Loquendo, the global speech technology company, released Loquendo ASR 6.3 software technology, which includes important application development enhancements and it is available in two new languages: Mexican and Portuguese.
Loquendo ASR is the next-generation speech recognition technology for speech-enabled applications. It is speaker-independent and reliably recognizes large-scale vocabulary continuous speech, even in the noisiest environments, including wireless.
Loquendo ASR's knowledge is based on a comprehensive set of reusable and expandable Recognition Objects, which are combined with a development toolkit for effective and user-friendly recognition capability packaging
The latest release includes a number of application development enhancements including:

• the "Language Pack" concept, allowing a clear distinction between the core engine and the specific language knowledge: now different languages can be upgraded and installed separately.
• a new powerful semantics software, providing the flexibility to easily support the new and changing standards.
• the compilation time has been greatly reduced, especially in case of complex grammars.
• the Loquendo ASR neural engine has been furtherly optimized, running now on integer arithmetic: this means a significant reduction of computational time without degradation of recognition accuracy.

Loquendo ASR makes it possible to create user-friendly services that are highly complex in terms of vocabulary size and interaction flexibility. Loquendo ASR is available in a wide range of languages: Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese, U.S. and U.K. English, French, German, Greek, Brazilian, Argentinean, Chilean, Mexican, Swedish.

Loquendo - Vocal Technology and Services
With over 30 years R&D expertise, Loquendo is at the forefront of the global speech technologies market. Its high-quality, high-performance technologies (Loquendo TTS text to speech engine, Loquendo Embedded TTS text to speech engine, Loquendo ASR automatic speech recognition) and platforms guarantee the best solutions in 15 languages and 33 voices - with more coming soon.

From its headquarters in Turin, Italy, Loquendo deploys technologies that power over 2,000,000 calls every day in the telecommunications and enterprise markets throughout the world.
For more information, visit www.loquendo.com.