SpinVox nabs $25M, demos voice-to-text with mixed results
SpinVox, the service that translates voice into text messages, demonstrated its technology to journalists today, emphasizing that its dependence on transcription by human operators will in no way hold the product back. That said, presenters stopped short of saying exactly how often these call centers are used versus automatic transcription.
At one point, the company’s chief information officer, Rob Wheatley, said that SpinVox has at times needed to route all of its calls through humans, but… Continue Reading
Spinvox offers employees shares instead of salary
Spinvox, the voice-to-text startup, has been on a roll: $100 million in funding from an impressive list of backers; then, a key deal with Telefonica covering its Latin America mobile operations, which bump its userbase to 150 milion (with some other contracts it claims it has yet to announce); and just yesterday, 600 registrations for its API set, which is getting the service embedded with other fast-growing mobile applications like Audioboo.
But there are signs that… Continue Reading
SpinVox raises whopping $100M+ for voicemail to text conversion
SpinVox, a London company that converts your voicemail into text, has raised more than $100 million to expand quickly by signing deals with large telecom carriers around the world — an apparent land-grab.
The amount of cash is significant, and a sign that SpinVox wants to sign up carriers before competitors such as Nuance or other emerging players, such as Jott or Simulscribe get there first.
Its SpinVox’s third round of capital, and investors include GLG Partners,… Continue Reading
Jott, a convenient voice-to-text service
Jott rocks.
Jott, a company based in Seattle, offers a convenient new service that lets you speak messages and send them to yourself or others — as a transcribed text message.
Or as a voice message, if you prefer.
Sign up at Jott.com takes a minute, with no hassle. Then all you do is call Jott’s number, 1-877-568-8486. Jott asks who you are sending the message to. You tell Jott (the name of your friend will be… Continue Reading