Fonix Announces the Availability of SVOX's Text-to-Speech in Fonix VoiceDial 1.2
February 19, 2003 08:00:00 AM ET
Fonix VoiceDial With SVOX German TTS Presented at 3GSM World Congress 2003 (Fonix Booth # C23, Hall 1, SVOX Booth # F27, Hall 2)
CANNES, France and SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 3GSM WORLD CONGRESS -- Fonix Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FONX), a leading provider of speech interface solutions and SVOX AG, Text-to-Speech specialists for embedded solutions, announce the availability of SVOX's natural sounding embedded TTS for the Fonix VoiceDial solution for cellular handsets and wireless devices being demonstrated at the 3GSM World Congress. Users of VoiceDial can now choose to purchase the SVOX TTS package for Fonix VoiceDial 1.2.
"The combination of our two companies strengths enables us to offer a more complete solution across multiple platforms and languages," said Rolf-Juergen Bruess President Fonix International. "As Fonix increases its European presence, partnerships like this will enable us to move very quickly."
"SVOX is excited to join forces with Fonix and offer their VoiceDial solution with our TTS to users of Microsoft PocketPC Phone Edition devices," said Alex Fries, Chief Marketing Officers at SVOX. "The Fonix VoiceDial product allows us to quickly expand our marketplace and product offering."
"Fonix has chosen SVOX's TTS because of its low memory requirements and very natural sounding voice," said Tim K. Hong, Director Mobile Wireless at Fonix. "Integrating SVOX has been relatively simple and demonstrates the usability of adapting multiple languages into the Fonix VoiceDial solutions. We currently have SVOX German TTS installed with Fonix VoiceDial 1.2 for PocketPC Phone Edition devices."
Potential customers interested in the Fonix/SVOX solution can stop during 3GSM World Congress 2003 in Cannes, France from February 18 to 21 by the Fonix booth C23 in Hall 1 or SVOX booth in Hall 2, F-27.
About Fonix Corporation
Fonix Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: FONX) is a leading provider of natural-user interface technology solutions for wireless and mobile devices, Internet and telephony systems, and vehicle telematics. Leading chip manufacturers, independent software and hardware vendors, and Internet content and service provider's incorporate Fonix technology to provide their customers with an easier and more convenient user experience.
About SVOX Corporation
SVOX AG was founded as a spin-off of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich). Its core product is text-to-speech software. The multiple award-winning SVOX technology is used in fields such as telecommunications, call centers, multimedia/Internet, automotive and mobile devices. SVOX differentiates itself by offering customized text-to-speech. With SVOX's software architecture customers are offered a text-to-speech engine adaptable to their technical and market needs. Alongside clients such as Swisscom and D-Link, SVOX also collaborates closely with partners such as VoiceGenie, Telisma, Siemens, Ericsson, Voice Robots and Fonix.
SVOX is a Swiss-based company, with representation in Germany, Austria and USA. Next to European markets, SVOX is also active in US and Asian markets.
For more information, please contact one of the following persons below.
Media Information
mediarel@Fonix.com
www.Fonix.com or call (801) 553-6600
Investor Information
Michelle Aamodt
(801) 553-6600
invrel@Fonix.com
SVOX AG
Alexander Fries
Baslerstrasse 30
8048 Zurich - Switzerland
Tel. +41 43 544 06 23
fries@svox.com
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