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| "We
looked at many promising companies in this space. We chose BeVocal
because we believe their location-relevant voice portal services
provide just the kind of easy-to-use solution mobile professionals
have been demanding for a long time. BeVocal's open platform also
gives them an important technological edge that can be used to
provide Web sites with speech-enabled applications." |
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Jim Forbes, Executive Editor, DEMO Letter |
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| "Two
critical elements of a truly useful voice portal have been missing
until now. BeVocal has stepped up to the twin issues of localizing
the service for where the customer is, and delivering the results in
the format most appropriate for the user at the time of need.
Location-relevance is critical for online/anywhere portal services,
and the delivery of information to any consumer device or platform
is essential." |
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Mark Plakias, Vice President of Voice & Wireless Commerce, The Kelsey
Group |
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| "The
[voice portal] services also can unearth Web data that would
otherwise be inaccessible. By using BeVocal's airline service, for
instance, I checked on a friend's flight simply by giving an
approximate arrival time and identifying New York's LaGuardia and
Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National airports as the departure
and arrival points. BeVocal spat out six possibilities-including the
correct one-from two airlines, complete with gate numbers and
arrival times. If voice portals continue to deliver such timesaving
services, Bill Gates' biggest enemy may not be Judge Thomas Penfield
Jackson but Ma Bell." |
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Joellen Perry, U.S. News & World Report |
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| "I was
particularly impressed with BeVocal's flight-finder function. Say
you're picking up a friend at the airport but can't remember the
flight she's on. BeVocal asks you the departure and arrival cities
and approximate time of arrival, then searches all U.S. carriers to
find likely matches." |
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Edward C. Baig, USA Today |
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| "I
think BeVocal's location-relevant services proved to be the winner
with the Digital Living Room judges in the voice products and
services category because their product demonstrates the kind of
easy-to-use solution that mobile professionals and consumers want."
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Stewart Cheifet, Executive Producer, Upside Events'
Digital Living Room |
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| "BeVocal's technology for using voice input to accurately
recognize street names, addresses, and geographic place names makes
it easy for callers to use any phone to obtain driving directions
and other location-relevant services. We are pleased to partner with
BeVocal to make this service available." |
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Mike Mulligan, Chairman and CEO, MapQuest.com |
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| "…
using BeVocal, for instance, I was able to use a cell phone -- it
could have been a landline as well -- to get point-to-point
directions from my house to any point in San Francisco…And as costs
continue to dip and speech recognition improves, it's only a matter
of time before the phone morphs into something along the lines of an
all-in-one concierge, business locator, travel provider and news
supplier." |
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Charles Cooper, Senior Executive News Editor, ZDNet
News |
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| "BeVocal is an innovative company bringing must-have
applications such as driving directions and travel information to
wireless phone users." |
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Gerald Calabrese, Senior VP of Worldwide Sales, Lernout & Hauspie
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| "One
intriguing new service is BeVocal, which uses advanced speech
recognition and voice synthesis technology to enable people to
retrieve information … you slide behind the wheel of a rental car in
a strange city and call for driving directions to your first
appointment. The computer asks questions and gives answers, which it
repeats patiently if you lose track, in a voice that is almost
conversational. Should the need arise, one can even use the service
to shop online. Lonely travelers may be tempted to call just to have
someone to talk to." |
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Peter Lewis, The New
York Times |
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| "Everyone thought BeVocal was great! To be recognized by this
discriminating group of venture capitalists and technology
visionaries is very complimentary to BeVocal. With all the companies
presenting cutting-edge technology at Showcase, this is one company
well worth watching." |
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Gina Smith, Executive Producer, Upside
Events'
Showcase |
