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Orsay - February 5, 2009

Vecsys Research* announces that Vecsys Research and LIMSI (CNRS) technologies have been ranked first in the French Technolangue ESTER ASR benchmark tests. The Ester evaluation campaign aimed to assess the performance of speech transcription systems for the French language, and of enriched transcriptions that aim to improve the readability of automatic transcripts by the inclusion of punctuation and the division into speaker turns.

About Vecsys Research

Founded in July 2000, Vecsys Research is an R&D company developing and providing leading edge speech technologies and solutions for many languages, including Arabic, Dutch, English, French, Greek, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. The Vecsys Research VoxSigma® software suite uses advanced language technologies such as language identification, speech recognition, and speaker recognition to transform raw audio and audiovisual data into structured and searchable XML documents. The technology relies on over 25 years of research at LIMSI-CNRS, with which there is a priviledge partnership. The most common applications of VoxSigma software suite technology are audio and audiovisual data mining (broadcast data, podcasts, call center data), media monitoring, and media asset management. Vecsys Research is located in Orsay, France. Readers who wish to get more information about Vecsys Research are invited to use the contact information form http://vecsysresearch.com/contact.