Loquendo and VRTVStudios Partner

PARIS, FRANCE and TURIN, ITALY - VRTVStudios, a developer of multimedia mobile communication solutions, and Loquendo, a speech technology company, announced a joint marketing agreement to deliver enhanced multimedia messaging and communication solutions to carriers. Loquendo's multilingual text-to-speech engine, has been integrated by VRTVStudios in its patented Text-to-Broadcast technology and flagship product, VRTVMobile. VRTVMobile is a person-to-person messaging system, which automatically transforms any text message into MMS animation presented by personalized 3D virtual messengers whose voices are powered by Loquendo. Loquendo TTS text-to-speech engine carries a family of expressive synthetic voices from around the world. With VRTVMobile, users can type in any text message, e-mail or SMS, which is automatically converted into animations presented to end users by virtual messengers. With Loquendo TTS, the virtual characters vocalize SMS condensed text messages in a full 3D multimedia animation sent to the recipient.