FNIX- Confirmation on the XBOX/Microsoft relationship.
Xbox 360 to Feature Fonix Voice Technology
Tuesday May 31, 9:00 am ET
Fonix and Microsoft Deliver Voice Recognition on the Next-Generation Xbox
SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2005--Fonix Speech, an operating division of Fonix® Corp. (OTCBB: FNIX - News), an integrated communications carrier providing telecommunications services and value-added speech technologies, announced an agreement to continue to deliver Fonix voice command technology to the Xbox 360(TM) videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft.
"Microsoft is pleased to continue its relationship with Fonix for Xbox 360," said Brian Schmidt, program manager, Audio and Voice Technologies, Microsoft. "By incorporating Fonix's speech recognition technology into our Xbox 360 development kit, game developers can give players a fun and natural way of interacting with their games."
"Working with Microsoft enables Fonix to offer market-leading voice command solutions for next-generation products and to offer new interface possibilities for game developers and players," said Tim K. Hong, VP, Fonix Games. "Fonix looks forward to contributing to a new generation of videogames as developers use Xbox 360 to showcase greater possibilities for voice recognition in games."
Xbox games currently shipping with Fonix voice command technology include Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 Black Arrow, Tom Clancy Rainbow Six: Lockdown, and Tom Clancy Ghost Recon 2, all published by Ubisoft; Delta Force-Black Hawk Down, published by Novalogic; and SWAT: Global Strike Team, published by Vivendi Universal Games. |
