Uber, Yelp Partner With SoundHound for Its Voice-Enabling Developer Platform
SoundHound partnered with Uber and Yelp for its Houndify voice-enabling developer platform, the company said in a Wednesday announcement. Houndify, launched in December after a decade of R&D, allows developers to add voice-enabled conversational intelligence to products and apps, said…
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SoundHound. With the new partnerships, Houndify developers “have the tools to create experiences that enable voice interfaces for finding the best restaurant and booking an Uber to get there,” said SoundHound CEO Keyvan Mohajer. The Uber domain allows developers to access Uber data and initiate booking, said the company, so they can incorporate Uber ride requests into their product experiences, including asking fare and distance information hands-free, it said. They also can access Yelp data to create voice-enabled experiences for local search.