An Israeli startup that uses AI to generate highly accurate transcripts and captions is working to preserve the testimonies of survivors of the Holocaust.
Verbit says it is using a collection of “relevant and specific terms” relating to the Holocaust and the recollections of survivors to train its Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) platform.
According to the company, this gives more accurate results, in particular when recording survivors who speak a range of languages in a variety of accents.
The Givatayim-based startup is partnered on the project with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (commonly known as the Claims Conference), the representative of world Jewry in negotiations on restitution for the victims of the Nazis.
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Verbit CEO and Founder Tom Livne is a Technion alumnus.
