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Voice Authentication (VA) Software
Voice authentication is only one of a number of biometric technologies, others including those that match a person's iris, face, fingerprint, hand geometry or signature, that are being deployed in a number of applications to verify the identity of a person. What makes voice authentication unique is that it is able to be deployed for telephony-realted applications including call centres to verify the identity of a person who is calling through the telephone network.

At this point the distinction must be made between voice authentication (VA) and voice identification. VA seeks to authenticate a person who has already identified himself or herself whereas voice identification technology seeks to identify a person against a database of voice samples from known staff or customers.


Consulting Projects Involving Voice Authentication
Occidental Communications has yet to undertake consulting on voice authentication, but watch this space. For more details of speech technology consulting, including speech recognition and text-to-speech technologies, see the Speech Technology Consulting page.


International Directory
This directory is of developers of voice authentication software. In contrast to other Internet sites that purport to be directories of voice authentication software, this directory does not include any integrators, consultants, conference organisers, magazines, distributors or providers of products related to voice authentication. Every one of the companies listed has developed the voice authentication software listed therein - they are not integrators or incorporators of voice authentication software developed by others.


Acapela Group
33, Boulevard Dolez, 7000 Mons, Belgium
Phone+32 6537 4275
Fax +32 6537 4276
Internet http://www.acapela-group.com
E-mail webmaster [at] acapela-group.com

The Acapela Group develops VA software for telecom and multimedia applications

ProductBabel-id version 1.0
Languages supportedAmerican English, British English, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Icelandic
AvailabilityBelgium, Sweden
NoteThe Acapela Group also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


AGNITIO S.L.
TUTOR, 11 6º, Población Madrid, 28008, Spain
Phone+34 91 332 0293
Fax +34 91 331 5472
Internet http://www.agnitio.es
E-mail info [at] agnitio.es

AGNITIO develops VA software for forensic applications requiring speaker identification.

ProductBATVOX
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilitySpain


Anovea Authentication Technology
1797 Spruce Street Berkeley, Calif 94709 USA
Phone+1 510 540 6565
Fax Will not disclose
Internet http://www.anovea.com
E-mail sales [at] anovea.com

Anovea develops VA software for telephony, PC and Internet applications.

ProductsSVLib, SVLite and AnoveaWeb
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityUSA


Arcore Technologies Inc.
Arcore Technologies, formerly of Eugene, Ore USA, is no longer in business.


ATIP
Daimlerstraße 32, D-60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Phone+49 69 710 4070
Fax +49 69 710 407 124
Internet http://www.atip.de
E-mail info [at] atip.de

ATIP develops VA software

ProductVoxGuard
Languages supportedGerman
AvailabilityGermany
NoteATIP also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


Auraya Solutions Pty Ltd
PO Box 1045, Dickson ACT 2602 Australia
Phone+61 2 6201 5253
Fax +61 2 6201 5231
Internet http://www.auraya.net
E-mail info [at] auraya.net

Auraya develops VA software.

Products???
Languages supportedAustralian English
AvailabilityAustralia


BaBel Technologies
BaBel Technologies has been acquired by the Acapela Group.


BioID America Inc.
BioID America has been acquired by HumanScan AG.


Biometric Technologies, S.L.
Diputacion 238 4-4 08007 Barcelona, Spain
Phone+34 93 270 2525
Fax +34 93 302 7000
Internet http://www.biometco.com (Spanish language only)
E-mail info [at] biometco.com

Biometric Technologies develops VA software for telephony applications

ProductBiometric Voiceprint Authenticator
Languages supportedLanguage independent but implemented to date only in Spanish and Catalan
AvailabilitySpain


Buytel
Buytel was renamed Voicevault.


CellMax Systems
CellMax Systems has been renamed Zehu Technologies.


Configate
Configate, formerly of Rehovot, Israel, is no longer in business.


Diaphonics, Inc.
Suite 205, 1310 Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3J 3P3
Phone+1 902 446 4959
Fax +1 902 446 3662
Internet http://www.diaphonics.com
E-mail andyo [at] diaphonics.com

Diaphonics develops VA software for telephony applications.

ProductSpike Server, Spikecore Web Service, Password Agent
Languages supportedNorth American English
AvailabilityNorth America


Domain Dynamics Limited
Domain Dynamics, formerly of Reading, UK, is no longer in business.


Equivox Limited
Equivox, a spin-off from Domain Dynamics and formerly of Shrivenham, Wiltshire, UK, is no longer in business.


eVmail Technology
eVmail Technology, formerly of Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, is no longer in business.


Fluency Voice Technology Ltd
Fluency Voice Technology is a subsidiary of Netdecisions.
3rd Floor, Hythe House, 200 Shepherds Bush Road, London W6 7NL, UK
Phone+44 20 8237 6262
Fax +44 20 8237 6263
Internet http://www.fluencyvoice.com
E-mail ukinfo [at] fluencyvoice.com

Fluency Voice Technology develops VA software which is incorporated within its SR software offering.

Product???
Languages supportedBritish English, American English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
AvailabilityUK
NoteFluency Voice Technology also develops speech recognition software.


SEZAM from Fraunhofer IIS
product discontinued


Graphco Holdings aka Graphco Technologies
Graphco Technologies, formerly of Amber, New Hope and Newtown (not necessarily in that order), Penn USA, is no longer in business.


GVZ Speech Technologies
Ünalan Mah. Ayazma Cad. Çamlica Is merkezi B blok Kat:2, 81190, Istanbul, Turkey
Phone+90 216 556 1530
Fax +90 216 556 1188
Internet http://www.gvz.com.tr
E-mail info [at] gvz.com.tr

GVZ develops VA software for telephony applications.

ProductGVZ-VA 1.0
Languages supportedAzeri, American English and Turkish
AvailabilityTurkey and the USA
NoteGVZ also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


HumanScan AG
Brünigstrasse 95, CH-6072 Sachseln, Switzerland
Phone+41 41 660 1845
Fax +41 41 662 1881
Internet http://www.humanscan.com
E-mail info [at] humanscan.com

HumanScan develops VA software for access applications.

ProductBioID SDK
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityEurope


iBiometrics, Inc. (iBICS)
PO Box 644 Millwood NY 10546 USA
Phone+1 914 762 0291
Fax +1 914 206 9607
Internet http://www.ibics.com
E-mail corporate [at] ibics.com

iBICS develops VA software for financial markets and penitential applications.

ProductCorrections monitoring system
Languages supportedEnglish
AvailabilityUSA


InfoTalk
Unit 507, Tech Centre, 72 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Phone+852 2190 9600
Fax +852 2788 2306
Internet http://www.infotalkcorp.com
E-mail hongkong [at] infotalkcorp.com (Not working as of 11/2008)

InfoTalk develops VA software for telephony applications, system access, mobile phones, computing system access and smart cards.

ProductInfoTalk-Verifier
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityChina, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
NoteInfoTalk also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


Intervoice
Intervoice has dropped its former Omvia Identifier product.


ITT Industries
ITT Industries spun off its voice authentication business as SpeakerKey which is no longer in business.


Kaz Group Ltd.
Level 7, 66 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
Phone+61 2 9844 0300
Fax +61 2 9844 0333
Internet http://www.kaz-group.com
E-mail john.robertson [at] kaz-group.com

Kaz Group develops VA-enabled speech recognition software for IVR applications.

ProductSpeech(fx)
Languages supportedAustralian English
AvailabilityAustralia
NoteKaz Group also develops speech recognition software.


Loquendo SpA
Via Nole 55, 10149 Torino Italy
Phone+39 011 757 6111
Fax +39 011 757 6909
Internet http://www.loquendo.com
E-mail info [at] loquendo.com

Loquendo develops VA software for telephony applications.

ProductLoquendo SV
Languages supportedItalian, Catalan, American English, British English, French, German, Greek, Brazilian Portuguese, Argentinian Spanish, Castilian Spanish, Chiliean Spanish and Swedish
AvailabilityEurope, North America, and South America
NoteLoquendo also develops speech recognition and text to speech and software.


NGM Tec
NGM Tec, which had acquired the exclusive licensing rights to VeriVoice's intellectual property, was renamed VoiceVerified.


Nuance Communications
1 Wayside Road, Burlington, Mass 01803 USA
Phone+1 781 565 5000
Fax +1 781 565 5001
Internet http://www.nuance.com
E-mail info [at] nuance.com

Nuance develops VA software and caller authentication solutions for enterprise and service provider IVRs and call centres.

ProductNuance Verifier
Languages supportedAmerican English, Cantonese, Dutch, Australian English, British English, Canadian English, New Zealand English, South African English, French, Canadian French, German, Swiss German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese Brazilian, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Swedish
ProductsOur VEI, Our VEII, VeriNet Web
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityUSA, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Northern Europe, Southern Europe, Japan, Singapore and the UK
NoteNuance also develops speech recognition, text to speech and VoiceXML software.


PassMark Security
PassMark Security was acquired by RSA.


Patni Computer Systems Ltd.
Akruti, MIDC Cross Road No 21, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 093, India
Phone+91 22 6693 0500
Fax +91 22 6693 0211
Internet http://www.patni.com
E-mail patni-mumbai [at] patni.com

Patni develops VA software for access security.

ProductVoiceSafe
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityAustralia, Europe, India, Japan, North America, UAE


Persay Ltd.
14 Hatidhar St. Ra'anana 43665 Israel
Phone+972 3 767 8666
Fax +972 3 767 8661
Internet http://www.persay.com
E-mail almog.aley-raz [at] persay.com

Persay develops VA software for IVR systems and other call centre applications.

ProductsVocalPassword, FreeSpeech, S.P.I.D.
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityWorldwide, via the Internet


Phonetic Systems
Phonetic Systems has been acquired by Scansoft which subsequently acquired Nuance and renamed itself Nuance Communications.


QVoice Inc.
13 Kilroy Rd Newton, NJ 07860 USA
Phone+1 973 786 6878
Internet http://www.qvbiometrics.com
E-mail qvoice [at] qvbiometrics.com (Not working as of 11/2008)

QVoice develops VA software for physical access control.

ProductWhoIsIt
Languages supportedEnglish
AvailabilityUSA


Rubidium
PO Box 2099 8 Hasadna St. Raanana, 43000, Israel
Phone+972 9 7451412
Fax +972 9 7451418
Internet http://www.rubidium.com
E-mail info [at] rubidium.com

Rubidium develops voice authentication software which it sells in its chips for embedded mass-market applications.

ProductRSV series
Languages supportedLanguage independent
AvailabilityChina, Hong-Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Western Europe and the USA.
NoteRubidium also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


RSA Security Inc.
174 Middlesex Turnpike, Bedford, Mass 01730 USA
Phone+1 781 515 5000
Fax +1 781 515 5010
Internet http://www.rsa.com
E-mail info [at] rsasecurity.com

RSA develops VA software for IVR systems and other call centre applications.

ProductRSA Adaptive Authentication for Phone
Languages supportedEnglish
AvailabilityWorldwide


SAIL LABS Technology AG
Operngasse 20B A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Phone+43 1 58095 0
Fax +43 1 58095 580
Internet http://www.sail-technology.com
E-mail info4speech [at] sail-technology.com

SAIL LABS Technology develops VA technology which is incorporated into the company's Media Mining System which is deployed to identify speakers when transcribing broadcast news.

Products???
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityEurope and USA
NoteSAIL LABS Technology also develops speech recognition software.


ScanSoft
ScanSoft acquired, and subsequently renamed itself, Nuance Communications.


SecuriVox
SecuriVox's product range is now offered by Speech Sentinel Ltd.


Sensory
1991 Russell Avenue Santa Clara, Calif 95054-2035 USA
Phone+1 408 327 9000
Fax +1 408 727 4748
Internet http://www.sensoryinc.com
E-mail sales [at] sensoryinc.com

Sensory develops VA software which is incorporated into its voice activation software for embedded applications

Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityUSA, Australia, Brazil, Hong Kong, China, Switzerland, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Singapore, Taiwan, UK
NoteSensory also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


SentryCom Ltd.
SentryCom, formerly of Haifa, Israel, is no longer in business.


Siemens AG
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81739 München, Germany
Phone+49 89 636 52969
Phone+49 89 636 49802
Internet http://www.siemens.com/speech
E-mail speech.ct [at] siemens.com

Siemens develops VA software for PC-based applications.

ProductSpeechAdvance Biometrics Speaker
Languages supportedGerman, Arabic, American English, British English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
AvailabilityGermany
NoteSiemens also develops speech recognition and text to speech software.


Sonetech Corporation
Sonetech Corporation, formerly of Bedford, NH USA, is no longer in business.


Sonic Foundry
Sonic Foundry, formerly of Madison, Wisc USA, is no longer in business.


SpeakerKey
SpeakerKey, formerly of Fort Wayne, Ind USA, is no longer in business.


SpeakEZ Inc.
SpeakEZ, formerly of Denver, Col USA, is no longer in the voice authentication business. Its intellectual property was sold to Scansoft which subsequently acquired Nuance and renamed itself Nuance Communications.


Speech Sentinel Ltd.
1 Harrison Road, Dundee, Scotland, DD2 3SN, UK
Phone+44 1382 489700
Fax +44 1382 489701
Internet http://www.speechsentinel.co.uk
E-mail info [at] speechsentinel.co.uk

Speech Sentinel develops VA software for online applications.

Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityUK


Speech Technology Center
4 Krasutskogo, St. Petersburg, 196084, Russia
STC (WP 641), PO Box 109, Lappeenranta SF-53101, Finland
Phone+7 812 325 8848
Fax +7 812 327 9297
Internet http://www.speechpro.com
E-mail info [at] speechpro.com

The Speech Technology Center develops VA software for PC and DSP-based applications (Voice Key) and forensic audio examinations (IKAR Lab)

ProductsVoiceNet, Voice Key, IKAR Lab
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityWorldwide, via the Internet
NoteSpeech Technology Center also develops speech recognition, text to speech and audio analysis and noise cancellation software.


Speechworks
Speechworks has been acquired by Scansoft which subsequently acquired Nuance and renamed itself Nuance Communications


Sympalog Voice Solutions
Karl-Zucker-Str. 10 D-91052 Erlangen Germany
Phone+49 9131 61661 0
Fax +49 9131 61661 17
Internet http://www.sympalog.de
E-mail info [at] sympalog.de

Sympalog develops VA software for telephony applications

ProductSymVerify
Languages supportedLanguage independent
AvailabilityGermany
NoteSympalog also develops speech recognition software.


T-Netix
T-Netix was acquired by Securus Technologies.


Trade Harbor
4041 Forest Park Ave, Suite 320, St Louis, Mo 63108 USA
Phone+1 314 878 1200
Fax +1 314 878 1225
Internet http://www.tradeharbor.com
E-mail info [at] tradeharbor.com

Trade Harbor develops VA technology for telephony and Internet-based applications.

ProductVoice Signature Service
Languages supported???
AvailabilityUSA


Veritel Corporation
Veritel has been renamed VoiceVantage


VeriVoice
VeriVoice, formerly of Princeton NJ USA, is no longer in business.


Vocalis
Vocalis was acquired by Netdecisions, the parent company of Fluency Voice Technology Ltd.


Vocent
Vocent was acquired by PassMark Security which was, in turn, acquired by RSA.


Vocentric Corporation
Vocentric Corporation, formerly of Kirkland, Wash USA, is no longer in business.


Voice Security Corporation
Voice Security Corporation, fomerly of Woburn, Mass USA, is no longer in business.


Voice Security Systems
24591 Seth Circle, Dana Point, Calif 92629 USA
Phone+1 949 493 4030
Fax +1 949 388 7714
Internet http://www.voice-security.com
E-mail info [at] voice-security.com

Voice Security Systems develops VA software for credit card authorisation

ProductsVoice Protect, Power Voice and Freekey
Languages supportedlanguage independent
Availabilityworldwide, via the Internet


VoiceVerified Inc.
110 Union Square Drive, New Hope, Penn 18938 USA
Phone+1 215 862 7800
Fax +1 215 402 1070
Internet http://www.voiceverified.com
E-mail info [at] voiceverified.com

VoiceVerified develops VA software for IVR systems and other enterprise applications.

ProductVoiceVerified
Languages supportedEnglish and Latin American Spanish
AvailabilityAustralia, Canada, India, Japan, South Africa and USA


VoiceCom Solutions GmbH
Südwestpark 70, D-90449 Nürnberg Germany
Phone+49 911 25 26 70
Fax +49 911 25 26 711
Internet http://www.voicecom.de (German language only)
E-mail contact [at] voicecom.de

VoiceCom develops VA software for telephony applications and handsfree mobile phones

ProductVoiceDirector
Languages supportedlanguage independent
Availabilityworldwide, via the Internet


VOICE.TRUST AG
Geisenhausenerstr. 15 D-81379 München, Germany
Phone+49 89 127 160
Fax +49 89 127 16100
Internet http://www.voicetrust.de
E-mail info [at] voicetrust.de

VOICE.TRUST develops VA software for telephony-based applications

ProductsVOICE.TRUST Server
Languages supportedlanguage independent
Availabilityworldwide, via the Internet


VoiceProve
VoiceProve renamed itself SentryCom.


VoiceVantage
1653 N Wells Street 2F Chicago, Ill 60601 USA
Phone+1 312 255 1240
Fax +1 312 255 1241
Internet http://www.voicevantage.com
E-mail flynch [at] thctechnologies.com

VoiceVantage develops VA software for a variety of applications.

ProductVoiceCheck
Languages supportedlanguage independent
AvailabilityAvailable worldwide, locally supported in North America, South America, South Africa, Europe and parts of Asia.


Voicevault
Biometric Security, 3000 Hillswood Drive, Hillswood Business Park, Chertsey, Surrey, KT16 0RS, UK
Phone+44 1932 895399
Fax +44 1932 895558
Internet http://www.voicevault.com
E-mail info [at] voicevault.com

Voicevault develops VA software for call centre and employee access applications.

ProductVoicevault
Languages supportedBritish/Irish English, American English, South African English, Afrikaans, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French, Japanese, Mexican Spanish, South Sotho, Swedish, Turkish and Xhosa
AvailabilityWorldwide


VoxAccess
VoxAccess, formerly of Martigny, Switzerland, is no longer in business.


VxV Solutions, Inc.
329 Bryant Street, Suite 2D, San Francisco, Calif 94107 USA
Phone+1 415 992 7264
Fax +1 415 651 9218
Internet http://www.vxvsolutions.com
E-mail info [at] vxvsolutions.com

VxV develops VA software for password reset and other call centre applications.

ProductvAuth
Languages supportedEnglish
AvailabilityUSA


Zehu Technologies
Kiryat Atidim Building 7, PO Box 58201, Tel Aviv 61580, Israel
Phone+972 3 648 4223
Fax +972 3 648 4226
Internet http://www.zehu.com
E-mail info [at] zehu.com

Zehu Technologies develops VA software for telephony-based applications

ProductZehu Authenticator
Languages supportedEnglish
AvailabilityIsrael, USA


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