Vocollect Introduces New Light Industrial Voice Solution
PITTSBURGH (September 24) – Vocollect, Inc., the world leader in voice-centric solutions for mobile workers,
today announced the market availability of its new light industrial wearable voice solution that offers voice-only,
voice-directed workflow capabilities for use in distribution centers (DCs) and warehouse operations seeking to
significantly improve productivity and accuracy in selection, cycle-counting and other workflows. This
offering provides strong performance, with exceptional ergonomics and speech recognition accuracy along with
an attractive return on investment and payback period.
The new Vocollect light industrial voice solution is based on the new Talkman T1 and SL-4 headset, used in
conjunction with the Vocollect TaskBuilder software platform. By leveraging this software platform, customers gain
critical process improvements that deliver double-digit gains in productivity and performance across multiple
distribution workflows. The TaskBuilder platform is integrated with many leading WMS solutions, enabling customers
to benefit from a large installed base of voice application software, reducing implementation costs and time.
The T1 is a voice-only, purpose-built solution that conforms to less stringent environmental specifications
and drop-test specifications (similar to a common handheld barcode scanner and terminal). Unlike its more rugged
and robust Vocollect Talkman T2x, T5 and T5m predecessors that support multi-function workflows and a range
of peripherals like barcode scanners and printers, the T1 is more than 80 percent smaller than leading handhelds
and half the size of other competitive wearable devices for distribution activities. As a simple illustration of
its compact size, the T1 is roughly twice the size of a BlackBerry, making it easy to use and wear.
Ergonomics are further optimized through the lightweight, behind-the-head specifically-designed
companion headset, the SL-4.
“We are using the new Talkman T1 mobile voice appliance with Vocollect’s new SL-4 headset for picking and put-away
in our facility, and our associates have found it to be a winning combination of quality performance and strong ergonomics,”
said Steve Caruso, director of operations with Coastal Pet Products, the world’s largest pet collar and lead manufacturer.
“This device and comfortable headset solution is ideal for our type of business and distribution environment,” he said.
“It is good to know that Vocollect offers us a range of options, from highly rugged to light industrial, so that we can match
the solution to the workflow and the workers,” said Caruso.
With this newest offering from Vocollect, now DC/warehouse operations with light-industrial, voice-only requirements
can access Vocollect’s industry-leading speech recognition quality and attain increased productivity, accuracy and worker
satisfaction through voice. The combined solution of the T1 mobile appliance with the new lightweight Vocollect SL-4 headset
is ideal for customer-facing employees performing distribution tasks through voice, such as working in stockrooms and performing
inventory-checking activities in retail establishments.
“Our new light industrial voice solution represents the second building block for establishing our vision of the
voice-centric warehouse that we announced earlier this year. Providing a wider range of mobile worker solutions is just
one step in our strategy to expand the implementation of voice-directed workflows and improve overall distribution operations
performance,” said Joe Pajer, chief operating officer of Vocollect, Inc. and president of its Supply Chain Solutions division.
Commercially available this September, the Vocollect light industrial voice solution supports 36 languages. It is initially
being introduced in the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia, with expanded availability planned for select Asia-Pacific
and Latin America regions in 2011.
About Vocollect
Vocollect delivers proven gains in productivity, accuracy, safety and job satisfaction to
companies seeking to improve their supply chains. The Vocollect Voice portfolio features a
complete range of hardware, software and services built for voice performance, reliability and
adaptability in the global supply chain and logistics marketplace. Every day hundreds of
thousands of people on six continents rely on Vocollect and its worldwide network of more
than 100 certified supply chain resellers and channel partners to improve work. For more
information, visit: http://www.vocollect.com.
Susan Muttart
Vocollect
scmuttart@vocollect.com
412-349-2543
About Vitech Business Group, Inc.
At Vitech, we use our knowledge, experience and passion to achieve exceptional levels of
supply chain performance for our clients. We are focused on providing our clients
comprehensive solutions that solve their supply chain challenges and enable their operation
to perform to its full potential. Vitech forms strategic partnerships with the industry’s leading
software, hardware and service providers to deliver complete supply chain solutions.
Commitment to our customers’ success ensures they achieve the best investment-to-return
ratio in the industry. To learn more about Vitech, visit: http://www.Vitechgroup.com
COMPANY CONTACT:
John Dahl
Vitech Business Group, Inc.
info@vitechgroup.com
360.647.1622