Loquendo, the global speech technology company, is pleased to announce the launch of Olivier and Charlotte, the brand new Canadian French voices.

These two new personas complement Loquendo's existing French-speaking voices - Juliette, Florence, Bernard and Sophie - enabling the company to support its partners ever more effectively in the North American markets, and in the larger part of the French speaking world.

The new members of the Loquendo family bring the total number of languages in the Loquendo portfolio to 20, with the total number of voices now at 50.

Olivier and Charlotte are the latest Loquendo voices to be enriched with 'expressive cues', by which many everyday phrases and exclamations can be said in a more lively and expressive way by the simple insertion of the appropriate punctuation.

Loquendo is the very first speech technology provider to offer such an emotional component, giving Loquendo TTS voices truly lifelike expression with a far wider emotional range, and representing a major leap forward in speech technology.

Loquendo TTS is available in many languages, currently including: U.S. and U.K. English, French, Canadian French, Castilian Spanish and Catalan, Mexican, Argentinian, Chilean, Brazilian, Portuguese, Italian, German, Dutch, Greek, Swedish, Mandarin Chinese and Polish - in both male and female voices - with more coming soon.

Let the new Canadian French voices speak for themselves: meet Olivier and Charlotte.

Meet the Loquendo TTS family

About Loquendo - Vocal Technology and Services
With over 30 years experience in speech technology, Loquendo is at the forefront of the global speech market. Loquendo TTS, Loquendo ASR, Loquendo Speaker Verification and the Loquendo VoiceXML and CCXML Platform are high-quality, high-performance technologies that guarantee systems integrators the best solutions whatever the application.

Loquendo is the only speech technology vendor that provides a complete product line for navigation and handheld devices, desktop PCs and telephony servers, guaranteeing the same portfolio of languages and the same core engine in all these environments.

Many enterprises and carriers worldwide have recognized the Loquendo difference, advanced technologies that power millions of calls every day in telecommunications and enterprise markets across the globe.

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 the Loquendo voices, go to www.loquendo.com.