Pasadena Speech Tech Company Launches First Middle East, Africa-Focused Automatic Transcription, Translation and Subtitling Platform

A dialectal speech technology company with offices in Pasadena,  Qatar, United Arab Emirates and India announced Tuesday it has launched a platform that offers automatic transcription, translation, and subtitling for dialectal languages spoken in over 20 Arab countries, each of which has its own set of unique dialects.

Kanari AI said its new “Fenek AI” platform focuses on dialectal Arabic and English initially, with plans to expand to other dialectal languages in the future.

The Middle East-Africa (MENA) region’s variety of dialects has posed a significant challenge for speech recognition technology in the past. Fenek AI is the first platform to offer automatic transcription for all Arabic dialects and English, even when spoken in the same sentence, which is a common occurrence in the region.

According to Ryan Carmichael, CEO and founder of Kanari AI, the launch of Fenek AI is aimed at increasing speech technology adoption in the MENA region. Carmichael notes that the 400 million native Arabic speaker market has been ignored for too long by speech technologies. Fenek AI aims to make speech recognition technology more accessible to consumers in the region.

Fenek AI’s technology is designed to navigate different social and cultural contexts to capture entire conversations. This is an important feature, as it ensures that the context and meaning of conversations are not lost during the transcription process.

The platform has several key features, including the ability to transcribe audio and video files in Arabic and English, even online meeting recordings. Users can edit, share, and download files in multiple formats, including subtitles. Fenek AI also allows users to create workspaces for teams and multiple projects, making it easier for teams to collaborate and manage their transcription projects.

Kanari AI is a recognized leader in dialectal speech technologies, with a focus on automatic speech recognition, text-to-speech, and natural language processing. The company’s leading Arabic speech recognition solutions have previously only been available to enterprises, governments, media companies, and intelligence groups. With the launch of Fenek AI, the same technology is now available to consumers. The company has offices in Pasadena, CA; Doha, Qatar; Dubai, UAE, and Bangalore, India. For more information, visit www.kanari.ai.