Fonix(R) Delivers Speech Solution to Motorola's mGT5100 Automotive Telematics Development Platform

SALT LAKE CITY, Oct. 21,2002 Fonix® Corporation, a leading provider of voice solutions for wireless and mobile devices, and Motorola, Inc.'s Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), the leading provider of semiconductors to the automotive industry, today announced the integration of Fonix Embedded Speech Solution for Automotive with Motorola's total5100 Standard Development Platform. By adding the mGT5100 to its list of supported platforms, Fonix provides a powerful new way to quickly integrate market-ready Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Text-To-Speech (TTS) solutions under mobileGT(TM), Motorola's industry-leading automotive telematics initiative.

The mobileGT platform, supported by a number of technology and auto systems providers, enables the latest production-ready driver information technology to be created within a single, yet customizable, development environment. mobileGT solutions benefit automakers, tier-one automotive suppliers, and ultimately drivers and passengers via a wide range of advanced entertainment, driver control, navigation, productivity, and security systems.

By supporting the total5100 standard development platform -- a powerful new addition within mobileGT based on Motorola's mGT5100 microprocessor -- Fonix greatly shortens time-to-market for mGT5100-based solutions using voice commands. The Fonix embedded speech solution allows vehicle occupants to listen, and speak, to on-board systems such as climate control, Internet or email, radios, virtual dashboards, DVD players, and much more.

"Extending our mobileGT integration to the mGT5100 Standard Development Platform is a significant expansion, one that will enable new and even more sophisticated telematics systems," said Lynn Shepherd, vice president of Product Development for Fonix. "Many automotive manufacturers are quickly moving to applications based on the mGT5100 processor due to its speed and versatility. By having the Fonix embedded speech solution available on the mGT5100, these companies can create highly reliable, production-ready speech capabilities on a greatly shortened development schedule."

"Fonix has taken its Embedded Speech Solution for mobileGT to a new level through its mGT5100 support," said Bill Pfaff, vice president and director of Motorola's Driver Information Systems operation. "This integration adds versatility and value, and gives systems designers a new rapid development solution for a wide variety of user-friendly, dependable speech interfaces."

Fonix Speech Solution is Available Through Metrowerks

As a result of today's announcement, Motorola's mobileGT total5100 Standard Development Platform now includes a 30-day evaluation copy of the Fonix Embedded Speech Solution for mobileGT. The evaluation copy, available from Metrowerks, a subsidiary of Motorola, includes a Fonix hands-free speech demo and other sample speech applications demonstrating the features of the Fonix speech solution. All applications are fully compatible with the mobileGT platform.

Also included in the Fonix Embedded Speech Solution are fully-documented TTS and ASR Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), U.S. English-speaking male and female TTS soundbanks, three ASR neural networks suitable for various applications, as well as a mGT5100 board, QNX Real Time Operating System, and Metrowerks Codewarrior Integrated Development Environment.

The Fonix Embedded Speech Solution for mobileGT, fully integrated with the total5100 Standard Development Platform, is now available for purchase through Metrowerks. To order the mobileGT Development Platform, call Metrowerks at 1-800-377-5416.