When an aging parent with dementia speaks in unrecognizable words, or when an autistic child communicates in his own invented language, how can caregivers, teachers or family members hope to understand what the person is trying to say?
A new Israeli company called VoiceITT fills in the gaps, giving a voice of clarity to anyone with speech difficulties.
Maybe you have a stutter that prevents you from completing a full sentence, or a neurodegenerative disease that impairs speech, or you suffered a stroke that has rendered your once eloquent prose into frustrating babble.
Using VoiceITT, your own words turn into a computerized output of what you really intended to say, thanks to a real-time intonation engine. The company’s slogan is “Capture the colors of your voice.”
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NetBus [is] an app that shows Israeli commuters when to expect the bus they’re waiting for to arrive at their stop. It was supposed to go global sometime soon – and that time has arrived.
Rebranded as Ototo – a Hebrew expression for “any minute now” – the souped-up app is now available in 5,000 cities in 80 countries.
And it’s no longer just about real-time scheduling info. Ototo’s founders Snir Mac, David Vatine, Shimon Tohami and Liav Sagron have ambitious plans to use their growing crowdsourced data power to offer alternative public-transit routes (a la Waze) and even create “public transportation on demand” in the world’s busiest cities.
Roojoom is the latest buzzword you need to know for online content. It’s a new Israeli platform that helps publishers, businesses and even individuals curate web content, organize it, and guide readers.
Sounds similar to Flipboard? Marni Mandell, head of business development for Roojoom, says that while Flipboard lets people curate their favorite stories into a personalized magazine as soon as they click on a link, the reader is led elsewhere on the web. Roojoom readers stay in a pre-organized content space even when they click on a link or hyperlink, leading to increased engagement and improved click-through rates.
“It keeps people on topic even if they go off topic,” Mandell tells ISRAEL21c. “Roojoom is like a guided tour on the web. It is going to change the way people read online.”
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A new study shows that it’s profitable to do business with Israeli companies. More than 200 companies with connections to Israel contributed $6.2 billion to the Massachusetts economy last year, reports a study conducted by the consulting firm Stax and supported by Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Boston.
“Massachusetts has become a home away from home for Israel’s innovation economy,” Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick was quoted as saying by JTA.
The study says the businesses range from information technology to life sciences and software. The companies employed more than 6,600 people in 2012.
Sami Zangi suffered from essential tremor for 15 years.
The involuntary shaking in his hands was so bad that he could not successfully bring a glass of water to his lips or a pen to piece of paper. In November, treatment withfocused ultrasound beams developed and commercialized by InSightec appears to have cured Zangi.
Israeli doctors hope he will be the first of many to benefit from the technology.
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Israeli-developed exoskeleton for paraplegics is one of TIME magazine’s 25 Best Inventions of the Year 2013. The medical device developed by ARGO Medical Technologies is hailed for the autonomy it gives back to those who need it most.
“Call it an exoskeleton or a bionic suit, but for paraplegics, it’s freedom. This innovative device, developed by a quadriplegic Israeli scientist, relies on sensors that anticipate shifts in the user’s balance and translates them into movements like walking and standing,” writes the magazine about ReWalk.
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Israeli company’s SomnuSeal mask is more comfortable for patients who can’t tolerate the existing option, and it protects cardiac health too.
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Discover’s SomnuSeal, a unique mask for CPAP machines, is a small, self-adjusting device that fits between lips and teeth like a boxer’s mouth guard. It does not touch the nose, lips or tongue and requires no straps.
Two clinical trials at independent sleep labs in Israel showed that 22 percent of people who have refused to use other CPAP masks were fully compliant with SomnuSeal, which earned the European CE Mark in 2010.
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