internet: hcs, 9. janúar 2003 13:53:55 CET
Aus dem Euromap-Newletter 01/03:

1.

LANGTECH2002 OVERVIEW   
   
The LangTech 2002 industry forum took place on September 26 - 27 in   
Berlin and was attended by some 330 representatives from over 30 countries   
and across five continents. It featured presentations from over 70   
companies from 20 nations. For an overview of the LangTech Programme   
Highlights, please visit: www.lang-tech.org  

2.

2. Success Story   
****************   
   
2.1 FONSERVICE: THE FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG VOICE PORTAL   
This success story features the launch of FAZ.NET Fonservice, the first   
voice portal run by a major German daily newspaper, the Frankfurter   
Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). It highlights the advantages of anytime, anywhere   
access to speech-enabled information services - mobile, ubiquitous access   
to high quality information. Fonservice uses ScanSoft automatic speech   
recognition for the recognition of speaker-independent natural language   
commands in the German language. Spoken input like "news", "traffic" or   
"weather", give direct access to the relevant information, which ScanSoft?s   
RealSpeak text-to-speech software delivers in a synthetic, almost natural   
human voice output.   
   
READ THE FULL CASE STUDY AT:   
www.hltcentral.org   
   
   
2.2 SIMULTEXT AT THE VIENNA OPERA HOUSE   
Today, the Vienna Staatsoper combines modern style with a long tradition   
and is famous all over the world. Even as a traditional opera house, it   
was looking for ways to attract a new and young audience to opera. In   
particular, it was looking for a way to provide multilingual versions of   
libretto text, intelligently and elegantly integrated into an opera house   
environment. Ioan Holender, the director of the Vienna Staatsoper, found a   
solution while visiting the USA. The SimulText® Electronic Libretto System,   
which delivers simultaneous translations of libretto text in up to eight   
languages, and which had been introduced at the Metropolitan Opera House in   
New York City. Subsequently, the Vienna Staatsoper became the first opera   
house in Europe to deliver a translated version of a libretto   
electronically,   
and the first in the world to provide it in more than one language.   
   
READ THE FULL CASE STUDY AT:   
www.hltcentral.org   

... Comment