The CT Portal Announces SpeechUp! – The Blog for a World of Speech

Ottawa, Canada July 17, 2004 -- The CT Portal, one of the most comprehensive online telephony resources, has introduced SpeechUp!, a weblog for speech enthusiasts and professionals alike. The newly launched blog, located at speechup.computertelephony.org, was built to serve as an information exchange for the growing community of both speech developers and business users.

SpeechUp!, the first and only blog for speech, will discuss the latest technological and market developments from the personal perspective of those immersed in the industry. Among other topics, the blog will focus on the business case for speech, challenges and solutions for creating voice user interfaces (VUIs), open standards for speech, underlying telephony requirements, and more.

Speech recognition technology is making inroads. With the advent of open standards such as SALT and VoiceXML, support from major vendors like Microsoft, and faster processor speeds, the challenges of speech are increasingly being addressed and reduced. This opens the exciting opportunities in speech to the broadest possible audience.

"Although speech recognition is in the spotlight again, informative user groups and communities, such as blogs, seem to be very rare. In fact, there is only one newsgroup that I am aware of, but it is very technical in nature. That's how the idea of SpeechUp! was born," comments Ian Rae, a seasoned speech and telephony developer and part-time editor of SpeechUp!.

Both developers and business users are invited to browse the blog and comment on the articles posted by experts in the field of speech.

About the CT Portal
The CT Portal was created in 1997 to serve as a focal point and common resource for the growing community of telephony and speech technologies, vendors and applications. It is designed as an open and vendor neutral knowledge base that grows through the initiatives and content contributions of its members.

To date, the CT Portal features over 1500 verified telephony & speech links, whitepapers, news and more. It is a community initiative brought to you by Pronexus Inc., a leading provider of customer communication solutions.

For more information, contact:
Sonia Langenberg
Editor
The CT Portal -- www.computertelephony.org
Tel: (613) 271-8989, ext. 541
Fax: (613) 271-8388
Email: sonia@computertelephony.org




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