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03/29/2021
Survey: Lingsoft is among the biggest language service companies in the world
The U.S.-based consultancy firm Nimdzi published their report on the world's hundred biggest language service companies for 2021. The report is based on surveys and financial data published by the companies. Lingsoft is the only Finnish company included in this report on the one hundred biggest language service providers in the world. Lingsoft has maintained its position in the TOP100 list for several consecutive years.
06/12/2020
European Commission Awards Lingsoft Translation Contracts for Finnish and Swedish
The European Commission has awarded Lingsoft Language Services Oy framework contracts for translation services into Finnish and Swedish. The value of the contracts totals five million euros. Lingsoft has been a contractor of Finnish translation services to the European Commission for nearly 20 years. With the new contracts, Lingsoft’s cooperation with the European Commission will also cover Swedish translations.
04/09/2020
Lingsoft assists the Finnish Parliament's Records Office in remote work using a speech recognition service
In the beginning of April, Lingsoft had the pleasure of starting a unique cooperation: We will help the experts at Parliament's Records Office to work remotely with Lingsoft's speech recognition service! Due to the exceptional circumstances, the Records Office has started working remotely, and Lingsoft is offering speech recognition services to the Records Office until the end of June.
01/02/2020
European Parliament Awards Lingsoft Three Major Translation Contracts
The European Parliament has awarded Lingsoft Language Services Oy the main contracts for translation services into Finnish and Swedish as well as a secondary contract for translation services into Danish. The value of the contracts totals over 10 million euros.
10/28/2019
Lingsoft partners up with IBM at Think Helsinki event on 29th of October 2019
Lingsoft is again participating as an IBM partner in the annual Think Summit at the Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre on 29th of October. At the event, IBM and its partners will be presenting breakthrough technologies and their utilisation in different industries. At Lingsoft's own stand, you can learn how to analyse text data by combining Lingsoft and IBM technologies. We will also be showcasing our speech recognition solutions throughout the day. Welcome!
08/02/2019
Lingsoft at #KIELI2019-conference
Lingsoft will join other presenters at Finlandia Hall for #KIELI2019 conference organized by the Finnish Language Service Providers SKY. Speakers will include i.e. Lingsoft’s CTO Juha Tarvainen speaking about the way language technology makes developing artificial intelligence possible.
06/24/2019
Lingsoft involved in developing solution that reaches final of EU Sharing and Reuse Awards
The Suomi.fi e-Authorisations and Finnish Service Catalogue developed for the Population Register Centre have reached the final of the European Union’s Sharing and Reuse Awards Contest. The contest is aimed at seeking out innovative and effective public administration services and programmes. For Lingsoft, getting to the final is a significant achievement, as Lingsoft has supplied the Population Register Centre with a solution developed under the working title Quality Agent (Laatuagentti). The competition jury highlighted in particular the text reviewer, which has been built for the Finnish Service Catalogue using Lingsoft’s language technology and which improves the linguistic accessibility of the catalogue.
04/12/2019
Lingsoft the only Finnish language services provider to make global TOP 100
Nimdzi Insights LLC, a US-based consulting firm, has published a comprehensive interviews and research-based report on the world's largest language services providers. Lingsoft is the only Finnish company that makes it to the 2019 ranking of the largest language services providers in the world. Lingsoft has improved its position, moving up five places, and now we are the world's 80th largest language services company with revenue of about EUR 12.8 million (USD 14.5 million). Lingsoft is also listed as one of the 30 fastest-growing companies with revenue of more than USD 10 million (EUR 8.8 million).
03/11/2019
Lingsoft one of the winners in innovation competition: accessible webcasts and better viewer experience with the help of language technology as main objective
Nowhere near all digital media is accessible today, and millions of people in the Nordic countries are excluded when there is a lack of subtitling for webcasts. Lingsoft is one of the winners in the 15th Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) innovation competition. In our project, we are developing innovative solutions to create inclusive and accessible viewer experiences, with the help of language technologies.
11/13/2018
Enhancing the Suomi.fi service with automation: Lingsoft and the Population Register Centre improve linguistic accessibility with the help of language technology
The accessibility of online services is important to the Population Register Centre, and accessibility has been made a top priority in the development of the Suomi.fi service. The Population Register Centre has decided to become the first actor in Finland to automatically monitor the accessibility of the texts used in its online services. In November 2018, Lingsoft will supply the Population Register Centre with a solution that helps public service providers write understandable, error-free and increasingly accessible service descriptions.