Emotional text-to-speech by VivoText is the only technology that lets you control the mood, emphasis, timing, and pronunciation of synthesized speech.

Internationally acclaimed concert pianist and founder of Silpor Music Ltd., the first music performance software capable of delivering expression that is virtually indistinguishable from that of major recording artists, Gershon helms this ship. He is the visionary that has made VivoText the pioneer of life-like speech synthesis modeled on the principles and methods that proved so successful in the music performance application.

A successful entrepreneur and business executive with over 30 years’ experience in the legal, financial, and information technology industries, Sam founded and led U.S.-based litigation consulting firm DOAR, recently retiring as chairman. He raised nearly $70m in private equity at DOAR and sold the firm in 2005. In addition to being Chairman of VivoText, he Chairs the board of Mobideo Technologies and Arizal Services, and sits on the board of a NASDAQ-listed mutual fund.

Yossef is a senior researcher at Tel-Aviv University and the Communication Department of Holon Institute of Technology, who received his Ph.D. from Tel-Aviv University in 1999. He is co-author of 5 book chapters, over 50 papers, 5 patents, and acts as a reviewer for leading international journals. His level of understanding for signals is so in-depth it should be illegal. He is our architect.

Ben brings the enthusiasm essential to constructing new products, partnerships and markets. With a background in venture capital, the military, and diplomatic arenas Ben brings to VivoText an out-of-the-box perspective, and develops deep, lasting relationships with strategic partners. He was a U.S. Marine who spent four years deployed abroad. When we need someone to get their hands dirty we send Ben.

Shai is a patent-holding master of algorithm development in the field of image and signal processing. He knows everything about data and speech communication systems. Shai joined after doing some very cool stuff in the Israeli Air Force and he leads VivoText’s R&D and linguistic development teams that are responsible for its groundbreaking ETTS technology. Simply put, he is a wizard, and if you try take him from us, we’ll find you!