Lip-reading platform launched with $1 million backing

Richard McConnell and Liam McQuillan, co-founders, Liopa, pictured with Hal Wilson, partner, Techstart NI

Company: Liopa

Done Deal: commercial launch

The clincher:“Our technology can cope with speaker head movement, varying lighting conditions, poor resolution – all things that will happen in everyday use” - Liam McQuillan, chief executive, Liopa

Belfast start-up Liopa has launched the world’s first visual speech recognition (VSR) platform, having secured funding of $1 million (€809,000) from investors including Techstart NI and Qubis earlier this year.

The company completed the commercial launch of its ...