Pronexus to participate in the Microsoft Speech Partner Program

Strategic Initiative aimed at making speech technology accessible and pervasive

OTTAWA, Canada (PRWEB) July 10, 2003 -- Pronexus Inc., a leading provider of computer telephony and speech software solutions, is pleased to announce that it is working with Microsoft to bring speech technology to the mainstream. As a member of the newly announced Microsoft Speech Partner Program, Pronexus will contribute its developer expertise to help create speech-enabled business solutions that deliver significant value to enterprise customers.

At the heart of the program is the Microsoft Speech Server, designed to enable the delivery of enterprise-grade, mission-critical speech technology solutions for both telephony and multimodal applications.

The Microsoft Speech Partner Program is designed to accelerate the widescale adoption of speech by providing enterprise customers with access to products and services based on the Microsoft Speech Server," said James Mastan, director of marketing for the Speech Technologies group at Microsoft Corp. Companies such as Pronexus share our vision for making speech mainstream and pervasive, and we are proud to welcome it into this key initiative."

Speech technology has delivered significant business value to customers and, according to market research firm Datamonitor, was worth $656 million in 2002. However, the potential impact of speech far exceeds its current market penetration.

"Microsoft realizes it takes a host of technologies and skills to deploy successful speech-enabled applications," said Benjamin Farmer, Managing Analyst, Datamonitor. "By creating an industry partner community that includes speech solutions vendors such as Pronexus, Microsoft is better positioned to achieve its goal of making speech pervasive while advancing the quality of applications customers expect."

With nearly a decade of telephony and speech experience, and thousands of customers around the world, Pronexus is well positioned to continue playing a significant role in this dynamic market.

Speech will become a ubiquitous technology, and this program will broaden the deployment of sophisticated speech-enabled business solutions to customers around the world," commented Gary T. Hannah, President and CEO of Pronexus. We are pleased to participate in this program and look forward to delivering economically compelling world-class solutions for our customers."

About Pronexus Inc.
With nearly a decade of experience and more than 3000 clients and partners in over 110 countries around the world, Pronexus Inc. has established itself as a leader in Computer Telephony and speech for wired and wireless environments. The company is the developer of the award-winning VBVoice, a Rapid Application Development tool for building business-critical CT solutions. It also provides professional services for businesses requiring custom applications and develops OnCall, a line of turnkey CT business solutions for a variety of industries and applications. Comprehensive support services and acclaimed training complete the firms offerings.

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More information:

Sonia Tercler
Marketing Communications
Pronexus Inc.
Tel: (613) 271 8989 ext.541
sonia.tercler@pronexus.com

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