SVOX Brings Speech Solutions to Android

ZURICH, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- SVOX, the leading provider of embedded speech
solutions, today announced that it has joined forces with Open Handset
Alliance members to enable speech user interfaces on the Android platform,
according to SVOX CEO Martin Reber. SVOX has joined the Open Handset Alliance
and shares the Alliance's vision to develop an open, complete and free
platform for mobile devices. The company will enrich the mobile experience of
consumers by contributing an industry-leading speech output solution known
under its development name SVOX Pico.

The SVOX contribution to Android platform is comprised of the SVOX Pico TTS
engine, six language packages (US and UK English, German, French, Spanish and
Italian) and tools that can be used to create new languages and voices. The
company's speech solutions portfolio, with more than 20 languages, covers all
major markets.

Mr. Reber noted that "SVOX is committed to bringing high quality speech to the
mobile market, with first-class support and integration services. This is the
first step in our mission to bring natural-language technology to the Android
community." He added "Device manufacturers, service providers and application
vendors will all benefit from the newest TTS being part of the Android
Platform."

About Open Handset Alliance
A multinational alliance of technology and mobile industry leaders, the Open
Handset Alliance is committed to fostering innovation on mobile devices and
bringing consumers innovative new mobile experiences. The first product of
that commitment is the development of Android, a truly open and comprehensive
platform for mobile devices. Through Android, developers, wireless operators,
and handset manufacturers will be better positioned to bring innovative new
products to market faster and at a much lower cost. The end result will be an
unprecedented mobile platform that will enable wireless operators and
manufacturers to give their customers better, more personal, and more flexible
mobile experiences. For profiles of the founding members of the Alliance and
further info, visit www.openhandsetalliance.com.

About SVOX AG
SVOX, a leading supplier of embedded speech solutions, has a reputation for
quality and customer focus. SVOX drives adoption of speech user interfaces in
automotive and mobile device industries. The company offers Speech Recognition
(ASR), Speech Output (TTS) as well as complete Speech Dialog solutions. Our
focus on quality and the use of flexible software architectures allows for
optimized embedded speech solutions that can be easily tailored to customers'
technical requirements and market needs. For more information, please visit:
www.svox.com.

SOURCE SVOX AG

Alexander Davydov of SVOX AG, +41-43-544-06-22, davydov@svox.com, or SVOX AG,
Zurich, Switzerland, +41-43-544-06-00, or SVOX USA, Inc., +1-248-449-8063