Nuance-Press-CHEAP TICKETS EXTENDS SELF-SERVICE TRAVEL... -
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Published on: 10/21/1999
Last Visited: 12/31/2001
Anne StraussPeriphonics Corporation516/468-9591anne.strauss@peri.com
BOHEMIA, NY and MENLO PARK, Calif. - October 21, 1999 - Periphonics Corporation (NASDAQ: PERI), and Nuance have announced that Cheap Tickets, Inc., one of the country's leading travel discount travel sellers, has deployed a voice-driven automated fare shopping system.The innovative system is based on interactive voice response (IVR) software and hardware from Periphonics and highly accurate and scaleable natural language speech recognition software from Nuance.Cheap Tickets' new system will enable the company to bring the power and convenience of a V-Commerce , or voice-driven e-commerce, application to more than 46,000 customers every day.