Speech recognition for telephony applications

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Feb 28, 2007

Speech-recognition software certified to work with plug-in modules for voice-enabled applications

Loquendo, the global speech technology company, and Pika Technologies , a designer and manufacturer of plug-in media processing hardware and software building blocks, have announced the certified interoperability of Loquendo Speech Technologies and Pika's Digital T1/E1 PrimeNet MM boards, via Paraxip PSTN-to-SIP Gateway software.

Through this partnership with Loquendo, Pika enhances its position in the rapidly expanding market of automated voice applications for small and medium size businesses with one of the most advanced speech-recognition and text-to-speech technologies available today.

Supporting 20 languages, Loquendo users will also be able to benefit from their VoiceXML browser capabilities.

Loquendo's clients can now take advantage of the Pika Digital T1/E1 Boards, which provide superior voice processing, echo cancellation and speech-detection technologies and are available in single, dual and quad T1/E1 port densities.

This packaged solution provides system integrators and service developers with all the technologies they require for the creation of voice services, call-centre automation, voice-automation features in CRM applications, Intranet and Unified Messaging and the creation of info-mobility systems.

Pika offers high performance telephony boards with market leading port densities.

Pika's digital boards combine up to four highly flexible T1/E1 digital network interfaces with integrated DSP resources.

A wide-range of feature-rich services make these boards the reliable choice for the most demanding voice, speech recognition, and fax applications.

A highly flexible and configurable audio processing interface allows developers to tailor the integration to give a high audio quality resulting in the best possible recognition rates.

Loquendo offers a full range of technological components such as: Loquendo TTS, Loquendo ASR, Loquendo Speaker Verifier and VoiceXML Interpreter.

Currently available languages include US and UK English, Castilian, Catalan, Valencian, Mexican, Chilean, Argentinian and American Spanish, Italian, German, French, Dutch, Greek, Mandarin Chinese, Brazilian, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish and Canadian French, in both male and female voices.