Comments on: SpinVox Nets $100M and a $500M Valuation http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/ Tracking the Internet Evolution Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:17:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Lee Dorfman http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-871632 Lee Dorfman Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:04:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-871632 <p>Spinvox’ announcement has not only garnered the attention of this relatively new industry, but it also helps inform and educate the consumer that this type of service even exists - which will essentially benefit all providers of voicemail-to-text service. Although Quicktate is a relatively new player (born from iDictate, a 10-year-old transcription company), the service is still free and is available in both English and Spanish. htpp://quicktate.com</p> Spinvox’ announcement has not only garnered the attention of this relatively new industry, but it also helps inform and educate the consumer that this type of service even exists - which will essentially benefit all providers of voicemail-to-text service. Although Quicktate is a relatively new player (born from iDictate, a 10-year-old transcription company), the service is still free and is available in both English and Spanish. htpp://quicktate.com

]]> By: Cambridge Cluster - Can Spinvox help Doble Quality Foods? http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-870254 Cambridge Cluster - Can Spinvox help Doble Quality Foods? Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:08:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-870254 <p>[...] post mentions how Spinvox has turned to the Cambridge Cluster to accelerate their software. Gigaom says that “London startup SpinVox raised $100 million today in a round of financing that values the [...]</p> [...] post mentions how Spinvox has turned to the Cambridge Cluster to accelerate their software. Gigaom says that “London startup SpinVox raised $100 million today in a round of financing that values the [...]

]]> By: Ofer Shochet http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-868946 Ofer Shochet Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:01:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-868946 <p>Nuance just announced their competing service referring their 3000 human transcribers and great technology - is it scalable? What are the limitations - see further at http://speechanalytics.blogspot.com/2008/04/nuance-jumps-on-voicemail-to-text-wagon.html</p> Nuance just announced their competing service referring their 3000 human transcribers and great technology - is it scalable? What are the limitations - see further at http://speechanalytics.blogspot.com/2008/04/nuance-jumps-on-voicemail-to-text-wagon.html

]]> By: Richard http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-868659 Richard Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:16:12 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-868659 <p>$100m for a call centre in South Africa that listens to your voice messages , types them out and sends them by sms is A LOT of cash ! Particularly as in my experience many of the messages that come through are far from accurate.</p> $100m for a call centre in South Africa that listens to your voice messages , types them out and sends them by sms is A LOT of cash ! Particularly as in my experience many of the messages that come through are far from accurate.

]]> By: ugo http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-868277 ugo Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:11:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-868277 <p>One Voice Technologies will be at CTIA and INTEL IDF this week as the premier Voice Control Interface for the Intel Atom MID's.</p> <p>ONEV has signed aggreements with INTEL, Motorola, Telmex, MTNL government of INdia, etc...</p> <p>The ONEV products are SECURE, globally patented and cover a broad spectrum of Network to personal device/PC applications....</p> <p>From what I can garner about SPinVOx, they dont answer the phone and their tech involves third party operator who actually transcrible personal voicemails at times. This practice is a violation to my righht to proivacy as a US citizen.</p> One Voice Technologies will be at CTIA and INTEL IDF this week as the premier Voice Control Interface for the Intel Atom MID’s.

ONEV has signed aggreements with INTEL, Motorola, Telmex, MTNL government of INdia, etc…

The ONEV products are SECURE, globally patented and cover a broad spectrum of Network to personal device/PC applications….

From what I can garner about SPinVOx, they dont answer the phone and their tech involves third party operator who actually transcrible personal voicemails at times. This practice is a violation to my righht to proivacy as a US citizen.

]]> By: The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Indicators: Week of 3/23/08 http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-867579 The Law of Mobility » Blog Archive » Indicators: Week of 3/23/08 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 11:48:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-867579 <p>[...] SpinVox: $500M [...]</p> [...] SpinVox: $500M [...]

]]> By: BubbleMotion gets $14M - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-867466 BubbleMotion gets $14M - GigaOM Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:27:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-867466 <p>[...] in second-round funding for its voice-to-text-message service for carriers. It’s one of several players racing to deliver services that bypass the mobile keyboard to make everything — from finding [...]</p> [...] in second-round funding for its voice-to-text-message service for carriers. It’s one of several players racing to deliver services that bypass the mobile keyboard to make everything — from finding [...]

]]> By: Jose Miguel Cansado http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-867258 Jose Miguel Cansado Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:19:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-867258 <p>I fully agree with ol' yeller. He knows the telco world, and how demanding telcos are with their suppliers. RFP to the Vocemail vendor to quote for the feature is straight forward. $2-$3 per user is what telcos will be looking for. Sell the solution as a service, with some revenue sharing with the carrier, might be something Jott, SimulScribe or Spinbox are better positioned than voicemail suppliers. Some Telcos are being lazy to build their own applications, and may just rely on a revenue sharing solution. Still, $500M valuation seems hard to justify.</p> I fully agree with ol’ yeller. He knows the telco world, and how demanding telcos are with their suppliers. RFP to the Vocemail vendor to quote for the feature is straight forward. $2-$3 per user is what telcos will be looking for. Sell the solution as a service, with some revenue sharing with the carrier, might be something Jott, SimulScribe or Spinbox are better positioned than voicemail suppliers. Some Telcos are being lazy to build their own applications, and may just rely on a revenue sharing solution. Still, $500M valuation seems hard to justify.

]]> By: tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » SpinVox: Do just one thing but do it right http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-867250 tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » SpinVox: Do just one thing but do it right Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:44:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-867250 <p>[...] SpinVox Nets $100M and a $500M Valuation quotes “Currently it can transcribe in French, Spanish, English and German; the funding will [...]</p> [...] SpinVox Nets $100M and a $500M Valuation quotes “Currently it can transcribe in French, Spanish, English and German; the funding will [...]

]]> By: Ofer http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-866970 Ofer Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:57:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-866970 <p>Technology vs. Service</p> <p>$100M round is great news for SpinVox. But is also an indication about their technology basis or lack of technology. They need the money to fuel their service which is great. However, people should not confuse this with a working technology for speaker independent transcription.</p> <p>See further on this issue at http://speechanalytics.blogspot.com/</p> Technology vs. Service

$100M round is great news for SpinVox. But is also an indication about their technology basis or lack of technology. They need the money to fuel their service which is great. However, people should not confuse this with a working technology for speaker independent transcription.

See further on this issue at http://speechanalytics.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Vince http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-866807 Vince Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:31:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-866807 <p>wow..huge money! this service will surely benefit markets that are not text savvy-- like the US.</p> <p>For other markets, typing a text message is still the preferred way of sending a message.</p> <p>lastly, i think its a lot easier to learn how to text message than a machine trying to learn how to convert your voice into text. ;) but, thats just me.. :)</p> wow..huge money! this service will surely benefit markets that are not text savvy– like the US.

For other markets, typing a text message is still the preferred way of sending a message.

lastly, i think its a lot easier to learn how to text message than a machine trying to learn how to convert your voice into text. ;) but, thats just me.. :)

]]> By: SpinVox joins the $100Million club http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-866752 SpinVox joins the $100Million club Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:25:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-866752 <p>[...] to GigaOm for breaking [...]</p> [...] to GigaOm for breaking [...]

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-866727 John Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:25:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-866727 <p>There is also a huge difference between the robustness of the various providers in this space. It is not simple. Ever actually used voice recognition? Think how good it would be over a mobile phone line....That is the challenge.</p> There is also a huge difference between the robustness of the various providers in this space. It is not simple. Ever actually used voice recognition? Think how good it would be over a mobile phone line….That is the challenge.

]]> By: John Pollard http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-866699 John Pollard Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:47:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-866699 <p>Just to add a little to Jamie's post:</p> <p>I think Ol'yeller is partially correct: it's never been easier to plug different telephony elements together. And it is true that there are many providers of ASR solutions. But there's a big chasm between that, and actually delivering something in the speech to text space that's seamless and deals with real usage scenarios with high quality. We're all working very hard to do that, and I invite you to try Jott -- which is free -- and see how we're doing.</p> <p>John</p> <p>John Pollard Founder and CEO Jott.com</p> Just to add a little to Jamie’s post:

I think Ol’yeller is partially correct: it’s never been easier to plug different telephony elements together. And it is true that there are many providers of ASR solutions. But there’s a big chasm between that, and actually delivering something in the speech to text space that’s seamless and deals with real usage scenarios with high quality. We’re all working very hard to do that, and I invite you to try Jott — which is free — and see how we’re doing.

John

John Pollard
Founder and CEO
Jott.com

]]> By: jamessiminoff http://gigaom.com/2008/03/20/spinvox-nets-100m-and-a-500m-valuation/#comment-866690 jamessiminoff Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:22:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=11886#comment-866690 <p>ol' yeller,</p> <p>I wish that I lived in your simple world. However in the world of supplying text to speech things are not that easy. The major voicemail providers have not been able to roll this product and they have made attempts. The work that Spinvox, SimulScribe and Jott are doing in this field involves a lot of IP and complex operational issues. You will see over time that these services will be offered by many different providers but there will only be a handful of suppliers as the technical expertise and barriers to entry are very high.</p> <p>If anyone wants to try SimulScribe free for 30 days to see how the product works click on, https://apps.simulscribe.com/signup/r/13251.</p> <p>Jamie James Siminoff, Founder SimulScribe</p> ol’ yeller,

I wish that I lived in your simple world. However in the world of supplying text to speech things are not that easy. The major voicemail providers have not been able to roll this product and they have made attempts. The work that Spinvox, SimulScribe and Jott are doing in this field involves a lot of IP and complex operational issues.
You will see over time that these services will be offered by many different providers but there will only be a handful of suppliers as the technical expertise and barriers to entry are very high.

If anyone wants to try SimulScribe free for 30 days to see how the product works click on, https://apps.simulscribe.com/signup/r/13251.

Jamie
James Siminoff, Founder
SimulScribe

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