SPEAKINGPAL Highlights English learning solutions – Speaking course & Test Preparation Speech Recognition Technology - Like speaking with a person Video Content – awards winning lessons & user experience Multiplatform- Mobile phones, Tablets & PCs Self learning - after class & blended learning - In-class/guided ETS as a major shareholder - the maker of TOEFL & TOEIC tests
The Motivation behind our Scoring Why do we learn English? Job, Education, Travel = Career opportunities What is our Goal for speaking? To be understood !! For a test & in real life What do ASR algorithms score? Pronunciation compared with NATIVE speaker BUT – we can be understood without native level pronunciation
Intelligibility Speech Scoring Intelligibility – How well speech is understood. Not exactly the same as pronunciation!!! People can be well understood even if they have an accent and their pronunciation is not perfect. When learning English, intelligibility is the desired achievement. In our system, thresholds for pronunciation and intelligibility can be easily tuned.
Existing solutions Not enough opportunities to speak & practice English Especially for those with limited access! Not enough time in class No opportunities after class Not enough feedback!
The first virtual personal teacher SpeakingPal - Learn & Speak As close as it gets to speaking with a real private teacher SpeakingPal - Test prep SpeakingPal Business
SPEAKINGPAL Test Preparation 5 Skills Listen Speak Read Write Communicative skills – Dialogs CEFR Levels Elementary CEFR A1 Secondary CEFR A2 High School CEFR B1 University CEFR B2, & C1 Test preparation (Quizzes)
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First International winner Most prestigious awards in Europe AWARDS Innovation in Education Higher Education Winner SXSW Innovation in Learning Services Winner First International winner Most prestigious awards in Europe Best Mobile E-Learning Award Best Mobile Education Content Award Seoul, South Korea And more… Just to assure you that we are a PREMIUM service
With the president of Sony mobile Best Overall App - Honorable Mention AWARDS Technology Outstanding User Experience Award Sony Creative excellence award Silver winner, Mobile tech With the president of Sony mobile Winner of Best Multi screen experience Qualcomm Best Overall App - Honorable Mention And more…
Globally used Already served 4,000,000 users, in 180 countries Consumers, Institutions, Corporates & Ministries Of Education
Business Model Model Channel Method Consumers Direct Through partners In-app purchase Or Monthly Subscription via Carrier billing B2B & B2I Annual licenses Bulk purchase With professional services Education Institutes Schools/Corporate Model Channel Method
Team Eyal Eshed CEO Ariel Velikovsky CTO http://lnkd.in/xPwi5Y Serial entrepreneur. Successful acquisitions of previous companies Ariel Velikovsky CTO il.linkedin.com/in/arielvelikovsky Expert in Telco grade mobile services 20 years as CTO, R&D Manager & Chief Architect Dr. Shaunie Shammass VP Linguistic Innovation www.linkedin.com/pub/shaunie-shammass/5/100/157 World expert in applications of linguistics and Speech Recognition for language learning Advisors & BOD Rik Kranenburg Educational Services Executive www.linkedin.com/in/rikkranenburg Alexander Turkot Managing Partner at Maxfield capital https://www.linkedin.com/pub/alexander-turkot/6/207/950 Gigi Levy-Weiss Founding Partner at NFX il.linkedin.com/in/gigilevy/
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