About This Deal

Alphabet acquired Phonetic Arts, a transaction announced in December 2010.

Phonetic Arts operates in Speech / Voice, is based in United Kingdom (Cambridge). Phonetic Arts was a Cambridge, England speech-synthesis company whose technology generated natural-sounding computer speech from small samples of recorded voice. Google acquired it to advance text-to-speech (voice output), complementing existing voice-input products like Voice Search and Voice Actions.

Strengthen speech-synthesis / voice-output to make automated voices sound more natural, complementing voice-input products.

Deal Terms

Acquirer
Alphabet
Target
Phonetic Arts
Value
Not disclosed
Date
December 2010
Type
Acquisition
Status
Official-source — no SEC filing

Transaction Details

Target HQ
United Kingdom (Cambridge)
Segment
Speech / Voice
Announced
December 3, 2010

In Their Words

That's why we're pleased to announce we've acquired Phonetic Arts, a speech synthesis company based in Cambridge, England.Mike Cohen, Manager of Speech Technology, Google

Advisors

Advisory firms were not disclosed for this transaction.

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