Chant Enables Easy Adaptation to Speaker Voice

New component library simplifies administering speech recognition profiles

Los Angeles, California, October 8, 2007—Chant Inc., the leading independent software vendor of speech technology tools, announced today general availability of ProfileKit 2, a new component library that enables applications to administer speaker profiles for more accurate speech recognition.

Now developers have the ability to quickly and easily launch speaker training and backup and restore the training data—speaker profile. ProfileKit 2 provides a common application interface for administering speaker profiles for Dragon NaturallySpeaking, IBM ViaVoice, Microsoft SAPI 4, and Microsoft SAPI 5 speech recognizers.

"Speaker training is essential for accurate speech recognition," said John Earle, president and founder of Chant Inc. "It's very important to be able to archive and restore a speaker profile in case of a system or disk failure, or if the user needs to use another computer."

New key features and capabilities provided by ProfileKit 2 include:

  • Create and delete speaker profiles on demand.
  • Integrate speaker training as part of your application features.
  • Backup and restore speaker profiles for ensuring maximum recognition accuracy and reliability.

US Pricing and Availability

ProfileKit 2 can be ordered today. ProfileKit 2 Win32 Developer Edition pricing is $199. ProfileKit 2 Win32 Deployment Edition pricing is $199. For more information about features and pricing, visit www.profilekit.com.

About Chant

Chant Inc. is a leading provider of software and services that help organizations gain competitive advantage with speech technology. Chant is the first company to provide engine-independent middleware for developing desktop, mobile, web-enabled, and telephony applications that use speech technology. For more information, please visit www.chant.net. Getting the world talking with technology.

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