Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Kingston, Tennessee, with offices across the United States and Canada, Worldwide Interactive Network is a global leader in learning management and courseware delivery systems. They have helped over 1,600 national and international clients to enter the 21st century with the speed and convenience afforded by the Internet and distance learning. WIN is a corporation with a client base that includes all industry sectors (i.e., corporate, industrial, education, and government). Although most clients are located in the U.S., they have a significant number of clients in Canada and other clients in Australia, Denmark, Great Britain, Iceland, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and The Netherlands.
“We had a need for a realistic voice to narrate text in English and Spanish over the Internet”
"We had a need for a realistic voice to narrate text in English and Spanish over the Internet," said Julia Pryor Belinski, the Instructional Developer/Designer for WIN. "The Natural Voices provide a very high quality sound and have a very realistic voice to narrate the Spanish text."
AT&T Natural Voices for Server will be used to provide real-time audio narration for WIN's Internet-based training courseware. As each page is displayed, the text is read in a natural-sounding, high quality voice. This system is used for students in secondary and higher education settings, as well as for adult education sites, in addition to training personnel from Corporate and Industry environments.
WIN's two core products are the WIN Career Solutions and The Learning Manager(TM). WIN Career Solutions courseware for WorkKeys consists of 58 competency-based courses that target critical career and life skills. The interactive curriculum provides foundational skills courseware for career, technical, business, and education Programs and is available via print, CD-Rom, or Online. Career Solutions can be used in on-site training, classrooms, or in distance learning situations. Encompassing nine career-oriented skill and proficiency areas needed in today's workplace, Career Solutions was developed toward the high standards established by ACT WorkKeys(R) assessments. The WIN Career Solutions curriculum consists of 58 courses that deliver competency-based instruction and assessments targeting critical career and life skills. The curriculum is available via print, CD-Rom, or Online.
"WIN's unique application is an example of the versatility that AT&T Natural Voices for Server provides," said Danielle Lewis, Marketing Director for Wizzard Software. "Whether it's for innovative educational systems or other systems where streamlining and simplicity are imperative, AT&T Natural Voices can get the job done."
E-learning and web-based training is becoming more prevalent for corporate training purposes. In a survey conducted by CourseShare.com in 2002, 66% of organizations that responded were using Web-based learning as an alternative to instructor-led courses, with one in five used the Web as the sole source for learning.
For more information on WIN Career Solutions please visit: http://www.w-win.com/htm/main_flash_frameset.htm
About Wizzard Software:
Founded in 1996, Wizzard Software has become a leader in the speech technology application development market. Wizzard architects solutions to business problems using its expertise in consulting, speech development tools and building speech based applications for the Desktop and Internet. Wizzard has achieved global recognition because of its expertise with voice communication whether it is via PC or telephone. Wizzard's successes have lead to expanding opportunities in both the government and commercial sectors. In April of 2004, Wizzard acquired MedivoxRx Technologies. Established in 2000, MedivoxRx is the originator of "Rex", the talking prescription pill bottle, which "talks" to the patient allowing them to distinguish what type of medication is in the bottle and hear critical information on dosage amounts and refill parameters. Additional information on MedivoxRx can be found at www.rxtalks.com. More information on Wizzard Software can be found on the Investor's Page at www.wizzardsoftware.com.
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