João Neto

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João Neto - VoiceInteraction

João Neto

CEO, VoiceInteraction

João Neto is the co-founder and CEO of VoiceInteraction, a company specializing in AI-driven speech processing technologies for the broadcast and media industry. He received his BSc, MSc, and PhD in Electrotechnical and Computer Engineering from the University of Lisbon, where his doctoral research focused on speaker adaptation in hybrid Artificial Neural Networks and Hidden Markov Models for continuous speech recognition systems, with a particular application to broadcast news.

As a Professor at the University of Lisbon, João has taught courses in signal processing and supervised several PhD candidates. He has participated in multiple European R&D projects and published over 70 papers in international conferences and journals, contributing extensively to the field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR).

Since co-founding VoiceInteraction in 2008, João has led the company’s growth from a research spin-off into a global provider of applied ASR solutions, powering products such as Automatic Closed Captioning, Media Monitoring Systems, Transcription Automation, Speech Analytics, and Dictation platforms. His work has positioned VoiceInteraction at the forefront of innovation, bridging academic research and industry needs to create technologies that ensure compliance, improve accessibility, enable content repurposing, and open new monetization opportunities for broadcasters worldwide.

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