A Single Chip solution for Voice Processing was a very widely prevailing concept until
          recently, until we see that  for these to be used in communication equipment like Mobile phones, we need extra chips for coding
          to a standard (GSM/..), display drivers, ..etc. Now VLSI inc, US,  (now merged with PHILIPS) has introduced a Single Chip Solution, (armed with DSP/ARM core)  for a complete GSM coder which has some tremendous features:
           

          • No need for external PCMCIA card
          • Mixed Signal Technology to connect directly to the microphone module, the radio module, and peripherals such as keyboard / LCD driverrs, SIM interface, UART's and IrDa interface !
          • Speech coding for all defined GSM algorithms including EFR / FR / HR !
          • And all this in a 12 mm x12 mm board package !!
          Also have a look at the Phone-On-a-Chip technology that Lucent microelectronics is offering.

          Any idea how many companies are working over the world to embed voice processing into consumer systems ! Only some are
          listed below:
          Dragon Systems
          IBM
          Sensory Inc - Makes Chips, Software, Add-on systems for voice processing
          Voice It - Makes Digital Voice Recorders (Imagine recording for more than 1.30 hrs !)
          Lernout & Hauspie - Makes Speech Recognition / Compression / Conversion tools
          Soho Talk - Makes Speech Recognition software
          Conversa Corporation - Makes Speech Recognition software
          Fonix Systems Corp - Makes text - speech software
          Information Storage Devices Inc - Makes voice processing DSP's
          Advanced Recognition Technologies - Makes Speech Recognition software
          E-speech corporation - Develops text to speech systems
          GTE speech systems group - Develops speech recognition and associated technology products
          This list does not include the myriad chip manufacturers or institutions, who develop technologies in this field !

          There is also an industry alliance, that looks at standardisation of Mobile Speech Technologies, called VoiceTIMES (Voice Technology Initiative for Mobile Enterprise Solutions). This alliance has six partners as of  1999, consisting of  IBM, Philips,
          Intel, Dictaphone, e.Digital, Norcom Electronics, and Olympus. Learn more about VoiceTIMES here..
           

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