COMDEX — Belgium-based Lernout & Hauspie announced that it will support the widely popular Linux operating system through software development kits, enabling Linux developers to incorporate L&H speech and language offerings in applications for handheld and embedded devices.

L&H also announced that it plans to support Linux developers that want to incorporate its speech and language technologies into their applications. Linux has quickly become a popular operating system for handheld and embedded device manufacturers because of its ability to run on both X86 and StrongArm processors, as well as its quick development time and robust operation. L&H's text-to-speech (TTS 3000) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) engines currently support Linux. This support will be extended to the L&H Voice Xpress Software Development Kit (SDK), which provides low level applications programming interfaces (APIs) and libraries to support desktop, handheld, and embedded device applications.

About Lernout & Hauspie

Lernout & Hauspie (L&H) is a global leader in advanced speech and language solutions for vertical markets, computers, automobiles, telecommunications, embedded products, consumer goods and the Internet. The company is making the speech user interface (SUI) the keystone of simple, convenient interaction between humans and technology, and is using advanced translation technology to break down language barriers. The company provides a wide range of offerings, including: customized solutions for corporations; core speech technologies marketed to OEMs; end user and retail applications for continuous speech products in horizontal and vertical markets; and document creation, human and machine translation services, Internet translation offerings, and linguistic tools.

L&H's products and services originate in four basic areas: automatic speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS), digital speech and music compression (SMC) and text-to-text (translation).

 
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