Seiko Instruments Implements Fonix Speech Interface on New Electronic Dictionary

SALT LAKE CITY - Fonix Speech's Fonix DECtalk text-to-speech (TTS) has been placed on a new electronic dictionary manufactured and sold by Seiko Instruments, a producer of consumer electronics. The new SII e-dictionary, model SR-E6000, will be available in Japan in April. Fonix receives unit royalties from the sale of each device.

The SR-E6000 incorporates Fonix DECtalk, the TTS technology for embedded devices with limited memory capacity. SII's application is built upon the Epson S1C33 processor chip. Fonix TTS for e-dictionaries speaks word definitions and phrases in multiple languages with multiple voices.