To: mark collins who wrote (1067 ) 1/24/2000 10:40:00 PM From: bebu Respond to of 17315
here's some DD on FONX: Here is a little history. I'm hooked on FONX!!!!!!!!!!!! MICROSOFT!!! fonix.com Why did Microsoft partner with FONX??????? "We partnered with Fonix because they're a leader in the category of speaker-independent speech recognition and dynamic text-to-speech capabilities," said Randy Kath, Director of Windows CE Tools at Microsoft. "Their speech products are available now for integration into embedded environments, and can significantly extend the value of Windows CE." fonix.com Nortel, Sun, Lucent, General Magic fonix.com Lucent ------ fonix.com General Magic - GMGC My Talk fonix.com Intel and Infineon and Epson fonix.com Intel fonix.com Nuvomedia fonix.com fonix.com Strong statement below, , Fonix has become the first and only supplier of cross-technology human/machine interface tools!!!! Profile: Fonix Corporation is a human-computer interaction company that provides marketable, natural and intuitive solutions that allow machines to interact in human terms. Fonix has existed for five years, but recent major changes have created what is essentially a new, much larger company poised to lead the rapidly expanding field of human-computer interaction technology. Prior to 1998 Fonix was a research-based company that had been developing leading-edge voice recognition technology. Now, after the acquisition of AcuVoice and Papyrus, Fonix is a broad-spectrum company that focuses on making human interaction with computers easier and more efficient. The new Fonix does this by providing integrated, advanced solutions for voice input and output and handwriting recognition By combining these technologies and the research teams that created them, Fonix has become the first and only supplier of cross-technology human/machine interface tools. The Fonix suite of human-computer interaction tools transcends the traditional keyboard/mouse medium and provides natural, intuitive solutions that enable people and computers to interact with each other in human terms. History 55 scientists!!!!!!!!!!!! fonix.com History In the fall of 1992, inventor Hal Hansen and two fellow scientists found themselves on the verge of a startling breakthrough in speech recognition technology. However, to continue their research it was clear they would need additional financing and room to grow from Hansen's basement lab. In search of a solution, Hal was introduced to investment banker Stephen M. Studdert, CEO of Studdert Companies. That meeting led to the birth of a research and development company which became Fonix in 1994. Over the next two years, Fonix grew to a team of 55 scientists housed in the Draper Research Facility. Since then, the team has developed breakthrough speech recognition core technologies. In March of 1998, Fonix began expanding its suite of speech recognition products by completing acquisitions of AcuVoice, Inc., a provider of natural sounding text-to-speech software; Articulate Systems, Inc., developer of the PowerScribe medical dictation and transcription products; and Papyrus, developer of Allegro handwriting recognition systems. By combining a variety of complementary leading-edge technologies and the product engineering teams that created them, Fonix has become a leading supplier of cross-technology human/machine interaction tools.