Check this out boys and girls..
Microsoft is impressed with the speech recognition and text-to speech products
that Fonix has developed," said Don Chouinard, marketing manager of Windows CE
OS and Tools at Microsoft Corp. Huge news on FONX.
Applies to -- FONX -- MSFT
Fonix Demonstrates at Embedded Systems Conference; Fonix Speech Recognition and Text-to-Speech Now Available on Microsoft Windows
Fonix Demonstrates at Embedded Systems Conference; Fonix Speech
Recognition and Text-to-Speech Now Available on Microsoft Windows
SALT LAKE CITY, Feb 28, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Fonix(TM) Corporation
announced today that it will present its FAAST (Fonix Application Accelerator
Speech Toolkit) at the Spring Embedded Systems Conference February 28 - March 2,
in Chicago, Illinois at the McCormick Center South.
Microsoft has selected Fonix for inclusion in its Partners Pavilion at the
Spring Embedded Systems Conference to demonstrate rapid application deployment
of speech recognition and text-to-speech applications running in the Windows CE
environment.
"Microsoft is impressed with the speech recognition and text-to speech products
that Fonix has developed," said Don Chouinard, marketing manager of Windows CE
OS and Tools at Microsoft Corp. "Windows CE is designed to be a rich, yet
flexible, operating system offering complete solutions that help developers get
their products to market quicker, and the FAAST rapid application tool from
Fonix will help developers do just that."
"As part of Microsoft's Embedded Tools Partners program, Fonix has been able to
rapidly port to CE and now is positioned to immediately provide speech and
handwriting recognition to customers using the CE operating system," said Thomas
A. Murdock, president and CEO of Fonix. "Our FAAST Embedded 1.0 rapid
application development tool will allow developers to select a platform, build a
speech program, then download it to their target processor running on Windows
CE. This is a significant leap forward in implementing speech in embedded
environments now -- today."
Fonix offers rapid recognition, speaker independent, noise tolerant speech
solutions, in addition to the most natural, human quality text-to-speech
available. With small memory footprints and low power requirements, Fonix core
technologies are currently ported to seven different microprocessors and are
being deployed in embedded applications and products.
Demonstrations at the conference provide thousands of developers the opportunity
to witness speech technology running on chips currently available in the
marketplace.
About Fonix Corporation
Fonix Corporation (Nasdaq: FONX) develops and markets software products that
enable intuitive human interaction with computers, consumer electronics, and
other intelligent devices. Leading chip manufactures, independent software and
hardware vendors, and other Internet content providers incorporate Fonix
technologies to make their products easier and more convenient to use. Fonix
products, including text-to-speech (TTS), automatic speech recognition (ASR),
and handwriting recognition technology, provide the most natural communication
solutions available. Fonix solutions can be easily implemented on multiple
hardware and software platforms via the Fonix FAAST(TM) (Fonix Advanced
Application Speech Toolkit) software development kit. For more information visit
or call (801) 553-6600.
Note: The statements released by Fonix Corporation that are not purely
historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including
statements regarding the Company's expectations, hopes, intentions, and
strategies for the future. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking
statements involve risk and uncertainties that may affect the Company's business
prospects and performance. It is important to note that the Company's actual
results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements.
Other risk factors including general economic, competitive, governmental, and
technological factors as discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC on
Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. The Company does not undertake any responsibility to
update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
SOURCE Fonix(TM) Corporation
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CONTACT: Corporate Communications: Kelly R. Kenyon, 801-553-6600,
kkenyon@fonix.com, or Investor Relations: Michelle Aamodt, 801-328-0161,
invrel@fonix.com, both of Fonix Corporation
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