Yet another company doing 'Research Assistance':
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bevocal.com
BeVocal is the first company to create voice portal applications that can be personalized based on a caller's location, delivered to any device and customized via an open development platform. Telecommunications companies and businesses rely on BeVocal's automated phone solutions and scalable hosting network to offer millions of callers intelligent dial tone services for retrieving information, managing messages and conducting transactions simply by speaking. Developers can build high quality voice applications using BeVocal's Web-based development platform, the BeVocal Café (cafe.bevocal.com), while gaining access to millions of potential customers through BeVocal's carrier partners. The Kelsey Group, a leading voice and wireless research firm, forecasts that the market for voice portal applications and services will reach $12.3 billion by 2005, with a base of more than 128 million users.
BeVocal is privately held. The company raised $45 million in second round funding from Mayfield Fund, U.S. Venture Partners, Technology Crossover Ventures, and Trans Cosmos USA. BeVocal received $1.2 million in first round funding from Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and executives.
BeVocal Firsts: BeVocal is the first company to develop and commercially deploy the following products and features:
First nationwide, point-to-point, voice-enabled driving directions
First voice-enabled search engine for business locations, searchable by category or brand name
First universal flight information finder, first to integrate with SABRE reservations system
First to support delivery of localized content on any platform or device
First open, scalable development platform supporting VoiceXML and SpeechObjects™
Industry Affiliations:
VoiceXML Forum: voicexml.org
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Voice Browser Working Group: w3c.org
Charter Member, Nuance Voice Web Portal & ASP Programs:http://www.nuance.com |
