Yap to help smartphone users jog their memories
Venture capital-backed Yap, a startup focused on automated speech-to-text conversion technology, is to become part of a patent-pending smartphone application called Memory Jogger.
California-based reQall selected Yap’s application, which instantly converts speech to text, for use in Memory Jogger. reQall applications turn iPhones, BlackBerrys and other devices into personal organizers based on the memories and priorities of users.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Yap technology will help reQall users receive text conversions more quickly and more accurately, according to the companies.
“We feel Yap is the most appropriate technology to provide reQall with the ability to create new and exciting services for our users,” said Rao Machiraju, reQall’s chief executive officer and a company co-founder. “We look forward to offering an even more comprehensive memory aid solution with faster, accurate speech conversions.”
Yap’s service is fully automated.
reQall offers a free service as well as a paid service.
“We are excited to work with industry pioneer reQall and their innovative memory aid application,” said Igor Jablokov, CEO at Yap. “Through the relationship, we aim to help reQall to increase the reliability, accuracy and speed of their voice interface.”
Yap launched in 2006 and touts itself as the first fully automated voice-to-text platform for communications providers.
Backed by investors SunBridge partners and Harbert Venture Partners, Yap now has offices in Charlotte as well as Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco.
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