Loquendo Announces Integration with Oracle

TURIN, ITALY - Loquendo announced that its Voice Gateway has been certified for use with the Oracle9i Application Server Wireless and Collaboration Suite offering. Developers will receive the flexibility of Oracle's single approach to achieving voice and wireless applications with Loquendo's speech technology and Voice XML 2.0 browser. "Together, Oracle9i Application Server Wireless and Oracle Collaboration Suite provide a consolidated, secure, high-performance infrastructure for our best-of-breed speech interaction solutions, " said Rosanna Duce, vice president at Loquendo. "For Loquendo, partnering with Oracle significantly extends our market presence by leveraging the channels made available by Oracle and Oracle Partners throughout the world." The Loquendo Voice Gateway includes a multi-lingual set of technological components for building speech-enabled applications. With its multilingual Text-To-Speech software (Loquendo TTS), speaker-independent Automatic Speech Recognition engine (Loquendo ASR) and Speaker Verification technology (Loquendo SV), Loquendo offers many elements needed to power voice applications. "Partnering with Loquendo adds value to both our businesses," said Michel Clement, senior director, Oracle Partner Network and value added resellers, Oracle Europe, Middle East and Africa. "Oracle provides the software infrastructure that allows developers to create better and more effective speech technology solutions. Together with Loquendo we can deliver out-of-the-box solutions to customers."