COMPANY’S PROFILE
Basic Company Overview
Intron is a Lagos-based artificial intelligence company developing voice technology infrastructure for Africa. The company provides speech-to-text and text-to-speech solutions designed to understand African accents, languages, and speech patterns, addressing challenges often overlooked by global voice AI systems.
Founded in 2020, Intron initially focused on healthcare technology before expanding its voice AI capabilities to sectors including healthcare, legal services, government, banking, and customer service. Its proprietary models power applications such as medical dictation, clinical documentation, judicial transcription, call centre automation, voice authentication, and conversational AI systems.
The company has gained recognition for building one of Africa’s largest speech datasets and for developing AI models capable of understanding hundreds of African accents and multiple local languages.
Products and Services
- Speech-to-text APIs
- Text-to-speech APIs
- Clinical ambient listening
- Medical dictation and transcription
- Judicial and legislative transcription
- Call centre voice automation
- Voice authentication solutions
- Enterprise voice AI infrastructure
Contact Details
Company Name: Intron
Established: 2020
Headquarters: Lagos, Nigeria
Founder: Tobi Olatunji
Phone: +234 704 647 3438
Email: support@intron.io
Website: https://www.intron.io
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