VoiceAge Provides Voice Codec for RealNetworks' RealSystem.Business/High Tech Editors MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2002 Acelp(R).net Keeps its Status as Leading Low Bit Rate Voice Compression Same as speech compression. Codec VoiceAge Corporation today announced the continuation of a licensing agreement with RealNetworks(R), Inc. to provide voice codec Same as speech codec. (encoder and decoder) technology. Building on past collaboration, RealNetworks will continue to distribute VoiceAge's leading codec, ACELP(R).net, as the core low bit rate speech codec Also called a "voice codec" or "vocoder," it is a hardware circuit that converts the spoken word into digital code and vice versa. It comprises the A/D and D/A conversion and compression technique (see G. standards). for the RealSystem(R). "RealNetworks was essential in making VoiceAge's ACELP(R).net a de facto standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, in streaming voice on the net," said Laurent Amar, VoiceAge Vice president strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. and business alliances. "ACELP(R).net has been experienced by millions of consumers since being incorporated into RealAudio(R) in 1997. We are confident that this latest agreement will further support our dissemination objectives." "Renewing our technology agreement with VoiceAge allows the RealSystem to continue offering the best in very low bit rate speech coding Speech coding is the application of data compression of digital audio signals containing speech. Speech coding uses speech-specific parameter estimation using audio signal processing techniques to model the speech signal, combined with generic data compression algorithms to ," said Gary S. Greenbaum, Senior Director, RealNetworks, Inc. ABOUT VOICEAGE CORPORATION VoiceAge Corporation develops narrowband and wideband low bit-rate audio and multimedia compression solutions for wireless 2G, 2.5G, 3G, and voice-over-packet networks. As experienced daily by hundreds of millions of users worldwide, VoiceAge's standard and proprietary solutions, built on the world-renowned ACELP(R) technology, ensure unsurpassed multimedia experience. VoiceAge was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada. VoiceAge, SPOTxde and ACELP are trademarks of VoiceAge Corporation. For more information about VoiceAge, visit http://www.voiceage.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. that involve risks and uncertainties, including statements relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc future collaborative efforts by RealNetworks and VoiceAge under their announced technological agreement. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted. The extent to which actual results differ from the predictions will depend upon whether, and to what extent, RealNetworks and VoiceAge agree upon, integration and other collaborative projects under the technological agreement framework in the future. RealNetworks, RealSystem, and RealAudio are registered trademarks of RealNetworks, Inc. --30--bw/ny* csm
CONTACT: VoiceAge Corporation, Montreal
Paul Goulet, 514/996-8290
paulg@voiceage.com
KEYWORD: INTERNATIONAL CANADA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS E-COMMERCE INTERNET
TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKETING AGREEMENTS
SOURCE: VoiceAge Corporation
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