Inclusive voice tech enables content creation
and communication across a wide range of websites, expanding
digital inclusion
TEL AVIV, Israel and
STAMFORD, Conn., June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Voiceitt, the
Israel-based pioneer in speech
recognition technology for non-standard speech, today announced the
launch of Voiceitt for Chrome, a groundbreaking browser
extension that empowers individuals with speech disabilities,
accented English or aging voices to dictate directly into websites.
This transformative tool seamlessly integrates with products such
as professional workspaces, email platforms, collaboration tools,
and social media pages, enabling voice-to-text content creation and
helping people with disabilities create content and engage on the
internet independently, often for the first time.
Voiceitt for Chrome expands the company's voice AI offerings
built upon its speech recognition technology for non-standard
speech. The signature Voiceitt product, a web-based application,
recognizes the speech patterns of individuals with non-standard
speech resulting from various conditions affecting voice, speech or
fluency, accented speech or age-related changes. Voiceitt for
Chrome, unlocks dictation for everyone. Customers who have been
unable to access dictation or voice typing tools built only for
standard speech can now dictate their ideas.
The launch of Voiceitt for Chrome follows closely on landmark
legislation and policy decisions mandating wider accessibility of
AI-driven technologies, including web content. The U.S. Department
of Justice (DOJ) recently ruled that Title II of the Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) ensures the accessibility of web
content and mobile apps for people with disabilities. Furthermore,
in May, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a
significant update to ADA regulations, addressing critical areas
such as the accessibility of medical equipment, websites, apps, and
kiosks. Voiceitt uniquely addresses these new policy requirements,
ensuring access for people with speech disabilities in situations
where speech is needed or required to navigate digital
environments. Voiceitt also integrates into any website or product,
and may help its partners comply with the updated
accessibility standards.
Key Features and Benefits:
- Increased workplace productivity: Employees can dictate
meeting notes, documents, and spreadsheets through integrations
with common professional platforms like Google Workspace and
Slack.
- Expanded economic opportunities: People can now gain
employment where minimum typing speed was previously a barrier -
whether writing a work document or their memoir, a blog, or even
becoming an online influencer.
- Empowered students: Learners with a variety of
accessibility needs can dictate in browser-based platforms,
including Google Classroom, to collaborate with their peers and
show their true capabilities.
- Enhanced patient agency: Dictation into medical portals,
customer service chatbots (etc.) empowers self-advocacy and privacy
during life's decisions. Patients can take a more active role in
healthcare by dictating their needs and communicating privately
with their providers on compatible, browser-based portals.
- Increased social engagement: Voiceitt enables
text-to-speech directly into social media, messaging platforms like
Slack and Discord, and emails for sustained community connections
and self-expression.
"Voiceitt for Chrome takes our current offering to the next
level and represents a new milestone in our mission to make the
digital world truly accessible by voice," said Katie Seaver, a speech-language pathologist who
serves as Voiceitt's Head of Community Engagement and Impact. "By
enabling dictation and content creation by voice, our first browser
extension opens up the internet to our customers in unprecedented
ways. From a quantum physicist in the UK to an elementary student
in New York, the unique voices of
our community can fully live, learn, work, and play through the
capabilities of Voiceitt's Chrome Extension. This launch embodies
our team's vision to expand the possibilities of cutting-edge Voice
AI and demonstrates that when technologies are accessible, anything
is possible."
Voiceitt for Chrome is now available for individuals, speech
pathologists, educators, and existing customers. It offers an
inclusive and effective speech-to-text experience. Voiceitt is
committed to expanding educators' use of technology in the
classroom, facilitating learning opportunities for all students,
including those with disabilities.
Nicole Curd, an artist based in
Iowa, uses Voiceitt after brain
surgery left her with limited speech and mobility. "I use
[Voiceitt's] speech-to-text for everything that would require
either typing or speaking," she said. "As I age, the nerves in the
only hand I can use are becoming broken down. I can't express in
words how bad this was since I had to use text to communicate with
the entire world. Just using [the Voiceitt app] has vastly improved
my quality of life. I am eagerly awaiting the Chrome plug-in for
use with any social media, something I haven't been able to use for
some time."
ABOUT VOICEITT
Voiceitt's mission is to help people with disabilities live more
connected, independent lives. The proprietary automatic speech
recognition (ASR) enables people with speech disabilities to access
mainstream voice technologies, communicate by voice, and be
understood. Voiceitt has been highlighted in international media,
including Forbes, Amazon Science, BBC, and The New York Times. Investors include Cisco
Investments, the Amazon Alexa Fund, AARP, and Microsoft's M12.
Voiceitt was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Israel with a subsidiary in Stamford, CT.
The Voiceitt application is currently available in English
through resellers in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. The Voiceitt API enables
integration with voice-enabled platforms, software, and
technologies, making these products accessible for consumers with
non-standard speech. The technology is based on Voiceitt's
proprietary dataset of non-standard speech recordings (speech
corpus), collected in accordance with international privacy and
security standards.
Contact:
Sara Smolley
Co-Founder, VP Partnerships
sara@voiceitt.com
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