- Agnitio
Infobox company
company_name = Agnitio
company_
company_type = Limited
foundation = 2004
location_city =Pozuelo de Alarcón ,Madrid
location_country = Spain
key_people = Emilio Martínez, CEO
Javier Castaño COO
industry = Voice Biometrics
num_employees = > 35
products = ASIS
BS3
BATVOX
KIVOX Authenticator
KIVOX Verifier
homepage = [http://www.agnitio.es/ www.agnitio.es]
footnotes =Agnitio S.L. is a voice biometrics technology company with
headquarters inMadrid ,Spain . Agnitio provides voice biometrics solutions forhomeland security and corporate clients.History
Origins
Agnitio was founded in 2004 as a spin-off from the Biometrics Recognition Group (ATVS) at the
Technical University of Madrid [cite web | url=http://www.ip4inno.eu/index.php?id=144 | title=Agnitio: A business idea] . Its products are used by police departments in more than 20 countries across Europe, Asia and the Americas [cite web | url=http://www.laflecha.net/canales/nombramientos/noticias/douwe-mik-se-incorpora-a-agnitio-como-vicepresidente-de-creacion-de-negocio/ | title= Douwe Mik se incorpora a Agnitio como Vicepresidente de Creación de Negocio] , resulting in Agnitio being considered a market leader in forensic voice biometrics.Market Expansion
In addition to forensic applications, voice biometrics is generally considered to be one of the technologies (along with One Time PIN generators such as
SecurID ) suitable for strong authentication of telephone transactions. However, unlike token based One Time PIN generators, voice biometrics does not require a user to have any specific hardware making it more economically suitable for mass-market applications. Users simply need access to a mobile or landline telephone [cite web | url=http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/voice-biometrics-come-of-age.ars | title= Voice biometrics: coming to a security system near you] . This makes voice biometrics a very promising technology for phone andon-line banking , as well as many other corporate voice applications and security needs. Automated password reset procedures, presence monitoring, time and attendance, call center user verification and verification based on free speech are some examples of typical applications that can be front-ended with voice biometrics.Agnitio's success in the homeland security market has attracted
venture capital funding , which is being used to enter deeper into the enterprise/corporate market. KIVOX, Agnitio's corporate-focused offering, expands upon the inherent benefits of voice biometrics by utilizing the same core technologies found in its homeland security solutions.Technology
Agnitio develops both forensic and real time speaker identification solutions, as well as speaker authentication solutions (see Verification vs. identification) that share the same text-independent technology core. In addition, a text-dependent, digit based voice biometric authentication solution is offered for corporate implementors.
Agnitio's core technologies are based on the
NIST -evaluated [cite web | url=http://www.nist.gov/speech/tests/sre/ | title= NIST: Speaker Recognition Evaluation] , [cite web | url=http://atvs.ii.uam.es/activities.jsp | title= Biometric Recognition Group - ATVS: Activities] ATVS biometrics technology, which was transferred to the Agnitio as part of its founding. Agnitio currently maintains its own independentResearch and Development department while maintaining a close collaboration with the ATVS and other research institutes throughout the world.ee also
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Speaker recognition
*Biometrics References and footnotes
External links
* [http://www.agnitio.es/ Agnitio official website]
* [http://atvs.ii.uam.es/ ATVS official website]
* [http://www.nist.gov/ NIST official website]
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