L&H Voice Xpress SDK offers more functionality than any other comparable toolkit. For example, the broadest range of base vocabularies and language models in the industry, and vocabulary development Vocabulary development is the process whereby speakers of language enhance their working vocabularies with new words. The average persons' vocabulary consists of 10,000 words, regardless of native tongue. Usually, this represents a mere fraction of the lexis of that language. for constantly expanding the words an application can understand from 30,000 to as many as 60,000. The SDK currently provides support for UK and US English and will support other languages and specialty domains as they become available in the L&H Voice Xpress product line. These features enable L&H Voice Xpress to achieve 95 percent accuracy or better, meaning fewer mistaken or misunderstood words. In addition, L&H Voice Xpress SDK plans to support SAPI 4 when it becomes available. With L&H Voice Xpress SDK, Windows application developers can create speech-enabled applications that take advantage of state of the art large vocabulary continuous speech recognition technology. ASR1600/M: providing high accuracy command & control for PC applications The L&H ASR1600/M SDK enables Windows developers to integrate speech command and control functions into their applications to provide accurate recognition across a broad range of PCs - from 486s to Pentiums. In addition, proprietary signal processing techniques provide accurate recognition across a wide range of acoustic environments and microphones, including noise robust inexpensive desktop microphones or even microphones in laptops. International ProofReader for Java: never at a loss for words International ProofReader for Java (IPR IPR Intellectual Property Rights IPR Inprocess/Inprogress Review IPR Industrial Property Rights IPR Institute for Policy Research (Northwestern University and University of Cincinnati) IPR Institute of Public Relations ) is the premier spell checking product for Java-based applications and applets. IPR-J, based on the industry-leading spell checking technology, returns the right spelling alternative on the first try 97 percent of the time, which makes spell checking faster and more efficient for end users. The 180,000 plus word dictionary far exceeds the coverage of other Java spell checking products. International ProofReader for Java includes a client/server framework and packages all components as JavaBeans. It will allow the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and (Original Equipment Manufacturer) to implement the client as a lightweight application or applet that will communicate with the server for verification, hyphenation Breaking words that extend beyond the right margin. Software hyphenates words by matching them against a hyphenation dictionary or by using a built-in set of rules, or both. See discretionary hyphen. and correction. OEMs and corporate developers can integrate IPR-J into any Java-based desktop application that requires spell checking, including word processors, desktop publishing applications, and Web and Internet applications or applets. Pricing and Availability The L&H Voice Xpress SDK, Quest SDK, ASR1600/M and International ProofReader for Java are all currently available. L&H Voice Xpress SDK and Quest prices vary depending on site licenses; ASR1600/M is priced at $2,995 for a full kit with all available options; and International ProofReader for Java is priced at $1,995 for a single-site application and $9,995 for unlimited application license. About L&H Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) is a global leader in advanced speech and language solutions for computers, automobiles, telecommunications, embedded products, consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and and the Internet. The company is making the speech user interface (SUI Sui (swā), dynasty of China that ruled from 581 to 618. This short-lived dynasty reunified China in 589 after 400 years of division and laid the foundation for further consolidation under the T'ang dynasty. ) the keystone of simple, convenient interaction between humans and technology, and it is blending the best of human and machine translation technology, tools and services to instantly break down language barriers around the world. L&H's products and services originate in four basic areas: automatic speech recognition (ASR), 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 ), digital speech and music compression (SMC SMC Saint Mary's College SMC Santa Monica College SMC Solaris Management Console SMC Smooth Muscle Cell SMC Small Magellanic Cloud (also see LMC) SMC Safety Management Certificate (maritime shipping) ) and text-to-text (translation). For more information, please visit Lernout & Hauspie on the World Wide Web at www.lhs.com. This news release contains forward-looking statements. Such forward looking statements include, without limitation, statements that the L&H software development kits are the most feature-rich set of toolkits, that said toolkits will be used in a large number of applications, that said toolkits will be successful, that said toolkits may make possible a new generation of standard-compliant software, that the SDK's will perfectly work as specifies. 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