Speech Recognition Wizzard Speech Developer Program
PITTSBURGH--July 18, 2002--Wizzard Software (OTCBB:WIZD) is pleased to announce the launch of the Wizzard Speech Developer Program, a program for corporate and commercial software developers who have a desire to add speech technologies to their internal applications and commercial products."Through the distribution of our Voice Tools and strategic partners, we have recently identified thousands of commercial and corporate programmers that like to use speech recognition and text-to-speech in their products and internal applications, but don't know where to begin. We're letting the world know today that the place to start is Wizzard Software," says Chris Spencer, CEO of Wizzard Software. "We have been working towards a day where Wizzard Software is the first place programmers, both commercial and corporate, come to learn about, create and purchase all types of speech related products and services. With the launch of this program we feel we now offer the most diverse and powerful products and services for anyone wanting to use speech as an interface to technology."
Corporate Developers
For developers creating speech-enabled products for internal business use, Wizzard offers:
| -- | Purchasing Education - What, where, and why to buy |
| -- | Tools - Wizzard's Voice Tools for SMAPI (IBM) and SAPI (Microsoft) have won several awards and have been downloaded over 50,000 times in 2002. |
| -- | Training -We will educate trainers or end users and then build off the experience until they master speech recognition and text-to-speech. |
| -- | Support - Pay-Per-Incident Support, Priority Annual Support, Priority Plus, Premier Support |
| -- | Consulting Services - Voice Tools Application Development Support, Quality Assurance Testing, Speech Programmer's Enterprise Application Kit (SPEAK), Speech Developer Education Package, Strategic Speech Planning Package |
| -- | Modular Source Code - Automatic Audio Adjustment, Lexicon Builders, Voice Profile Networking Controls |
| -- | Custom Programming Services - Need help? Wizzard can build it for you. |
| -- | Speech Recognition and Text To Speech Engines, Voice Prompts and Programming Tools from leading vendors IBM and Microsoft |
The business case for speech recognition has become much stronger with the new technology on the market. IBM offers powerful speech recognition capable of producing strong returns on investment and Microsoft is including their speech engine in MS OfficeXP and WindowsXP (approximately 60,000,000 users worldwide). Now, users of products that incorporate speech technologies can access information in new ways and quickly become more productive in terms of their interaction with computers, telephones, automobiles, and electronic devices. The adoption of speech as a user interface has been appearing on a regular basis in companies, both large and small. The demand for knowledgeable speech technology programmers is increasing rapidly and Wizzard Software is positioned to capitalize on this growing demand by offering everything from Speech Programming Tools to Custom Programming Services.
Commercial Developers
For developers creating speech enabled products to sell commercially, Wizzard offers:
| -- | All of the above, and: |
| -- | Press - We know every editor of all the major industry publications. |
| -- | Product Distribution - Piggyback our product distribution channels. |
| -- | Marketing Efforts - Gain exposure for your products through various Wizzard affiliated online channels such as envoxdevelopers.com, yourprompts.com as well as paid placement on all the major search engines. |
Wizzard Software was founded in 1996 and has become a leader in the speech recognition application development market. Wizzard's relationship with software and communications companies such as Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), Envox, and iVoice (IVOC) provide opportunities to develop new markets for speech enabled computing. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, development tools and building applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via PC or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors. More information can be found at Wizzard's Investor's Corner.
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