Indicast Corp. Teams Up With Nuance to Deliver Best-of-Breed Speech Solutions;Indicast's 'Individual Broadcast' Service Joins Nuance Partner Alliance
CARLSBAD, Calif., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Indicast Corp., a leading provider of personalized audio content for wireless phones, today announced that it has joined the Nuance Partner Alliance (NPA), a strategic alliance of leading technology companies dedicated to working with Nuance (Nasdaq: NUAN) to deliver best-of-breed speech solutions for businesses worldwide. The more than 140-member strong NPA includes hardware, software, services and support companies, many of which are considered leaders in their respective market categories. Additionally, Indicast has selected Nuance's speech recognition engine to power its advanced voice user interface when it launches its service with Centennial Communications early in the first quarter of this year.
Indicast's service allows subscribers to hear the latest news, sports scores, weather, traffic and more, via a call from any phone anywhere, at any time, day or night. Users create their "individual broadcast" with a quick visit to a personalization Web page where they pre-select topics of interest from the industry's largest content library, consisting of more than 1,000 audio topics continuously updated from the Internet. From there, the industry's most user-friendly voice interface allows them to either listen to their broadcast from start to finish without any interaction whatsoever, or easily navigate throughout Indicast's vast audio library using simple voice commands, such as "next" or "sports."
"As part of the Nuance Partner Alliance, Indicast is able to provide wireless companies, Web portals and other service providers with the most enhanced speech recognition technology for their subscribers," said Bob Osias, chief executive officer, Indicast. "We are excited to join this powerful strategic alliance dedicated to developing and delivering innovative speech solutions."
"Indicast is a valuable addition to the Nuance Partner Alliance," said Steve Ehrlich, vice president of marketing for Nuance. "Their offering allows companies to quickly deliver voice access to Internet content and commerce for a broad range of audiences, from business users and mobile professionals to the mass consumer market."
About Indicast
Indicast is the premier provider of voice portal services to wireless carriers, Web portals, and large enterprises, offering a value-added service that enables companies to deliver personalized content under their brand to increase customer satisfaction and revenue. Built entirely using standard VoiceXML 1.0, Indicast runs on platforms from multiple carrier-proven infrastructure providers. By making a broad range of audio content available over any phone via a patent-pending natural voice user interface, Indicast gives users simple access to information -- anywhere, any time. The personalized "radio on demand" format includes content from the world's leading news and information sources, and contains more than 1,000 audio topics updated continuously from the Internet, including sports, weather, news, entertainment and stock portfolio information.
Indicast is a global company headquartered in Carlsbad, California. For additional information, please visit www.indicast.com or call 1-760-438-5700.
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. To experience Nuance's state of the art technology, call 1-888-NUANCE-8 or visit www.nuance.com.
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