About

Specialising in under-resourced languages,
our team is breaking language barriers

Well-published academics
40+ years of experience in Human Language Technology
Speech-recognition pioneers

What we do

We develop speech recognition systems and solutions for under-resourced languages, using state-of-the-art technologies. Our main solutions currently focus on media monitoring, call center speech analytics, and transcription.

  • Media Monitoring: Broadcast Media Monitoring With accurate customised keyword detection

  • State-of-the-Art Transcription: Transcribing under-resourced languages

  • Speech Analytics: Tailored for call centre dialogues

What we do

We develop speech recognition systems and solutions for under-resourced languages, using state-of-the-art technologies. Our main solutions currently focus on media monitoring, call center speech analytics, and transcription.

  • Media Monitoring: Broadcast Media Monitoring With accurate customised keyword detection

  • State-of-the-Art Transcription: Transcribing under-resourced languages

  • Speech Analytics: Tailored for call centre dialogues

Our goal is to make speech recognition more accessible in Africa.

Our goal

Headquartered in Saltriver, South Africa, our models are crafted by South African experts, tailored to capture the nuances, accents, and dialects of regional speech patterns. As we continue to grow, our focus remains on expanding our reach to include even more African languages.

Our goal is to make speech recognition more accessible in Africa.

Our goal

Headquartered in Saltriver, South Africa, our models are crafted by South African experts, tailored to capture the nuances, accents, and dialects of regional speech patterns. As we continue to grow, our focus remains on expanding our reach to include even more African languages.

Our milestones

About Us

At Saigen, we specialise in developing customised large-vocabulary speech recognition systems for commercial applications, with a particular focus on under-resourced languages. Our clients include media monitoring companies, speech analytics providers, and transcriptionists.

Before founding Saigen, our founders were well-published academics who collaborated with international partners on speech-related projects.

At Saigen, we specialise in developing customised large-vocabulary speech recognition systems for commercial applications, with a particular focus on under-resourced languages. Our clients include media monitoring companies, speech analytics providers, and transcriptionists.

Before founding Saigen, our founders were well-published academics who collaborated with international partners on speech-related projects.

Achievements

While affiliated with NWU, they were part of the consortium that won the IARPA-sponsored spoken term detection Babel program. During their time at the CSIR, they worked with Google on Voice Search for South African languages, and were the first to build speech recognition systems for all 11 of South Africa’s official languages.

Collaboration

While part of the HLT group at the CSIR, and as an intern at Google NYC, they worked with the Google speech team on Voice Search for South African languages. During this same time, they developed the first small vocabulary speech recognition systems for all 11 South African languages.

Contribution

Saigen is proud to be part of the Alphawave group, a prominent technology investment consortium, with a dynamic team of over 375 professionals, including 175+ engineers and developers.

Meet our CEO

Charl van Heerden | CEO

With over 30 published papers, and extensive experience in the STT industry, Charl leads the team towards more accessible speech-to-text for under-resourced languages.

Meet our CEO

Charl van Heerden | CEO

With over 30 published papers, and extensive experience in the STT industry, Charl leads the team towards more accessible speech-to-text for under-resourced languages.

Solutions

Our speech-to-text software solutions

Our speech-to-text software solutions

Saigen enables industries with extensive voice data to affordably implement advanced speech-to-text software solutions. Using cutting-edge machine learning, we empower organisations with actionable insights from their voice data. Unlock valuable intelligence from voice recordings, live speech, phone calls, and more.