![]() The inspiration for ELSA came when Vu realized pronunciation and accent pose as a hinder for non-native employees to rise in top global corporations and reach their full potential.įor media inquiries, please contact Vu Van at Vu Van, CEO, has an MBA and Masters of Education at Stanford University and 15 years of experience in international business and operations. It’s backed by respected angel investors in Silicon Valley and Vietnam and belongs to StartX Fall 2015 batch, an accelerator for Stanford’s top entrepreneurs. Their recognition, in part, underscores the importance of language supports to fuel the expanding international collaboration we see throughout SXSWedu – from entrepreneurs to educators and beyond.” – said Ron Reed, SXSWedu Executive Producer.ĮLSA is an early-stage startup based in San Francisco, founded in 2015 by a team of education entrepreneurs and speech recognition scientists. ELSA Speak is currently available on both Google Play and App Store. Users commented on how ELSA helped them tremendously with pronunciation, a neglected aspect in the ESL classrooms and with limited experts available especially in foreign countries. On the same day, ELSA released ELSA Speak, its first iOS app on the App Store and has received over 25,000 downloads within the first 72 hours. The experience further motivates our team to keep moving ahead with our development and commercialization plans in Asia and the U.S.” – said Vu Van at the competition. We’re honored, grateful, and especially even more reminded that we’re working on solving a real education problem with a technology solution that is scalable all over the world. “Winning the competition is a humbling experience for us. ELSA is recognized for its innovative approach and its vision for solving one pressing skill for 1.5 billion English language learners in the world. ELSA is a mobile app for language learners to improve pronunciation and reduce accent, utilizing in-house speech recognition, automated feedback and deep learning technology. Vu Van, ELSA Co-founder & CEO pitched in two rounds at the competition in Austin in front of esteemed judges who are education experts and leaders in investments, startups, schools and classrooms. Austin, TX: Today, ELSA is proud and honored to be selected as the winner of the SXSWedu 2016 Launch Competition.
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