February 21st 2005

Loquendo, the global speech technology company, is delighted to present the new emotional release of Simon, Loquendo's male UK English Text-to-Speech persona. Today, Simon is more lifelike than ever - in fact, he can now express himself just like a real human being! He is Loquendo's third emotional Text to Speech voice, along with Dutch personas Saskia and Willem.

Loquendo is the first speech market player to offer its customers the possibility to make their vocal messages expressive. Just like human conversation, expressive intention is conveyed through conventional formulas and interjections, which are pronounced with a natural and colourful intonation. As a result, synthetic voice messages become truly lifelike and even more enjoyable for customers to interact with.

Loquendo TTS software has been enriched with a repertoire of "expressive cues", which enable TTS users to enliven their voice prompts. The release of emotional Simon is another important step towards expressive synthetic speech.

Loquendo offers a full range of technological components to rapidly and easily create best-of-breed solutions in 16 languages. Currently available languages include U.S. and U.K. English, Castilian, Catalan, Mexican, Chilean and Argentinean Spanish, Italian, German, French, Dutch, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Brazilian, Portuguese and Swedish in both male and female voices.

To find out for yourself how expressive emotional Simon is, please click here:
  example 1
  example 2

To meet the Loquendo TTS family, please click here.

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.