The companies say that the combined offering will make it easy for companies to speech-enable their applications, offering voice as an input interface method beyond the traditional tapping, touching or typing commonly used.
The technology could prove particular fruitful for mobile workers using PDAs, tablet and notebook PCs who need hands-free speech access to enterprise applications for entering and accessing data on electronic forms.
We are honored to work with IBM to deliver the benefits and opportunities that voice-enabling applications will bring to businesses and governments worldwide, said Bob Bova, CEO of Vangard Voice Systems.
Opportunities continue to expand due to the proliferation of mobile devices and eForms, increase in wireless connectivity, and the growth of the mobile workforce. We also believe that speech-enablement capability holds great promise for assisting the disabled and elderly populations in particular, to be able to enjoy an independent quality of life not currently available to them.
