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For many people around the world, a doctor’s visit can be exceptionally fraught due to a language barrier in a scenario where accuracy and the ability to understand and be understood are of utmost importance.
But four former and current students of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (opens in a new tab) in Haifa have developed a new tool that could mean an end to such situations, with an automatic translation platform that is designed specifically for encounters between patients and their physicians.
“It is a simultaneous translator between doctors and patients who have both language and cultural challenges,” explains CommU (opens in a new tab) CEO Hadar Eliad, MD.
“The objective of CommU is to offer free communication between patient and doctor,” she tells NoCamels.
CommU CEO Hadar Eliad, CFO Efrat Ordan, and COO Ella Fainitsky are current Technion students. Company CTO Hanna Ben-Yehuda is a Technion alumna.