Facebook acquires speech recognition startup Wit.ai
Jan05
In a surprise announcement, speech recognition startup Wit.ai has been acquired by Facebook today for an undisclosed sum. Developers use Wit.ai to get structured data from speech; it’s as simple as sending the speech to the service and it makes available structured JSON for your app to use. The company said of the announcement: It is an incredible acceleration in the execution of our vision. Facebook has the resources and talent to help us take the next step. Facebook’s mission is to connect everyone and build amazing experiences for the over 1.3 billion people on the platform – technology that understands…
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