ProScan announces Intermec 700 Colour Mobile Computers

ProScan announces the release of the Intermec 700 Colour Mobile Computer with SyVox speech recognition software, which allows mobile workers to perform hands-free and eyes-free data collection for improved productivity, accuracy and safety.

The SyVox speech recognition software offered by Intermec is ideal for warehouse and inventory workers who "pick" inventory to fill orders. ProScan is the preferred value-added distributor for Intermec, as well as leading suppliers of barcoding, data collection and mobile technologies in southern Africa.

"SyVox software allows workers to accurately and simply use speech commands to control their Intermec 700 mobile computers," said Andrew Fosbrook, Managing Director of ProScan. "Workers don`t have to stop what they`re doing to enter a keyboard command. They become instantly more productive."

The SyVox system offered by Intermec allows workers to hear instructions through a headset connected to a belt-mounted Intermec 700 Colour and to communicate verbally with an ERP system through a wireless network.

Speaker-independent technology eliminates the need to train the system to match a particular user`s voice. Users can just put on a headset and speak.

By standardising on the reliable Intermec 700 platform, the system can cost almost 50% less than speech recognition systems that use proprietary speech data terminals.

The SyVox system easily integrates with existing warehouse management systems and enterprise resource planning systems. It functions accurately in noisy, industrial environments. It adds a powerful additional capability to the Intermec 700 Series, joining more familiar scanning, keyboard and touch-screen input methods.

Intermec`s 700 Series has taken off in SA in environments where workers require powerful, reliable and easy-to-use handheld computers that can take the abuse of industrial, mobile and retail environments.

The 700 Colour model provides the power and speed necessary for serious enterprise mobility. Its ability to integrate up to three radios in a single device, including 802.11b and Bluetooth technologies, provides virtually unlimited wireless communications capabilities. Its optional scanning technologies offer reliable and accurate data and image collection, and its long-life battery capacity ensures up to 10 hours of operation between recharging. The 700 Series Colour weighs under 500 grams.