One Voice Technologies Announces Strategic Relationship With IBM

Edge: Work-Group Computing Report, Oct 18, 1999

One Voice Technologies Inc., "One Voice,", developers of IVIT (Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology), has announced a strategic relationship with IBM.

One Voice's patent pending IVIT provides a layer of Artificial Intelligence that understands advanced linguistic concepts such as topic, subject and synonym. As a result, people can speak naturally to their computers, rather than being forced to speak pre-defined words and phrases. With IVIT, people simply ask their computer to launch applications, open files, search the Internet, pull up a stock portfolio, check weather listings or find current news -- just as if they were speaking to another person. IVIT speaks back to users through a series of unique animated characters, which ask intelligent questions and read findings aloud. Through intelligent interactive dialogue and inference capabilities, IVIT asks questions to clarify users' requests and drills down to quickly find accurate information. One Voice's IVIT technology is the foundation for the company's upcoming IVAN (Intelligent Voice Animated Navigator) application.

Utilizing IBM's ViaVoice speech recognition engine, One Voice's IVAN application will change the way people interact with their computers and the Internet. As part of the IBM Speech Product Line, the ViaVoice engine is a demand-generating enhancement of choice for speech recognition technology companies. According to One Voice Technologies Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dean Weber, the integration of IBM's ViaVoice speech recognition engine and One Voice's upcoming IVAN application will forever change the way people interact with their computers and the Internet. "By adding a layer of Artificial Intelligence to IBM's powerful speech recognition technology, One Voice's IVIT enhances and simplifies computer and Internet interaction," said Weber. "We are pleased to work closely with IBM, a leader in speech recognition, to bring our exciting, fun and easy-to-use interface to millions of people around the world."

"IBM looks forward to working together with One Voice Technologies to reach our common goal to advance the adoption of speech recognition technologies and to provide voice recognition solutions that will make it easier for people to interact with their computers," said Ozzie Osborne, general manager, IBM Speech and Pen Systems.

IBM speech recognition technology is based on 30 years of speech recognition research and development. With a portfolio of more than one hundred patents, an established R&D business that includes researchers worldwide and a robust, proven speech technology available in many languages, IBM is a leader in speech recognition. For more information about IBM Speech Systems, visit the World Wide Web at http://www.software.ibm.com/speech.> One Voice Technologies was founded in 1998 by human interface experts and linguists to change the way people interact with computers and the Internet. One Voice's flagship patent pending technology, IVIT (Intelligent Voice Interactive Technology) enables users to retrieve information and navigate the Web through intelligent and natural spoken language. The company is headquartered in San Diego. For more information, visit www.onevoicetech.com or call Reba Rosenbluth at 858/552-4466.