Speech Technology eWeekly - April 29, 2020

Speech Technology News

TransPerfect and AppTek Partner on Transcription and Subtitling

The agreement embeds AppTek's automatic speech recognition technology into TransPerfect's GlobalLink language technology platform.

Otter.ai Releases Live Video Meeting Notes

Otter.ai's Live Video Meeting Notes provide interactive transcripts for remote work and distance learning.

Speakeasy AI Releases Sky, a Voice Bot with Enhanced Conversational AI

Speakeasy's Sky offers conversational AI with controls and customization.

Aculab Extends VoiSentry Security Features

VoiSentry now includes speaker identification and detailed presentation attack detection.

Medallia Acquires Voci Technologies

Medallia is acquiring speech-to-text, speech analytics, and voice biometrics provider Voci Technologies for $59 million. (Featured on DestinationCRM.com.)

Inside Speech

Speech Recognition Has Finally Come of Age. Now What?

Relying on the likes of Amazon and Google presents challenges for buyers and providers alike

Industry Voices

Captioning and COVID-19 – Who’s Not Getting the Message?

Speech recognition offers the solution to the immediate need for captioning as COVID-19 stretches human transcriptionists to the limits.