Loquendo, the global speech technology company, and VoiceWeb SA, the Greek premier speech technology integrator and speech ASP, announced today that they have established a partnership, whereby VoiceWeb will exclusively distribute Loquendo’s products in Greece and Cyprus as a value added reseller.

The demand for speech-enabled applications in Greece has been continuously increasing over the last year. “Both private and public sector organizations are discovering the advantages of speech technologies and realize the benefits that can be derived in terms of service quality, customer satisfaction and cost efficiencies” comments Dr. Nikos Patsis, CEO of VoiceWeb. And he adds: “We are pleased to suggest Loquendo’s products to our customers, as we have tried them ourselves in numerous speech applications that we have developed for our customers, and we were always very satisfied with our choice".

"For Loquendo partnering with VoiceWeb significantly extends our market presence in South Europe” said Rosanna Duce, Vice-President at Loquendo, “the high-quality and highly performing applications made available by VoiceWeb will help bring more progressive and effective automated voice solutions to market”.

About 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, Loquendo Embedded TTS, Loquendo ASR - automatic speech recognition, Loquendo Speech Server, Loquendo Speaker Verification) and platforms guarantee systems integrators the best solutions in 15 languages and 32 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.

About VoiceWeb SA – Speech Technology Integrator & Reseller and Speech ASP
VoiceWeb is a premier voice technology integrator and a provider of speech applications and services. From it headquarters in Athens, VoiceWeb develops and hosts highly performing solutions for large private sector enterprises (such as Vodafone, TIM, Delta Singular, ECDL, etc) and for key public sector authorities (such as the Ministry of Economy & Finance, Ministry of Employment, Ministry of Internet Affairs, etc). In parallel to the development and hosting of speech applications, VoiceWeb is a reseller of speech technologies for the Greek Market.
The company was founded in 2001 and has received funding from the SETE Ventures VC, Geneva. For more information, visit www.voiceweb.gr.