Clarity to Provide Superior Voice-based Interface for Comworxx Telematics Unit; Comworxx Debuts its Port-IT Telematics Unit with Clarity CVC at CES in Las Vegas
9 January 2001
Clarity to Provide Superior Voice-based Interface for Comworxx Telematics Unit; Comworxx Debuts its Port-IT Telematics Unit with Clarity CVC at CES in Las Vegas
Business & Technology EditorsLAS VEGAS--Jan. 9, 2001--Clarity LLC (www.clarityco.com) was recently contracted by Comworxx, Inc. (OTCBB:IWXX), a Florida-based mobile telematics company, to further optimize the performance of the Comworxx voice interface that connects users with its Port-IT mobile communications offering. The importance of enabling this interface is well known to Comworxx, whose parent company, Intelliworxx, Inc., is an experienced provider of mobile computers.
Clarity's Clear Voice Capture(TM) (CVC) technology targets the rapidly growing number of consumers using today's small, portable communications devices, such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), cell phones, and mobile Internet appliances. Users of such devices often find themselves in noisy environments where the performance of the voice interface may be affected. CVC locks in on the speaker's voice, freeing it from interfering background audio clutter including road noise, music, machinery, and other nearby voices, optimizing the user's ability to communicate with the device while preserving critical bandwidth. As such, it is a perfect complement to the Comworxx Port-IT, a PDA-based mobile telematics product that responds to customers' spoken requests for directions, traffic conditions, e-mail, and more.
"It is widely acknowledged that speech is the future of computing," stated Comworxx CEO Mike Jonas. "Clarity's product makes that goal a reality today for Port-IT users who rely on effective voice interaction with their in-vehicle systems for both information and safety."
Clarity President and CEO Raymond W. Gunn added, "Our objective is to become a leading provider of software products that improve the quality and efficiency of voice-activated human-machine interfaces. We are very excited about the prospect of using our CVC voice extraction technology to optimize Port-IT's performance."
The Clarity announcement is the latest development in Comworxx' growing presence in the mobile telematics arena. Since its midyear inception, Comworxx has made significant investments in the technology and the infrastructure required to support these services following its launch at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
In the Automotive market where Clarity sees a tremendous need and a frenzied audience, The Intelligent Transportation Society of America, a Washington D.C. "think tank" that supplies data to the Department of Transportation, reports that there are more than 201 million cars in the U.S. today and that Americans collectively spend more than 500 million hours in their cars each week with an average commuting time of 80 minutes per day and growing.
Additionally, with more than 26 States having passed or in the process of passing legislation banning the use of hand-held cell phones in automobiles, Clarity is in a position to deliver a hands-free, digital signal processing technology that enables effective voice based communications in the noisy automobile environment.
About Clarity LLC
Clarity LLC, formed in 1998, offers Clear Voice Capture (CVC) technology that resulted from federally and privately funded research. The company is pursuing its objective to become a leading provider of voice activated man-machine interfaces by entering co-development alliances and licensing agreements with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in a broad range of industries, as well as with semiconductor manufacturers and telecommunications network operators worldwide. Please visit www.clarityco.com for more information.
About Comworxx
Comworxx, Inc., is headquartered in Sarasota, FL. Comworxx was founded by Intelliworxx (OTCBB: IWXX), a mobile computing company, and Comroad AG (Neuer Markt: RD4), world leader in mobile telematics, to bridge the gap that exists between the telecommunications and vehicle industries. Comworxx provides mobile telematics services through its Global Transport Telematics System and adds value to consumers by helping them safely connect to the wireless world, existing infrastructure, and most of all, to their personal information. For more information please visit www.comworxx.com.
For further information on Clarity, please visit our website at www.clarityco.com or e-mail us at email@clarityco.com. Phone: 248-822-5122. Fax: 248-822-5123.
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