Voice Assist Names Dean Weber as Chief Technology Officer
March 14 2012 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Voice Assist, Inc., (OTC-QB:VSST), today announced that it has
named Dean Weber to the newly created position of Chief Technology
Officer of the Company. Mr. Weber is a voice technology veteran and
innovator with more than 20 years of experience in the speech
industry. He has developed and sold voice technology solutions
worldwide in the telecom, mobile and PC sectors, along with several
issued patents that he recently negotiated and sold to Apple for
voice technology used in Siri.
“We are extremely excited to add Dean’s talents and experience
to our senior management team,” said Michael Metcalf, Voice Assist
Chairman and CEO. “His skills and vision will contribute to the
ongoing success of Voice Assist and help us realize the full
potential of the speech technology market. He has a passion for
creating products that inspire and revolutionize the industry and
we welcome him to Voice Assist.”
“Voice Assist has great technology and a solid team that is well
positioned to become a market leader,” said Dean Weber. “I have
always been impressed with Michael’s vision and passion for
creating world-class products and services. His strong leadership
and entrepreneurial spirit emanate throughout the company and
customers. Given the recent Apple launch of Siri, I believe the
markets are primed for voice technology as a pervasive interface to
their entire digital lifestyle and Voice Assist is ready to deliver
on that vision.”
In his career, Mr. Weber launched the industry’s first PC-based
virtual personal assistant in 1999 allowing users to speak
naturally to search the Internet. He was selected by Warner Home
Video to launch the industry’s first voice-controlled DVD games
included on all worldwide DVD’s of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s
Stone and Chamber of Secrets, which were launched in seven
languages. In addition, he launched mobile email and voice-to-SMS
transcription as a hosted service for more than a dozen wireless
phone companies throughout the U.S. and partnered with Philips to
customize the product for both German and Austrian German speakers
for a trial with T-Mobile Austria. In addition, he partnered with
Microsoft’s eHome team to integrate a PTT microphone to be added to
the Windows Media Center Remote specification and offered as an OEM
bundle with several PC manufacturers. He also launched the telecom
industry's first Dial Tone 2.0 service allowing landline
subscribers in Mexico and India to use their regular home phone to
send / receive email, group call friends and family, setup calendar
reminders, access local movie listings, weather and much more. His
Say2Play product added voice control for over 140 PC games,
allowing gamers to quickly launch macros while keeping their eyes
on the screen and hands on the rapid motion controls.
About Voice Assist, Inc.
Voice Assist is the award winning speech platform designed to be
used from any phone to get more done fast – by voice. Voice Assist
eliminates the need to press buttons on smart phones, tablet PC’s
or any other network connected device. Mobile developers and cloud
based content providers can leverage Voice Assist’s platform from
any phone, PC or tablet Voice Assist’s rapid application
development environment and mobile widgets make it easy to add a
simple yet powerful voice interface to any application. Voice
Assist also offers its hands-free safe driving application and CRM
by voice application direct to the public and/or through resellers
and private label OEM relationships.
For more information on the company, visit
www.voiceassist.com.
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vision will contribute to the ongoing success of Voice Assist and
help us realize the full potential of the speech technology market"
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