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News Release from: Aculab | Subject: Audio Provider
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 May 2002
Software exploits full power of speech
processing
To ensure the continued development of applications using the latest technology, Aculab's Audio Provider now supports Nuance 8 and Linux operating system.
Booking a cab, checking what movies are showing and placing bets are just some of the applications already based on Nuance speech recognition and Nuance Voice Web Server, powered by Aculab's Prosody DSP resource platform To ensure the continued development of applications using the latest technology, Aculab's Audio Provider now supports Nuance 8 and Linux operating system
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Aculab Audio Provider for Nuance 8 is a software package that gives developers the ability to exploit the speech processing features of Prosody.
It increases the choice available to integrators using Prosody cards and confirms Aculab's commitment to offer unmatched value and choice for speech recognition technologies, including the choice of operating system, with support already available for Windows and Sun SPARC Solaris and now Linux.
Developers can confidently combine the Prosody DSP resource portfolio with the full range of Nuance speech recognition products as well as their voice interface software applications.
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The Audio Provider is a ready-to-use host executable software module that interfaces with Aculab's Prosody card, which is used to provide telephony and speech processing features such as playback, recording, DTMF recognition and echo cancellation.
This makes it easy for developers to exploit the capabilities of Prosody with Nuance to deliver complete voice access solutions without having to develop their own interface.
Additional benefits can be gained from Aculab's digital network access pedigree as the Audio Provider uniquely enables a feature known as two B-channel call transfer (TBCT) also known as explicit call transfer.
Tight integration with Nuance enables a quicker project roll out to be achieved and when combined with Aculab's range of telephony protocols and approvals, worldwide customer opportunities can be addressed.
Using a single Prosody DSP module with echo cancellation, the system may play prompts to, and recognise responses from 24 users while allowing barge-in.
With Prosody, developers gain access to a variety of separate algorithms that may be run simultaneously on a per DSP basis, such as playback, record, Group 3 fax and conferencing.
Combining natural language speech recognition with Prosody and Aculab's host based text-to-speech provides a practical mixture of technologies with a Prosody platform.
The flexibility and scalability gained with the Nuance/Aculab combination gives an excellent return on investment.
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