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Loquendo Optimises Speech Recognition Performance With Loquendo ASR 6.6

Turin, April 27th, 2005

Loquendo, the global speech technology company, announces the release of Loquendo ASR 6.6. The new version of the Automatic Speech Recognition engine marks yet another step in Loquendo’s commitment to continuously improve the performance and functionality of speech recognition technology.

The following are some of the new features included in Loquendo ASR 6.6. They are all valuable means of enabling a more powerful use of speech recognition for voice application development:

  • The barge-in functionality has been significantly improved as regards speech input detection to allow the interruption of text-to-speech playback. The major enhancements integrate a variety of technologies to better discriminate user speech from noise or background speech, and to guarantee a quick and reliable response.
  • Loquendo ASR now ships in a variety of tiers, providing integrators with greater licensing flexibility.
  • The compilation process of very large grammars has been further optimised.

Loquendo ASR is the next-generation speech recognition technology the makes it possible to create automated voice solutions that are accurate, flexible and robust - even in the noisiest of environments. The wide range of Loquendo ASR languages is available in Argentinean, Brazilian, Castilian Spanish, Catalan, Chilean, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Mexican, Portuguese, Swedish, U.K. and U.S. English.
Upon request, certain languages can be provided as a single module, e.g. Castilian and Catalan.

Systems integrators from around the world are already enjoying the increased benefits that come with Loquendo ASR 6.6.

About Loquendo - Vocal Technology and Services
With over 30 years of 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, Loquendo ASR - automatic speech recognition, Loquendo Speech Server, Loquendo Speaker Verification) and platforms guarantee systems integrators the best solutions in 16 languages and 36 voices - with more coming soon.

From its headquarters in Turin, Italy, Loquendo deploys technologies that power millions of calls every day in the telecommunications and enterprise markets throughout the world.

For more information, visit www.loquendo.com.