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NEC America Selects ART Voice Control for Its New NEC 232E High Definition Mobile Handsets

Posted on: Tuesday, 14 December 2004, 09:00 CST

GSM/EDGE Phone Features Speaker-Independent Voice Activation, Voice Control and Dialing by Name or Number

ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, a leading provider of voice interface solutions for mobile devices, announced today that NEC America, Inc. (NEC), a leading provider of innovative communications products, solutions and services has selected the smARTspeak(R) NG embedded speech interface for its recently launched NEC 232E+ High Definition Mobile++ (HDM(TM)) handset. With no advanced training necessary for the speaker-independent voice interface, NEC customers can enjoy the phone's voice control features right "out-of-the-box."

The smARTspeak NG voice-recognition technology was the first to successfully combine all voice dialing and voice control functions for speaker-independent and speaker-dependent systems. It was designed as an all-in-one bundle ideal for the small footprint and tight processing power of today's mass-market handsets. Combining a decade of ART's award-winning technologies, smARTspeak NG offers voice-enabled features such as name dialing, continuous digit dialing, command and control, and trainable continuous digit dialing for custom languages.

"Our 232E High Definition Mobile handset targets a specific user interested in enriched multimedia options, high-quality functionality and increased voice capabilities," said Noboru Sakata, general manager, NEC's Wireless Division. "To offer a competitive mobile device, it was important for us to add voice control features that would provide our users with a reliable, easy-to-use interface. We felt the smARTspeak technology from ART was an excellent choice for providing these capabilities."

"NEC Corporation has long been one of the world's leading electronics companies and is well known globally for their multifunctional, multimedia advanced mobile devices," said Yakov Shulman, acting CEO for ART. "We are proud to be a part of the technology team delivering innovative mobile phones to the North American consumer."

The NEC 232E HDM marks the first mid-tier-priced, GSM(TM)/EDGE handset from NEC in the U.S. The first handset in NEC's U.S. 200-series of HDM phones, the 232E HDM offers an integrated VGA-camera, a 65,536-color screen for high definition imagery, advanced Java(TM) applications, enhanced multimedia-messaging capabilities and a sleek clamshell design.

About NEC America, Inc.

NEC America, Inc., headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a leading provider of innovative communications products, solutions, and services. NEC America serves all communications industries from carriers, to enterprise, to wireless and is an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY), a Global Fortune 500(R) company and one of the leading patent producing enterprises in the world. For more information about NEC America, visit its website at http://www.necamerica.com.

About ART Advanced Recognition Technologies

Established in 1990 and recently acquired by ScanSoft, Inc. (Nasdaq:SSFT), ART is the acknowledged market leader in embedded speech and handwriting recognition software for mass-market mobile devices. With a decade of award-winning innovation behind it, ART develops and markets technologically superior solutions for the control and command of mobile devices through the human voice and natural handwriting. The company's proprietary technologies provide next-generation user interface solutions for cellular handsets, smartphones, mobile communicators, PDAs and handhelds, and automotive systems.

Today, ART's embedded software-only solutions are deployed in dozens of product lines from industry leaders such as Motorola, LGE, Xelibri by Siemens, Panasonic, Mitsubishi, NEC, BenQ, Sierra Wireless, Quanta, Inventec, Maxon, GVC, Hitachi, Emblaze mobile, Siemens Automotive, Casio, Compal, Capitel, Franklin, PaceBlade and others. ART has strategic and technological partnerships with industry leaders including: Texas Instruments, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Freescale, TTPCom, Agere, Infineon, Intel, Broadcom, ADI, Microsoft, Symbian, UIQ, Series 60, Prairiecomm, Spreadtrum, Renesas, VOXON, Accelent Systems, Teleca, Ceva, Clarity, Cirque, e-sim, Persay, SVOX, DSPG, Pegasus and others.

Based in the United States with sales offices on the East and West Coasts, ART maintains a wholly owned Israeli subsidiary that conducts research and development. Additional information about ART is available at: www.artcomp.com

smARTspeak is a registered trademark of ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. Other products may be the Trademarks of their respective owners.

+E refers to EDGE

++HDM (High Definition Mobile) is not meant to imply compliance with any HDTV (High Definition Television) or similar high definition standards.

Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Source: Business Wire

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