 FOREWORD
Dear Reader,
Welcome to the August edition of the Loquendo Newsletter, rich in Articles, Interviews, Success Stories, New Product Releases and much more. In the last three months, numerous interesting developments have demonstrated Loquendo’s commitment to the market and its partners and customers, including the opening of our new offices on 5th Avenue, New York, in response to increased growth in the North American market. On the product front, Loquendo MRCP Server (see article) received Customer Interaction Solutions (TMC) magazine’s 2008 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award and Loquendo TTS 7.5 was also released. This includes a revamped prompt-authoring suite – TTS Director (see article), bursting with new features, which will be showcased on August 19th at SpeechTEK.
In Partnership News you will find many success stories which testify to Loquendo’s established leadership in voice-enabling anything, from GPS navigation devices to contact centers in the financial sector, and talking avatars; as well as Loquendo’s pioneering role in new emerging fields such as voice-controlled domestic appliances.
For all the latest on standards go to Standards Corner and read the STM interview, by Deborah Dahl, with Paolo Baggia - Loquendo Director of International Standards.
You can also learn about what’s going on in the International Co-Operation Projects in which Loquendo is involved.
Finally, we keep you posted on the many Events this summer where you can meet Loquendo, starting with SpeechTEK 2008 in New York, Aug. 18-20 (visit Loquendo at Booth #509). where Loquendo will make numerous contributions with speeches, sessions and live technology demos.
Good reading!
IN-DEPTH
We feature two articles this month: the first article is an in-depth look at all the latest features in the remodelled TTS Director - Loquendo’s prompt-authoring suite.
The second article is about the Loquendo MRCP Server, by Roberto Pacifici, in which he outlines the benefits to integrators of this award-winning and recently upgraded product.
>> Go to the TTS Director article.
>> Go to the MRCP Server article.
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CONTENTS
Paolo Coppo receives "2008 Frost & Sullivan European Telematics and Infotainment Emerging Company of the Year Award" from Frost and Sullivan.
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LOQUENDO NEWS
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Loquendo Opens Offices in Manhattan
June 11th, 2008 | Loquendo opens its new offices on Fifth Avenue
in the heart of New York City, in response to ... >> More
745 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
New York, NY 10151 - USA
Tel. +1 212 3109075 - Fax. +1 212 3109001 |
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LOQUENDO PRODUCTS
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New Release of Loquendo TTS
August 4th, 2008 | Loquendo releases Loquendo TTS 7.5 - now also supporting the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) latest release 5.1 - and a streamlined and remodelled TTS Director – Loquendo’s prompt-authoring suite bursting with new features ... >> More |
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Loquendo MRCP Server: Winner of 2008 IP Contact Center Technology Pioneer Award
July 30th, 2008 | Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC) Customer Interaction Solutions magazine awards the Loquendo MRCP Server ... >> More |
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New Releases of Loquendo MRCP Server
July 15th, 2008 | Loquendo is pleased to announce that Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC) Customer Interaction Solutions magazine has awarded the Loquendo MRCP Server the ... >> More |
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Loquendo Releases New Male Swedish Voice
June 12th, 2008 | Sven joins Annika, Loquendo's recently upgraded female Swedish voice, reinforcing the positioning ... >> More
Hear Sven for yourself. Meet the Loquendo TTS family. |
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Archean Take Loquendo Speech Technologies On Board French Transport
August 1st, 2008 | Loquendo and Archean Technologies announce the launch of a new collaboration ... >> More
Loquendo ASR Automotive Powers the 3D Nav N Go iGo 8 Navigation Solution
July 22nd, 2008 | Loquendo and Nav N Go announce that Nav N Go have selected the Loquendo ASR Automotive Solution for their Nav N Go iGO 8 navigation ... >> More
Loquendo Speech Technologies Chosen for Nitax SIDUS-Nav
July 17th 2008 | Loquendo and Nitax, have developed a next-generation navigation solution for taxis incorporating ... >> More
IMS chooses Loquendo ASR and TTS for iLane™ - the world's first hands-free and eyes-free email solution for in-vehicle use
July 11th, 2008 | Intelligent Mechatronic Systems Inc. (IMS), a leader in making cars smarter and safer, is proud to announce their recent partnership with Loquendo ... >> More
H-Care and Loquendo Change the Face of Online Customer Care
July 2nd, 2008 | Loquendo and H-Care have revolutionized the customer's online experience with a range of customer care solutions for diverse sectors right across ... >> More
Health Insight Solutions Telemonitoring System Powered by Loquendo
June 16th, 2008 | Loquendo and Health Insight Solutions – today announced that Health Insight has chosen Loquendo TTS - through Loquendo’s German distributors INLOQ Voice Solutions - to power their ... >> More
Indesit Company creates a first for home automation
May 28th, 2008 | Indesit Company, presented Sophius, the voice controlled oven, a prototype realized with the technology of Loquendo & Amuser ... >> More
Caixa Galicia Contact Center delivers new speech services powered by Loquendo
May 26th, 2008 | Loquendo and Tecnocom, today announced an important new deployment in the Spanish banking sector ... >> More
Nav N Go Chooses Loquendo TTS Automotive
May 7th, 2008 | Loquendo and Nav N Go announce the selection of the Loquendo TTS Automotive Solution for Nav N Go's feature-rich navigation software – Nav N Go iGO 8 ... >> More |
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
R&D PROJECTS
 LUNA Workshop at Intelligent Information Systems XVIth Conference
Zakopane, Poland, June 16-18 2008
The Workshop on Spoken Language Understanding and Dialogue Systems, organized by LUNA and DICIT EU funded projects was held at IIS 2008. It was an opportunity to share ideas on problems related to communication with computer systems in natural language and dialogue systems.
CONFERENCES
 C@R Beijing Conference: Rural Living Labs and ICT for Rural development "C@R: Collaboration at Rural"
Park Plaza, Beijing, China, April 17-18, 2008
The aims of the C@R Conference in Beijing were to promote the idea of C@R in China, to establish cooperation between Chinese and European researchers in the field of ICT in Agriculture, and to promote C@R project results in China and establish cooperation between Chinese and European rural living labs.
 The Companions Project Promotes The Fourth International Workshop on Human-Computer Conversation Bellagio 2008
Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy, October 6-7, 2008
The conference brings together academic researchers and industrialists concerned with all aspects of human-computer conversation and the associated research issues of emotion, relationships, companionship, embodiment, ECAs, memory, evaluation etc.
>> Other Relevant Events
EVENTS
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SpeechTEK 2008, Marriott Marquis, New York, USA - August 18-20, 2008
Visit Loquendo at BOOTH #509.
Monday, August 18, 2008
SUNRISE SEMESTER DISCUSSION 1
ROYAL ROOM - Emotion in Speech Technology
8:00 am - 8:50 am (Paolo Baggia, Loquendo)
How to Improve TTS and ASR Performance
D103 - New Standard Languages for Developing Speech Applications
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm (Paolo Baggia, Loquendo)
MEETING BUSINESS GOALS WITH SPEECH TECHNOLOGY
A105 - Speech in Financial Services
Volans Technology describes the uses of speech synthesis technology to assist low-vision customers in using ATMs in any of several languages, Powered by Loquendo
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm (MODERATOR: Ken Rehor, Founder, VoiceXML Forum)
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
TOOLS FOR SPEECH APPLICATIONS
Loquendo TTS Director: The Next Generation Suite of Authoring Tools for Speech Synthesis
10:45 am - 12:30 pm (Davide Bonardo, Loquendo)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
TRACK C - TODAY'S SPEECH TECHNOLOGIES
C-302 Speech in Automotive
11:45 am - 12:30 pm (Moderator: Paolo Baggia, Loquendo)
Success Story: iLANE, the Voice-Enabled Travel Companion
(Ben Miners, Product Manager, Intelligent Mechatronic Systems), Powered by Loquendo
TRACK D - DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT
D-303 Speech in Customer Service
1:45 pm - 2:30 pm (Moderator: Paolo Baggia, Loquendo)
MULTIMODAL APPLICATION LAB
Voice Multimodal Application Framework (VMMA) - The Next Generation for Multimodal Voice Interaction
10:45 am - 12:30 pm (Loquendo and Università degli Studi di Trento) |
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Canalys Navigation Forum 2008
Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal - Budapest, Hungary
September 8-10, 2008
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Call Centre Expo 2008
NEC, Birmingham, UK, Hall 9 - September 16-17, 2008 |
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Istanbul Call Center and Conference Expo 2008,
Convention & Exhibition Center - Rumeli Hall
Istanbul, Turkey - September 16-17, 2008 |
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Vocal Expo 2008
CNIT Paris La Défense - Expo & Conference
Paris, France - October 2, 2008 |
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The Canalys Navigation Forum
Americas 2008, Ritz Carlton Hotel - Half Moon Bay
San Francisco,California, USA
October 14-15, 2008
Book now for our sponsor discounted rate of 25%, saving you $375.75 off the registration fee. |
WHITE PAPERS
>> Towards IMS: The Potential of VoiceXML for Multimedia Applications
>> Speech Technologies And Multimodality: The Solution For New Advanced Services
>> SSML 1.0: an XML-based language to improve TTS rendering
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