Visteon Corporation Announces New Voice Subsidiary

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DEARBORN, MI USA 12/01/2000
    DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 30 Visteon Corporation
today announced the creation of a new subsidiary dedicated to strategic
product development and production delivery of speech recognition technology
for the automotive and consumer markets.
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    The new subsidiary, Infinitive Speech Systems, LLC, along with a joint
development agreement with SpeechWorks , will lead the
development of voice recognition software and embedded speech recognition to
bring new, speech-enabled products and services for automotive market
applications, telematics, multimedia, information services, personal
productivity, banking, finance, and other applications.
    "The initial development efforts of Infinitive Speech Systems with
SpeechWorks, are targeted at delivering Visteon's voice technology application
commitments to our global OEM customers," said Brian Radloff, General Manager
of Visteon's Infinitive Speech Systems.  "The creation of this subsidiary
allows Visteon to accelerate the development of compact, portable solutions,
which enable integration across a full range of telematics and multimedia
products."
    Currently, Visteon Voice Technology(TM) is available to consumers on some
production vehicles.  It allows drivers to use voice commands in the vehicle
to adjust the climate control, audio systems, and hands-free mobile phone with
simple, user-friendly voice activated dialing capabilities in multiple
languages.  With the creation of Infinitive Speech Systems, application
development will quickly continue to expand into vehicle systems such as on-
board computers, palm devices and accessories, satellite digital audio
systems, Bluetooth(TM) wireless interface applications, navigation systems,
and MP3 radio systems.
    The North American headquarters for Visteon's Infinitive Speech Systems is
located in Newton, Mass., and European headquarters in Bristol, United
Kingdom.
    Visteon Corporation is a leading full-service supplier that delivers
consumer-driven technology solutions to automotive manufacturers worldwide and
through multiple channels within the global automotive aftermarket.  Visteon
has about 80,000 employees and a global delivery system of more than 160
technical, manufacturing, sales and service facilities located in 25
countries.

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