Fonix VoiceIn Available for Nintendo Developers
Fonix Joins Nintendo’s Wii™
Third Party Tools Program to Offer Voice Recognition to Game Developers
SALT LAKE CITY (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) June 25, 2007 --
Fonix Speech, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fonix
Corporation (OTC BB: FNIX) specializing in embedded speech interfaces
for mobile devices, handheld electronic products, video game systems and
processors, has concluded license agreements to join Nintendo’s
Wii™ Third Party Tools Program to enable game
developers to integrate Fonix VoiceIn® Game
Edition and Fonix VoiceIn Karaoke Edition voice recognition technologies
into game titles for Wii. Fonix VoiceIn for Wii is available directly
from Fonix.
“Offering VoiceIn to Wii developers represents
the latest coup for Fonix in our quest to be the number one supplier of
speech technologies to the gaming industry,”
says Tim K. Hong, VP, Fonix Games. “Fonix
technology nicely complements Nintendo’s
philosophy of fun combined with innovation. Now Wii title developers can
add Fonix’s award-winning voice recognition to
their games. VoiceIn allows for new and interesting player interfaces
via voice commands, while VoiceIn Karaoke makes it possible to increase
the accuracy and quality of karaoke games.”
Fonix VoiceIn allows developers to implement voice commands into game
play, resulting in more realistic, exciting experiences for players.
VoiceIn is designed specifically with minimal memory and processing
requirements and is available in multiple languages.
VoiceIn Karaoke Edition is specialized VoiceIn voice recognition
technology for the karaoke genre that reports on the timing, pitch and
accuracy of the karaoke singer’s voice.
For more information about Fonix VoiceIn for Wii, call 801-553-6600 and
say “games.”
About Fonix VoiceIn® Game Edition
Fonix VoiceIn allows game developers to add voice recognition to video
games without needing to develop specific speech technology expertise.
Fonix’s simple, cross platform tools for
Nintendo Wii™, Xbox®,
Xbox® 360, “PlayStation®2”,
“PlayStation®3”
and PC game consoles make it easy for any game developer to implement
the technology. The result is an interesting new game interface on the
cutting-edge of innovation. Fonix VoiceIn is available in multiple
languages, including English and UK English, German, French, Spanish,
Japanese, Italian and Korean.
About Fonix
Fonix Corporation (OTC BB: FNIX), based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is an
innovative speech recognition and text-to-speech technology company that
provides value-added speech solutions through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Fonix Speech, Inc., currently offering voice solutions for
mobile/wireless devices; interactive video games, toys and appliances;
computer telephony systems; the assistive market and automotive
telematics. Fonix provides developers and manufacturers with
cost-effective speech solutions to enhance devices and systems. Visit www.fonix.com
for more information, or call (801) 553-6600 and say “Sales.”
Statements released by Fonix that are not purely historical are
forward-looking within the meaning of the “Safe
Harbor” provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the Company’s
expectations, hopes, intentions and strategies for the future. Investors
are cautioned that forward-looking statements involve risk and
uncertainties that may affect the Company’s
business prospects and performance. The Company’s
actual results could differ materially from those in such
forward-looking statements. Risk factors include general economic,
competitive, governmental and technological factors as discussed in the
Company’s filings with the SEC on Forms 10-K,
10-Q and 8-K. The Company does not undertake any responsibility to
update the forward-looking statements contained in this release.
Post Comment:
Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1NYWduLVN1bW0tQ291cC1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Trackbacks/Comments Received
nintendo wii gets voice recognition
from technabob on Jun 26, 2007
|
|
Soon you’ll be able to speak to your Nintendo Wii. Heck, you’ll be able to sing to it too. Speech recognition middleware maker Fonix today announced the availability of their VoiceIn voice software for the Wii.
The software will enable dev...
|
|
Post Comment:
Trackback URL: http://www.prweb.com/pingpr.php/U3F1YS1NYWduLVN1bW0tQ291cC1UaGlyLVplcm8=
Bookmark -
Del.icio.us |
Furl It |
Technorati |
Ask |
MyWeb |
Propeller |
Live Bookmarks |
Newsvine |
TailRank |
Reddit |
Slashdot |
Digg |
Stumbleupon |
Google Bookmarks |
Sphere |
Blink It |
Spurl
|
Share The News
Submit this press release easily to any of these major bookmarking and social media sites.