Speechmatics release Portuguese, to coincide with Rio hosting the greatest sporting tournament in the world

Continuing with our commitment to release a new language every two weeks, Speechmatics is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Portuguese. According to a recent Bloomberg ranking, Portuguese is recognized as the sixth most useful language for business, being the official language of 8 countries and spoken by over 220,000,000 native speakers and over 260,000,000 total speakers.

Auto-Auto enables us to deliver new languages in world-record beating times by utilizing the very latest in Artificial Intelligence and Deep Machine Learning techniques. Speechmatics would like to wish all nations and competitors a safe, enjoyable and unforgettable Olympic Games.

“What is so relevant about releasing Portuguese today, to coincide with the opening of the 2016 Olympiad, is that just like the world-class athletes competing in the Rio games, Speechmatics has used the most sophisticated and leading-edge training techniques in delivering yet another new language to market”,

commented Neil MacDonald, Chief Revenue Officer.