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 - Dubai's Leading Technical and Language Training Institute DeploysNativeAccent Software to Meet Growing Need for English Proficiency -DUBAI, United Arab Emirates and  PITTSBURGH,  July 16, 2012  /PRNewswire/ --Carnegie Speech, the leader in the development and distribution of Englishassessment and instruction software, today announced its patented Englishlanguage learning technology was selected by  ITEC  in  Knowledge Village, Dubai, UAE, to help meet the growing demands of spoken and aural English skills. ITEC is one of the  Middle East's leading institutes for human resources,technical and language development courses and will use Carnegie Speech's NativeAccent  English speech training software to improve student spoken-Englishskills."A major challenge in  Dubai  is communicating with the plethora of secondlanguage speakers who come from all parts of the world, each bringing their ownunique accent to spoken English. As such, when two second language speakers'collide,' there is a great chance for miscommunication, which causesdisruptions in both employee productivity and advancing business interests,"said  Mahmood Fazal, owner and director of ITEC. "Offering world-class Englishinstruction will help support  Dubai's thriving business community and offermore opportunities as a global business hub."  NativeAccent software combines advanced speech recognition and intelligenttutoring technologies to improve English speaking and listening skills forpersonnel at multinational corporations and students at international academicinstitutions. Featuring personalized learning paths based on studentmother-tongue, gender and English proficiency, as well as real-time analysispinpointing student English errors and delivering immediate remedialinstruction, NativeAccent minimizes English accents among multinational Englishspeakers to improve communications, reduce errors and increase businessefficiencies.Fazal continued, "ITEC is at the vanguard  Dubai's global business culture andby using Carnegie Speech, we are offering our students the most advancedlanguage training technology available."  ITEC will be using NativeAccent in classrooms to complement its instructor'scurriculum and will be offered as an at-home study tool.  ITEC will also serveas a reseller of Carnegie Speech's NativeAccent in the UAE and the  Middle East. "We are very excited to work with ITEC to bring advanced language assessment andinstruction technology to the  Middle East  market where we see rapid growth anda significant opportunity for  Dubai's business community," said  PaulMusselman, CEO of Carnegie Speech. "Companies looking at ITEC graduates can feeleven more confident they have had the best training possible and will beequipped with superior English language skills to meet the demands of fastrising enterprises."  About ITECBased in  Dubai's bespoke educational park, Knowledge Village, ITEC wasestablished in 2004 as one of the village's first academic/training institutes.ITEC's forte lies in academic services as well as human resource training anddevelopment. ITEC offers courses, international examinations and certificates,corporate training services as well as student counseling and placement intosome of the world's best schools, colleges and universities. For moreinformation, please visit 
  www.itec.ae.
 About Carnegie SpeechA global leader in the development of spoken language training software,Carnegie Speech prepares enterprises and individuals to speak and understand newlanguages through personalized, immediate and pinpointed language analysis andinstruction. Incorporating the linguistic expertise and technical innovationsdeveloped through decades of research at  Carnegie Mellon University's LanguageTechnologies Institute, Carnegie Speech maximizes the effectiveness of spokenlanguage instruction while minimizing training time and expense. From spokenlanguage training to facilitate commerce and enhance education, tomission-critical communications to improve safety and security, Carnegie Speechproducts are used by Business, Aviation, Government, Education and Health Careenterprises that depend on effective spoken language communications. CarnegieSpeech is based in  Pittsburgh, PA  and its primary investors include OsageVenture Partners,  Golden Seeds  and New York Angles. Visit 
  www.carnegiespeech.com
   for more information.  Media Contact:Jocelyn Johnson, KCSA Strategic Communications, 212-896-1267,  jjohnson@kcsa.com SOURCE  Carnegie Speech