PLANTRONICS, NUANCE AND EXPRESSWARE TOGETHER POWER SUPERIOR SPEECH RECOGNITION
CeBIT – Today, Plantronics
Inc. (NYSE: PLT) is excited to announce its partnership with Nuance
Communications, Inc, a leading provider of speech solutions and
value-added reseller Expressware to deliver superior voice recognition
and improved usability for business professionals. This is the first
Smart App available in EMEA from Plantronics, which uses contextual
intelligence to enhance speech recognition.
SMART SENSORS FOR SIMPLY SMARTER COMMUNICATIONS™
VoxEnable™ is a Smart App from Expressware that brings contextual
intelligence to Nuance’s Dragon NaturallySpeaking speech recognition
software using the Smart Sensor technology in Plantronics’ intelligent Voyager®
PRO UC SmartSet to deliver superior speech recognition.
Simply by putting the SmartSet on, speech recognition is automatically
activated. When the SmartSet is taken off, speech recognition is set to
sleeping. This intuitive functionality allows office-based
and mobile
professionals to be more efficient and productive in their
day-to-day tasks.
“The high quality audio input and excellent noise cancelling that
Plantronics headsets deliver, leads to increased accuracy and a richer
user experience with Dragon NaturallySpeaking. Plantronics Smart Sensor
technology allows us to add contextual intelligence into communications,
delivering a seamless and intuitive user experience when combining
Dragon NaturallySpeaking and the Plantronics Voyager PRO UC.” said
George Khater, Senior Director, Product Management & Product Marketing,
Nuance Communications Inc.“The capability for a user to control Dragon
by simply putting on or removing their headset takes the overall user
experience to a whole new level.”
INDUSTRY LEADING AUDIO QUALITY FOR ENHANCED SPEECH RECOGNITION
The Plantronics Voyager PRO UC SmartSet delivers world-class
noise-cancellation with AudioIQ2, its award-winning digital signal
processing technology, and unmatched inbound audio quality to ensure
every word is heard on both sides of a conversation. Business
professionals can now use their voice as the next natural interface to
perform almost any task on the computer.
“VoxEnable™ together with Dragon NaturallySpeaking allows users to
command software simply by speaking – including opening, creating and
editing documents and emails, to creating mind maps and interacting via
instant messenger tools.” said Ian Bourne, Director at Expressware.
“When used together with the intelligence of the Voyager PRO UC,
Plantronics’ industry-leading audio quality optimises speech recognition
for improved accuracy and even faster performance”
