Plantronics Selected By IBM To Enhance Speech Recognition Applications
Plantronics PC Headsets Packaged with IBM ViaVoice Release 10 Speech
SANTA CRUZ, CA. - Plantronics, (NYSE: PLT) announced that IBM® will bundle Plantronics headsets for selected editions of IBM’s newly-announced ViaVoice for Windows Release 10. Plantronics PC headsets are engineered for superior speech recognition accuracy, providing digitally-enhanced audio and noise-canceling microphones that enhance dictation applications such as IBM’s ViaVoice software.
Speech recognition applications can boost productivity of PC-based office work. Plantronics computer audio headsets when used with IBM Via Voice Release 10 for Windows provide a productive input tool that can be vital to computer users with limited typing skills and for those with limited capacity to use computers with their hands. ViaVoice allows users to launch and surf the Internet, access Web pages through voice-activated links, dictate directly into popular applications including Microsoft Word, as well as utilize specialized vocabularies. The combination of ViaVoice software and Plantronics PC headsets can offer users enhanced speech recognition, delivering a more complete package for voice recognition applications.
“Businesses and consumers look to technology to enhance work, life and play. Simply responding to e-mail with your voice is a perfect example of how speech recognition technology is increasing productivity and making life easier,” commented Ken Kannappan, Plantronics President and CEO. “Being selected by IBM to enhance the world’s most popular voice recognition software is a great testament to Plantronics quality, innovation and advanced communication technology.”
IBM’s ViaVoice for Windows Release 10 product family offers a complete suite of products to suit the needs of every level of user, from beginners in voice recognition to power users who know that dictation can be a powerful productivity tool.
“With the combination of IBM’s award-winning ViaVoice Technology and Plantronics’ feature-rich, noise-canceling headsets, we hope to offer our customers a desktop dictation product unmatched in the market today,” said Toby Maners, Director, Retail Voice Segment, IBM Pervasive Computing.
Plantronics award-winning .Audio and digitally-enhanced USB series PC Headsets will be bundled with IBM’s new ViaVoice products. Plantronics PC headsets are available worldwide at leading computer retail superstores, office superstores, consumer electronic stores and online merchandisers.
About Plantronics
Plantronics, Inc. is the world leader in lightweight communications headsets, offering a wide range of products for call center, office, mobile and computer applications. Founded in 1961, the company introduced the world’s first lightweight headset in 1962, and in 1969, Plantronics supplied the headset from which the first words from the moon were transmitted. A publicly held company (NYSE:PLT), Plantronics is headquartered in Santa Cruz, Calif., and maintains offices in 20 countries with more than 2,600 employees. Plantronics products are sold and supported through a worldwide network of authorized Plantronics partners, and are available directly, nationwide through retail, consumer electronics, cellular and PCS stores. Products and information about the company can be found at www.plantronics.com or by calling (800) 544-4660.
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