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November 26, 2009
The sales and delivery of PARO robot begin in US.

PARO robots U.S. Inc. and the Japan External Trade organization have announced that the sales and delivery of the therapeutic robot PARO, which uses voice recognition VORERO, will begin in the United States on December 1st, 2009.

- PARO robots U.S. Inc. and press release.

November 13, 2009
VOCLE as CSR eXtension Partner solution.

CSR has authorized Hands-free middleware VOCLE as a Noise and Echo Cancellation solution.

March 16, 2009
Exhibit new demos at ESEC2009

We are going to exhibit several demos at a booth in ESEC2009 held on coming May 13-15 at Tokyo Big Sight.

July 8, 2008
VOCLE ver. 4.1 is released.

VOCLE ver. 4.1, a superior echo cancellation and noise suppression, is released.

May 2, 2008
VORERO ver. 9.1 is releaed.

We have started to provide VORERO ver. 9.1.

September 4, 2007
Conclusion of CSR eXtension partner contract.

We have concluded the CSR eXtension partner agreement with respect to the Hands-free middleware VOCLE.

January 31, 2006
VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for enon(TM).

VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for enon(TM), a service robot developed by Fujitsu Frontech Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. A limited sales of the new service robot, enon(TM), has begun on a limited basis in Japan from September 2005.

- More information is available from Fujitsu Frontech, Ltd.

January 31, 2006
VORERO adopted for the "HOAP-3" robot.

VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for a humanoid robot HOAP-3 developed by Fujitsu Automation Limited.

April 15, 2004
VORERO adopted for Fujitsu Ten's ECLIPSE Commander Advance.

The North American English version of VORERO has been adopted for the Commander Advance voice control unit of the ECLIPSE automotive infotainment system developed by Fujitsu Ten Ltd.

- More information is available on the ECLIPSE website

September 12, 2003
VORERO and MMEV adopted for the HIT-GS on-board vehicle driving management device.

VORERO and MMEV have been adopted for HIT-GS, an on-board vehicle driving management device developed by Horiba ITEC Co., Ltd. HIT-GS is designed both to automatically record the driving history of trucks and commercial vehicles, and to provide spoken advice for safe and fuel-efficient driving.

- More information is available from Horiba, Ltd.

September 12, 2003
VORERO adopted for IntelliVoice TE interactive voice recognition tool.

VORERO has been adopted for IntelliVoice TE, an interactive voice recognition tool developed by AdIn Research Inc. which enables control of a computer using natural conversation.

- More information is available from AdIn Research Inc.

August 28, 2003
VORERO adopted for the "ifbot" robot

VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for "ifbot", a consumer robot developed by Business Design Laboratory Co., Ltd.

August 25, 2003
VORERO adopted for a voice control module.

VORERO has been adopted for "Voice Data Entry Engine Type A," a voice control module developed by Fujitsu Nishi-Nihon Communication Systems Ltd. Used with a PDA, this module enables voice input to data management systems such as stock management and shipment management systems.

August 21, 2003
VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for PARO.

VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for PARO, a robot under development by the Intelligent Interface Research Group, Intelligent Systems Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. PARO, which is being developed for research purposes only and not to be commercialized, has been accredited with a Guinness World Record(tm) as the world's most therapeutic robot.

August 21, 2003
VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for Wakamaru.

VORERO has been adopted as the speech recognition engine for Wakamaru, a home robot under development by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Commercial sale of Wakamaru is scheduled for April 2004.

April 1, 2003
VOCLE hands-free middleware is available.

VOCLE is a noise suppression and echo cancellation engine featuring high performance in various noise environments. It is well suited to hands-free systems in telephone, cellular phone, and other applications.

January 15, 2003
Mandarin and Korean support is available for VORERO.

Mandarin and Korean speech recognition support has been developed for the VORERO engine. SDKs (software develop kits) and demonstrationsoftware for Mandarin and Korean are also available.

June 17, 2002
Asahi Kasei offers its compact embedded speech recognition engine for TI’s TMS320C5000 DSP platform.

Asahi Kasei Corporation is offering its efficient and compact speech recognition engine VORERO for telematics, cellular phone, and information appliance applications on the TMS320C5000 DSP platform of Texas Instruments.

April 18, 2002
Asahi Kasei and Tao announce the VORERO compact speech recognition engine for embedded systems on the intent® mobile application platform.

Asahi Kasei Corporation and the British Tao Group are offering the VORERO SDK on the intent embedded software platform of Tao. Applications include car navigation, mobile information terminals, and PDAs.

September 1, 2001
Asahi Kasei develops Japanese speech-to-text input system for mobile embedded appliances using Omron Software’s kana-to-kanji conversion function.

Asahi Kasei Corporation has developed a Japanese speech-to-text input system for embedded systems such as car navigation and cellular phones. In car navigation applications, this enables hands-free destination search. In cellular phone applications, this greatly simplifies the recording of phone directory entries.

June 26, 2001
Asahi Kasei and Access jointly develop a speech recognition solution for the NetFrontTM browser.

Asahi Kasei Corporation and Access Co., Ltd. have integrated the VORERO speech recognition engine with Access’s NetFront non-PC browser for cellular phones, PDAs, consumer electronics, and car navigation systems.

March 3, 2000
ARM collaborates with Asahi on speech recognition technology

ARM and Asahi have implemented Asahi’s speech recognition technology for operation on ARM PoweredTM processors. ARM incorporated code optimizations for efficient operation with ARM core-based processors.
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