News March 07, 14:00 Eastern Time
Fonix Speech Products Demonstrated at CT Expo in Los Angeles; Human Quality Fonix TTS Available for Internet Applications
SALT LAKE CITY, Mar 7, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Fonix(TM) Corporation
(OTC Bulletin Board: FONX) announced today that it will demonstrate its
text-to-speech (TTS) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) products at the
Computer Telephony Spring Expo March 7 - 9, in Los Angeles, at the Los Angeles
Convention Center. Fonix TTS provides the critical voice output link in Internet
voice portals for web and e-mail access from any telephone.
Fonix TTS, including both male and female American English voices, demonstrates
a significant advancement over conventional TTS technologies in natural human
voice intonation (prosody) and listening quality. The Fonix TTS products are
available at booth number 2927 at the CT Expo show.
"Fonix TTS products allow Call Technologies to easily and quickly incorporate
high-quality, natural sounding text-to-speech into our communications products,"
said Glen Hellman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, of Call Technologies.
"We chose Fonix for voice quality and speed. For example, one 400-MHz Pentium
can serve 96 voice ports on just two channels of Fonix TTS. This ability allows
us to meet our customers' needs quickly and effectively."
Fonix ASR, TTS and handwriting recognition technologies are currently available
on six server environments including Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98 and
Windows NT, henvironments.
About Fonix Corporation
Fonix Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: 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 www.fonix.com 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.
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.
Fonix Corporation Contact Information:
www.fonix.com
Corporate Communications: Kelly R. Kenyon, 801-553-6600, kkenyon@fonix.com
Investor Relations: Michelle Aamodt, 801-328-0161, invrel@fonix.com
SOURCE Fonix Corporation |
