1997 | December |
Advanced Media, Inc. established as speech recognition venture at 1-32-6 Kakigara-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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1997 | December |
Advanced Media, Inc. established as speech recognition venture at 1-32-6 Kakigara-cho, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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1999 | March |
Formed the Interactive Voice System Research Group (IVSRG) to support the evaluation and improvement of AmiVoice, and released the AmiVoice SDK software development support tool (version 1.0)
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2000 | July |
Released version 3.0 of the AmiVoice SDK, launched actual Solution Support Business. Headquarters moved to 3-1-1 Higashi-Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo.
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November |
AmiVoice Web site for speech recognition applications comes on line; License Business for enterprise users commenced.
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2002 | March |
AmiVoice for game machines (XBOX, PS2) released simultaneously with announcement of AmiVoice/Distributed Speech Recognition (DSR), which is primarily for communications use. Also released AmiVoice Medical for Radiology, a pioneering speech input package for radiological image diagnostic reports.
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October |
Released AmiVoiceDSR for Dictation/PDA, which uses AmiVoice DSR to allow dictation using a PDA.
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November |
Released AmiVoice ID (now called AmiVoice Mobile Verification), a client-server speech verification application.
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2003 | April |
Released AmiVoice Medical Scribe, a user-friendly medical text output application with high-speed processing. Initiated sales partner system in the medical area.
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May |
Released AmiVoice SDK version 5.0, which supports the development of speech recognition applications for the versatile PC platform.
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August |
Released AmiVoice Rewriter, a conference proceedings creation support application; AmiVoice CallScriber, an application for converting recorded contact-center conversations to text; and AmiVoice Reporter, an operating report creation support system; launched high-value-added License Business.
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2004 | March |
Released AmiVoice Ex (Hospital/Clinic), an electronic medical record application.
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May |
Local government assemblies and their committees commenced using AmiVoice Rewriter.
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June |
Commenced sales of Japanese-language study applications with audible pronunciation guides and interactive English conversation practice applications.
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October |
AmiVoice DSR front end converted to ASIC chip, mounted in mobile telephones.
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2005 | January |
Released AmiVoice Ex Pharmacy, a speech recognition application for dispensing pharmacies to support the preparation of instructions on dosage and administration.
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February |
Commenced sales of AmiVoice CALL?pronunciation, an application that assists Japanese students to correct their English pronunciation
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March |
Actroid, a reception and information robot, introduced at Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan. Operating in four languages, Actroid incorporates Advanced Media’s conversation technology.
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June |
Listed on Mothers market at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Hokkaido Prefectural Assembly and other local government assemblies began using conference proceedings creation system.
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July |
Established subsidiary Voice Domain Service, Inc. to offer voice-operated Internet search services using mobile telephones.
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October |
Significantly reduced the price of AmiVoice® Ex Clinic, the industry’s most accurate speech input software for electronic medical records, with the object of increasing the number of sites using it
Converted MC2, Ltd. into a consolidated subsidiary for the purpose of expanding Advanced Media’s business base
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2006 | March |
Commenced sales of AmiVoice Ex BizMail, an application for business text mail input.
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April |
Started offering the Open Sesame System, which uses speaker verification to automatically unlock doors.
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August |
Established Voice Capital Solutions Co., Ltd., an enterprise investment and consulting subsidiary to promote growth of businesses using AmiVoice.
Commenced sales of voice-input business software for NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA® business series “FOMA® M1000”, as an ASP service.
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September |
Commenced sales of AmiVoice SceneDirector, which uses voice commands to provide integrated control of devices in meeting rooms.
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October |
Advanced Media President Kiyoyuki Suzuki is named Japan’s “Entrepreneur of the Year” by the international annual award scheme that recognizes the achievements of outstanding business leaders.
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2007 | May |
Released AmiVoice Guard speaker verification system.
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August |
FOMA® Raku-Raku PHONE IV manufactured by Fujitsu starts using AmiVoice DSR clients.
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November |
Commenced sales of AmiVoice Es 2008, AMI’s first voice recognition application for the general consumer.
Started offering a voice recognition server for NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA® 905i series.
Along with this, AMI launched its mobile content site, “KoeCheki.”
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2008 | April |
Sold the consolidated subsidiary MC2, Ltd. Started providing Voice Input Mail services for NTT DoCoMo’s Raku-Raku PHONE Premium by Fujitsu equipped with the AmiVoice DSR.
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October |
The voice recognition technology used in Voice Input Mail named “Software Product of the Year® 2008” by the Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan.
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2009 | May |
Installed committee meeting minutes suport system for all standing committees of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly.
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July |
Commenced sales of Voice Recognition Mail for the iPhone.
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August |
AMI and Nichii Gakkan Company enter into a capital and business alliance.
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November |
Released AmiVoice CommunicationSuite, a voice management solution for contact centers. Commenced sales of AmiVoice CALL Lite ?pronunciation-, an English pronunciation correction application for the general consumer.
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2010 | June |
Released ENIFvoice SP, a voice recognition based support system for preparing histories of patient’s pharmaceutical usage. The product was developed jointly with Toho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
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July |
Commenced sales of AmiVoice SP, a voice recognition application for the general consumer.
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September |
Provided AmiVoice for “Narikiri Travel English Conversation,” part of Nichii Gakkan‘s Web College e-learning series.
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October |
Launched CyberClerk Institute Co., Ltd., a joint operation with Nichii Gakkan Company.
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December |
Commenced sales of an English pronunciation correction application, AmiVoice CALL -pronunciation-, for junior-high and high school use.
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2008 | January |
Provided of AmiVoice for “Narikiri Business English Conversation,” part of Nichii Gakkan‘s Web College e-learning series.
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March |
Launched Yahoo! Voice Search, an iPhone application developed jointly with Yahoo Japan Corporation under the listing of Yahoo! Labs.
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2012 | March |
Released AmiVoice Ex7 Rehabili, a voice-input system for rehabilitation medicine.
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June |
Launched sales of AmiVoice Cloud, a voice recognition cloud service for corporations.
Launched sales of AmiVoice Ex7 MentalCare, a voice-input system for psychiatry. |
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November |
Provided AmiVoiceR to Ohanashi Assistant, an application from KDDI Corporation that enables voice-activated control of smartphones.
Released AmiVoiceSP2, voice recognition software for general consumers. Provided the AmiVoice voice recognition technology for AQUOS PHONE ZETA SH-02E (manufactured by Sharp), a Winter 2012 model smartphone from NTT DoCoMo. |
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December |
Released AmiVoice Smart for smartphones and smart tablets; introduced AmiVoice Smart for Radiology for radiologists.
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2013 | March |
Released AmiVoice Picking, a voice-picking system.
Released AOI Browser, a unique web browser for the iPhone. |
May |
Provided the voice recognition engine for Car Navitime for Smartphones, a car navigation application.
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September |
Glamo Inc. becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary.
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November |
Released VoXT, a cloud-based voice recognition and transcription service.
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December |
Established the Business Development Center in Osaka.
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2014 | April |
Launched sales of AmiVoice Server for On-premise, a voice recognition system for internal company operations.
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July |
Jointly developed J-TAC, a television subtitling support system incorporating voice recognition for TV Asahi Create.
Joint development with Sato of AmiVoice iPicking, a wearable voice-picking system based on the iPod Touc. |
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August |
Shorthand Center Tsukuba Co., Ltd. becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary.
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