SapientNitro launches world-first voice-to-emoji translator app ‘SpeakEmoji’ on iPhone + Android

| | 3 Comments

1b1b3578e1660a19e35df0e6c59babb8d7690558.jpegAs a way to round off the year in which emojis took over the world and became Britain’s fastest growing language, SapientNitro is today launching SpeakEmoji to help parents and relatives break through the kids’ smartphone trance by speaking to them in their own language – emoji – and in doing so, make Christmas the meaningful family time it’s supposed to be.

SpeakEmoji translates grown-up speak into cool emoji messages to help adults engage with their festive little ‘digital natives’. If kids won’t come to Christmas, maybe we can take Christmas to the kids.

Available on iOS, Android and web, SpeakEmoji is the world’s first voice-to-emoji translator. Users simply tap the microphone icon to activate. They then speak into their smartphone and their words are translated and represented on-screen in a series of emojis. The user then has the option to share the simple emoji phrase via Facebook, Twitter, Messenger, SMS or email. Upon receipt of the emoji phrase, the recipient can either reply in emoji, or (if they are unable to decipher the message) translate the emoji phrase to text.

Says Mark Hunter, executive creative director at SapientNitro: “Technology has revolutionized the way we communicate many times in the past, and with the rapid rise of emojis we’re seeing it again. In the blink of an eye we’ve gone from DIY emoticons to thousands of fully animated faces and symbols at our fingertips.  Indeed, what we’re witnessing is the birth of a new, universal language. And what could be more perfectly suited for our digital age than that?! To celebrate what will undoubtedly go down as the year of the emoji, we created SpeakEmoji, a voice-to-emoji translator that ensures it’s not just teenagers having all the fun. Now even those of us who’ve yet to master the art of quickly locating the perfect emoji on the keyboard can join the conversation.”

Credits

Mark Hunter – Executive Creative Director

Greg Mitchell – Creative Director

Sarah Burns – Senior Project Manager

Rowan Kerr – Senior Manager Mobile Solutions

Stephen Worley – Director of Moving Image Europe

Adam Hosfal – Senior Account Director