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SOURCE: Andrea Electronics Corporation
IBM has Selected Andrea Electronics' DA-400 Desktop Array(TM) Microphone to be Included with New ViaVoice(R) Pro Elite
Andrea DA-400 is the First Digital, Far-Field Microphone to be Sold with a Continuous Speech Dictation Product
MELVILLE, N.Y., April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Andrea Electronics Corporation (Amex: AND - news) announced today that IBM Corporation (NYSE: IBM - news) has selected Andrea Electronics' DA-400 Desktop Array(TM) microphone to be included with its recently introduced ViaVoice© Pro Elite continuous speech recognition software products. ViaVoice Pro Elite features advanced speech dictation, allowing consumers to easily navigate the desktop and browse the Web by voice. With Andrea Electronics' DA-400 far-field microphone array, the ViaVoice Pro Elite speech solution provides superior voice recognition accuracy in an untethered, headset-free environment. IBM's new ViaVoice Elite product will be available this week at CompUSA stores nationwide.
``We are very excited to introduce the latest in our ViaVoice family of software which, together with Andrea Electronics' new DA-400 microphone array, makes it easier for people to interact with their PC -- enabling a truly natural voice solution,' said Krishna Nathan, Director of IBM Consumer Voice Systems.
``IBM is clearly leading the way to provide its customers with enhanced 'ease of use' solutions that enable a more natural and accurate way to interface with voice-driven applications,' said Joseph Marash, Chief Technology Officer of Andrea Electronics Corporation. ``Our digital far-field microphone technologies have been designed to meet the very stringent requirements of large-scale continuous speech vocabularies and we are pleased to be selected by IBM to provide our DA-400 for use with its latest ViaVoice software.'
Andrea's new high performance digital array microphone technologies incorporate Andrea's proprietary Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA©), PureAudio(TM) and SuperBeam(TM) software. Multiple streams of audio are captured by an array of microphones located in a small desktop device and processed by a digital signal processor. The result is a high quality, headset-free voice input solution. The superior performance of the DA-400 has garnered attention from leading industry publications, such as PC Magazine, which gave the far-field microphone five stars in a recent review. To learn more about the Andrea DA-400 Desktop Array and other Andrea products or to purchase the DA-400, visit andreaelectronics.com.
IBM's award-winning ViaVoice speech recognition technology has one of the largest voice recognition vocabularies on the market. IBM's ViaVoice Pro Elite full featured, natural voice recognition software readily adapts to the user's speaking style, making it easy to use speech to complete everyday computer tasks. For more information about IBM Voice Systems, visit ibm.com.
Andrea Electronics Corporation designs, develops and manufactures audio technologies and equipment for enhancing applications that require high performance and high quality voice input. The Company's patented Active Noise Reduction (ANR READY©) earphone, Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) near-field microphone, patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA©) and patent-pending Directional Finding and Tracking Array (DFTA(TM)) far-field microphone technologies enhance a wide range of audio products to eliminate background noise and ensure the optimum performance of voice applications. Applications for the Company's technologies include: speech recognition programs, Internet telephony, video/audio conferencing, automobile PCs, home automation systems, hand-held devices and multiplayer online games, among others. OEM and software publisher customers and strategic partners of Andrea Electronics' include: IBM Corporation, Intel Corporation, Symbol Technologies, Inc., Donnelly Corporation, Clarion Corporation of America, Microsoft Corp., Lernout & Hauspie, Audio- Technica, J. D'Addario & Co., Lotus Development Corporation, Fonix Corporation, HearMe.com, InterWise, Inc., ILINC, Logitech, Inc., Net2Phone, Voyetra Turtle Beach and ZeroPlus.com, among others. Visit Andrea Electronics' website at andreaelectronics.com or call 1-800-707-5779.
This press release may contain ``forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words ``anticipates,' ``believes,' ``estimates,' ``expects,' ``intends,' ``plans,' ``seeks,' variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve matters that are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict, including economic, competitive, governmental, technological and other factors, that may affect the business and prospects of Andrea Electronics Corporation (the ``Company'). The Company cautions investors about the following significant factors, which, among others, have in some cases affected the Company's actual results and are in the future likely to affect the Company's actual results and could cause them to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements: the rate at which Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea technologies are accepted in the marketplace; the competitiveness of Andrea Anti-Noise, DSDA, DFTA and other Andrea products in terms of technical specifications, quality, price, reliability and service; the sufficiency of the Company's funds for research and development, marketing and general and administrative expenses; infringement and other disputes relating to patents and other intellectual property rights held or licensed by the Company or third parties; and the Company's continuing ability to enter and maintain collaborative relationships with other manufacturers, software authoring and publishing companies, and distributors. No assurance can be given that the Company will achieve any material sales or profits from the products introduced in this release. These and other similar factors are discussed under the heading ``Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-looking statements' included in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the Company's Annual Report to shareholders, and in documents subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
``Andrea Anti-Noise,' ``ANR Ready,' ``DSDA,' DSDA-PRO``, 'DFTA``, 'SuperBeam`` and 'Desktop Array`` are trademarks of Andrea Electronics Corporation or an Andrea Electronics Corporation subsidiary.
SOURCE: Andrea Electronics Corporation
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