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Voice Control Systems Partners with Siemens AG to Develop Advanced Speech Recognition Technology

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Voice Control Systems, the world's leading supplier of speech recognition technology, has signed a development agreement with Siemens AG's Public Communications Networks Group to supply its speech recognition technology. This partnership will enable the system to recognize anyone's voice without the need for training, allowing users to voice dial telephone numbers over a land line or cellular network. The technology will be ported to the Siemens public network switching platform, further expanding Voice Control Systems' reach in the global market.

Key Takeaways:

  • Voice Control Systems has signed a development agreement with Siemens AG's Public Communications Networks Group to supply its speech recognition technology.
  • The technology will enable the system to recognize anyone's voice without training, allowing users to voice dial telephone numbers over a land line or cellular network.
  • The partnership will result in the porting of Voice Control Systems' Speaker Independent Recognition technology to the Siemens public network switching platform.
  • Voice Control Systems' technology is used by over 300,000 speech recognizers in 40 languages globally, with customers including Dialogic Corporation, InterVoice, and Mercedes-Benz.
  • The company's product line includes continuous speech recognition, phonetic recognition, word spotting, and very low memory speech recognizers.
  • Voice Control Systems is traded on the American Stock Exchange under the symbol VPS.EC.

Statistics:

  • Voice Control Systems has over 300,000 speech recognizers in use globally.
  • The company supports 40 languages for its speech recognition technology.
  • The partnership with Siemens AG will further expand Voice Control Systems' reach in the global market.
  • The company's technology is used by major customers including Dialogic Corporation, InterVoice, and Mercedes-Benz.

Sources:

  • PRNewswire, "Voice Control Systems Signs Development Agreement with Siemens AG" (October 30, 1995)
  • Voice Control Systems' corporate profile (1978) [Note: This source does not include a date and is not further clickable]
  • Voice Control Systems' product line documentation (undated) [Note: This source does not include a date and is not further clickable]

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