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New Mobile Computing Platform
Makes Music with SONiVOX audioINSIDE
Boston, MA. May 30, 2007 -- SONiVOX (parent company Sonic Network,
Inc.), a world-wide provider of audio synthesis technology to
the handheld consumer device and musical instrument markets,
announced today that Livescribe Inc. has licensed SONiVOX's audioINSIDE
technology to provide music synthesis capabilities on it's new
paper-based pen computing platform.
The Livescribe platform turns plain paper into a computer screen
and bridges the gap between the paper and digital worlds. With
the addition of audioINSIDE technology, product manufacturers
can create engaging, high-quality music-driven games or products,
such as musical instruments that can be drawn on physical paper,
then transcribed to digital media and, finally, played out loud.
"It's a fascinating technology," comments Jennifer
Hruska, Founder and President of SONiVOX. "To be able to
take a simple pen, draw a musical instrument, and hear it play
that instrument, is very exciting. I can imagine many uses for
such a technology in the education and entertainment arenas."
"The broad range of Livescribe
applications enhance personal productivity, learning, communication,
and self expression," states Rodney Brooks, Director of
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
"This platform takes paper-based technology to an entirely
new level that I see as just the beginning for a new class of
device with almost unlimited potential."
The Livescribe platform -- a
smartpen, dot paper, software applications, along with development
tools -- will be available online beginning in Q1-08.
About Livescribe
Located in Oakland, Calif., Livescribe has developed a new low-cost
mobile computing platform that connects the paper and digital
worlds. Founded by Jim Marggraff, an entrepreneur and inventor
of paper-based computing, including the LeapPad and FLY Pentop
Computer, the company is designing innovative solutions that
enhance personal productivity, learning, communication, and self
expression for anyone who writes with pen and paper. For more
information, visit Livescribe at www.livescribe.com.
About SONIVOX
SONiVOX is a premier developer of audio technologies and solutions.
SONiVOX products are in tens of millions of products worldwide,
including cellphones, semiconductors, games, professional audio
equipment and music synthesizers. In addition, SONiVOX continues
to produce SONiVOX MI, a leading line of computer music software
products, endorsed by Hollywood's leading film and television
composers and used by tens of thousands of musicians worldwide.
For more information, visit SONiVOX at www.sonivoxrocks.com. |