We allTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkiaTrademarkia, Some people don't consider the consequences of their mistakes. When she was a grade-school student, Madhumita Mallick, the head of inclusion, equity and impact at Carta, recalls how her name became a source of anxiety.
Studies have shown that when peers and teachers mispronounce the names of students of color, they are less likely to participate in class and more likely to disengage from school. The co-authors of one wrote in 2012 that actions and attitudes experienced in K-12 schools highlight a type of cultural 'othering' that is contrary to our goals for multicultural school environments.
Praveen heard a speaker flub his sister's name at her college graduation. His experiences as a first- generation immigrant inspired him to co-found Namecoach, which develops name pronunciation tools that can be embedded in existing platforms.
The goal is to make name mispronunciation a thing of the past.
He was working on his PhD at the time. He came up with the idea of an app that would collect recordings of students saying their names and deliver them to name readers for graduation. Hundreds of schools used Namecoach's software and services by the end of the year.
There are other companies in the market. A robust set of name pronunciation tools can be found on Name Shouts. He sought to differentiate Namecoach by investing in artificial intelligence and integrations.
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Namecoach uses an artificial intelligence system to predict the correct pronunciation when someone has multiple correct pronunciations. In cases where an audio recording of a name isn't available, another of the platform's systems makes speech.
A database of audio name pronunciations is used by Namecoach to show name pronunciations. Namecoach consults with linguistic experts and offers a submission form for correction if users make a mistake in the system.
An artificial intelligence is being developed by Namecoach to give pronunciations that take the speaker's native language into account. He said that accurate pronunciation sets the tone for a positive interaction.
Namecoach has a platform that works out-of-the-box with services such as Microsoft Teams, Outlook and Google Workspace, as well as a software development kit that can be used by third parties. The focus over the next few months will be the startup's first consumer app, which will be made available as a chrome extension next year.
Impact America Fund led an $8 million Series A round for Namecoach, which plans to ramp up its sales and marketing efforts. Prompts to enable warm interactions in sales scenarios and feedback to help users improve their conversations are some of the capabilities coming down the pipe.
It makes sense to lean into sales applications. The startup has more than 300 education and corporate clients around the world.
"The Series A funding enables us to accelerate our goal of integrating novel voice technology into every communication workflows to solve name pronunciation across a wide spectrum of use cases during any voice interaction." We are not reliant on any subsegment to thrive in a downturn due to the wide range of customers we have.
Namecoach has raised over fifteen million dollars in venture capital.
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