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Subject: Press Release - DECvoice Builder - FYI 1
Date: 19 Nov 92 12:52:30 GMT
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                  I N T E R O F F I C E   M E M O R A N D U M

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Subject: Press Release - DECvoice Builder - FYI



Norman Booth
Image, Voice & Video Group
(603) 884-0360


                                         Voice '92 Booth #200


           DIGITAL ANNOUNCES DECvoiceBuilder V1.1 SOFTWARE

                   Graphical User Interface Speeds
               Building of Voice Response Applications


ATLANTA, GA. -- November 11, 1992 -- Digital Equipment Corporation
today announced DECvoiceBuilder V1.1 for OpenVMS application
development software for Digital's DECvoice voice response system.
DECvoiceBuilder software is an enhanced voice application generator
featuring the DECwindows/Motif intuitive graphical user interface
(GUI) for its multiline DECvoice platform.  Digital showcased the
DECvoiceBuilder system here at the Voice '92 exposition.
     Diane Knight, Marketing Manager for DECvoiceBuilder software,
stated, "DECvoiceBuilder software now provides a simple, powerful
way for users to develop voice response applications.  It offers our
customers a truly flexible, investment enhancing voice application
system.  In addition, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can
now use DECvoiceBuilder software in their own applications to
provide their customers with a complete, integrated voice response
system."

DECvoiceBuilder V1.1 software enhancements include:

    o  FAX support - Voice applications can now be developed to FAX
       information, providing automatic data confirmation and
       increased services.

    o  User Code Object - Users can now write a function or
       subroutine using DECvoiceBuilder software and then call it
       via an object to  speed and simplify application development.





    o  Cut and Paste - Users can now select multiple icons in the
       application flow that can then be deleted, copied to another
       area, or later retrieved, thus reducing the time to develop
       customized applications.

    o  Voice Message Control - Using common Touch-Tone telephone
       keys, users can now pause, resume, position to the start, and
       position to the end during a voice message operation.


FLEXIBLE, POWERFUL VOICE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
     DECvoiceBuilder software combines the three voice technologies
of digitized voice, speech synthesis, and voice recognition on a
single platform.  This level  of compatibility and flexibility
enables users to integrate DECvoiceBuilder applications with their
existing DECvoice applications, thereby protecting their current
investments in software and training.
     DECvoiceBuilder software enables users without expert skills in
computer programming and telephony to build new voice response
applications or modify existing DECvoiceBuilder applications quickly
and easily.  A user merely connects graphical icons on a terminal
screen to produce an application flow.  Each icon represents a
function or step in the application.  The user then records the
necessary voice segments using either a telephone, a microphone, or
a professional recorded tape.  The resulting voice application is
automatically generated by DECVoiceBuilder software.
     This new software ensures completeness of the voice application
by providing test functions, which include testing with or without
voice.  In addition, it enables users to monitor deployed
applications quickly and easily by displaying various statistical
and status reports.
     The DECvoiceBuilder product consists of four components -- the
Application Editor, the Recording Studio, the Administrator, and the
Run-Time Library.



DECvoiceBuilder Software is also available in two packages, the
Production Environment package, which includes all four components,
and the Run-Time Environment package, which includes only the
components required to deploy a produced and tested voice
application.
     DECvoiceBuilder software works in the DECwindows Motif
graphical user interface, a superior windowing environment that
makes building voice applications with the GUI fast and easy.  It
cuts development and maintenance costs significantly and allows
problems to be corrected quickly.
     The software also requires DECvoice hardware and software, VAX
C software, VAX OpenVMS operating system, and a VAX computer.  VAX
Rdb relational database software is optional for applications
requiring links into databases.
     DECvoiceBuilder V1.1 Software is available in February 1993
with prices beginning at $6,800.
     Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and
leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
computing.  Digital and its business partners deliver the power to
use the best integrated solutions - from desktop to data center -
in open information environments.
                                ####
Note to Editors:  Digital, DECvoice, DECvoiceBuilder, DECwindows,
                  OpenVMS, VAX, Rdb, and the Digital logo are
                  trademarks of Digital Equipment Corporation.

                  Touch-Tone is a registered trademark of American
                  Telephone & Telegraph Co.

                  Motif is a trademark of Open Software Foundation.

CORP/93/855
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