Ever wish you could just simply talk to your Windows Media Center and tell it to play some music track or DVD file? Well now you can with the Media Center Communicator software application by the folks at One Voice Technologies. With MCC, you speak easy to use commands to your Windows Media Center and launch various tasks without needing a mouse or a keyboard (or a remote control). You can also create your own set of commands to be recognized by the MCC software. Features of MCC include:

  • Simple to use voice commands with no voice training
  • High accuracy with wide range of accents
  • Play MP3s or iTunes music with voice commands
  • PC to Phone calling using Skype
  • Control home appliances
  • Read and send email
  • View photos and slideshows
  • Works with Windows XP Media Center DVD players
  • USB microphone included

One Voice Technologies will demo the Media Center Communicator at the upcoming DigitalLife 2006 expo being held in NYC later this week. You can check out an online demo at this link.

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The Ultimate Digital Home Experience with Voice Control of MP3 and iTunes Music, TV, Home Control and Skype Phone Calling to Be Showcased to Upcoming DigitalLife Tradeshow

LA JOLLA, Calif. –(Business Wire)– Oct. 9, 2006 One Voice Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:ONEV), developer of 4th Generation voice solutions for the Telecom and Interactive Multimedia markets, today announced that it will exhibit the ultimate Digital Home experience at the upcoming DigitalLife tradeshow, held October 12-15 in New York City at the Javits Convention Center, exhibit booth #557 and in PC Magazine’s Digital Village. One Voice will demonstrate to attendees and press their industry leading Media Center Communicator(TM) voice recognition application for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 along with One Voice’s My Voice Remote(TM) for XP Media Center 2005. For more information regarding DigitalLife, please visit http://www.digitallife.com.

About Media Center Communicator

Imagine walking into your home and using your voice to tell your Media Center to play MP3 or iTunes music, call to order a pizza(1), set the thermostat or home theater lighting(2), play a photo slideshow, watch and record live TV, read and send E-mail or video chat with a friend. Media Center Communicator delivers on this vision today! For more information, please visit http://www.onev.com/mcc or for an online demonstration go to http://www.onev.com/videos/mccoverview.wmv

Features include:

– Simple to use voice commands with no voice training required

– High accuracy with wide range of accents

– Play MP3 or Apple iTunes music using voice commands

– PC-to-Phone calling using Skype to anywhere worldwide

– Home automation for setting thermostats, lighting, security cameras and much more

– Read and send email

– View photos and photo slideshows

– Create your own custom voice macros to launch websites and applications

– Works with Windows XP Media Center DVD players (Sony and Niveus)

– USB microphone included

System requirements:

– Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

– Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz processor with HT or Intel Viiv platform

– Minimum of 512 MB RAM

– 350 MB free disk space

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