Andrea Electronics Demonstrates Digital Signal Processing Technologies and Newly Introduced Pro VoiceSolutions Products at SpeechTEK 98 Advancing The Natural Human/Machine Interface
October 28, 1998
MELVILLE, N.Y., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ via NewsEdge Corporation -- Andrea Electronics Corporation (Amex: AND) will participate with the speech industry's leading technology companies at SpeechTEK 98 at the New York Hilton & Towers on Tuesday, October 27th and Wednesday, October 28th.
The Company will demonstrate several of its state-of-the-art products that benefit today's voice-driven applications, including its newly introduced Personal Computer Telephone Interface (PCTI), and products and technologies which incorporate Andrea's patented Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) and patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA(TM)) microphone technologies.
Andrea Electronics' PCTI, its newest in the line of Andrea connectivity products, is the first desktop device allowing users to connect to the telephone or the computer, as well as both simultaneously. The PCTI, when combined with the Company's ANC headsets, provide optimum telephony, conferencing and speech recognition integration, creating an enhanced productivity solution.
Additionally, Andrea will demonstrate the benefits of its DSDA technology, the first far-field digital array microphone product to be introduced to the speech market, which will optimize voice interface applications for several emerging markets including automobile PCs, desktop speech recognition, desktop dictation, cellular car phone kits, embedded devices, audio/videoconferencing and office and home automation systems, among others.
Andrea Electronics has developed these and other pioneering audio technologies and products to meet the needs of emerging growth markets which include speech recognition, Internet telephony, voice-over-data and voice- over-network applications, call centers, online gaming, automobile PCs, hand- held devices, office and home automation systems, audio/videoconferencing, cellular phones, camcorders and hearing aids.
AT SpeechTEK:
WHEN: October 27-28
WHERE: New York Hilton & Towers
Booth #109
On Tuesday, October 27th, Douglas J. Andrea, will conduct a Vendor View presentation discussing the Company's vision for the future of speech market and DSDA technology.
Andrea Electronics Corporation designs, develops and manufactures audio technologies and equipment for applications incorporating speech-driven interfaces. The Company's patented Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) microphone and Active Noise Reduction (ANR) earphone technologies are used in the Company's lines of headsets, handsets and microphones, trademarked as VoiceSolutions(TM), QuietWare(TM) and Andrea Anti-Noise(R) products, that eliminate background noise and ensure voice clarity to enhance the performance of speech-related computer applications. The Company's patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA(TM)) far-field microphone technology uniquely cancels background noise and transmits a clear voice signal, even when the speaker is at a distance from the input source. Applications for the Company's technologies include: speech recognition programs, Internet telephony, video/audio conferencing and multiplayer online gaming. Key OEM and software publisher customers and strategic partners who have endorsed Andrea Electronics' technologies and products include: Microsoft Corporation, IBM Corporation, Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Dragon Systems, NEC, Mpath, Multitude, IDT, HyperGraphics and ILINC. Andrea ANC and NC technology is the only microphone technology certified by Windows Hardware Quality Lab for use with Windows(R) 95, 98 and NT.
SOURCE Andrea Electronics Corporation
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