Pasadena speech tech company launches first Middle East, Africa-focused automated transcription, translation and subtitling platform – Pasadena Now

Dialectal, a speech technology company with offices in Pasadena, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and India, announced Tuesday the launch of a platform that provides automated transcription, translation and subtitles for dialects spoken in more than 20 Arab countries. Special accents.

Canary AI’s new “Fenek AI” platform will initially focus on Arabic and English dialects, with plans to expand to other languages ​​in the future.

of Middle East Africa(MENA) regionally diverse dialects have previously posed a major challenge to speech recognition technology. Fenek AI is the first platform to provide automatic transcription for all Arabic languages ​​and English, even if it is spoken in the same sentence, which is a common phenomenon in the region.

According to Ryan Carmichael, CEO and founder of Canary AI, the launch of Fenech AI aims to advance speech technology in the MENA region. Carmichael notes that the 400 million native Arabic-speaking market in speech technologies has been neglected for too long. Fenek AI aims to make speech recognition technology more accessible to users in the region.

Fenek’s AI technology is designed to navigate various social and cultural situations to capture full conversations. This is an important feature, because it ensures that the context of the speech and the meaning of the speech are not lost in the transcription process.

The platform has several key features including the ability to transcribe audio and video files in Arabic and English, even online meeting recordings. Users can edit, share and download files in various formats including subtitles. Fenek AI also allows users to create workspaces for teams and multiple projects, making it easier for teams to collaborate and manage cross-functional projects.

Canary AI is a recognized leader in dialectal speech technologies with a focus on automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech and natural language processing. The company’s leading Arabic speech recognition solutions were previously only available to enterprises, governments, media companies and intelligence groups. With the launch of Fenek AI, the same technology is now available to users. The company has offices in Pasadena, CA; Doha, Qatar; Dubai, UAE and Bangalore, India. For more information, visit www.kanari.ai.