TURIN, March 27th, 2008

Loquendo, leading speech technology provider worldwide, releases an upgraded version of Annika, Loquendo’s female Swedish voice. In porting Annika to Loquendo TTS 7 she now benefits from improved pronunciation accuracy and has been enriched with ‘Expressive Cues’ for conveying heightened expressivity and an increased emotional range.

The award winning Loquendo TTS 7 also offers Mixed Language support, an Audio Mixer for adding synchronised music or sound effects, and an extensive menu of prosodic features for adjusting the speaking rate, timbre and pitch of a voice. Using Voice Creator, integrators can even modify any existing Loquendo voice to create their own customized personas to better suit corporate profile and enable differentiation from competitors.

Like all other Loquendo voices, Annika is available for all platforms, from telephony servers to desktop PCs and embedded devices.

Annika will be joined by a male Swedish voice in the summer, followed by the release of the Finnish and Danish languages towards the end of 2008, giving Loquendo’s clients increased leverage in the thriving Scandinavian markets and extending the company’s reach across Europe and the world.

Currently available languages include: U.S. and U.K. English, Swedish, German, Dutch, French, American Spanish, Mexican, Chilean and Argentinian Spanish, Castilian, Catalan, Valencian, Galician, Brazilian, Portuguese, Italian, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Turkish, Canadian French and Polish in both male and female voices, with more under development all the time.

Hear the new Annika for yourself.

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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 Embedded Technologies, and Loquendo Speaker Identification and Verification are high-quality, high-performance technologies that guarantee systems integrators the best solutions in 23 languages with 55 voices. Loquendo voice technologies are also available on Loquendo MRCP, VoiceXML and CCXML platforms.

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.