HP Acquires PipeBeach for VoiceXML System

HP has acquired PipeBeach AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based provider of speech-based products and technology that enable the delivery of interactive voice solutions. PipeBeach offers a VoiceXML system that lets users speak into their mobile phones and devices to obtain Web-based information such as news, stock prices and e-mail, as well as conduct transactions, such as online banking. The information and options are conveyed to the user through speech -- instead of text or images. HP said it intends to integrate PipeBeach's VoiceXML-based products into its OpenCall suite of enhanced telecommunications software. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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