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Company Press Release
SOURCE: Nuance
Nuance Delivers V-Builder 1.0, the Industry's First Graphical Development Tool For Building VoiceXML Applications
Launches Voice Site Staging Center to Help Businesses Get on the Voice Web
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuance© (Nasdaq: NUAN - news), the leader in voice interface software, today announced the availability of V-Builder(TM) 1.0, the industry's first software development tool for building VoiceXML-based speech recognition applications which can be accessed over the telephone. With its intuitive graphical drag-and-drop development environment, V-Builder makes it easy for professional Web and speech developers to create high-quality Voice Web sites. Nuance also announced today a Voice Site Staging Center that provides developers with a free service to test applications running on a hosted voice browser.
``Just as HTML fueled the growth of the World Wide Web, VoiceXML is the standard markup language that is enabling the rapid evolution of the Voice Web,'' said Steve Ehrlich, vice president of marketing at Nuance. ``And just as early HTML development tools enabled Web sites to be created easily, V-Builder is the first VoiceXML development tool to dramatically simplify the development and testing of voice sites.''
Bringing Together the Power of Two Industry Standards
In May, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) acknowledged the submission of the VoiceXML specification. Its future adoption by the W3C will help accelerate and expand the reach of the Internet through voice-enabled Web content and services. VoiceXML was created by the VoiceXML Forum and is supported by more than 150 leading companies including AT&T, IBM, Lucent Technologies, Motorola and Nuance.
Using V-Builder, developers can combine the simplicity of VoiceXML with the sophistication of SpeechObjects(TM), open reusable speech components, to create complete speech applications that can access databases and Internet content. V-Builder enables developers to drag and drop VoiceXML objects and SpeechObjects into an application and customize them without writing code. A graphical grammar editor and prompt management system are included to simplify the definition of valid input into speech applications and the prompts that are played to callers. The resulting voice sites can use Nuance's speech recognition and voice authentication software to enable telephone access to a broad range of applications.
Test Applications with Nuance Voyager at the Voice Site Staging Center
Nuance also announced today the Voice Site Staging Center, a 24 by 7 interactive testing center that aids developers by allowing them to test their Voice Web applications over the phone using the Nuance Voyager(TM) voice browser. This center speeds time to market by providing the necessary deployment infrastructure for testing, allowing developers to focus their efforts on application development, and reducing the cost of development equipment.
The Voice Site Staging Center is a free service to members of the Nuance Developer Network (NDN) and will be hosted by Interactive Telesis (OTC Bulletin Board: TSIS - news) through a partnership with Nuance also announced today.
Pricing and Availability
V-Builder will be available at no cost through the NDN at www.nuance.com, along with the speech recognition software to develop and test applications on the desktop. V-Builder runs on Windows NT and can be integrated or bundled with third-party tools such as interactive voice response (IVR) tools and Web development tools.
Preview copies of V-Builder will be distributed at V-World, Nuance's annual speech conference, June 11-14 in Scottsdale, Ariz. For more information about V-World, visit the Nuance Web site. Access to the Voice Site Staging Center can be requested through the NDN.
About Nuance
Nuance develops, markets and supports a voice interface software platform that makes the information and services of enterprises, telecommunications networks and the Internet accessible from any telephone. Every day, millions of people interact with Nuance systems at blue chip companies like American Airlines, Charles Schwab, The Home Shopping Network, Lloyds TSB, Sears and United Parcel Service. Nuance is also driving the creation of the Voice Web and delivering software for V-Commerce(TM) (voice-enabled e-commerce) services and applications. Nuance is headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif. with global sales offices and partners supporting solutions in multiple languages around the world. For more information about Nuance, visit www.nuance.com or call 1- 888-NUANCE-8.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, for example, those relating to the development and availability of new products, including, for example, Nuance V-Builder, and the Voice Site Staging Center. There is no assurance that the results contemplated by any forward-looking statements will be realized. The following factors, risks and uncertainties, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described or implied in this press release's forward-looking statements: the uncertainty of Nuance's ability to successfully develop and make available new products, including, for example, Nuance V-Builder; the uncertainty of third parties' participation in hosting of theVoice Site Staging Center; the uncertainty of the W3C's adoption of VoiceXML as a standard; and other factors described in Nuance's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to Nuance's prospectus. Nuance does not undertake to update any oral or written forward-looking statements that may be made by or on behalf of Nuance.
NOTE: Nuance, V-Builder, SpeechObjects, Nuance Voyager and V-Commerce are trademarks or registered trademarks of Nuance Communications Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Nuance"
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