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Interactive Telesis to Participate At Pre-eminent Speech Industry Event
Nuance Hosts V-World, An Event Dedicated to the Speech Software Industry
Interactive Telesis, Inc. President and CEO Donald E. Cameron Will Present: "Giving Voice to the .com World"
SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000-- Interactive Telesis Inc., (OTC BB:TSIS - news), a leader in specialized interactive voice response (IVR) services and deployment of speech recognition technologies, today announced that the company's president and CEO, Donald E. Cameron will speak at V-World(TM), an event dedicated to the speech software industry.
The three-day event will be held at the Scottsdale Princess Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, June 11-14, 2000, and is themed ``Voice Commerce, Voice Portals and Beyond.'' Keynote presenters include Internet pioneer and MCI Worldcom executive Vinton Cerf, Ph.D., John MacFarlane, president of Sun Microsystems' Network Service Provider Division, and Ron Croen, president and CEO of Nuance.
The advent of voice user interfaces will enable the 1.5 billion users of phones, cell phones, and web phones to more easily transact business on the Internet. Internet speech is stimulating a new wave of application innovation that will eventually offer a completely new range of business and consumer services. According to The Kelsey Group, a leading voice and mobile commerce consulting firm, the total market for voice portal services and technologies is expected to exceed $12 billion by 2005.
``Speech recognition will soon move into the mainstream of business throughout the nation and around the world,'' said Donald E. Cameron, president and CEO of Interactive Telesis. ``We are delighted to participate in V-World(TM) and look forward to educating businesses on building and deploying large-scale speech-enabled applications quickly and cost-effectively.''
V-World is designed for business managers and executives, developers, project coordinators, and sales and marketing personnel from corporate call centers, enterprises and e-businesses, system integrators and resellers, voice portals, interactive voice response (IVR) and customer relationship management software companies. Sun Microsystems, Dialogic, and Intel Company, are co-sponsoring the event with Nuance, the leader in voice interface software. For more information on V-World(TM), please visit www.nuanceconference.com.
About Interactive Telesis
Interactive Telesis is a leader in specialized interactive voice response (IVR) services and deployment of speech recognition technologies. Interactive Telesis presents a very compelling offering for companies wishing to leverage the benefits of speech recognition without the high cost of ownership, capital outlay and internal IT staff requirements. Clients include industry leaders such as AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Excite@Home, Global Crossing, GTE, Inacom, MCI Worldcom, Nike, Seagate, Sprint, Yahoo! and others. Interactive Telesis is headquartered in Encinitas, California. For additional information, visit interactivetelesis.com.
Interactive Telesis is a registered trademark of Interactive Telesis. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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Contact:
Interactive Telesis Inc.
JJ Jeffrey, 888/546-2957
jjeffrey@interactivetelesis.com
or
Elizabeth Myers, 800/995-5798
emyers@interactivetelesis.com"
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