# Apptek

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{{short description|American AI company}}
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'''Applications Technology''' ('''AppTek''') is a U.S. company headquartered in [McLean, Virginia](/source/McLean%2C_Virginia) that specializes in [artificial intelligence](/source/artificial_intelligence) and [machine learning](/source/machine_learning) for [human language technologies](/source/human_language_technologies). The company provides both managed and professional services for [natural language processing](/source/natural_language_processing) (NLP) technologies including automatic [speech recognition](/source/speech_recognition) (ASR), neural [machine translation](/source/machine_translation) (MT), [natural-language understanding](/source/natural-language_understanding) (NLU) and neural [speech synthesis](/source/speech_synthesis). 

AppTek's Head of Science, Prof. Dr. -Ing Hermann Ney,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hermann Ney - Engineering and Technology History Wiki|url=https://ethw.org/Hermann_Ney|access-date=2022-02-07|website=ethw.org}}</ref> was awarded the [IEEE James L. Flanagan Speech and Audio Processing Award](/source/IEEE_James_L._Flanagan_Speech_and_Audio_Processing_Award) in 2019 and the [ISCA](/source/International_Speech_Communication_Association) Medal for Scientific Achievement in 2021 for his work in natural language processing.<ref>{{Cite press release|last=AppTek|title=AppTek 's Prof. Dr. -Ing. Hermann Ney Awarded the 2021 ISCA Medal for Scientific Achievement|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apptek-s-prof-dr--ing-hermann-ney-awarded-the-2021-isca-medal-for-scientific-achievement-301227435.html|access-date=2022-02-07|website=[PR Newswire](/source/PR_Newswire)|date=February 12, 2021}}</ref>

==History==
AppTek was acquired in 1998 by [Lernout & Hauspie](/source/Lernout_%26_Hauspie) (at the time a NASDAQ publicly traded company), AppTek organized a management buy-out and went private again in 2001. In 2014, the company sold its hybrid machine translation technology to [eBay](/source/eBay)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-06-13|title=eBay Acquires AppTek’s Machine Translation Technology|url=https://www.ebayinc.com/stories/news/ebay-acquires-appteks-machine-translation-technology/|access-date=2022-02-09|website=www.ebayinc.com|language=en-US}}</ref> and has since rebuilt the platform to modern neural-based approaches for machine translation. In 2020, SOSi acquired non-controlling interest in AppTek and became an exclusive reseller of AppTek products for U.S. federal, state, and local government entities.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SOSi Invests in AppTek|url=https://www.sosi.com/news/sosi-invests-in-apptek/}}</ref>

==See also==

* [Google Translate](/source/Google_Translate)
* [Microsoft Translator](/source/Microsoft_Translator)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Translator |url=https://translator.microsoft.com/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=Translator |language=en}}</ref>
* [vidby](/source/vidby)<ref>{{Cite web |title=vidby for translation, dubbing and creation of subtitles service |url=https://vidby.com/ |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=vidby.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [DeepL](/source/DeepL)<ref>{{Cite web |title=DeepL Translate: The world's most accurate translator |url=https://www.deepl.com/translator |access-date=2023-06-29 |website=www.deepl.com |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Machine translation
Category:Speech recognition

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