In fact, in addition to Facebook, and these big companies have acquired voice recognition applications

Facebook's acquisition of voice-recognition start-ups yesterday wit.ai a spotlight on speech recognition technology. The Wall Street Journal said the company's technology helped Facebook get more information for targeted advertising. But in fact, in the speech recognition of the market has been very fierce competition, Apple has Siri, Microsoft has Cortana, Google has Google Now, the three it giants have launched their own voice assistant products respectively. Let's take a look at what kind of speech recognition companies these big companies have acquired:

Facebook buys wit.ai and mobile Technologies

The newly acquired wit.ai allows users to command mobile apps (IOS, Android, etc.), wearable devices and robots, and almost any smart device you can think of, directly through voice. In short, it is "translating language into operational data", allowing entrepreneurs to introduce speech recognition technology into their applications, and help developers assemble their voice samples to drive a voice and natural language recognition system.

For King Facebook, the acquisition helped its voice control progress and increased Facebook's ability to understand natural language as a whole.

In addition to Wit.ai,facebook also acquired the speech recognition company Mobile Technologies in 2013. MT was founded in 2001, the company launched its Jibbigo application in 2009, which allows users to choose from more than 25 languages, use a language for voice fragment recording or text input, and then display the translation on the screen, read aloud in the language you choose.

Apple buys Novauris, quietly begins speech recognition battle

Apple acquired the Auto speech recognition company Novauris Technologies,novauris in 2013, a subsidiary of the British Research Institute Dragon Bae, and Dragon Bae is known for its voice dictation recognition. Novauris was founded in 2012 and its founder has deep roots in Apple's acquisition of Siri.

Google buys multiple speech recognition technology patents to counter Siri

In 2014, Google acquired a number of voice-recognition-related patents for SR Tech Group, including a patent for the "Search Engine Voice Interface" and a "modified, updated speech recognition program System". Google has been working to invest in voice-search technology to compete with Apple's Siri. Google has also developed a desktop voice search service "conversational search", no need to type keywords, just to say "OK, Google ..." in the Chrome browser to achieve voice search.

Samsung or acquisition speech recognition software vendor nuance

According to the news, Samsung bought the speech recognition software business nuance in 2014. Nuance mainly for mobile phones, television and GPS navigation equipment to develop voice-driven technology. Last September the company said its technology had been used in Samsung handsets, televisions and tablets and would also be used in its wearable devices. Its technology also supports the Apple's Siri digital personal assistant, but the core layer of Siri AI is not related to this technology.

Amazon buys speech recognition company Yap

A document from the SEC showed that Amazon had completed a takeover of Yap, a voice-recognition company, which could mean Amazon's foray into the voice market. Founded in 2006, Yap is a North Carolina State software company in the United States, which mainly provides text-to-speech services, and Yap voice mail is one of its most representative applications. According to reports, the company has a large number of intellectual property rights in speech recognition, in 2008, received by the Sunbridge to invest in the 6.5 million dollar a round of financing.

Intel acquisition Speech recognition technology company Indisys

To enhance its capabilities in speech recognition technology and voice-related interfaces, Intel acquired a Spanish natural language processing company,--indisys, in 2013. Indisys's voice interaction technology is mainly used in electronic devices, artificial intelligence, and similar to Siri's voice assistants. These technologies, which are closer to the mobile market, are the direction Intel is moving from the traditional desktop PC and notebook areas.