Hello Everyone, Vestec recently launched a large vocabulary speech engine for "command-and-control" type IVR applications. The new engine - called Tier-2 - supports a vocabulary size of 2,500 keywords per recognition and complements our existing Tier-1 engine that has a 500 keywords vocabulary size. Tier-2 retails for $199 per port (ie. channel) while Tier-1 is priced at $99 per port. Acoustic models needs to be licensed separately at $9.99 per language. Our ASR is designed for keywords-based interaction and offers the best deal around for speech enabling a wide variety of IVR applications, including DTMF menus and multi-step business processes. The speech engine is standards based in terms of grammar writing format and platform integration protocols. We support SRGS grammar (ABNF & XML) as well as MRCP integration (v1 & v2). In addition, we offer a highly scalable architecture that is capable of supporting thousands of ports in an efficient manner. A starter kit - comprising a specially priced perpetual license for a full-function, full-feature standard ASR engine - is available for $25. Please visit Vestec webstore at: http://www.vestec.com/products Regards, -Kashif -- Kashif Kahn VP Business Development Vestec Inc Waterloo, ON Canada phone: +1 519 885-7615