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Seminar: Total Access Using Voice Internet
(804) 749-3565
info@tecaccess.net
Rockville, VA - October 27, 2009 -- TecAccess, a leading provider of accessible Information and Communication Technology (ICT), invites you to a special seminar to learn how to serve many unnerved people in a practical, low cost way (yet with good growing revenue and ROI) by providing the Internet using any phone and user´s voice. "Voice Internet - A New Solution to Provide Internet to Illiterate, Blind , Elderly and Highly Mobile Users" is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec 2nd, 2009 from 8:00am to 12:00pm at the SunTrust Headquarters, 1445 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005.
The highly anticipated seminar we will address:
- how TecAccess, G3ICT and InternetSpeech are working together to provide Internet to the un-served in a very low cost, easy to use and practical way
- how you can participate addressing both financial ROI (Return on Investment and social ROI with a fast growing revenue)
- the key technologies used for Voice Internet
- how an Intelligent Agent is used to solve the "rendering" problem using Artificial Intelligence techniques and the key features on a webpage itself
- how Voice Internet effectively bridges the Digital & Language Divides
- how it can help economic, social and other developments of the base of the pyramid people
- current status and future directions for both technology and potential business using core "Voice Internet rendering" technology
In this Information Age, information is money - just as time is money. Thus, Internet access should be a right for all world citizen. Unfortunately, only a small fraction of the market is served today mainly because of:
- Lack of computer or computer skills
- Access through a personal device is difficult, visual, expensive and not usable by many people who do not know how to read or write
Voice/Audio Internet makes Internet available to everyone by using the most natural user interface, voice and the most ubiquitous device, a simple phone without using a computer. Users access the Internet by just calling a phone number and then talking and listening to the Internet, e.g. saying Yahoo to listen to Yahoo website or saying Dictionary to listen to the meaning of a word.
One can surf any website, search any word(s), send /receive email, conduct e-commerce and more. In addition, voice portal features, such as news, weather, horoscopes and directions can be accessed. It supports streaming audio, allowing anyone to listen to Internet radios & podcast. Voice Internet has been proven to be very useful to many visually impaired, blind, dyslexic (and other types of disabilities), Digital Divide, illiterate, highly mobile and elderly people.
Voice Internet is very easy to use and easy to learn. It is also much more affordable as there is no need to buy a computer or a special phone or an Internet connection. The total number of phones far outstrips the total number of computers; thus Internet can be provided to many more people fast.
In addition to effectively bridging the Digital Divide, Voice Internet also effectively bridges the Language Divide (over 70% of Internet content today is in English. So, people in non-English speaking countries are left out from major part of the Internet which is called the Language Divide).
The key technical problem that is solved in Voice Internet is "how to efficiently render visual Internet content into short, precise, easily navigable, meaningful and pleasant to listen to audio content." The rendering problem is a very complex problem as the Internet sites were designed with visual access in mind and the information is laid out in a manner that is attractive to our eyes but not to our ears. The key business problem solved in Voice Internet is the affordability as there is no need to buy any special phone or equipment.
More Details:
Date: Wednesday, Dec 2nd, 2009 from 8:00am to 12:00pm
RSVP: Francesca Cesa Bianchi at fcesabianchi@G3ict.com
Venue: SunTrust Headquarters, 1445 New York Ave NW, Washington, DC 20005
Please feel visit the following websites for more information (www.internetspeech.com, www.tecaccess.net and www.g3ict.org)
Your participation is appreciated.
About TecAccess
TecAccess is the most awarded risk management and accessibility consultancy in the world. TecAccess turns potential risks into a marketplace advantage through leading accessibility services and products. With a focus on Section 508 compliance, TecAccess makes Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) accessible to the world´s largest and fastest growing demographic - people with disabilities. TecAccess is a certified Woman-Owned and SBA certified 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB).
For further information about TecAccess, please call: (804) 749-3565, e-mail info@tecaccess.net, or visit our website at www.TecAccess.net.
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