VIQ Solutions Unveils AI-Powered FirstDraft Tuesday, 25 May 2021 23:52 VIQ Solutions Unveils AI-Powered FirstDraft
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Accurately converts audio to text enabling an efficient, cost-effective digitization for the billions of recordings captured each year thus expanding the total addressable market
PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: VIQ Solutions Inc. a global provider of secure, AI-driven, digital voice and video capture technology and transcription services, has announced the launch of FirstDraft, powered by aiAssist™, to quickly convert audio files to text providing near real-time access to interviews, testimony, recorded calls, and dictations in a cost-effective manner.
FirstDraft is the next step in delivering the most comprehensive end-to-end workflow for highly complex multi-speaker environments when time and accuracy count. VIQ uses aiAssist to assess the characteristics of an audio file and align it with the most efficient speech recognition engine. This specialized cyber
iTWire Tuesday, 25 May 2021 23:07 Digitisation of audio lagging behind when it comes to enterprise transformation
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COMPANY NEWS by Matthew Fowler, Managing Director for Asia-Pacific, VIQ Solutions: According to internal research conducted by VIQ Solutions, approximately 15 percent of the audio recorded by organisations, courts, law enforcement and other agencies including government bodies, is currently being digitised.
According to Gartner, 91 percent of businesses are engaged in some form of digital initiative, while 87 percent of senior business leaders say digitalisation is a priority. So why then is audio and video data being overlooked?
To some extent, the tools available for digitising a recording have not been as immediate and available as those for scanning and digitising paper documents. Intelligent capture solutions have been in the market for some years now, with incre
S Korea woos chipmakers to invest $453B by 2030
By IANS| Posted by Mansoor | Updated: 14th May 2021 2:03 pm IST
Seoul: South Korea said on Thursday it plans to provide massive tax incentives and state subsidies to chipmakers to encourage them to spend a combined $453 billion by 2030, in line with its vision to become a global powerhouse in both memory and non-memory chips.
Under the plan dubbed the K-semiconductor blueprint, the government will also draw up a 1.5 trillion-won budget to support the development of next-generation power semiconductors and AI chips, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy.
Another batch of 1 trillion won worth of low-interest loans will be provided to support facility investment by local chipmakers, including 8-inch wafer foundry lines. South Korea is home to leading global players including Samsung Electronics Co. and SK hynix Inc.
WatersTechnology.com Waters Wavelength Podcast: Episode 232 (AI networking and virtual conferences)
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›IIT Guwahati to provide expertise to the Northeast Frontier Railway for better operation and expansion of the rail network
IIT Guwahati to provide expertise to the Northeast Frontier Railway for better operation and expansion of the rail network
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IIT Guwahati to provide expertise to the Northeast Frontier Railway for better operation and expansion of the rail networkBy
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NFR is one of the 17 railway zones of the Indian Railways and is responsible for operation and expansion of rail network all across Northeastern states and some districts of Bihar and West Bengal.
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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) to collaborate on research projects to better serve the needs of the northeastern states.