BANGALORE, INDIA: Telisma announced the availability of two new languages: Thai and Malay, with teliSpeech Recognizer 2.0, telisma’s leading network speech recognition engine.

These new language packs are the result of the collaboration between telisma and its Malaysian partner, Nusuara, a pioneer in the sector of technologies and applications based on speech recognition in South East Asia.

Thailand and Malaysia have a booming number of mobile phone subscribers. Telisma is the first to offer them the option to use their voice to access services, information, knowledge and entertainment.

Malay is spoken by around 250 million people in Malaysia and also in Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore, Southern Thailand, Southern Philippines and East Timor.

Thai is spoken by approximately 65 million people in Thailand and also in certain regions of Cambodia, Malaysian Myanmar and Laos.