Conversay and QUALCOMM to Embed Speech Technology Onto CDMA Integrated Circuits
QUALCOMM's Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) Devices to Support Conversay's Advanced Speech Technology
REDMOND, Wash., May 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Conversay, a global leader in enabling speech technologies for both mobile and traditional Internet access devices, announced today it has reached an agreement with QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), pioneer and world leader of Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) digital wireless technology. As a result of this agreement, handset manufacturers will be able to embed Conversay(TM) speech technology, including speech recognition and text-to-speech, in QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies' (QCT) Mobile Station Modem (MSM(TM)) integrated circuit and system software solutions used in CDMA handsets.
"We embrace the opportunity to work with Qualcomm to introduce the next generation of speech technology on mobile devices," said Matt Scheuing, CEO and president of Conversay. "This innovation is an exciting opportunity for the industry, as it means every CDMA-based wireless phone can have speech capabilities built into the MSM integrated circuit."
"Conversay is dedicated to producing exceptional speech technology for wireless devices," said Don Schrock, president of QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies. "Our agreement with Conversay represents QCT's ongoing commitment to provide wireless manufacturers with the most advanced CDMA solutions available to help them bring state-of-the-art wireless products to market quickly and cost-effectively."
QCT initially plans to port Conversay's front-end software to the QDSP2000(TM) embedded in its MSM integrated circuit and system software for CDMA wireless devices. The software supports speaker-independent speech recognition and text-to-speech capabilities. By integrating this software into the MSM solution, it will eliminate the need for a separate dedicated digital signal processor. By programming Conversay's back-end feature software into QCT MSMs, manufacturers can produce wireless devices that can be operated and navigated using spoken commands.
QCT's MSM integrated circuit and system software provides the most highly integrated advanced multimedia solution available for CDMA digital wireless handsets and data devices, and offers highly integrated features of QCT's Wireless Internet Launchpad(TM) (WIL) suite of advanced technologies and software as well as support for the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW(TM)) applications platform. The WIL suite includes gpsOne(TM) position location capabilities featuring SnapTrack(TM) technology, Bluetooth(TM) connectivity capabilities, UMTS Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), and multimedia features such as Qtunes(TM) MP3 player software support and CMX(TM) MIDI-based multimedia software.
Integration support for Conversay's speech technology on MSM devices is expected to be available in the third quarter of calendar 2001.
About QUALCOMM
QCT, a division of QUALCOMM Incorporated, is a developer and supplier of CDMA integrated circuits, hardware and software solutions, and tools, with 150 million cumulative shipments of MSM chips worldwide. QCT offers wireless position location technology by SnapTrack, a wholly owned subsidiary of QUALCOMM. QCT supplies chipsets to the world's leading CDMA handset and infrastructure manufacturers including: Acer Peripherals, Inc., ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.; FUJITSU LIMITED; Hitachi, Ltd.; Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.; KYOCERA CORPORATION; LG Information and Communications, Ltd.; Samsung Electronics Ltd.; SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.; and Toshiba Corporation, among others.
About Conversay
Founded in 1994, Conversay provides solutions that enable voice interaction with networked information, including the Internet, when other interfaces are difficult or impossible. Built on an innovative speech engine, Conversay(TM) technology is speaker-independent, modular, scalable and accommodates unlimited vocabulary, making it ideally suited for embedded applications. It also drives the award-winning line of Conversation(TM) products including a voice browser, a server, and developer tools for the web, desktop, server, and embedded markets. Conversay headquarters are in Redmond, Wash., and is located on the web at www.conversay.com.
NOTE: Conversay and Conversation are trademarks of Conversational Computing Corporation. QUALCOMM, OmniTRACS and Eudora are registered trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. MSM, QPSP2000, Wireless Internet Launchpad, MSP, gpsOne, SnapTrack, Qtunes, CMX, OmniExpress and BREW are trademarks of QUALCOMM Incorporated. Globalstar is a trademark of Loral QUALCOMM Satellite Services, Incorporated. Bluetooth is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.
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SOURCE Conversay
CO: Conversay; QUALCOMM Incorporated
ST: Washington
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05/29/2001 06:00 EDT prnewswire.com |
