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( BW)(TX-PREFERRED VOICE)(PFVI) Preferred Voice Opens a 'Virtual Store' with iChargeit.Com
Business Editors
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 27, 1999--Preferred Voice, Inc. (OTC BB:PFVI) headquartered here, said today it will participate in a "virtual store" in a unique mall for cybershoppers to be launched by iChargeit.com this February 1st. iChargeit.Com is a privately held Nevada corporation with offices in Huntington Beach, Calif.
According to G. Ray Miller, Preferred Voice Chairman and CEO "We think Cybershoppers will have a special affinity for the new generation of voice recognition services created by Preferred Voice."
Jesse Cohen, president and CEO of iChargeit.Com added "We see the potential for the same Preferred Voice technology that is changing the face of telecommunications today, to change the way cybershoppers do business on the Internet in the future. Millions of potential customers have yet to try E-Commerce because of various computer concerns or internet fears that a well-prepared and friendly voice could most certainly help them overcome. Thus far, our discussions with Preferred have identified a number of potential areas of possible collaboration."
The Preferred Voice Services which will be offered through iChargeit.Com include:
-- EMMA Virtual Office -- Creates an identity and a professional
answering service for companies that have offices in more than
one location.
-- EMMA Family & Friends -- A user friendly service that gives a
family and their friends the ability to dial the family toll free
number and access a common directory of names for placement of
calls.
-- EMMA International Direct -- Companies that would like to have a
presence in the United States are assigned a single dedicated
toll free 800 number that all their customers and employees can
call to reach a multitude of branches or locations just by
speaking the required name.
-- EMMA VIP 800 Direct acts like a Virtual Personal Assistant -- A
revolutionary service that addresses four important areas for the
average business person: productivity, connectivity, single
number simplicity and affordability.
Preferred Voice, Inc. developed their Voice Integrated Platform (VIP) as a modular PC Windows NT system, which combines the company's proprietary software with the technology and algorithms developed by Dallas-based Voice Control Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq/NMS:VCSI). VCSI is the telecommunications industry's largest supplier of speech recognizers with over 2.5 million deployed in over 30 countries worldwide.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These are risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to, the introduction of competitive products and services by companies with far greater financial resources than Preferred Voice, Inc., and/or the ability or failure of Preferred Voice, Inc. to raise the additional capital necessary to install its platforms in other cities, the inability of the Company to attract distributors, and the possibility that there are other products and services on the market, or being developed now to enter the market, of which the Company is not aware.
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CONTACT: Preferred Voice, Inc., Dallas
Rick Stone, 214/265-9580
or
Equity Communications
Ira Weingarten, 805/897-1880
KEYWORD: TEXAS CALIFORNIA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMED
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