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Lucent Technologies Launches New Speech Solutions with Partners Unisys, Premiere, and Cognitronics

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Lucent Technologies has announced the launch of new voice-activated services with its partners Unisys Corporation, Premiere Technologies, and Cognitronics Corporation. The new services utilize Lucent's speech software to provide natural-sounding voices and are being showcased at the SpeechTek show in New York. The services include e-mail reader services, voice-activated phone access to email messages, and voice announcement applications for carrier-class intelligent networks. Lucent's speech products are designed to make life easier for customers with speech solutions, and the company's portfolio now supports seven languages, including Italian, Castilian Spanish, and French-Canadian.

Key Takeaways:

  • Unisys will license Lucent's Text-to-Speech (TTS) software engine for its new Universal Messaging product, which includes an e-mail reader service that converts text messages into natural-sounding voices.
  • Premiere Technologies is using Lucent's TTS software to allow users to hear their email over the phone and respond to it with their own voice, from any touch-tone phone.
  • Cognitronics will use Lucent's TTS software to provide voice announcement applications over its next-generation, packet-based server for carrier-class intelligent networks.
  • Lucent's TTS software now supports seven languages, including Italian, Castilian Spanish, and French-Canadian.
  • Lucent's Custom Dictionary Editor tool allows users to modify the way words or phrases are pronounced, making it ideal for companies deploying services globally or to specific regions.
  • Lucent offers a full range of natural language speech technology, supporting both landline and wireless applications.

Statistics:

  • Lucent's TTS software supports seven languages.
  • The Custom Dictionary Editor tool allows users to modify words or phrases to accommodate specific industry or country acronyms or jargon.
  • Bell Laboratories processes millions of speech transactions for customers each week and handles over one billion calls per year.

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, "Unisys, Premiere and Cognitronics Launch New Services with Software from Lucent"
  • Lucent Technologies, http://www.lucent.com and Lucent Speech Solutions, http://www.lucent.com/speech

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