All items tagged with transcription (36)

Descript Transforms Transcription-Based Editing with New Product Release

November 16, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Descript Transforms Transcription-Based Editing with New Product Release

Descript, the AI-powered platform that simplifies video and audio editing, launched its biggest product update ever – reinventing the video editor as a simple tool to sit alongside docs and slides. Loaded with AI-powered magic, the new Descript is even simpler to use, and offers even more powerful, versatile new features. Descript also announced a $50 million Series C round led by OpenAI Startup Fund with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital and Daniel Gross.

Soniox Releases Groundbreaking AI for Speaker Recognition

June 21, 2022 by Joao Martins

Soniox Releases Groundbreaking AI for Speaker Recognition

Soniox released a breakthrough in artificial intelligence for speaker diarization (separation) and identification. Soniox Speaker AI has achieved a 96% accuracy in detecting speakers for all kinds of business applications, making it 5x more accurate than solutions provided by Google, Microsoft and Amazon. This breakthrough unlocks a new dimension for voice and conversational applications.

Picovoice Announces Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger

March 9, 2022 by Joao Martins

Picovoice Announces Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger

Picovoice announced a new speech-to-text engine that they believe will be able to disrupt the $30B transcription market. The young Canadian company focused earlier on its own wake word (Porcupine), speech-to-text, and speech-to-intent engines. To prove its latest Speech-to-Text solution, Picovoice is offering 100 hours of free transcription per month to showcase that cloud-level accuracy can be achieved without sacrificing privacy, reliability, and affordability.

Sennheiser Introduces TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker for Microsoft Teams Rooms

February 21, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Sennheiser Introduces TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker for Microsoft Teams Rooms

Sennheiser continues to expand its range of products for conference systems, meeting rooms and collaboration. Originally planned for launch at Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) 2022, which was postponed to May 2022, the new TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker, a unified communications solution, certified for mid-sized Microsoft Teams Rooms, was unveiled during a free, online event. The new design features a powerful speaker and 7 beamforming microphones, and will transcribe the meeting in real-time while identifying up to 10 different voices in the room.

Zoom Introduces Whiteboard Collaboration and Events Conference Tools

September 14, 2021 by Joao Martins

Zoom Introduces Whiteboard Collaboration and Events Conference Tools

During its Zoomtopia 2021 update event, Zoom Video Communications announced ambitious plans to grow its online communications scope. Zoom unveiled a new ecosystem of apps to empower hybrid workforces, and promises to expand its market with new B2B tools, including Zoom Video Engagement Center (VEC) and Zoom Events Conference. The company also unveiled its new Zoom Whiteboard collaboration tool and promised to boost real time, automated translation, and expand its existing live transcription.

Soniox Releases Knowledge Augmented Audio AI for Contextual Transcription

July 29, 2021 by Joao Martins

Soniox Releases Knowledge Augmented Audio AI for Contextual Transcription

Soniox already offers a very accurate speech recognition transcription engine for English language, and the company now released an audio AI solution that automatically annotates the transcribed audio with real-world entities and their contextual information, providing an augmented representation of the audio stream in real-time and low-latency. Soniox offers this novel technology in Soniox APIs, iOS app and web application.

Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Pioneer Nuance Communications

April 12, 2021 by Joao Martins

Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Pioneer Nuance Communications

As rumored, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Nuance Communications, the speech-to-text and voice recognition pioneer, for US$19.7 billion - the second-largest acquisition in Microsoft’s history. Microsoft apparently recognized the value of Nuance's efforts in healthcare, financial services, telco, retail, travel, and government applications, and recent investments in conversational AI. How will Microsoft leverage the company's products and technologies is certainly more related to his efforts in those very same verticals and synergy with its Office and Business software suites, than any effort to revive Cortana.

EPOS Introduces EXPAND Capture 5 Smart Speakerphone for Hybrid Workplaces

March 24, 2021 by Joao Martins

EPOS Introduces EXPAND Capture 5 Smart Speakerphone for Hybrid Workplaces

EPOS announced the launch of EXPAND Capture 5, a new "intelligent speaker" optimized for Microsoft Teams Rooms that will enable taking virtual meetings to the next level. The new smart speakerphone is able to identify participants automatically in Microsoft Teams in order to transcribe a live feed of the conversation. And EXPAND Capture 5 features a premium speaker system with a 7-microphone array in order to support clear voice interactions between in-room and remote participants.

Simon Says Assemble Uses Audio-to-Text Transcription For Video Editing

December 9, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Simon Says Assemble Uses Audio-to-Text Transcription For Video Editing

Simon Says is a company from San Francisco, specializing in timecode-based AI transcription, which now announced the launch of Simon Says Assemble, a new product and significant expansion to the Simon Says platform that makes video editing as simple as copying and pasting text. According to the company, the new application, which is directly supported by popular NLE and MAM applications, brings the story forward with modern tools and narrative-driven editing capabilities that enable collaboration and speed up video workflows.

Descript Unveils New AI-Driven Video and Audio Editing Platform

October 26, 2020 by Joao Martins

Descript Unveils New AI-Driven Video and Audio Editing Platform

Descript, a San-Francisco, CA-based company developing next-generation digital media platforms, announced the release of Descript Video, a powerful new media creation platform that makes it faster, easier, and fun to create content. Expanding from the company's impressive audio-to-text and text-to-audio tools, Descript Video allows anyone to record and edit multitrack videos with titles, transitions, image and video overlays, animations, and more — all with the same ease and flexibility as editing a document.

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