Turin, March 17, 2009

Loquendo, global speech technology provider, and MythosTech, solution provider for high-value technology in the Italian market, announce the successful collaboration with Vitrociset, leading Italian group in information and electronic technology and integrated logistics, which has led to Vitrociset’s development of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation suite ATRES APP.

A large part of Air Traffic Control (ATC) training makes use of simulators in which trainees perform tasks in various flying scenarios. This requires voice feedback, previously provided by a qualified ATC instructor or professional pilot, known as a Blip Driver. Thanks to Loquendo speech technologies integrated into the Air Traffic Control Solution, this process is now carried out automatically, freeing up instructors to perform tasks more appropriate to their high level of skills.

More precisely, by means of Loquendo ASR the solution is able to understand and interpret commands given by trainee air traffic controllers (including non native speakers), to respond appropriately to the commands using Loquendo TTS, and to initiate the correct response from the air traffic control simulator. The solution understands and correctly pronounces the standard airport, airline and aircraft codes adopted by the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation).

Vitrociset’s Air Traffic Control Solution is a fully automated training system, highly programmable for carrying out ad-hoc tasks in different operative environments. It is available in both stand-alone configuration and client/server configuration - based on the Loquendo VoxNauta platform - for ATC Centres. ATRES APP, ATC Solution, replicates the work post of an air traffic controller, with the same audio/video interface, and is easily configured for the geographical area where the trainee is based, generating simulations with maps of the local area.

“MythosTech performs a vast range of activities - from data/system security and real-time business process analysis, to searching and identifying the latest technologies - enabling them to provide the most innovative solutions on the market,” says Alessandro Martino, Loquendo's Vice President of Sales for Italy. “With the help of this valuable partner, Vitrociset have integrated Loquendo speech technologies into an advanced and cost-effective solution which is both easy to integrate and assists students in learning their craft more quickly and more effectively.”

“Having tried various ASR solutions without success,” said Roberto Marzocca, Managing Director of MythosTech. “Loquendo’s speech technologies finally gave us the high levels of accuracy and flexibility we had been looking for. This enabled the development, by Vitrociset, of an innovative application of a quality that would have otherwise been unimaginable.”

This innovative Flight Training solution will be presented at ATC Global 09, in Amsterdam, 17-19th March, 2009.

About MythosTech
MythosTech Srl is a company based in Rome, Italy, that has created a professional Advanced Technology Scouting process to evaluate, analyze and distribute high-value technologies for the Italian market, with a portfolio of customers that includes some of the largest private and public companies in Italy.

MythosTech, with its highly-skilled professional team, has developed special capabilities to assess the IT world's most recent and innovative products that fit their customers' requirements. The Company offers solutions that assure protection and security to customers' activities and assets, deploying latest-generation products and platforms aimed to reduce risks and vulnerabilities in real time.

About Loquendo - Vocal Technology and Services
Winner of 'Market Leader-Best Speech Engine' at the 2008 and 2007 Speech Industry Awards, Loquendo is the leading innovator in speech recognition and speech synthesis - providing a complete range of technologies for server, embedded and desktop solutions. Currently available in 26 languages with 62 voices, and constantly growing, Loquendo's best-in-breed technologies enhance customer satisfaction and greatly reduce costs.

Loquendo TTS, Loquendo ASR and Loquendo Speaker Identification and Verification are high-quality, high-performance technologies which are also available on the Loquendo MRCP Server and VoiceXML and CCXML platforms. Furthermore, Loquendo TTS and ASR are available as Loquendo Embedded Technologies for deploying speech applications in embedded and mobile environments.

Loquendo Embedded Technologies are innovative and easy to integrate solutions that can be found powering navigation systems and on-board devices, as well as virtual assistants on the websites of leading companies all over the world.

Loquendo is a Telecom Italia company headquartered in Turin, Italy, with offices in the US, Spain, Germany and France, and a worldwide network of partners.

For more information about Loquendo, and to hear demos of all Loquendo voices, go to www.loquendo.com.