Fact · Dictation software
102.5million US dollars
Nuance acquired SpinVox, a London startup that transcribed voicemails to text, for $102.5 million, as reported on December 30, 2009.
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In the source's own words
“December 30, 2009 SpinVox, a London-based technology startup that transcribes voicemails to text so that they can be more easily digitized, searched, and manipulated, has been acquired by speech recognition company Nuance for $102.5 million.”
Nuance Finally Picks Up SpinVox For $102.5 Million, Leena Rao, TechCrunch, 2009, Article byline and first paragraph.
Open the original- What it measures
- SpinVox turned voicemails into text so they could be searched and handled as digital text. This is a transcription business, not a desktop dictation app, and it is included as a speech recognition acquisition.
- What it does not show
- The price is the figure in the news report. The article is from the day of the deal and does not describe later changes to the SpinVox service.
In the data
A row of History of Dictation Software: A Dated Timeline, as Nuance buys SpinVox: 2,009 year.
- Event
- Acquisition
- Product
- SpinVox
- Maker
- Nuance
- Date
- 2009-12-30
- Kind
- Transcription
A row of Voice AI Funding: Speech and Dictation Startup Rounds, as SpinVox acquisition by Nuance: 102.5 million US dollars.
- Company
- SpinVox
- Deal
- Acquisition
- What the company makes
- Transcription service
- Led by or buyer
- Nuance
- Announced
- 2009-12-30
- Year
- 2009
Source
Used to calculate
- The timeline of dictation and speech recognition products dataset holds 48 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The timeline of dictation and speech recognition products dataset draws on 42 distinct sources.
- In the funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset, the 6 published figures for “Transcription service” have a median of 11.1 million US dollars, ranging from 3.1 to 102.5.
- The funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset holds 57 data points, each a published figure traced to its source.
- The funding rounds and acquisitions in speech recognition and dictation dataset draws on 52 distinct sources.