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Fonix Text-To-Speech Technology Used in General Magic'sNew myTalk E-Mail Service
SALT LAKE CITY, July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Fonix Corporation (Nasdaq: FONX), today said that the Company's AcuVoice text-to-speech software is being used in the new myTalk(TM) e-mail service offered by General Magic(TM), Inc. General Magic also uses the Fonix AcuVoice speech synthesizer in its Portico(TM) voice-driven virtual assistant service. The Fonix AcuVoice text-to-speech software supplies the synthetic speech used in myTalk and Portico for reading e-mail and other text information.
General Magic launched myTalk, mytalk.com, on June 15, 1999. It is a free, ad-supported Internet service that lets people use their own spoken words, any telephone and a toll-free number to access and respond to their e-mail. The Fonix text-to-speech software reads the e-mail messages to the user. The Portico fee service allows mobile professionals to access a variety of information including e-mail, voice mail, calendar and stock data, over the telephone or Internet.
"We are very pleased to collaborate with General Magic and to provide an integral software component for their product lines," said Thomas A. Murdock, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fonix. "Our relationship with General Magic reflects the Fonix strategy: to market software products that make natural human interaction with the Internet, computers, hand-held computing devices, cellular and smart-phones and other intelligent appliances simpler and easier. The Fonix AcuVoice text-to-speech technology is available for high value end-user products and applications, such as Portico and myTalk. Revenues generated from strategic alliances such as General Magic are consistent with our business strategy to license our technology to create recurring revenues for the Company."
"The initial response to myTalk has been terrific, and users are telling us they really find value in being able to hear their e-mail over the phone," said Rich Ghiossi, Vice President of Product Marketing at General Magic. "By using the Fonix AcuVoice text-to-speech software in myTalk and Portico, we are able to provide our users with the services they need to easily keep in touch with important information."
About Fonix Corporation
Fonix Corporation (www.fonix.com), based in Salt Lake City, UT with offices in Boston, MA and Cupertino, CA, provides solutions to make human interaction with computers and other intelligence appliances simpler and more convenient. The Fonix suite of products and services, including speech recognition, handwriting recognition and text-to-speech technology, provide natural, intuitive solutions that allow people and their technological tools to speak to and interact with each other in human terms. Fonix technology enhances products offered by Fonix and its OEM partners and is included in computer and Internet based systems and devices for consumer, professional and industrial markets.
About General Magic, Inc.
General Magic offers voice-enabled services and technology that make communication and access to information easy and convenient. The company's innovative, patent-pending magicTalk(TM) voice interface lets people interact with information using their own words, as if they were talking to another person. For more information about General Magic, visit the company's web site at www.generalmagic.com.
General Magic, magicTalk, myTalk and Portico are trademarks of General Magic, Inc., which are registered in certain jurisdictions.
Note: The statements released by Fonix Corporation that are not purely historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the "Safe Harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the Company's expectations, hopes, intentions, and strategies for the future. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that may affect the Company's business prospects and performance. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward- looking statements. Other risk factors including general economic, competitive, governmental, and technological factors as discussed in the Company's filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. The Company does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
SOURCE Fonix Corporation
CO: Fonix Corporation; General Magic, Inc.
ST: Utah
IN: CPR TLS
SU: LIC
07/07/99 09:06 EDT prnewswire.com
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