MUSICGUY, in this "UP" Market , do you have any good solid picks for tomorrow? DO you got the rythym in ya? Lets get with the beat, eh..
RMAG was a-thing-of beauty this week.On this news from 5 to 7 1/2 :
Registry Magic Previews Virtual Operator Working With New Microsoft Technology for the Internet and Telephony
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 1999--
New Technology Allows Users Around the World to Access the Internet
by Speaking Over a Telephone
Registry Magic(R) (NASDAQ: RMAG) announced today they are working closely with Microsoft(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) in creating solutions that build on a new generation of Internet technology allowing people to access the Internet over the telephone. These solutions make use of Registry Magic's Virtual Operator(R) speech recognition technology and Microsoft's Web-based IVR technology. Registry Magic is a leader in conversational speech recognition products and services.
The integrated technologies will allow worldwide access to the Internet and execute e-commerce transactions without being in front of a PC or having PC skills. The combined technologies are targeted at large corporations and Internet Service Providers and will increase web site exposure to anyone with a voice. The planned technology will also eliminate the need for interactive voice response systems that may be cost prohibitive and require inefficient, and sometimes annoying, touch-tone menus.
"Open platforms and standards enable new, innovative services for organizations of all sizes and create new opportunities for vendors," said Mark Lee, product manager for Windows Communications at Microsoft Corporation. "Web-based IVR technology is consistent with this movement toward openness and standards by enabling Internet and telephony convergence and we are very pleased Registry Magic is working with us to make this happen."
"We are thrilled to collaborate with Microsoft to combine our speech recognition technologies with their Web-based IVR technology for the Internet," said Walt Nawrocki, CEO and President of Registry Magic. "We share the vision that in the short years to come, users will converse with the Internet just as they do with people, and our Virtual Operator technology is the perfect platform to enable it."
Utilizing a Microsoft Windows NT platform, and named a 'National Treasure' by the Smithsonian Institution, Registry Magic's Virtual Operator performs the tasks of a live operator using advanced speech recognition technology. Answering up to twelve calls at once, the Virtual Operator can save a company thousands of dollars in operational costs, improve customer service and enhance corporate image. Eliminating the need for inefficient touch-tone menus, the Virtual Operator personalizes automated telephone system with natural conversation and overcomes the lack of touch-tone technology internationally where it may not be prevalent.
Microsoft Web-based IVR technology is a new run-time engine that enables vendors a new way of creating and deploying voice applications, such as interactive voice response, using Web technologies. Web-based IVR enables Web site access via a browser or telephone set using voice commands or the telephone dial pad. It lets vendors cost-effectively build scalable IVR and voice processing solutions using Web authoring tools and further enables the convergence of IP and traditional telephony. This technology will be previewed for the first time at Computer Telephony Expo Spring '99.
Registry Magic is a leader in conversational speech recognition products and services. The company's award-winning products utilize proprietary technologies from Registry Magic and Lernout & Hauspie (NASDAQ: LHSPF) and understand spoken words making it easy to access data and perform human-like tasks. Registry Magic is a Dialogic (NASDAQ: DLGC) Platinum Partner and a member of the Nortel (NYSE: NT) Business Affiliate Program, the Siemens Ready Program, and the NEC (NASDAQ: NIPNY) Fusion Program. Authorized dealers and distributors include among others, Entex Information Systems, Inter-Tel (NASDAQ: INTL), and Teleco. For more information on Registry Magic products and services, please call 1-888-762-4428 or visit the Web site at www.registrymagic.com
Then TUESDAY @ 7 1/2(up 2) news followed:
Registry Magic Signs Inter-Tel as Distributor; Distribution by Major Telecom Leaders for Virtual Operator Continuing to Build Significant Momentum
BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1999--Registry Magic(R) (Nasdaq:RMAG) announced Tuesday it has signed a Distribution Agreement with Inter-Tel (Nasdaq:INTL) under which Inter-Tel will distribute the Virtual Operator(R) speech recognition call routing system through its network of 32 direct sales offices and national dealer channel.
Inter-Tel is a new and significant addition to Registry Magic's expanding national dealer and distribution network being established to link Virtual Operator reseller partners with end users.
Under the terms of the agreement, Inter-Tel will market and sell Registry Magic's Virtual Operator with its existing business telecommunications solutions, including the Inter-Tel AXXESS and AXXESSORY Talk voice processing platforms, to its customer base.
"Inter-Tel chose Registry Magic's Virtual Operator because we found it to be a cost effective speech recognition product," said Craig L. Steen, Inter-Tel Vice President, Factored Products Division. "With the Virtual Operator, our customers can potentially increase productivity and customer service level. Our customers are beginning to ask for voice recognition technology and Registry Magic's product is designed to meet these applications."
Targeted at businesses with 10 to 500 employees per location, the Virtual Operator is a turnkey solution that attaches seamlessly to a business' existing telephone system and performs the tasks of a live operator. The winner of numerous industry awards and called a 'national treasure' by the Smithsonian Institution, the Virtual Operator understands a caller's natural speech, eliminating the need for inefficient touch-tone menus, and quickly transfers callers to the proper person or department.
"By selecting Registry Magic's Virtual Operator, Inter-Tel can enhance their CTI solutions with our conversational speech recognition system while protecting their current telephone and voicemail investment," said Bill Burbank, Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Registry Magic. "We're excited to have Inter-Tel on board. They're an industry leader with award-winning products and we look forward to a mutually successful partnership."
Inter-Tel, with corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona, is a single point of contact, full service provider of digital business telephone systems, call processing software, voice processing software, call accounting software, IP telephony software, computer telephone integration applications and long distance calling services. Inter-Tel's Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol INTL. Inter-Tel can be reached at 602/961-9000 or at inter-tel.com
Registry Magic is a leader in conversational speech recognition technologies, products and services. The company's current award-winning products utilize proprietary technologies from Registry Magic and Lernout & Hauspie (Nasdaq:LHSPF) and understand spoken words making it easy to access data and perform human-like tasks. For future Internet products and services, the company is working closely with Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT) and their new Web-based IVR technology. The company has also joined with Motorola (NYSE:MOT) as an active participant in establishing the Internet VoxML standards initiative. Registry Magic is a Dialogic (Nasdaq:DLGC) Platinum Partner and a member of the Nortel Networks (NYSE:NTL) Business Affiliate Program, the Siemens (OTC:SMAWY) Ready Program, and the NEC (Nasdaq:NIPNY) Fusion Program. For more information, call 1-888-762-4428 or visit the Web site at www.registrymagic.com.
* FROM 7 1/2 to 11 1/2!! JuST like in STAR-TREK Boys and girls, computers that talk and listen. RMAG is doin it!! Got the rythym MUSICMAN?
** RETAIL SALES REPORT due out tomorrow, they'll be watching this one.
Have a nice evening everybody:
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