Showing posts with label SDK. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SDK. Show all posts

Monday, August 17, 2009

DiVitas, Samsung to advance SDK for mobile unified communications

MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA: DiVitas Networks, a leader in Mobile Unified Communications (Mobile UC), and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, announced today that they, with support from Microsoft, have successfully worked to enable Enterprise-class fixed mobile convergence and unified communication on Samsung phones based on the Microsoft Windows Mobile platform.

With the July 27 release of Samsung Mobile Innovator’s Software Developer Kit (SDK) version 1.2.0, Samsung and DiVitas have collaborated to enhance the mobile unified communications experience on the Samsung phones with Windows Mobile.

Samsung is a leader among Windows Mobile device manufacturers in bringing solutions to market to address customer needs for fixed mobile convergence and unified communications. Together, DiVitas and Samsung defined the requirements for the API that Samsung developed for current beta testing.

The API will enable the DiVitas Mobile UC solution on the latest Samsung Windows Mobile smartphones available globally for both GSM and CDMA networks. These devices include the Samsung Epix, Samsung Saga, Samsung Jack and the Samsung Omnia (CDMA) in the US and the Samsung Omnia (GSM) globally.

"We asked DiVitas to join as a core member of the Samsung Mobile Innovator program because of their expertise in the field of Mobile Unified Communications," said Martin Tannerfors, Director for Samsung Mobile Innovator. "Collaborating with core members like DiVitas to meet the precise needs of our ecosystem is a key component of the Samsung Mobile Innovator Program."

“We are committed to working with our partners to create richer experiences for Windows Mobile customers,” said Stephanie Ferguson, general manager of product management, Microsoft. “The Samsung Mobile Innovator’s Software Developer Kit is a great example of how partners can innovate and add value to customers when working with a powerful, enterprise-ready platform like Windows Mobile.”

“DiVitas is very excited to be working with Samsung and Microsoft on this project,” said ATG Srinivas, VP of engineering for DiVitas Networks. “We have the knowledge and time tested deployment experience to assist Samsung in the requirements definition. This is a significant step towards enabling commercial Mobile UC products on Samsung Windows Mobile devices for both GSM and CDMA networks.”

Monday, June 8, 2009

Yap releases iPhone SDK at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2009

SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Yap, developer of the world’s first fully automated speech-to-text hosted platform for communications service providers, today announced the availability of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for the speech-enablement of iPhone applications.

The Yap SDK for the iPhone gives developers a simple interface to rapidly voice-enable existing mobile applications such as email, instant/text messaging, search, social networking, voicemail-to-text and others.

“Consumers have clearly expressed the need for mobile device interfaces that are easier to use, especially in situations where typing is difficult or dangerous, and the most obvious solution is voice,” said Igor Jablokov, CEO of Yap.

“A voice interface makes interacting with the tools we use daily for productivity and communication, like text, email and search, more effortless than typing, which can be complicated, slow and unsafe. With the Yap SDK for iPhone, developers can quickly take advantage of our machine-based speech-to-text technologies to build first class, voice-driven applications.”

“Today’s speech technology, enhanced by Yap innovations, allows the voice user interface to mimic the text search interface—just say what you want and get the results,” explained Bill Meisel, President of TMA Associates and Publisher & Editor of Speech Strategy News. “For the small form-factor of mobile phones, the speech model is an intuitive alternative to inconvenient, and often unsafe, typing.”

The Yap SDK for iPhone is available through the Company’s recently announced partner program, an initiative focused on establishing a diverse community of organizations dedicated to the proliferation of speech input for mobile applications.

Yap has closely collaborated with industry pioneers such as 4DK, AOL, ArdaCOM, GotVoice, MyCaption, SHAPE Services and YouMail to build voice technology into a variety of consumer applications.

For example, SHAPE Services recently announced that they are using Yap’s technology to speech-enable future versions of their award-winning IM+ instant messaging application, which is currently the best selling all-in-one mobile instant messenger available in the App Store.

Yap employs a multi-disciplinary team with years of experience in audio semiconductors and speech recognition, working previously on innovative products such as Apple’s iPod, IBM’s ViaVoice for Mac and Nuance’s Dragon Naturally Speaking.