Loquendo, the global speech technology company, and InfoSpeech, a Spanish company that provides advantage solutions for call center and Internet voice access, signed a Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreement to enforce their presence on the Spanish market . The aim is to deliver cost-savings, increased revenue and the efficiency benefits of speech technology to carriers and enterprises through the Loquendo multi-language VoxNauta™ platform.

VoxNauta is an all-inclusive open standards platform and service creation environment for developing and rolling out a vast range of voice-enabled applications. Designed to scale to millions of users, the Platform adapts to carrier and enterprise markets and simplifies and streamlines the implementation of voice services. It incorporates world-class TTS and ASR speech technology components.

With this partnership, Loquendo and InfoSpeech, who both specialize in the speech sector, will focus on developing the carrier speech market in Spain, also offering exclusive solutions in all areas of business.

The market in voice access services in which Loquendo will operate, is predicted to be worth 5,4 million dollars in 2005 and in 2001 is expected to see 18 million users, forecast to reach 360 million during the next two years.

About Loquendo
Loquendo (www.loquendo.com) is a global leader in speech platforms and solutions that make information and services accessible through any phone. Using world-class speech recognition, text-to-speech and voice browsing technology, Loquendo's easy-to-deploy solutions offer callers an unsurpassed experience. Loquendo's product portfolio is based on more than thirty years of the most innovative voice technology in the world, developed and tested by experts in the industry.
Many enterprises and carriers world-wide have recognized the Loquendo difference and today Loquendo solutions are automating over 1 million calls each day.
Majority-owned by Telecom Italia, Loquendo is headquartered in Turin, Italy, and has offices in North America and Europe.

About InfoSpeech
Founded in 1999, InfoSpeech develops and implements best-of-breed speech systems for the Spanish market. Being a pionner in the market, InfoSpeech has been able to penetrate several strategic accounts, both in the consumer Voice Portal area and in corporate applications for industries such as Banking or Insurance.
InfoSpeech has developed a differentiating methodology for vocal application design, that guarantees the experience of the user throught the use of experience based rules for design and advanced usability testing practices.
InfoSpeech is headquartered in Madrid and serves the complete Spanish market.