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Subject: VoiceSignal Provides First Listen of VSpeak(TM)

| VoiceSignal Provides First Listen of VSpeak(TM)
| anEntirely New Technology Approach for Embedded Speech Synthesisfor Mobile
| Phones
|
| PR Newswire
| Monday, September 26, 2005
|
| VoiceSignal Provides First Listen of VSpeak(TM) an Entirely New Technology
| Approach for Embedded Speech Synthesis for Mobile Phones
|
| WOBURN, Mass., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- VoiceSignal, the leading provider
of
| speech solutions for mobile devices, today provided the first listen of
its
| top secret speech synthesis research project, which will be called
| VSpeak(TM) when it hits the market in mobile phones later this year.
| VoiceSignal's solutions previously contained a speech synthesis engine for
| speaking names, numbers and menu items; however VSpeak(TM) is a full
| text-to-speech (TTS) application that can read email, text messages, web
| pages or any other text.
|
| What makes VSpeak remarkable is that the technology consumes only 300KB of
| memory in a mobile phone and has the sound quality and intelligibility of
| systems requiring more than 20MB. VSpeak is a major step forward for the
| mobile phone industry because for the first time a high quality TTS system
| for reading text messages and other content can be deployed in the memory
| constraints of entry level and mid-tier devices, rather than the highest
end
| smartphones. Including TTS in mobile phones allows users to listen to
| incoming text messages or other text without looking at the device. When
| matched with a bluetooth headset an entirely new eyes free interface
| solution is possible.
|
| The research project that lead to VSpeak has been going on in "stealth
mode"
| at VoiceSignal for the last year. The aim of the project was to
| revolutionize TTS for mobile devices by creating a product for mass market
| phones that sounded natural and was compact enough to be deployed in the
| entry level segment. The underlying technology for VSpeak remains a
secret,
| but the results speak for themselves.
|
| VSpeak(TM) compliments VoiceSignal's other product lines: VSuite and
| VoiceMode, enabling mobile phone manufacturers to provide a complete
speech
| interface solution to look up or dial a contact, dial a number, address a
| text message, dictate a text message or have a text message or other
content
| read aloud.
|
| VSpeak will be deployed in all classes of phones, from entry level through
| Smartphones and will appear in over 20 languages throughout North America,
| Europe and Asia later this year and into the first quarter of 2006.
|
| About VoiceSignal Technologies
| VoiceSignal is the world leader in voice interfaces for mobile devices.
For
| the first time, VoiceSignal has solved the interface problem of mobile
| phones and PDAs. Users can speak a name, a number, or a command, and get
| connected in one step. VoiceSignal's unique architecture is compatible
with
| the entire range of mobile devices -- from entry-level voice-only handsets
| to enterprise-class PDAs and smart phones. VoiceSignal is shipping on
| millions of units manufactured by the largest global handset brands and
sold
| by major operators worldwide. Additional information about the company is
| available at:
|
| http://www.voicesignal.com.
|
|  SOURCE VoiceSignal
|  Web Site:
|
| http://www.voicesignal.com


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