The most comprehensive report that exists for this market segment, ASR in Telephony Applications: The World-Wide Market, provides an in-depth analysis of the status and projection for speech recognition in the telephone market. The market is analyzed along a number of dimensions that include: vertical market segments; application segments; geographically; SPE vs CPE; penetration; installed base; product cost; system size; and yearly shipments through 2008. Metrics that are utilized are revenue; ports; systems; and price per port. The factors that have gotten the market to where it is and will shape it in the future are clearly presented. Length of this report is over 400 pages.

Figure 7.3a – Telephone ASR End User Revenue Profile

Figure 7.66 – 2^nd Generation Telephone ASR Installed Ports - Cumulative Total

Source: Voice Information Associates

Table of Contents:

Executive Summary
I. Introduction

• Potential for Major Growth
• Historical Perspective
• Products & Technology
• Players
• Driving Forces in Automatic Speech Recognition & Telephony

II. Speech Recognition Technology for Telephony

• The Basic Operation of ASR Systems
• Major Functional Parameters for ASR System
• ASR Systems for Telephony
• Human Speech Production and Perception
• Speech Sounds & Analysis
• Methods of Automatic Speech Recognition
• Linguistics in Speech Recognition
• Practical ASR Systems
• Voice Verification
• Future Directions in Technology
• plus 8 Figures & Diagrams

III. Applications & Products

• Basic Applications
• Major Benefits of Telephony-Based ASR Applications
• Limitations and Challenges of ASR Technology in Telephony
• Telephony-Based Speech Recognition Products
• Voice Verification Products & Applications
• Competing Technologies
• plus 1 Table

IV. Industry Overview

• Market Structure
• Core Technology Development & Vendors
• Telephony Speech Board Suppliers
• Application Developers
• System Suppliers
• Distribution Channels
• End Buyers
• plus 6 Tables

V. ASR Market Segments

• Applications & Market Segments
• System Characteristics & Costs
• Suppliers by Segment
• Market Segments
• plus 11 Tables

VI. Trends, New Products & Applications

• Market Forces
• Technology Evolution
• New Products & Applications
• Mergers & Investments

VII. ASR Market Estimates & Projections

• Existing Computer Telephony Industry
• CPE vs SPE
• Revenue Projections for the Overall Telephone-based ASR Market
• ASR Applications Serving Revenues
• Voice-Activated Dialing
• VAD Service Revenues for ASR Systems
• Interactive Voice Response (IVR)
• Operator Services
• Unified Messaging
• Vertical Industry Segments
• Telephony Market Revenue by Geographic Region
• Telephony-based ASR Food Chain Revenue Distribution
• ASR Applications Serving Revenues
• Languages in the Telephony ASR Industry
• plus 59 Figures and 35 Tables

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