British Computer Society IT Awards recognises SpinVox as a leader in `Mobile Technology` and `Entertainment and Media` sectors.

SpinVox, the founder and global leader of Voice-to-Screen messaging, was the winner in two project categories and the recipient of the gold medal in the ‘BT Flagship Award for Innovation’ at the prestigious British Computer Society IT Awards event held last night in London.

At the 50th anniversary event, 1,300 people saw SpinVox beat strong competition from industry leaders such as Ericsson with Vodafone UK, Omnifone, BT and Norwich Union to win the Mobile Technology Project Award and fought off strong competition from BBC Worldwide, NM2 research project led by BT and O2 WiFi with AEG Europe to win the Entertainment and Media Project Award.

The company was also a finalist in the Web-based Technology Project category.

The British Computer Society is the leading UK professional body for IT and communications and the Awards celebrate the contribution made by the IT profession to economic prosperity, business efficiency and innovation. They are described by the Society as ‘the leading hallmark of success amongst practitioners in the IT industry today.’

SpinVox launched its foundation Voice-to-Screen service, Voicemail to Text, in 2005, creating a new category of messaging which takes any voice, converts it to text and delivers it to any screen – mobile, PDA, PC or even TV – chosen by the user.

In establishing the Voice-to-Screen market, SpinVox has invested for four years in researching, developing and deploying a world-class platform to deliver its innovative services to carriers, Internet and media businesses on four continents and in four languages – English, French, Spanish and German. At the heart of all SpinVox services is its Voice Message Conversion System (VMCS), which works by combining computer-based state-of-the-art speech technologies with a live-learning language process.

SpinVox CEO and co-founder, Christina Domecq, said: “Being recognised by such established and expert industry peers at the BCS Awards is truly rewarding and a wonderful honour. I would like to thank our excellent and ever-growing technical and development team for their hard work and commitment in getting us to this exciting stage in our company history.”

“In particular, winning awards in two very different sectors - mobile and media and entertainment - reflects how SpinVox services can add value to many businesses in many ways. We already have deals with major names worldwide such as Alltel, Rogers, Telstra and Vodafone Spain in the wireless sector and Skype and Six Apart in the Internet space. We’re also helping important media brands such as The Times connect more closely with their audiences, confirming our ability to bring the wireless and Internet worlds together,” continued Domecq.