SpeechTEK 2004:
The 1st European Speech Group will give you the say!

Acapela Group, the 1st European Speech Group resulting from the merger between Babel Technologies and Elan Speech, will be giving you the say at SpeechTek show, the key speech event, which will take place in New York - September 13th-15th.

Acapela will showcase its latest innovative speech technologies, now available in a new product range which includes 23 languages and a wide choice of voices. Acapela will make "Ryan", its US English male golden tone, speak volumes !

Acapela's product range aims to address speech requests from all market sectors including: Telecom, Automotive, Multimedia, Mobile Devices, Accessibility, Industry and Consumer Electronics Application. Further to the recent merger, products are now organised in two solution categories: "Speech Engines" and "Off The Shelves Products".

Speech Engines


Speech engines are available as SDK, in 4 different versions, specifically adapted to each market requirements.

> Acapela Telecom is designed to vocalize any written content in business and operator applications. It can be used in many applications such as voice portals, SMS2voice, email reading, unified messaging services, directories and reverse directories, talking web, auto attendant, voice servers, call centers and more.

> Acapela Onboard is the compact speech solution adapted to the constraints of the automotive industry and other embedded systems sectors. It is very helpful for navigation aids, on board alerts and diagnostics systems, traffic information, email reading, on-line reservation, Internet access, etc.

> Acapela Mobility is specially tailored to voice enable small mobile devices to relay information, whatever the volumes. This enables to keep track of the news, traffic status, provide a navigation aid, inventory management, warehousing and so forth.

> Acapela Multimedia adds the power of voice on both PC and Mac environments for multimedia, business and accessibility applications. It enables easy reading and language learning, e-learning, talking characters, proof reading, personal assistants, entertainment, productivity or accessibility.

Off The Shelf Solutions

Off The Shelf solutions allow companies to voice enable their product or application without any additional development phases or costs to amortize:

> Virtual Speaker: virtual recording studio solution.

> VOX BOX and Speech Unit: hardware speech devices for the industry.

> Infovox Desktop: talking interface for professional and accessibility use.

Acapela's speech solutions have already been deployed in many services and applications, allowing to speech enable voice portals, unified messaging services, CRM and contact centers, talking web, interactive games, edutainment software, e-learning tools, public address, assistive tools for the disabled, navigation aid, embedded systems, and much more.

So come and hear all about us to discover how you can easily create new ways of conversing and interacting with the end-user through speech-enabled revenue-generating applications !



About Acapela Group : www.acapela-group.com

Acapela Group, major supplier of speech solutions and vocal technologies in Europe, the Middle East and the Nordic markets, is very well known due to its numerous clients and partners in speech projects. These include: Alcatel, Alva, Atos Origin, Bo Jo Tveter, Bosch Blaupunkt, Daimler Chrysler, Franklin Electronic Publishers, Harman Becker, Intervoice, Magneti Marelli, Navigation Technologies, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Telia, Temic, Texas Instruments, Tieman, Toby Churchill, Scandis, Siemens, etc.



Press Contacts :Open2Europe Agency : Dalyce Suanez
+33 1 55 02 14 58
d.suanez@open2europe.comAcapela Group : Caroline Houel
+33 562 24 71 22
Caroline.houel@acapela-group.com