Speech Technologies: The Growth Years

A Landmark Five-Year Telephony Opportunity Analysis

Exclusive Data Packed With Executive Recommendations - Through 2007!

• Detailed Market Drivers, Market Barriers And Standards' Issues
• Next Generation Technology: Multi-modal, Distributed Speech Rec, Voice Portals, DA Middleware
• Hotbeds Of Demand: Embedded Systems For Voice Dialing And Command & Control, Directory Assistance, Voice Portals, Unified Messaging, Call Centers And Attendant Services
• Key Market Developments: W3C, SALT, VoiceXML, Enhanced DA
• Telephony Applications: Telephone Services, Information Services, Directory Assistance
• Enterprise Telephony: Attendant Services, Call Centers, Unified Messaging Services
• Close-up: Corporate DA And Speech Automation -- Quantifying Demand
• Covers ASR, TTS, Speaker Verification, Natural Language Understanding, And Telematics
• Vendor Platforms & Portal Offerings: Candid Discussions On Service/Product Demand
• Vendor Strategies And Directions: AT&T Labs, Avaya, BBN Technologies, BeVocal, Fonix, HeyAnita, IBM Voice Systems, InfoSpace, LocusDialog, Loquendo, Lucent, Microsoft, Nuance, Phonetic Systems, ScanSoft, SpeechWorks, Telelogue, Tellme, And Many More!
• Recent Alliances, Acquisitions And Mergers
• The New Face Of Competition
• Sizing The Year 2003 Market; Looking At 2007 And Beyond, Market Shares, And Market Segment Revenues
• Five-Year Market Projections

Speculation is mounting that 2003 may prove to be the beginning of the turnaround. Key market segments appear to be gaining traction. The spate of M&A's, the up-tick in balance sheets for many players back into the black, the launch of new targeted initiatives ? All bespeak a market ready to make a comeback. Following two years of entrenchment and belt-tightening, it would indeed be a welcome development should we be able to look back someday at 2003 with fondness as the point of market re-vitalization.

But how much is hype? How much wishful thinking? And how much based on a solid foundation of understanding who its making the sales and why? What is it companies must do at this critical juncture to reconcile innuendo with reality? What are key players doing to achieve ballast and launch workable solution strategies to stimulate the market? Which segments are reacting to initiatives currently on the table, and which will likely hold off till 2004 and beyond?

"Speech Technologies: The Growth Years" is a mission-specific analytical tool. It will assist subscribers in the clarification and implementation of strategies that can make a difference today. It will help solidify new market directions by offering solid data on actual market growth in key segments, and complement that insight with thorough evaluations of key competitors' current strategies. It is designed to be data-intensive; to provide senior-level actionable guidance to in-house project teams. In clear and unambiguous wording, it challenges consensus views with crisp thought-provoking arguments concerning the status of today's market, the position and standing of key payers, and the outlook for growth - by market segment - over each of the next five years.

isolates and analyzes:

• What the providers of telephony platforms, contact centers, and enterprise systems will be demanding from speech recognition vendors over the next five years,
• The spate of M&A's, and a hard look at their implications for the companies effected, and for the industry as a whole,
• Critical trends that will determine future purchase behavior,
• Market evaluations for voice dialing, carrier directory assistance, corporate directory assistance, voice portals, call handling, and more,
• The changing nature of the competitive landscape over the next five years,
• The factors and forces redefining the way competitors must approach the market,
• Vendor strategy assessments and The PELORUS Group's exclusive evaluation of "best-of-breed" application platforms and service providers,
• The underpinning technologies, and which will impact the industry most,
• Implications of speech technologies in major application areas,
• Current and future industry market dynamics and barriers,
• Detailed five-year market forecasts, by segment!