J. Markowitz Consultants

Services

We work with investors, private industry, research organizations, government agencies, and vendors of speaker authentication, speech recognition, speech analytics, and text-to-speech synthesis products, technologies, and services.

Our clients include:

• FNMA
• Morgenthaler Ventures
• Motorola
• New Venture Partners
• Nuance Communications
• Philips Speech
• USAA
• West Corporation

Industry Monitoring

We monitor activities in speaker authentication and biometrics for all our clients and provide detailed monthly reports on the following topics:

• Competitive landscape and standards activities
• Government projects and initiatives
• Legislative and regulatory activities
  

Program A   Competitive Landscape and Standards Activities

This service combines tracking of activities of speaker-verification companies with developments in biometric and speaker-biometrics standards. The monitoring focus will be tailored to the client’s specific interests and needs. Reports will contain brief descriptions of each activity and why they have been included in the report. This service is priced at $500 per month

Program B Government Legislative and Regulatory Activities

Monitoring of government legislative and regulatory activities at the national and international levels, such as the FDIC’s FIL 103 2005. The service will focus on industries of special interest to the client. This service is priced at $500 per month

Program C Government Biometric Projects and Initiatives

These activities include projects, testing, and evaluation activities involving speaker biometrics and other biometrics. This service is priced at $300 per month

Strategic Analysis

For speech and biometrics vendors we delineate the competitive landscape, identify opportunities that capitalize on their unique strengths, and evaluate them in terms of business models, sales and marketing, target markets, and alliances.

Valuation

For venture capitalists and other investors exploring speaker authentication, speech analytics, and other speech-processing opportunities we examine technologies, personnel, markets, competitive landscape, and trends that are part of the due diligence process.