Phonetic Systems Shifts Its Voice Search Engine To High Gear.

Phonetic Systems, Inc. recently unveiled its Voice Search Engine (VSE). Based on its patented technology, the VSE utilizes standards-based APIs that allow application developers to command large depositories of information through simple voice input. Similar to Internet search engine products, the VSE interoperates with applications such as voice portals, directory assistance and the mobile Internet. Phonetic Systems' technology can scale to millions of records since, according to the company, it is not limited by vocabulary size and does not require static databases. The VSE is built as an IP-enabled platform, transferring the "Internet paradigm" to the wireless environment, with the engine itself designed for the back-end server. This server interacts with standard front-end interfaces like voice browsers for natural language applications or intelligent conversation managers that dynamically steer the conversation flow to maximize accuracy and minimize the length of each call. Phonetic Systems' approach se parates the speech recognition and database search processes. The database can grow or constantly change without the need to rebuild the speech recognition database. The company is working with several carriers, portal companies and content aggregators to offer this technology as an integral component within their speech-enabled solutions.