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Voice-Insight Releases Voice Assistant for ArcPad
Voice-Enabled Technology for ESRI’s Mobile Mapping Software
www.esri.com
www.Voice-Insight.com
Redlands, California, and Brussels, Belgium—ESRI is pleased to announce that Voice-Insight has released Voice Assistant for ArcPad, a new application built on top of ESRI’s ArcPad 6 software. ArcPad 6 is the latest release of this powerful mobile mapping and geographic information system (GIS) technology from ESRI, the world leader in GIS technology.
Voice-Insight’s Voice Assistant for ArcPad enables users out in the field to complete their common ArcPad applications using their voice. Users can perform basic tasks such as zoom in, zoom out, and pan as well as more complex tasks, such as retrieve and update forms, query data, and edit features, all with the sound of their voice. Voice Assistant for ArcPad uses Voice-Insight’s, Voice Query Language (VQL), a revolutionary technology that allows database applications to be queried with voice and language.
With ArcPad 6, developers can easily build personalized and customized mobile mapping and GIS solutions using the ArcPad Application Builder. The ArcPad Application Builder enables developers to create new toolbars that contain built-in and custom tools, design custom forms to streamline data collection in the field, build applets that focus on unique goals, and write scripts that interact with ArcPad internal objects. Developers can also develop extensions to support new file formats and positioning services. All customization for ArcPad is performed on the desktop and deployed on the mobile device.
“Voice-Insight’s Voice Assistant for ArcPad is the first of its kind in the Pocket PC environment allowing for both data query and update for any ArcPad application,” said Charles Kemper, CEO, Voice-Insight. “The open and flexible customization environment allowed us to build our voice-enabled solution and create a product we are confident many people will embrace.”
“By voice-enabling ArcPad, we are able to enhance the usability of the software for the mobile workforce,” said Shane Clarke, ArcPad product manager, ESRI. “The Voice Assistant for ArcPad will provide our users with another method for easily accomplishing their field data collection needs.”
For more information about Voice-Insight, please contact Voice-Insight headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, at 32-2-529-58-12 or visit www.voice-insight.com, where you can also download a demonstration of the Voice Assistant for ArcPad.
For more information about ArcPad or the ArcPad Application Builder, please visit www.esri.com/arcpad, call ESRI at 1-800-447-9778, call your ESRI regional office, or contact your local reseller. For information on the ESRI Business Partner Program, visit www.esri.com/partners. Outside the United States, please contact your local ESRI distributor; see www.esri.com/international for a current distributor list. To download a free evaluation copy of ArcPad 6, please visit www.esri.com/downloadarcpad.
About Voice-Insight: Voice-Insight is committed to supplying organizations with the solution for developing and deploying voice-activated, high-performance database products at low cost and in a short time to market. Voice-Insight has developed the copyright, patent pending Voice Query Language, an extractor toolkit that can interrogate the full array of existing database applications by means of voice. These applications include geographical information systems, corporate applications like Enterprise Resource Planning/Customer Relationship Management, and digital imaging and multimedia on demand. With key international and multinational references in Japan, the USA, and Europe, Voice-Insight will also offer its product suites for voice media including handheld wireless, Internet, and interactive TV.
About ESRI: For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services. In addition to its headquarters in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,400 business partners. ESRI’s goal is to provide users with comprehensive tools to help them quickly and efficiently manage and use geographic information to make a real difference in the world around them. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.
ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, ArcPad, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Voice-Insight, VQL, and Voice Assistant for ArcPad are trademarks of Voice-Insight SA/NV. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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