Company:Speechify Text To Speech
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SpeechWorks International, Inc | |
Industry | Technology, education |
Founder | Cliff Weitzman |
Services | Productivity software, dyslexia & accessibility software |
Website | speechify |
Speechify Text To Speech is a mobile and desktop app that can have any text read out to them using a computer generated text to speech voice.[1][2][3]
It produces near human quality voices and performs optical character recognition that allows users to scan physical books[4] and instantly listen to them spoken out loud like an audiobook.[5]
History
Speechify was founded by Cliff Weitzman, a dyslexic college student at Brown University[6][7] as a tool to allow the student to keep up with his reading for classes.
Product
In addition to English, Speechify's in-app user interface is available in the following languages: French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, simplified Chinese, Spanish, traditional Chinese.[8]
References
- ↑ Ross, Tova (June 6, 2018). "36 under 36 -- Social Entrepreneurship. Empowering Others with the Power of Speech". https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/cliff-weitzman-23/.
- ↑ "Cliff Weitzman" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/profile/cliff-weitzman/.
- ↑ "East Side Monthly June 2017" (in en). https://issuu.com/providencemedia/docs/esm_0617.
- ↑ Boitnott, John (2017-08-29). "This Immigrant Founder Taught Himself English--Then Made an App That Helps Others With His Disability (and Speed Readers)". https://www.inc.com/john-boitnott/how-one-founder-turned-his-dyslexia-into-an-app-th.html.
- ↑ Boitnott, John (30 August 2017). "How One Founder Turned His Dyslexia Into a App That Helps People With the Disability Learn Faster" (in en-US). https://www.inc-asean.com/innovate/one-founder-turned-dyslexia-app-helps-people-disability-learn-faster/.
- ↑ Barton, ByMerrilee. "Cliff Weitzman" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/profile/cliff-weitzman/.
- ↑ Stabile, Lori (2017-02-15). "Five Questions With: Cliff Weitzman" (in en-US). https://pbn.com/five-questions-with-cliff-weitzman120423/.
- ↑ https://apps.apple.com/us/app/speechify-audio-text-reader/id1209815023
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