When Norris learned that Appen’s business development team had been using Dropbox for Business for large data transfers, he decided to give it a try and roll it out to the entire Language Resources team. “With varying time zones and logistical difficulties, it could take three to four days to coordinate our IT team with teams in the field - which wasted a lot of time.”
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“Tools we created for copying data all required manual intervention and weren’t terribly reliable,” explains Stephen Norris, Appen’s VP of Operations for Language Resources. However, all of these options were slow, difficult, and expensive some cost tens of thousands of dollars. At one point, Appen even resorted to flying employees from the field to the Appen offices to make sure data wasn’t lost or stolen.
Project deadlines are typically very tight, so it’s critical that these recordings get back to the Appen offices as quickly as possible - which can be difficult to do with such a large volume of data.Īppen explored all kinds of options to move their files quickly and securely, from shipping hard drives back and forth to building a custom FTP pipeline. To accurately capture speech and text patterns, the Australia-based company sends employees to almost every continent to record hundreds of hours of conversations.
Just ask Appen, a global leader in language, search, and social technology.Īppen works in over 150 languages and thousands of dialects, with services ranging from translating and localizing business resources, to developing speech technology, to making voice-overs for GPS systems.
When it comes to international business, a lot can get lost in translation.
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