(Almere, The Netherlands – March 11, 2003)—Active Voice BV, a leading European provider of unified messaging, computer telephony and voice messaging solutions, today announced that it will demonstrate its new Seven speech recognition system at the Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) booth at CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, March 12 – 19, 2003. CeBIT is a world-leading trade show for information technology, telecommunications and networking, and information software and services.
Active Voice’s Seven speech recognition solution is a Microsoft? Windows? 2000-based application that functions as a virtual telephone operator, providing subscribers anytime, anywhere access to company directory information. When using Seven, subscribers are asked to say the name of a colleague or department they wish to speak to. Seven retrieves the name from a database, then transfers subscribers to the appropriate telephone extension. Seven uses Nuance?’s leading-edge speech recognition software from Nuance? and ScanSoft?’s the high-quality ScanSoft? RealSpeak? tText-to-sSpeech engine for accurate name retrieval and confirmation.
Seven provides workers a convenient and efficient way to reach their colleagues.,” said Jeroen Franken, Director of Sales and Marketing, Active Voice BV. “It replaces the need for costly directory services because it gives every employee easy access to all internal telephone extensions, as well as frequently dialed external numbers. Workers no longer have to browse the Internet, look up numbers in a directory, or check their email contact list – they can simply dial Seven for the information.” “Users can also access the system from their home office or via their cellular phones;; Seven can be reached from virtually any phone across the globein the world,” added Jeroen Franken, Director of Sales and Marketing, Active Voice BV..
We are very pleased to introduce “Seven” together with Philips Business Communications. With Philips as our launching partner we emphasize our mutual partner focus while providing an excellent new product to the Philips customers around the world
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“telecommunicationsThe convergence of voice and data in the Telecom industry is requiring new innovations in silicon technology,” said Bert Leysen, Market Development Manager. “Intel is pleased to be working with companies like Active Voice who are at the forefront of driving unified messaging systems and computer telephony integration solutions into the market.”
The Seven application can be connected to virtually any telephone switch by using a simple telephone extension, making deployment easy and reliable. The names and telephone numbers of an organization’s employees are stored within a database, which. The database is automatically updated via a connection with the telephone switch or through an import tool. In both cases, additional directory information or alternative spellings can be added to the Seven database using a Windows-based graphical user interface (GUI). Seven is available as a 2-8 port system and is localized in Dutch, U.K. English, German, Italian, French, and Spanish. Seven will be made generally available to customers in March 2003.
About Intel
Intel offers a broad range of Telecom hardware and software products and services - ranging from boards to server software. These help converge voice and data technologies to answer communications needs for a range of environments from enterprise organizations to service providers. Intel provides voice, fax, conferencing, and speech technologies; telephone and IP network interfaces; PBX integration products and carrier-class board systems-level products. Intel offers a range of media processing boards, signaling, and switching products designed for scalable, standards-based open computer telephony (CT) systems. Whether you need a single media resource or a combination of media processing resources, the integration of Intel telecom boards into CT systems makes computer information readily available over the worldwide telephone network that is accessible by multiple types of data terminals: wireline and wireless telephones, faxes, laptops, and more. Additional information is available at www.intel.com/design/network/products/telecom/index.htm
Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom.
About Active Voice
Active Voice BV is a leading European provider of PC-based unified messaging systems and computer telephony integration (CTI) solutions. Our products help people communicate in the easiest, most efficient way possible. Active Voice's products are sold through a network of independent telecommunications manufacturers, dealers, computer resellers, and strategic partners. Sales and technical support are provided by the associate offices in the United States (world headquarters), the Netherlands, and Australia. For more information, visit our Web site at www.activevoice.nl or contact Active Voice's Sales Department at Tel: +31 (36) 546 1212.
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Public Relations of Active Voice BV: Yvonne Jansen, +31 (0)36-5461212, info@activevoice.nl
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