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EXCELSIS speech portal nominated for the Voice Award 2006
The T-Com 11864 Directory Assistance developed by EXCELSIS together
with Nuance and Avaya is one of the hottest candidates for this year’s Voice
Award.
Stuttgart, 7.9.2006. The Voice Award Jury tested speech portals for the third
time, the results of which Prof. Wolfgang Wahlster, head of the German Research
Center for Artificial Intelligence [DFKI] and chairman of the award jury
announced at the IFA in Berlin. T-Com’s 11864 service and two other speech
portals are competing in the category "Best Value-Added Service". 11864 is a
voice-operated directory assistance that also offers additional value with other
services. During the FIFA World Cup 2006™, for example, T-Com provided special
offers all around the World Cup under 11864, like Audio-Live-Tickers, match
reports and an overview of match dates and up-to-date scores. Currently a
special football alarm clock automatically waking fans with the voices of
prominent German Soccer League players as well as an application to download
ring tones can be ordered via the 11864 info line.
"With this nomination we are looking at one of the greatest voice applications Europe-wide" EXCELSIS CEO Christian Sauter
is happy to say. "The speech application InfoTraffic, which we developed
for our customer Swisscom for Viasuisse AG, already won the Voice
Award in the same category as best value-added service last year. This shows
that intelligent, voice-operated communication offers are a business model with
future, and that EXCELSIS is one of the best in successfully implementing these
business ideas in the market."
The final decision on who will be the winner will be made October 18th in the
course of the Voice Days in Bonn. EXCELSIS is an exhibitor at this important
convention and will show numerous voice solutions being used by various
customers at the stand and in the running programme.
About EXCELSIS
Across the globe, EXCELSIS is one of the leading suppliers of standard
application software for speech systems. By using this software, companies from
all sorts of sectors can automate their call centers. Furthermore, EXCELSIS
offers software especially for the sectors of banking, digital TV, transport,
suppliers, and trade as well as intersectional software for information systems,
customer management and help desk automation.
Companies from all sectors use EXCELSIS's software, thus lowering their costs
and improving their service. 9Live, the town of Augsburg, Cablecom, Deutsche
Telekom, EnBW, Jamba!, Medion, Orange, Swisscom, UBS and Vattenfall, to name but
a few examples, are all customers.
EXCELSIS has partnerships with globally important technology suppliers such
as Telisma, Alcatel/Genesys, Aspect, Avaya, IBM, Microsoft, Nuance and
Intervoice and employs over 100 staff in Berlin, Berne, Luxembourg, Singapore,
Stuttgart, Sydney and Zurich.
Contact
EXCELSIS Business Technology AG
Daniela Sauter - Head
of Marketing
Wilhelmsplatz 8
70182 Stuttgart - Germany
Phone +49 711 6 20 30 113
daniela.sauter@excelsisnet.com
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