Awards & Recognition

18 Tracker: Technology

Call Genie received the Technology Advancement Award at the 118 Tracker conference in Manchester, England

"Call Genie was selected from a significant group of international companies for the development of its multi-lingual, fully automated and highly efficient voice user interface," according to Martin Ashfield, Managing Director of Performance House. "This innovative application has been highlighted by the industry for exceeding the expectations of directory assistance providers and for driving the industry forward through technical advancements."

European Directory Marketplace - Innovation Award

Call Genie was awarded the European Directory Marketplace (EDM) Innovation Award by Whitaker Associates for its enhanced voice directory application.

"We believe that Call Genie's Enhanced Voice Directory (EVD™) represents real innovation in the Directory Assistance and Yellow Pages industries," according to Stuart Whitaker, President of Whitaker Associates. "The European Directory Assistance marketplace has substantially deregulated over the past few years, creating opportunities for technologies such as Call Genie's EVD™ to meet the emerging needs of new forms of competition and service delivery."

YPA Industry Excellence Award - Marketing Innovation

Call Genie won the Gold Industry Excellence Award for Marketing Innovation from the Yellow Pages Association

The award recognizes Call Genie's success in pioneering the world's first voice-enabled search of the Yellow Pages.

The Yellow Pages Association was founded in 1975 and includes Yellow Pages publishers who produce leading-edge electronic products and deliver Yellow Pages directories to 100 percent of U.S. homes with telephones - and who account for more than 90 percent of Yellow Pages revenue generated in the U.S. and Canada. Members include the industry's international, national and local sales forces, certified marketing representatives (CMRs) and associate members, as well as other industry stakeholders that include Yellow Pages advertisers, vendors and suppliers.