Fonix/Epson Speech Solution Selected by TopGrade Posted Nov 1, 2003
Images/printer Print Version Page 1of 1 Click here to learn more! SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Fonix(R) Corporation announced the availability of a speech interface solution on an educational electronic dictionary manufactured and sold by TopGrade, a Chinese manufacturer of embedded devices. TopGrade's device, Kinbible V2100, features the recently announced Fonix/Epson speech solution and is currently on the market. "The Fonix/Epson speech solution on TopGrade's electronic dictionary provides a superior speech interface for users," said Samuel Pang, executive director at TopGrade. "The Fonix solution offers customers the most understandable, accurate voices and makes the Kinbible V2100 an excellent tool for Chinese speakers to learn English." Through a partnership with Epson, Fonix has established a working relationship with TopGrade, located in Shenzhen, China, to implement Fonix speech interface solutions in products they manufacture and sell. As their first product offering in this partnership, TopGrade has implemented the Fonix/Epson speech solution in a palm-sized electronic dictionary for Chinese speakers. This educational tool is based on the Fonix/Epson speech solution, which bundles the premier Fonix DECtalk text-to-speech on Epson's powerful processor chips. The Fonix/Epson solution is specifically designed for limited-memory devices. "The power of Epson chips gives manufacturers like TopGrade the opportunity to integrate voice interfaces on limited-memory devices," said Lynn Shepherd, vice president, Fonix Product Development. "This relationship between Fonix, Epson and TopGrade will expand market opportunities for other TopGrade products incorporating Fonix/Epson speech solutions." Images/printer Print Version Page 1of 1 Images/comment Add Comment Images/allcomments See All Comments(0) Images/email Send a Letter To the Editor Click here to learn more! Copyright © 2007 - Speech Technology Media, a division of Information Today Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office. they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small manufacturers and individuals to work with it. They are going to be selling them through a known supplier in small quantities, unlike some big companies who will only sell you thousands. This looks most promising. We'll be getting a demo and access to an engineer in the next few weeks. I'll report back when I know more. If this works out, when yo ask companies to make there stuff talk you will be able to give them a part number. with speech synthesis available for ten bucks, fancy pre-recorded digitized speech will be a thing of the past, except for talking books of course. This can't be me, I'm actually sounding optomistic, something will go wrong. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
