[asterisk-biz] Vestec Speech Engine: ASR 2.1 Release

[Kashif Kahn]

Hi Bruce,

As I have already advised in an earlier post, Vestec does offer a $25 
starter kit for its speech recognition engine from its own webstore.

We are a partner of Digium but are also an an independent software 
company that supports all major contact center and soft-PBX platforms 
for its speech engine. And so $25 ASR starter kit is an excellent means 
for potential customers to try out our speech recognition engine at low 
cost.

In due time, ASR 2.1 - including its starter kit version - will become 
available from Digium store. As of now, we have not released the latest 
ASR software to Digium as their web  store does not allow us to charge 
annual software maintenance (covering patches and upgrades), a standard 
practice in the speech industry.

Regards,
-Kashif

On 1/10/2011 6:47 PM, Bruce B wrote:
> No, it was this one:
> http://store.digium.com/productview.php?product_code=804-00022
>
> I am not sure if Vestec used to sell this on their site back then. I 
> could be wrong though.
>
> -Bruce
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 5:39 PM, <mitul at enterux.com 
> <mailto:mitul at enterux.com>> wrote:
>
>     That might be Lumenvox n not vestec as far as I remember @ Bruce.
>
>     Mitul Limbani
>
>
>     Bruce B <bruceb444 at gmail.com <mailto:bruceb444 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     >Hello,
>     >
>     >Wasn't the starter kit only available through Digium? I think I
>     >was refereed to Digium to purchase as your site wouldn't sell it
>     directly if
>     >my memory is not wrong. I will check the invoices....
>     >
>     >Thanks
>     >
>     >On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Kashif Kahn <kahn at vestec.com
>     <mailto:kahn at vestec.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >>  Hi Bruce,
>     >>
>     >> ASR 2.1 software is currently available only from Vestec
>     webstore. So, the
>     >> upgrade is free to those who purchased ASR license from Vestec
>     webstore
>     >> during past 12 months or have an annual maintenance policy
>     (covering fixes
>     >> and upgrades) with Vestec.  It will be some time before we
>     release the
>     >> latest generation software to Digium as Digium has not
>     implemented a
>     >> webstore mechanism to allow us to charge for annual software
>     maintenance.
>     >>
>     >> Regards,
>     >> -Kashif
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> On 1/8/2011 12:25 PM, Bruce B wrote:
>     >>
>     >> I purchased the starter kit about 2 months ago and never got
>     the time to
>     >> try it. Is this upgrade free or should it be purchased?
>     >>
>     >> On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Kashif Kahn <kahn at evestech.com
>     <mailto:kahn at evestech.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>>  Hi Alex,
>     >>>
>     >>> Regarding multiple ASR 2.1 announcements, there was a problem
>     with the biz
>     >>> list. I tried posting several times but without success.
>     Ultimately I
>     >>> reported the problem to the list coordinator and all posts
>     appeared shortly
>     >>> thereafter.
>     >>>
>     >>> Sorry about the inconvenience.
>     >>>
>     >>> Regards,
>     >>> -Kashif
>     >>>
>     >>>
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