Loquendo, the leading innovator in speech technology, is pleased to announce the implementation of W3C Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition (SISR) specification in Loquendo ASR, together with Loquendo MRCP Server and VoxNauta platform.

With this move, and after having made significant contributions to the development of VoiceXML and SRGS, Loquendo further demonstrates its commitment to the prompt adoption of standards in the voice processing field.

Loquendo ASR, together with Loquendo MRCP Server and Loquendo VoxNauta platform, fully supports all standards for speech recognition, such as W3C SRGS (Speech Recognition Grammar Specification) and SISR (Semantic Interpretation for Speech Recognition). SISR enables grammar developers to use a powerful script language to validate and return semantic results from the recognition.

SISR Version 1.0 has reached candidate recommendation status from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium). The W3C was created to obtain maximum potential from the Web by developing common protocols that facilitate the web's development and increase inter-operability.

The adoption of the standard, and Loquendo's ongoing commitment to standardization activities, guarantees clients' software investments for the future, because the standard allows for the inter-operability of all software, irrespective of the supplier.

About Loquendo - Vocal Technology and Services
With over 30 years of R&D experience, Loquendo is at the forefront of the global speech technologies market. Its high quality, high performance technologies (Loquendo TTS - text to speech, Loquendo ASR - automatic speech recognition, Loquendo Speech Server, Loquendo Speaker Verification) and platforms guarantee systems integrators the best solutions in 17 languages and 39 voices.

Currently available languages include U.S. and U.K. English, Castilian, Catalan, Mexican, Chilean, Argentinean and American Spanish, Italian, German, French, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Brazilian, Portuguese and Swedish - in both male and female voices. Many more are under development to give customers expanded reach in today's global marketplace.

Loquendo deploys technologies that power millions of calls every day in telecommunications and enterprise markets throughout the world.

For more information, visit www.loquendo.com.