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ART Will Supply smARTspeak XGT For LX5550 Voice-Controlled Phone From LG Electronics; Leading Speech Interface Will Be Added to New Clamshell CDMA Phone ATLANTA --(Business Wire)-- June 15, 2004 -- ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, a global leader in voice control solutions for mobile devices, announced today that LG Electronics has selected the smARTspeak(R) XGT embedded speech interface for its latest voice-controlled CDMA phone, the compact LX5550 clamshell. The Korean electronics and communications company is the world's largest producer of CDMA phones."The LX5550 is the second CDMA phone from LG to incorporate our new smARTspeak XGT," said Eran Aharonson, CEO of ART. "The XGT represents a major advance in speaker-independent voice control. We are delighted that LG has again chosen ART and smARTspeak XGT for its latest phone." The new smARTspeak XGT features the industry's most advanced name-dialing technology for wireless phones and mobile devices. It is the latest version of the company's smARTspeak line, which introduced the industry's first speaker-independent name-dialing technology. The smARTspeak XGT is fully speaker independent, meaning it can be operated by any user "right out of the box" - with no voice training of the device. It also adds a new voice feedback capability that gives users audio confirmation of spoken names, numbers, and other commands. This is done by "reading" from the phone's 499-name contact list using ART's advanced text-to-speech technology. LX5550 Features Accurate Voice Control "Right Out of the Box" "LG phones incorporate the best available technology," said Mr. Jae-Gyung Ham, vice president of CDMA Marketing at LG. "For the LX5550 phone, the smARTspeak XGT is absolutely the best speaker-independent voice technology on the market. We are especially impressed by its phoneme-based speech recognition and text-to-speech verbal confirmation. Thanks to smARTspeak XGT, the new LX5550 is a proud addition to the LG line of voice-control phones." The advanced features of the smARTspeak XGT will enable users of the LX5550 phone to dial by speaking a person's name or phone number. Giving equally fast and accurate response whether users say "John Smith" or "Dial 1202111002", smARTspeak XGT maintains ART's popular out of-the-box, multi-user experience. In addition, the phone will recognize commands such as "contact" and "redial" and offers trainable digit dialing that can be adjusted to a user's accent. When more than one name is available, ART's "Best Match" function presents a short-list of options both as text and voice for extra convenience. In addition to its speaker-independent voice recognition capability, the new LX5550 allows users to access contacts, digit dial, redial, retrieve voice mail, and time all by voice command. The smARTspeak technology also makes the new LX5550 one of the safest mobile phones available. By enabling total phone operation by voice, smARTspeak XGT is ideal for in-car use. With its built-in speakerphone, it offers a hands-free mode for improved driving safety without the need or expense of a special car kit. About ART Advanced Recognition Technologies Established in 1990, 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, Pogo, Logitech, AlphaCell, Capitel, Compal, Inventec, Casio, RAKS, Siemens Automotive, PaceBlade, Hitachi, and others. ART has strategic and technological partnerships with industry leaders including: Texas Instruments, Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Motorola Semiconductors, Intel, Infineon, Agere, ADI, TTPCom, DSPG, ParthusCeva, Microsoft, Symbian, UIQ, SVOX, Accelent Systems, Phone-Or, 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: http://www.artcomp.com smARTspeak XGT is a registered trademark of ART Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc. Names of other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
