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SoundHound Inc. Launches New Houndify Voice Platform Partnerships With Uber and Yelp
SoundHound
Inc., the leading innovator in sound recognition and voice search
technologies, today announced new partnerships for Houndify,
its voice-enabling developer platform, furthering the company's mission
to "Houndify everything." Data from Uber
and Yelp
will now be accessible by developers using the Houndify platform, to
provide users with the information and actions they want.
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Houndify launched
in December, after a decade of research and development, and enables
developers to revolutionize their products and services by adding
voice-enabled conversational intelligence to any app or product.
Houndify is already featured in SoundHound Inc.'s mobile apps, Hound
and SoundHound,
making them hands-free and voice interface enabled. In addition, more
than 15,000 partners have registered to use the Houndify platform for
their products, including NVIDIA,
Samsung
and more. Houndify provides software development kits (SDKs) across all
major operating systems and platforms, including iOS, Android (News - Alert), Windows,
Unix, and Raspberry Pi, giving unparalleled speed-to-market and the
ability to scale, and includes an ever-expanding set of domains, which
are programs that provide users with relevant information or actions
related to their queries.
"We're thrilled to include partners like Uber and Yelp (News - Alert) in our Houndify
platform, which gives developers unprecedented abilities to add a
natural, conversational voice interface to anything," said Keyvan
Mohajer, co-founder/CEO of SoundHound Inc. "Now Houndify developers have
the tools to create experiences that enable voice interfaces for finding
the best restaurant and booking an Uber to get there."
The Uber
domain is now accessible for all developers using Houndify, and
enables them to access Uber data and initiate booking. This enables
developers to incorporate Uber ride requests into their own product
experiences, as seen in the Hound app, including asking fare and
distance information, hands-free.
"I'm a huge believer in voice interfaces, so it's exciting to have Uber
capabilities baked into the Houndify platform. I can't wait to see how
developers use this in their apps" said Chris Saad, Head of Product,
Uber Developer Platform.
Yelp announced the Houndify partnership as part of its new Yelp
Fusion developer program, which includes more tools for developers
to build with the new Yelp Fusion API and Yelp data, plus a revamped
developer portal. With the Yelp
domain now live and publicly accessible within the Houndify
platform, developers can easily access Yelp data and create rich
voice-enabled experiences for local search.
"We're excited to expand our partnership with SoundHound and bring
Houndify on as a Yelp Fusion developer partner," Chad Richard, SVP
Business & Corporate Development, Yelp. "By integrating the Yelp Fusion
API into Houndify, developers can not only build amazing conversational
interfaces into their products, but they'll also have the best local
data available. This partnership helps us further Yelp's mission of
making local content and data accessible to consumers in more places and
encouraging innovation in the developer world."
SoundHound Inc. shows the power of the Houndify platform's capabilities,
including the first-ever voice-controlled implementations of Yelp and
Uber services in the Hound voice search and assistant app. Developers
seeking to Houndify their products and services can access domains
provided by SoundHound Inc. and from the following partners:
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Yelp: local business information, including restaurants and more
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Uber: find out ride prices and book a car
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Expedia (News - Alert).com: hotel, flight and vacation booking data
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AccuWeather: local weather information and forecasts
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Sportradar: pre-match, live and post-match data for more than 50 sports
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Xignite (News - Alert): deep stock market information
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FlightStats: real-time flight data and airport information
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Open Exchange Rates: real-time currency exchange rates
Developers interested in exploring the Houndify platform can visit Houndify.com
to learn more and register. The Hound voice search and assistant app is
available as a free iOS or Android app, and can be downloaded via SoundHound.com/Hound.
About SoundHound Inc.:
SoundHound
Inc. turns sound into understanding and actionable meaning. We
believe in enabling humans to interact with the things around them in
the same way we interact with each other: by speaking naturally to
mobile phones, cars, TVs, music speakers, and every other part of the
emerging 'connected' world. Our consumer product, Hound, leverages our
Speech-to-Meaning technology to showcase a groundbreaking smartphone
experience, and is the first product to leverage and showcase the
Houndify platform. Our SoundHound product applies our technology to
music, enabling people to discover, explore, and share the music around
them, and even find the name of that song stuck in their heads by
singing or humming. Through the Houndify platform, we empower developers
to be part of the Speech-to-Meaning revolution. Our Mission: Houndify
everything.
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