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Fonix Partners With a-technic to Provide DECtalk Text-to-Speech Technology to Disabled Technology Us
Added: (Tue Nov 11 2003)
News Release
For Immediate Release:
November 11, 2003
Fonix Partners With a-technic to Provide DECtalk Text-to-Speech Technology to Disabled Technology Users
SALT LAKE CITY, UT (November 11, 2003) FonixÒ Corporation (OTC BB: FNIX), an international provider of leading speech interface solutions, announces a cooperative technology partnership with a-technic, a non-profit research and development charity, to promote Fonix DECtalk™ text-to-speech (TTS) as a speech technology solution to clients and partners.
a-technic researches and develops products for blind, low-vision and disabled technology users, then makes that technology available to other organizations to market and sell end-user products. By incorporating DECtalk into their easy-to-use computer platform, a-technic offers their manufacturing partners the most intelligible TTS voices available.
Fonix DECtalk is the premier TTS solution in today’s speech industry due to its high intelligibility, low memory footprint, nine voices (four male, four female, one child) and multiple languages (US and UK English, European French, German, Castilian and Latin American Spanish).
“a-technic needs a compact, intelligible, flexible and stable TTS solution for development of our low-cost, easy-to-use talking computer appliances for blind users,” says John Batty, a-technic CTO. “Fonix DECTalk is clearly the best product on the market for meeting these requirements.”
“This partnership is a great opportunity for both Fonix and a-technic,” says John Oelfke, vice president of Fonix Embedded Speech Solutions. “Working together, we can offer the best speech-based interface technology currently available to the assistive market. Our mutual goal is to make it easier and more convenient for visually impaired, blind or disabled people to access computers and devices.” As a-technic’s products are made available to their manufacturing partners for deployment to the user community, Fonix will receive royalty revenue from these sales.
About a-technic
a-technic is a UK-registered charity specializing in technology to help people with disabilities.
Their mission is to research, develop and promote adaptive and assistive technologies that help people with physical disabilities cope with day-to-day living. Visit www.a-technic.net for more information.
About Fonix
Fonix Corporation (OTC BB: FNIX) provides speech interface solutions for mobile / wireless devices, computer telephony systems, vehicle telematics, the assistive market and embedded devices. Manufacturers and developers incorporate Fonix technology to provide their customers with an easy, convenient, reliable user experience. Visit www.fonix.com for an introduction to Fonix’s complete suite of speech solutions.
The statements released by Fonix Corporation that are not purely historical are forward-looking within the meaning of the “Safe Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the Company’s expectations, hopes, intentions and strategies for the future. Forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties that may affect the Company’s business prospects and performance. The Company’s actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Risk factors include general economic, competitive, governmental and technological factors as discussed in the Company’s filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. The Company does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
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