Voiceware Participated in the Korea’s Telematics Consortium
No
37
Date
2001-06-28
June 28, 2001 - Voiceware, the Korean speech technology leader, announces today that it participated in the Korean Telematics consortium. Nextech, auto maintenance and information service provider has taken the lead to create the Consortium. Nextech develops an auto PC and build an information center for Korea’s before/after Telematics services. The total of 15 companies are auto-pc developers, telecommunication and mobile information service providers including, Korea Telecom Freetel(KTF), Korea Telecom Hitel, Telson, and finally Voiceware Co.,Ltd. Korea’s speech technology leader. Before taking lead the Consortium, Nextech had allied with Microsoft for the Telematics services in Korea.
The consortium plans to construct the infrastructure for the information center to embody a car as a multi mobile office and operate the information center, ‘Proudi’, Nextech’s service name, is planning to provide information such as news, stock, traffic and reservation to drivers in the near future.
Voiceware will provide speech technology which is the core in such Telematics.
About Nextech(www.nex-tek.com)
Since its going public to KOSDAQ in 1999, Nextech has secured its position as one of the major Korean venture companies with the nation-largest market share in automobile related technology fields and exported to 160 countries around the world. Now Nextech is preparing for another leap from the current position as automobile diagnosis device manufacturer toward an automobile related information service provider.
About Voiceware Co., Ltd.(www.voiceware.co.kr)
Voiceware is the leading speech technology provider that develops and markets a speech interface for network and telephony solutions, embedded devices and PC applications. Voiceware is offering VoiceText™, high quality text-to-speech technology, VoiceEz™, natural speech recognition technology and VoiceCop™, speaker verification technology to many leading companies and administrative organs like Microsoft, IBM, Lycos Asia, Hyundai Motor, Asiana Airlines, Korea Telecom, SK Telecom, SK Securities, HeyAnita Korea and Korea Meteorological Administration. Voiceware is headquartered in Seoul, Korea and has US office in San Jose, CA. For additional information, visit www.voiceware.co.kr or send e-mail to intl@voiceware.co.kr
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