• teliSpeech Recognizer is compatible with key Avaya solutions for various verticals such as;Telecommunications, Banking, Insurance, Entertainment, ContactCenters, Retail, Transport & Logistics, Hospitality...
• telisma helps businesses deploy voice solutions openly, easily and at a significantly low cost.

Paris, France - June 24th 2008:  telisma, a leading software editor in speech technologies, today announced that its teliSpeech Recognizer is compliant with key vertical solutions from Avaya, a leading global provider of business communications applications, systems and services.

The teliSpeech Recognizer and Eclipse™ tools help businesses build and tune voice-driven applications in key areas such as CRM and Self Care. TeliSpeech Recognizer version 2.0 now is compliance-tested by Avaya for compatibility with Avaya Voice Portal version 4.1.

"This is excellent news for telisma; this compatibility substantiates telisma’s adherence to the industry standards. Deploying voice solutions has never been easier and more cost effective; our partners can now get more out of their communications infrastructure thanks to the guaranteed interoperability of teliSpeech Recognizer on Avaya’s standards-based platform." said Eric Le Flour, VP Strategy & Business Development.

Telisma is a member of the Avaya DevConnect program—an initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company’s investment in its network.

As a Gold member of the program, telisma made its teliSpeech Recognizer software available for compatibility testing by the Avaya Solution Interoperability and Test Lab in Guildford, UK.  There a team of Avaya engineers develops a comprehensive test plan for each application to verify whether it is Avaya compliant.  Doing so ensures businesses can confidently add best-in-class capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing infrastructure—speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both network complexity and implementation costs.

“By offering compliance testing to the many innovative companies like telisma who are members of our DevConnectprogram, Avaya promotes fully interoperable solutions that help businesses unleash powerful new possibilities,” said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations and technical alliances, Avaya.  “Companies can use the power of Unified Communications to connect employees and customers to information from wherever they are, over whatever device they have available – getting more out of their multivendor network and delivering new value to their bottom line.”

About Avaya

Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help companies transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage. More than 1 million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the FORTUNE 500^®, use Avaya solutions for IP Telephony, Unified Communications, Contact Centers and Communications-Enabled Business Processes. Avaya Global Services provides comprehensive service and support for companies, small to large.  For more information visit the Avaya Web site: http://www.avaya.com.

For more information on the Avaya DevConnect program, visit www.avaya.com/devconnect.

About telisma

Telisma is a leading software editor in speech technologies. The company’s Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) software, teliSpeech Recognizer, is a truly scalable, carrier-grade ASR solution. Open, flexible and robust, teliSpeech Recognizer enables telisma’s partners to provide simple, user-friendly, efficient and complete speech-enabled solutions at a low cost thanks to a very open and powerful Eclipse™-based toolkit called teliSpeech Studio. Telisma has a fully indirect business model, partnering with the world’s premier vendors of computer telephony hardware and platforms, along with global and local brand-name integrators, to deliver superior solutions to their customers. Telisma’s long-term commitment to the speech industry standards ensures smooth and steady growth for its partners.

For more information, please visit www.telisma.com

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