News | May 25, 2006

Symbol Technologies Names Vocollect A Premier Independent Software Vendor

Vocollect Voice Meets Symbol's Solutions Validation Program Performance and Reliability Requirements

Symbol Technologies Inc., the Enterprise Mobility Company, has named Vocollect, Inc., the world leader in voice-directed work, a PartnerSelect Premier Independent Software Vendor. As a member of Symbol's PartnerSelect Partner Program, customers now can use Vocollect Voice, Vocollect's gold standard voice software offerings, on Symbol terminals, providing the same industry-leading voice performance available with Vocollect's Talkman wearable computers. By joining the Symbol PartnerSelect Partner Program, Vocollect and Symbol will develop technical, sales and marketing programs to address current and future customer demand for voice-directed applications running on select Symbol mobile computers.

Vocollect also co-validated its deployment management and distribution applications through Symbol's Solutions Validation Program. As part of the program, Symbol and Vocollect engineers performed a series of tests to co- validate the performance and interoperability of Vocollect Voice, including Vocollect's deployment management and distribution applications, Vocollect VoiceConsole and VoiceLink, with Symbol's rugged MC9060 mobile computer running on a Symbol Wi-Fi network. As a result of the validation, customers can be confident in the performance of Vocollect Voice on the Symbol MC9060 mobile computer to leverage the accuracy and productivity benefits of voice- directed work with scanning, keypad and display functions in business-critical applications.

"We are pleased to continue our collaboration with Symbol in the validation of Vocollect Voice on the MC9060 mobile computer," said Tim Eusterman, vice president, marketing and business development, Vocollect. "This validation means that our mutual customers now have a reliable voice- directed work solution that delivers the accuracy and productivity of Vocollect Voice on one of the most popular rugged mobile computers in the market today."

"The value of the voice-directed approach to enhance logistics applications is growing across all sectors of industry," said Pat McCullough, vice president and general manager of Symbol's Solutions Division. "The Vocollect-Symbol solution validation will provide confidence to customers deploying voice-directed work applications in key markets, including retail, manufacturing, transportation and healthcare."

About Vocollect
Since 1987, Vocollect, Inc., has delivered dramatic improvements in productivity, accuracy, cost reduction and workers satisfaction for mobile employees. Vocollect's voice-directed work applications literally talk people through their daily tasks, replacing traditional work lists and cumbersome data capture methods with personal voice dialogs. The company's global network of resellers and supply chain performance experts enables more than 100,000 people on six continents to use voice to improve work every day. Vocollect is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S., and supports its clients and resellers through regional offices in Europe, Latin America and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.vocollect.com/.