SoundHound
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| Developer(s) | SoundHound, Inc |
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| Initial release | January 29, 2009 |
| Website | www |
SoundHound Inc., founded in 2005, is an audio recognition and cognation company. It develops sound-recognition and sound-search technologies. Its feature product is called SoundHound. It also developed a voice-recognition smart assistant platform called Hound and an api called Houndify for use on Android systems.
History
The company was founded in 2005 by Keyvan Mohajer, a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford. In 2010, the company's Midomi app was rebranded as SoundHound. In 2012, SoundHound announced it had over 100 million users globally.[1] In 2014, SoundHound became the first music-search product available as a wearable.[2] Later, SoundHound became the first music recognition service shipping in autos, in a partnership with Hyundai, in the new 2015 Genesis.[3] By June 2015, SoundHound had over 260 million users globally.[4]
SoundHound Features
SoundHound is a music search engine available on the Apple App Store[5] Google Play,[6] the Windows Phone Store, and on the BlackBerry 10 platform.[7] It enables users to identify music recorded through their device's microphone.[8] For searching, it is possible to speak or type the name of the artist, composer, song and piece.[8] SoundHound can recognise tracks from singing, humming, speaking, or typing, as well as from a recording.[9] Sound matching is achieved through "Sound2Sound" technology, which, the company says, can match even poorly-hummed performances to professional recordings.[10]
Funding
Melodis secured $7 million in a Series B funding round in October 2008, bringing total funds raised to $12 million. The round was led by TransLink Capital with the participation of JAIC America and Series A investor Global Catalyst Partners.[11]
In 2009, Melodis attracted additional funding from Larry Marcus at Walden Venture Capital, who had previously invested in music startups Pandora and Snocap.[10] The $4 million funding round was led by Walden Venture Capital VII, with the participation of an unnamed device manufacturer.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "SCREENVISION ACTIVATES SOUNDHOUND PARTNERSHIP TO CONNECT MOBILE MOVIEGOERS TO BIG SCREEN ADS | Screenvision". www.screenvision.com. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ^ "SoundHound First Music Discovery Service to Be Live on Wearables | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ^ "Hyundai and Kia tap SoundHound to help you identify music in your car". Engadget. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ^ "SoundHound Inc. Introduces Hound, Unprecedented Speech Recognition + Natural Language Understanding, and the Houndify Developer Platform | Business Wire". www.businesswire.com. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
- ^ Jackson, Holly (10 July 2008). "Sing for search results with iPhone app". CNET. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ Dolcourt, Jessica (15 June 2010). "New SoundHound names that tune--for free (Android)". CNET. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ Dolcourt, Jessica (6 October 2009). "Windows mobile app store, My Phone service officially opening". CNET. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ a b Dolcourt, Jessica (3 December 2009). "Midomi 3.0 seeks song lyrics, knows what's hot". CNET. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ Dolcourt, Jessica (16 July 2008). "First Look video: Shazam for iPhone". CNET. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ a b Needleman, Rafe (28 July 2009). "Midomi music search gets funding and opportunities". CNET. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Search and Sound Recognition Innovator MELODIS and Creator of Midomi Raises $7 Million in Series B Funding" (Press release). Melodis Corporation. 7 October 2008. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- ^ "Melodis, Sound Search Technology and Applications Innovator, Raises $4M Led by Walden Venture Capital and a Strategic Investor" (Press release). Melodis Corporation. 4 August 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2012.