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To: Sarkie who wrote (26294)	7/18/2001 10:03:50 AM
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InfoSpace Licenses Speech Platform to Aheeva Technology Montreal-based Aheeva the first company to license and develop its own set of specific voice recognition applications on the InfoSpace Speech Platform for distribution to their customers; InfoSpace's Speech Platform selected for its flexibility and strong technology BELLEVUE, Wash. and MONTREAL, Jul 18, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- InfoSpace, Inc. (Nasdaq: INSP chart, msgs), a leading provider of the platform and applications that enable partners to deliver consumer and commerce services across the Internet to any device over current and next-generation networks, and Montreal-based Aheeva Technology Inc., a specialist in developing mobile speech applications that provide access to information found on the Web via any telephone, today announced an agreement in which Aheeva has licensed the InfoSpace Speech Platform. (Photo:http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000420/INFOLOGO ) The InfoSpace Speech Platform is one of the technologies available for partner licensing through InfoSpace Speech Solutions. InfoSpace's speech platform and applications are comprised of a range of advanced speech technologies, including multi-lingual speech recognition, natural speech understanding, speech synthesis (text-to-speech), and speaker verification. Designed to support various standards and technologies, the InfoSpace Speech Platform is open to third party developers who can write and build their own speech-enabled applications, or it and InfoSpace's speech applications are available for license directly to carriers and partners. Developed on the InfoSpace Speech Platform, Aheeva shortly plans to launch its first set of free bilingual Canadian voice applications that provide access to information found on the Web via any telephone, both wired and wireless. The applications developed by Aheeva include: stock quotes, weather and ski conditions, currency converter, horoscope, and location-based information about local restaurants, taxi services, movies and more. All Aheeva applications will be available in both French and English. Through the InfoSpace Speech Platform, Aheeva plans to provide a mobile integrated infrastructure that takes any number of technologies from the Internet, corporate databases and telephony systems of partners, and unites them to deliver voice-enabled information services. "We see a tremendous market opportunity to provide interactive voice recognition applications and the InfoSpace Speech Platform will be the technology behind our various services. Aheeva's mission is to leverage the most natural method of communication -- speech," said Georges Karam, founding member of Aheeva Technology Inc. "Today's announcement is an exciting step forward for InfoSpace's speech technologies," said Naveen Jain, chairman and CEO of InfoSpace, Inc. "Not only are we able to develop our own speech based applications, we are also licensing the technology, so others can build their own applications. Aheeva's recognition of the strength and flexibility of the InfoSpace Speech Platform is a testament to the technology our team has developed." "We have spent more than a decade pioneering and building our speech technologies, platform and applications," said Paul Lepage, senior vice president, InfoSpace Speech Solutions. "Aheeva's license of the InfoSpace Speech Platform is an example of our active and aggressive efforts to sell and license our platform to partners." The InfoSpace Speech Platform is the core underlying infrastructure technology for InfoSpace's voice-enabled applications and services. Combined with InfoSpace's integrated technology platform and suite of applications currently available and deployed to partners around the world, the InfoSpace Speech Platform is speech-enabling personalized and location-based services, alerts provisioning and more. siliconinvestor.com