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Google Acquires Phonetic Arts

Announced December 3, 2010

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What happened

Phonetic Arts was a speech synthesis business based in United Kingdom; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Voice , Google Translate.

Acquirer
Google
Target
Phonetic Arts
Announced
December 3, 2010
Price
Undisclosed
Industry
Speech synthesis

By the numbers

Google's acquisition history
81st of 269 tracked deals
Disclosed prices
66 of 269 Google deals
Google's average disclosed price
$1.20B
Google's largest disclosed deal
Wiz ($32B)
Tracked acquisitions in 2010
115 across all acquirers
Google in Speech synthesis
1 acquisition

Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition

When did Google acquire Phonetic Arts?

Google acquired Phonetic Arts on December 3, 2010. This was Google's 81st publicly tracked acquisition out of 269 we have on record.

How much did Google pay for Phonetic Arts?

The price Google paid for Phonetic Arts was not publicly disclosed. Only 66 of Google's 269 tracked acquisitions have a disclosed price.

What does Phonetic Arts do?

Phonetic Arts was a speech synthesis business based in United Kingdom; acquired by Alphabet/Google and integrated into or used as Google Voice , Google Translate.

What other Speech synthesis companies has Google acquired?

Phonetic Arts is Google's only publicly tracked acquisition in Speech synthesis so far.

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