Gruppo Soluzioni Tecnologiche is using IBM's ViaVoice speech engine for their PhoneidoS in a range of speech applications for medical equipment, in conjunction with IBM's the general and medical vocabularies. Their products are used for speech recognition in hospitals in Italy, USA, United Kingdom, in Italian, English (US & UK) and German languages. Gruppo develops solutions directly for hospitals and also develops speech applications for RIS (radiology information systems) providers such as Kodak, Fuji, Siemens and GE. Their product range has been proven to greatly improve efficiency within Radiology departments, saving time and money. There are also significant benefits for the patient in terms of report turn-around time. By using Grippe's speech recognition products, radiology departments can speed-up the production of medical reports by 50%.