e.Digital Corporation (fka EDIG)

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doni - Think IBM doing it also... but lookie

ViA's Mobile Language Translation System (MLTS) is a breakthrough in speech translation technology. The MLTS consists of ViA's patented Transmeta-based ViA II PC, a hand-held touch display along with ViA's language translation software, a microphone and body-worn speaker. ViA's bi-directional, free-speech language software, enables an English speaking person and a second person speaking a different language to converse. Because the system runs on ViA's wearable PC, users can translate speech anywhere.

http://www.via-pc.com/

iA was started in 1993 with one simple mission – to provide mobile, wireless technology solutions that increase productivity, efficiency and give people the ability to manage information whenever and wherever. What ViA’s founders realized was that mobile workers needed to be able to access information while they were in the field. After several years of development, ViA released its first wearable computer. The unique, flexible, yet rugged, body-worn design of ViA's wearable computer finally allowed workers to break away from their desks and truly be mobile. Today, ViA’s rugged, lightweight wearable computers are used by companies such as Northwest Airlines, Ford and GE Engine Services, Inc. for customer service, distribution, inspection and maintenance applications. ViA’s success has led the company to recently be named Minnesota’s Fastest Growing Technology Company in 2000 as part of Deloitte & Touche’s Fast 50 program and 82nd in their Fast 500 program. Long-term, ViA’s vision is to develop mobile, wireless computing technology solutions that cross the lines of work, home and play. The company is well on its way to realizing this vision. ViA’s partnerships with General Dynamics, Lernout & Hauspie and SyVox have led to many pioneering developments in wireless and speech-based technologies. And, the company’s innovative employees continually develop and secure new patents for wearable, wireless and mobile computing technologies, keeping ViA at the forefront of mobile technology. With its new headquarters in Burnsville, Minnesota, ViA is poised to meet the needs of mobile worker today and well into the future.<

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