[asterisk-biz] Vestec Voicerec

Wed Dec 23 23:30:58 CST 2009

Hi Neeraj,

Reference your question, we have not launched any
new acoustic models. BUT we recently released a major upgrade to Vestec
speech engine: support of SISR tags in speech grammar. SISR (semantic
interpretation for speech recognition) are a W3C standard to facilitate
interpretation of complex speech recognitions. They enable embedding of
snippets of JavaScript code into SRGS grammars to automatically
transform a speaker’s utterance into a format understandable by an
application.

Software "upgrades" are free for the first 12
months following engine purchase. So, anyone who bought the speech
recognition engine recently can download the upgraded version
free-of-charge.

Best regards,
-Kashif
 Kashif Kahn
VP, Business Development
Vestec, Inc.
Waterloo, ON Canada
phone: (519) 885-7615

________________________________
From: Kashif Kahn <kahn at evestech.com>
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion <asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Thu, December 24, 2009 12:29:28 AM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Vestec Voicerec

Hi Neeraj,

Reference your question, we have not launched any
new acoustic models. BUT we recently released a major upgrade to Vestec
speech engine: support of SISR tags in speech grammar. SISR (semantic
interpretation for speech recognition) are a W3C standard to facilitate
interpretation of complex speech recognitions. They enable embedding of
snippets of JavaScript code into SRGS grammars to automatically
transform a speaker’s utterance into a format understandable by an
application.

Software "upgrades" are free for the first 12
months following engine purchase. So, anyone who bought the speech
recognition engine recently can download the upgraded version
free-of-charge.

Best regards,
-Kashif

Kashif Kahn
VP, Business Development
Vestec, Inc.
Waterloo, ON Canada
phone: (519) 885-7615

________________________________
From: Neeraj Chand <Neeraj.Chand at ocis.com.au>
To: asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com
Sent: Wed, December 23, 2009 11:26:53 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Vestec Voicerec

Hi Kashif, 

Has vestec added any new speech models recently?

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   1. Re: Speech Recognition Engine; Special $25/port    Offer
      (David Knell)
   2. Re: Speech Recognition Engine; Special $25/port Offer
      (Kashif Kahn)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:45:57 +0000
From: David Knell <dave at 3c.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Speech Recognition Engine; Special
    $25/port    Offer
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
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Hi Kashif,

I'd be interested to give this a try, but we're essentially a FreeSWITCH
house.  Do you have an API that we could work to, or do you support
MRCP?

Thanks --

Dave

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Vestec is a Premier Partner of Digium and aims to popularize and
> commoditize speech recognition with Asterisk through high accuracy,
> low-cost, easy-to-use speech engines. 
> 
> We recently launched a special promotion called the "starter kit" to
> dramatically lower the cost of trying speech recognition or
> introducing it to potential clients. For only $25, anyone can purchase
> a perpetual license for one-port (ie. one channel) of Vestec's
> full-function, full-feature standard edition engine. Our standard
> engine is Digium certified, supports industry standards-based grammar
> writing, generates 90%+ recognition accuracy without "tuning", allows
> 500 vocabulary items per recognition, comes with American English
> acoustic model and an Asterisk connector bridge, provides free
> installation support, and is compatible with all major Asterisk
> releases and Linux distributions. An Asterisk user can interact with
> the speech recognition engine via Dialplan. Numerous speech grammar
> writing examples are included with the speech recognition engine as
> well.
> 
> The  specially priced $25 speech starter kit can be purchased from
> Digium at:
> http://www.digium.com/en/products/software/vestec.php
> 
> Please feel free to contact me for additional information at
> info at evestech.com
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> -Kashif
> 
> Kashif Kahn
> VP, Business Development
> Vestec, Inc.
> Waterloo, ON Canada
> phone: (519) 885-7615
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:55:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Kashif Kahn <info at evestech.com>
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Speech Recognition Engine; Special
    $25/port Offer
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
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Hi Dave,

Reference your question below, the speech
recognition engine comes with a full-function API that you can use to
integrate with Freeswitch (as well as any other platform of your
choice). We are also developing a Freeswitch connector (to save the
developer platform integration work) and will releases it
free-of-charge in the near future.

Best regards,
-Kashif

________________________________
From: David Knell <dave at 3c.co.uk>
To: Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion
<asterisk-biz at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 1:45:57 PM
Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Speech Recognition Engine; Special $25/port
Offer

Hi Kashif,

I'd be interested to give this a try, but we're essentially a FreeSWITCH
house.  Do you have an API that we could work to, or do you support
MRCP?

Thanks --

Dave

> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Vestec is a Premier Partner of Digium and aims to popularize and
> commoditize speech recognition with Asterisk through high accuracy,
> low-cost, easy-to-use speech engines. 
> 
> We recently launched a special promotion called the "starter kit" to
> dramatically lower the cost of trying speech recognition or
> introducing it to potential clients. For only $25, anyone can purchase
> a perpetual license for one-port (ie. one channel) of Vestec's
> full-function, full-feature standard edition engine. Our standard
> engine is Digium certified, supports industry standards-based grammar
> writing, generates 90%+ recognition accuracy without "tuning", allows
> 500 vocabulary items per recognition, comes with American English
> acoustic model and an Asterisk connector bridge, provides free
> installation support, and is compatible with all major Asterisk
> releases and Linux distributions. An Asterisk user can interact with
> the speech recognition engine via Dialplan. Numerous speech grammar
> writing examples are included with the speech recognition engine as
> well.
> 
> The  specially priced $25 speech starter kit can be purchased from
> Digium at:
> http://www.digium.com/en/products/software/vestec.php
> 
> Please feel free to contact me for additional information at
> info at evestech.com
> 
> Thanks and regards,
> -Kashif
> 
> Kashif Kahn
> VP, Business Development
> Vestec, Inc.
> Waterloo, ON Canada
> phone: (519) 885-7615
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