Thursday October 15, 8:29 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: SAFLINK Corporation
SAFLINK and Lernout & Hauspie
Sign Licensing Agreement
TAMPA, Fla., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- SAFLINK Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
The National Registry Inc. (Nasdaq: NRID - news) today announced that it has licensed speech
recognition and speaker verification software technologies from Lernout & Hauspie Speech
Products N.V. (L&H) (Nasdaq: LHSPF - news; EASDAQ: LHSP), a worldwide market leader in
speech and linguistic technologies, products and services.
SAFLINK plans to integrate L&H Voice Print speaker verification software into its entire suite of
biometric security software products and developer's tool kits including its recently announced
SAFsite(TM) product, a cost effective security solution for the Internet. SAFsite enables web
developers and site administrators to strengthen their system security by providing a more positive
means of authenticating individuals' identities before granting them access to protected web pages.
Unlike traditional passwords and other authentication schemes that can be easily forgotten,
transferred between individuals, or discovered by hackers, SAFsite requires the presentation of a
biometric credential, or SAFtyPIN(TM), created from an individual's voice, face, finger or other
unique physical characteristic, for positive identification.
''SAFLINK is pleased to announce this relationship with Lernout & Hauspie and immediately offer
its state-of-the-art technology as an integrated component in our SAF(TM) suite of biometric
authentication products,'' said Clinton C. Fuller, SAFLINK's chief operating officer. ''The L&H
speech recognition and speaker verification engines have proven to be an accurate, flexible and
efficient way for network users to access business critical sensitive information. We are proud to
welcome L&H as a SAFLINK technology business partner.''
''Our agreement with SAFLINK is a further example of the increasing demand for our speech
technology,'' said Jerry Calabrese, president of L&H Core Speech Technologies Division. ''We
believe that SAFLINK's position in the biometric security industry and its growing portfolio of
standards based, HA-API compliant software products will bring the benefits of speech technology
to a wider group of potential users.''
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products (L&H) is a global leader in advanced speech and language
solutions for computers, automobiles, telecommunications, embedded products, consumer goods
and the Internet. The company is making the speech user interface (SUI) the keystone of simple,
convenient interaction between humans and technology, and is using advanced translation technology
to break down cultural barriers. L&H's products and services include: Automatic speech recognition
(ASR), text-to-speech (TTS), speaker verification, digital speech and music compression (SMC)
and text-to-text (translation). For more information, please visit Lernout & Hauspie on the World
Wide Web at lhs.com.
The National Registry Inc. and SAFLINK Corporation, based in Tampa, Florida, bring the Power
of Biometric Identification(TM) to enterprise networks and the Internet. The Company provides
cost-effective multi- biometric software solutions to verify individual identity, to protect business and
personal information, and to replace passwords and PINs in order to safeguard and simplify access
to electronic systems and enable new online services for customers. The Company's Secure
Authentication Facility (SAF) suite of multi-biometric network security products delivers
enterprise-level secure access control to a growing list of software platforms and network
applications, including Microsoft(R) Windows NT(R) and Internet Information Server(R) and
Computer Associates Unicenter(R) TNG(TM) and its Single Sign- On(TM) option. Further
information is available through the Company's World Wide Web site at saflink.com.
Secure Authentication Facility, SAF, SAFsite, SAFtyPIN, and SAFLINK are trademarks of The
National Registry Inc. All other brands and products referenced herein are acknowledged to be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
SOURCE: SAFLINK Corporation
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