Wavelink Corporation, a provider of multi-vendor mobile application development and infrastructure management software, announced that it has added
Wavelink Speakeasy SDK (software development kit) to its
Speakeasy voice platform. The new SDK adds voice to existing wireless applications and facilitates enterprises to voice-enable their client-side batch applications.
The Speakeasy (
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Wavelink Speakeasy SDK leverages
Vangard Voice Systems’ AccuSpeech Mobile technology. This technology is a comprehensive solution that enables fast and easy-to-use suite of voice development tools, voice-intelligent middleware and client-resident automated features. It can add speech to any mobile data collection application.
Voice playing an important role even beyond warehouses, the addition of Speakeasy SDK facilitates sales and service personnel as well with mobile field sales and services, mobile dispatch and inspection applications. This enables enterprises with cost reduction and as well encourages in new mobile workforce deployments, says the company.
As Wavelink Speakeasy SDK enables enterprises to add voice capabilities to their existing applications and hardware, it helps them avoid expensive application modification or replacement. This also eliminates risk and the cost of changing existing business processes.
Wavelink said that the voice-enabling data collection along with application commands, functions and navigation features available from the SDK - delivers more productivity, accuracy and safety to enterprises.
Speakeasy also offers user flexibility apart from simple installation and configuration. The SDK makes switching easy - from one mobile device user to another, with the help of its native support for multiple languages and regional dialects, and also through the elimination of user-specific voice profiles.
Since voice processing is performed on the device with the help of the SDK (before transmitting across the wireless LAN), there is considerable reduction in network bandwidth as well, explains the company.
Wavelink plans to extend its Speakeasy portfolio to Wavelink Studio, which is a wireless application development tool.
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Edited by Michelle Robart