StreamSage Wins Air Force Research Laboratory Contract

Universal Translation" Technology for Audio/Video Content Under Development

StreamSage, a leading provider of information management software, today announced that the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL) awarded StreamSage a two year contract to develop language translation technologies for support of military operations.

With the tremendous volume of spoken word content the U.S. military and intelligence communities must translate and mine for valuable information, our nations analysts and warfighters are seeking a more automated electronic translation system than is currently available. The contract calls for technology development that will focus on the Interlingua" technique, a type of universal translator," or intermediary language, that enables foreign languages to be converted into English with a minimum of human translation or training.

StreamSage, the prime contractor, was chosen based on its expertise in computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and speech recognition. Also working on the contract as a subcontractor is GMSI, an advanced IT and network solutions provider for the government, which teamed with StreamSage to deploy and integrate these language-understanding technologies within government agencies.

Often referred to as machine translation," these sophisticated, language understanding technologies are now possible through the increases in computing speed and power. StreamSages contextual approach to translation provides greater accuracy compared to the limitations inherent in current approaches. For instance, the English verb to reach" can be translated into either of the French words gagner" or setendre", depending on the context of the sentence. The StreamSage approach is able to correctly identify which is the correct context, and thus translate the English to reach" into the correct French verb.

StreamSages existing government and commercial sector applications are used to automatically, contextually index audio/video information. StreamSages highly granular index of meta-data allows customers to quickly and accurately search, retrieve and manage audio, video, and multimedia content.

About StreamSage:

StreamSage is a leading provider of software products that enable organizations to cost-effectively organize and manage audio / video content. These software products listen and watch the audio / video content in order to develop a contextual understanding of the content.

The software applications developed by StreamSage are the result of years of research in the areas of computational linguistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and speech recognition. StreamSage continues to push the boundaries of the state-of-the-art through R&D contracts like a $2 million award from NISTs Advanced Technology Program an SBIR award from the National Science Foundation, and this AFRL contract. Contact StreamSage at 202-722-2440 or visit www.streamsage.com.

About GMSI:

GMSI specializes in providing government clients with IT and network services which advance communications, improve enterprise efficiencies, and increase the value and security of knowledge management systems.

GMSIs experience with federal defense and civilian agencies include the National Institutes of Health, Food & Drug Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Justice, Department of Treasury -- Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force and others.

Founded in 1988 by engineer and CEO Hilton H. Augustine, Jr., GMSI is a small minority-owned business headquartered in Washington, D.C. GMSI has been recognized and ranked as a leading contractor with the federal government. For more information, please visit www.gmsi.com.