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SAN JOSE,
Calif., Sept. 10, 2002-- Intel Developer Forum, Andrea Electronics
Corporation (Amex: AND - News), announced today that the company
is participating in a unique promotional campaign with the SoundMAX
group of Analog Devices, Inc. and Intel Corporation, which will
make voice input on the PC platform both affordable and accessible
to hundreds of thousands of users. As part of the campaign, Andrea's
SoundMAX® Superbeam® Array microphone will be offered at
a substantial discount for a limited time to purchasers of Intel®
Desktop Boards equipped with theSoundMAX Cadenza Digital Audio System.
In addition to the SoundMAX Superbeam offer, purchasers of these
Intel Desktop Boards will receive, free of charge, leading speech-centric
software applications such as IBM's Via Voice, Net2Phone's CommCenter
and Tesseraction's Enigma: Rising Tide, a voice enabled, online
game.
"Intel is committed to delivering quality, next-generation
PC devices to our Desktop Board customers", said Joel Christensen,
Marketing Director of Intel's Desktop Platform Solutions Division.
"Andrea's sleek two microphone array supported by Analog Devices'
SoundMAX Cadenza provides us the ability to offer our customers
the most dynamic, microphone solution available today."
"We are
excited about the commitment that Intel is making to enhance audio
input through the integration of SoundMAX Cadenza and the aggressive
promotion of the SoundMAX Superbeam Array Microphone," said
John Croteau, product line director, Computer Products and Services
Group, Analog Devices, Inc. "Together with Intel and Andrea,
we believe we are well positioned to take advantage of the significant
investments made over the past decade by leading- edge VoIP, command
and control, and speech-to-text solutions providers."
"Our announcement
today represents another significant step closer to bringing voice
input to the mainstream", said Douglas J. Andrea, Chairman
of Andrea Electronics. "We are committed to providing affordable,
high-quality PC microphone solutions that support the latest in
voice-enabled applications and are proud to join with industry leaders
such as Intel and Analog Devices to address past market barriers."
IDF Demonstration
Please visit
Andrea Electronics at the Intel Developer Forum (September 9 -12,
2002) in the Intel Pavilion at the San Jose Convention Center.
About the SoundMAX
Superbeam Array Microphone
The SoundMAX
Superbeam Array Microphone is a sleek, two-microphone device that
attaches to the top of any laptop or PC equipped with Analog Devices'
SoundMax Cadenza Digital Audio System. The SoundMax Cadenza software
integrates Andrea Electronics' PureAudio® and DSDA® (Digital
Super Directional Array) noise-cancellation software. This approach
lowers the costs associated with high-quality voice input by elimating
the need for additional memory and processing power. The SoundMAX
Digital Audio System uses mixed-signal technology from ADI and the
Intel host processor instead. A promotional offer for the SoundMAX
Superbeam Array Microphone will be included with select Intel Desktop
Boards shipping in Q4 2002. The SoundMAX Superbeam Array Microphone
is also available directly from Andrea Electronics Corporation for
$24.95; for more information, please visit http://www.andreaelectronics.com,
or call Andrea Electronics' 1-800-707-5779.
About SoundMAX
from Analog Devices
The SoundMAX
Digital Audio System from Analog Devices, which ships in over 50%
of PCs and brand motherboards today through such customers as Intel,
Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, FSC, Hewlett Packard, IBM, NEC and Sony,
is a premium-performance PC audio solution that exceeds the functionality
of PCI sound cards. The SoundMAX system delivers the ultimate audio
experience on today's PCs for business professionals, audiophiles,
musicians and gamers. The SoundMAX system features full-duplex functionality,
immersive 3D surround-sound, MIDI music synthesis, noise reduction
functionality, and next-generation audio rendering technologies.
Residing on the PC's motherboard, the SoundMAX system consists of
high-performance hardware CODECs, with features such as hardware
sample rate conversion (SRC), professional quality 94-dB playback,
and speaker equalization (EQ). ADI's newest audio CODEC, the AD1980,
features support for six-channel audio output and is already available
on the Intel D845EBT Desktop Board. The SoundMAX software, which
is integrated into the PC's audio subsystem, includes Windows®
device drivers and applications that support 3D audio, Microsoft
DirectX(TM) 8.0, EAX, A3D, unlimited voice DLS-2 wavetable, and
support for 5.1 virtual theater surround. SoundMAX also features
SPX "audio animation" technologies. For more information
about SoundMAX, please visit: http://www.soundmax.com.
About Andrea
Electronics
Andrea Electronics
Corporation designs, develops and manufactures audio technologies
and equipment for enhancing applications that require high performance
and high quality voice input. The Company's patented Digital Super
Directional Array (DSDA®), patented PureAudio®, patented
EchoStop(TM) and patent-pending Directional Finding and Tracking
Array (DFTA®) far-field microphone technologies enhance a wide
range of audio products to eliminate background noise and ensure
the optimum performance of voice applications. Applications for
the Company's technologies include: speech recognition programs,
Internet telephony, video/audio conferencing, automobile PCs, home
automation systems, hand-held devices and multiplayer online games,
among others. Visit Andrea Electronics' website at: http://www.AndreaElectronics.com
or call 1-800-442-7787.
This press release
may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning
of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words
"anticipates," "believes," "estimates,"
"expects," "intends," "plans," "seeks,"
variations of such words, and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees
of future performance and involve matters that are subject to certain
risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict,
including economic, competitive, governmental, technological and
other factors, that may affect the business and prospects of Andrea
Electronics Corporation (the "Company"'). These and other
similar factors are discussed under the heading "Cautionary
Statement Regarding Forward-looking statements" included in
the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K and Annual Report not filed with the SEC, and in documents
subsequently filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
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