Commodio Announces Voice Mouse

New York, NY - Commodio Inc. announced Voice Mouse at SpeechTEK 2002 in New York. The new product, QPointer HandsFree allows voice interaction with the screen content. QPointer HandsFree enables users to use their voice to navigate the Internet, write and send e-mail, create and edit documents, dictate directly into any Windows application, navigate the entire Windows environment, point directly at any object on a computer screen, emulate the mouse and perform drag-and-drop operations, and activate keyboard keys and shortcuts. "QPointer HandsFree allows 'touching' any object on a computer screen by voice, similarly to the way a person uses a mouse," said Ramy Metzger, President and CEO of Commodio. "With QPointer HandsFree users can turn their computers and other display-based devices into voice-activated devices." The user points at a screen object by first saying the name of a screen objects set, such as words or toolbar buttons. Indexing "hint" tags are then displayed next to all screen elements of the corresponding screen object set. The user speaks the index tag associated with the requested screen object and the cursor jumps to the corresponding object. With the cursor positioned, any mouse command can be emulated with the user saying that command (e.g., "double-click"). QPointer HandsFree is based on Commodio's proprietary technology that analyses screen content, combined with a speech recognition engine provided by Microsoft. Commodio's technology is based on human screen content cognition insight and artificial intelligence. "Commodio has created a new medium - a Content Layer built on top of the existing pixel layer of the screen," said Dr. Leonid Brailovsky, Chief Technology Officer of Commodio. "Content layer is a database comprising all objects, such as words, graphics and images that are currently visible on a screen, combined with image processing ability."