LinguaSys
{{Short description|American multilingual human language software company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = LinguaSys, Inc.
| industry = software
| founded = 2010
| founder = Brian Garr
| hq_location = Boca Raton, Florida
| products = TGPhoto
| services = multilingual human language software
}}
LinguaSys, Inc. was a company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. LinguaSys provided multilingual human language software and services[http://www.eweek.com/cloud/salesforce.com-marketing-cloud-gains-next-gen-social-analytics/ Salesforce.com Marketing Cloud Gains Next-Gen Social Analytics] to financial, banking, hospitality, Customer Relations Management, technology, forensics[http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mobile-forensics-goes-multilingual-as-micro-systemation-taps-linguasys-translation-technology-204684551.html Mobile Forensics Goes Multilingual As Micro Systemation Taps LinguaSys Translation Technology] and telecommunications blue chip enterprises, and the government and military.
History
LinguaSys was co-founded by chief executive officer Brian Garr in Boca Raton, Florida, USA;[https://web.archive.org/web/20120829155217/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-08-27/business/fl-worker-turned-entrepreneur-20120826_1_google-s-motorola-mobility-ibm-speech-recognition-technology South Florida workers-turned-entrepreneurs are creating jobs - Sun Sentinel][http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20130506/COLUMNIST/130509824/-1/news?Title=Angel-investors-ar-eout-there-you-just-need-to-know-where-to-look Angel investors are out there; you just need to know where to look | HeraldTribune.com] Chief Technology Officer Vadim Berman in Melbourne, Australia; and Vice President of Development and Architecture Can Unal in Darmstadt, Germany in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
CEO Brian Garr was formerly CTO of Globalink from 1995 to 1998 and is a recipient of the Smithsonian Institution's "Heroes in Technology" award for his work in Machine Translation.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}
Billionaire Mark Cuban began investing in LinguaSys, Inc., in 2012.[http://nibletz.com/2013/05/08/mark-cuban-leads-1-million-dollar-florida-startup-linguasys/ Mark Cuban Leads $1 Million Dollar Round For Florida Startup LinguaSys | Serious Startups] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105235515/http://nibletz.com/2013/05/08/mark-cuban-leads-1-million-dollar-florida-startup-linguasys/ |date=2014-01-05 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2013/05/03/billionaire-mark-cuban-among-investors.htmlong-investors.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-07-10 |archive-date=2018-10-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012133743/https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2013/05/03/billionaire-mark-cuban-among-investors.htmlong-investors.html |url-status=dead }}[https://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/10/10/mark-cuban-backs-human-language-specialist-linguasys/ Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban Backs Language Specialist LinguaSys]
Also in 2012, LinguaSys partnered with Salesforce.com, adding multilingual text analytics abilities to the company's social marketing services.
In 2014, LinguaSys made their technology available in a public cloud.[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20141021005129/en/LinguaSys-Launches-“GlobalNLP”-Natural-Language-Processing-API LinguaSys Launches “GlobalNLP” Natural Language Processing API Portal for Developers]
In 2015, LinguaSys added NLUI Server, which enables building Siri-like natural language applications rapidly in a variety of languages, to the products available in the public cloud.[http://www.speechtechmag.com/Articles/News/Speech-Technology-News-Features/LinguaSys-Launches-Natural-Language-User-Interface-Server-102047.aspx LinguaSys Launches Natural Language User Interface Server]
In August 2015, LinguaSys was acquired by Aspect Software.[http://www.aspect.com/company/news/press-releases/aspect-software-announces-acquisition-of-the-technology-assets-of-linguasys-a-leading-provider-of-natural-language-understanding-nlu-and-interactive-text-response-itr-technology Aspect Software Announces Acquisition of the Technology Assets of LinguaSys, a Leading Provider of Natural Language Understanding (NLU) and Interactive Text Response (ITR) Technology]{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2015/08/12/linguasys-tech-tools-acquired-by-cloud-service.html|title=LinguaSys' tech tools acquired by cloud service company Aspect Software|last=|first=|date=|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=2018-06-27}}
Products and services
LinguaSys uses interlingual natural language processing software to provide multilingual text, sentiment, relevance and conceptual understanding and analysis.[http://www.federalnewsradio.com/137/3341736/Industry-Chatter-Brian-Garr-LinguaSys Industry Chatter: Brian Garr, LinguaSys - FederalNewsRadio.com][http://www.drdobbs.com/tools/new-natural-language-processing-api-port/240169200 "New Natural Language Processing API Portal"] Dr. Dodds. by Adrian Bridgwater, October 22, 2014 LinguaSys trademarked its proprietary interlingual technology called Carabao Linguistic Virtual Machine.{{cite book|author1=Amy Neustein|author2=Judith A. Markowitz|title=Where Humans Meet Machines: Innovative Solutions for Knotty Natural-Language Problems|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FYBDAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|date=22 June 2013|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4614-6934-6|pages=55–}} LinguaSys' multilingual software solutions are customized by clients and used via SaaS and behind the firewall. LinguaSys is an IBM Business Partner.
LinguaSys' multilingual technology is used on enterprise servers and consumer smartphones.[http://www.multilingual.com/newsDetail.php?id=8462 MultiLingual: LinguaSys teams with Salesforce.com @multilingualMag][http://www.southfloridasunrise.com/article/salesforcecom-adds-linguasys-social-insights-ecosystem Salesforce.com adds LinguaSys to social insights ecosystem | South Florida Sunrise]
LinguaSys has developed an app TGPhoto which allows the user to snap a photo of some text and show a translation to one of fifty languages.[http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/app_allows_you_to_point_shoot_translate_p8xs6YfgSt6McmuuSyAXhO App allows you to point, shoot & translate | New York Post][http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/12/tgphoto-app-translates-signs-in-foreign-languages/1#.Ud3SR6yLaYJ TGPhoto app translates signs in foreign languages] The software works on Android, and Blackberry smartphones.[http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/12/tgphoto-app-translates-signs-in-foreign-languages/1#.VPc16eF0elo "TGPhoto app translates signs in foreign languages"]. by Edward C. Baig, USA TODAY. 2010-12-08
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