Vlingo

Vlingo
Industrysoftware
Founded1 June 2006 Edit this on Wikidata
FounderMike Phillips
John Nguyen
Headquarters
Cambridge Edit this on Wikidata
,
United States Edit this on Wikidata
Servicesspeech recognition
ParentNuance Communications (2012)
Websitevlingo.io

Vlingo was a speech recognition software company co-founded by speech-to-text pioneers Mike Phillips (later co-founder and CEO of Sense Labs, Inc)[1] and John Nguyen in 2006.[2] It was best known for its intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator, also named Vlingo, which functioned as a personal assistant application for Symbian, Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and other smartphones.[3] Vlingo was acquired by speech recognition giant Nuance Communications in 2012.[4]

The application uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to various applications.[3] Vlingo Find and other iterations were known as first-to-market innovators in speech-to-text recognition.[5] With adaptive hierarchical language models, Vlingo improves its speech-to-text recognition as it learns a user's speech and search habits.[6] It was the first technology of its kind to use adaptive hierarchical language models to learn from the corrections a user would make.[5] Vlingo servers analyze speech queries and send any recommendations or possible corrections back to the user.[6] This technology allows users to text, search, and navigate smartphones without typing.[3]

Vlingo had its own application with over 5 million users in addition to partnerships with a number of companies, including Yahoo,[7] Samsung,[8] RIM, and Nokia.[9] Vlingo ships by default on Samsung Galaxy S2 devices,[8] and Vlingo worked with Samsung to create S Voice personal assistant (available on the Samsung Galaxy S3 and newer Samsung Galaxy devices.)[8] Vlingo also powered early versions of Siri (before Siri was acquired by Apple).[10]

  1. ^ Kirsner, Scott. "Cambridge's Sense Labs starts production of new device to track what's happening at home". Beta Boston. The Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, Michael (2008-01-27). "The Coming Wave of Gadgets That Listen and Obey". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  3. ^ a b c Banks, Courtney (23 January 2010). "A Safer Way to Text on the Road". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Nuance Plays Hardball in Voice Recognition". BloombergView. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  5. ^ a b "Vlingo's Adaptive Speech Recognition Promises an End to Typing on your Phone Keyboard | Xconomy". Xconomy. xconomy.com. 21 August 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  6. ^ a b "Talk to the Phone | MIT Technology Review". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  7. ^ Evans, Katie. "Yahoo and Vlingo partner to offer voice-enabled mobile search". Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  8. ^ a b c "Vlingo Partners with Samsung to Bring Its Virtual Assistant to All Galaxy S II Smartphones | Vlingo Blog | Vlingo". blog.vlingo.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  9. ^ "Handset Maker Partnerships - Native Voice Applications | Vlingo". www.vlingo.com. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
  10. ^ "5 Reasons to Scrap Our Patent System: #1. Apple's Siri". Forbes. Retrieved 2016-01-20.