Press Release

Digital Acoustics announces new talking high tech, low cost
products to aid sight, speech and mobility impaired.

WESTPORT, CT – MARCH 22, 2003 – Digital Acoustics Corporation, developers of award winning vDot® patented technology, has adapted their voice text to speech technology to aid the special needs market.  

NameCaller® Talking Caller ID works without programming

Namecaller's integrated DSP processor converts Caller ID display information to  natural sounding voice that uses a human voice samples. It is the first hardware solution on the market that can convert text to speech in a single chip format by concatenating human speech elements (as opposed to robotic, digitized sound

• Talking Caller ID, instantly reads exact text
• Intelligent text decoding to aid in identifying telemarketers
• Internal speaker with internal amplifier

TextSpeak® portable keyboard directly talks typed text without a PC

TextSpeak Text-To-Speech processor converts text to a natural sounding voice that uses a human voice samples. It is the first hardware solution on the market that can convert text to speech in a single chip format by concatenating human speech elements (as opposed to robotic, digitized sound). Text sent to the TTS-03 via any standard AT keyboard or via RS232 serial port.

• Assisted speech with clear 3 watt external speaker
• Handset connector pass-though provides alternative to TTY transmission.
• 10 macros available with non-volatile storage.

"These new products provide alternatives to  20 year old solutions in special needs market using sciences we use in the  general consumer markets." states Nancy Wolfe of Digital Acoustics. "By using state of the art DSP affordable products for text to speech can be both portable, low cost and uncomplicated" added Wolfe.

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Technology and product information is available at www.textspeak.com

Digital Acoustics home  page is at www.digitalacoustics.net

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Digital Acoustics Corporation was founded in 1991 to create and exploit developments in the rapidly converging areas of speech, data, command and control, and computer telephony. The privately held company develops products and intellectual property assets, expanding on technology and capabilities gained from experience with Digital Signal Processing, advanced modem technologies and voice processing. Digital Acoustics' product designs are packaged by leading manufacturers around the world.