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                                              Digital Equipment Corporation
                                          Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2571
Editorial contact:

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.
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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.
         
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