Asr Gooyesh Pardaz

What Asr Gooyesh Pardaz does

Asr Gooyesh Pardaz (عصر گویش پرداز) is a privately held, Tehran-based Iranian AI company founded in 2003 by specialists from the Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University of Technology, focused on artificial-intelligence and signal-processing solutions for the Persian language. The company builds and sells a broad suite of Persian-language AI products — speech-to-text (Nevisa desktop, Nevisalive online), text-to-speech (Ariana), voice biometrics (Shenasa speaker identification, Ramzava voice authentication), keyword search in audio (Joyya), intelligent IVR (Niusha), chatbots (Romand), voice conversion (Vira), speech enhancement (Shiva), speech-to-speech translation (Parsia), Persian OCR (Bina), and a GPT-API-based voice assistant (Dana) — alongside commercial Persian datasets (Naab, FarsSpon, DeepMine-SPL). Core capabilities rest on in-house deep neural network architectures, three Iranian patents filed in 2007, and an academic publication record of 48+ papers.

The company monetises through a mix of perpetual desktop-software licenses (25M-180M Tomans for Nevisa variants; 180M Tomans for Joyya), usage-based credit packages for Ariana TTS and Nevisalive subscriptions, sales of proprietary datasets, branded audio-hardware resale, custom AI / IVR development services, and a nationwide Iranian reseller network. GTM is hybrid: self-serve e-commerce and freemium online trials for individual users and SMBs, plus direct enterprise sales for specialised solutions targeting government, healthcare, legal, banking, telecom, and academia. Marquee customers include the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the Iranian Parliament, the Presidency Organization, Parsian Bank, and academic partners at Sharif University of Technology and the University of Tehran, alongside a claimed base of 30,000 total customers and 150 completed projects.

Name

Asr Gooyesh Pardaz

Legal name

Asr Gooyesh Pardaz (عصر گویش پرداز)

Website

https://asr-gooyesh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2003

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Asr Gooyesh Pardaz is a Tehran-based Iranian AI company founded in 2003 that builds Persian-language speech recognition, text-to-speech, speaker authentication, OCR, chatbots, and GPT-based voice-assistant products, serving government, healthcare, legal, banking, telecom, and academia clients across Iran.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Speech Recognition Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Translation and Interpretation Services (541930)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372), Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) (HDAAAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Voice Assistants & Voice UI (VUI) (HDAAAFAD), Audio & Speech Analytics (call analytics, QA, insights) (HDAAAFAH), Generative AI & LLM Solutions Services (RAG, Agents, Copilots) (BPAEAHAG), Speech Recognition, Dictation & Medical Transcription Platforms (HLACAAAI), Multilingual/Translation Communication Apps (BPAMACAJ)

Keywords

• Speech recognition software
• Text-to-speech solutions
• Voice biometric authentication
• Persian OCR software
• Interactive voice response

Headquarters

HQ city

Tehran

HQ country

Iran

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: One-time perpetual license sales for desktop software products including Nevisa, Ariana, Shenasa, Bina, and sector-specific versions (Medical, Legal, Islamic). Prices range from 4,000,000 to 160,000,000 Tomans.
2. Credit/Subscription Packages: Usage-based credit packages for online services like Ariana TTS (credit packs for messages/words) and NevisaLive subscriptions.
3. Persian Language Databases: Sale of Persian language datasets including Naab (text corpus), FarsSpon (audio database), and DeepMine-SPL for AI training and research.
4. Audio Hardware: Sale of microphones, headsets, and VoIP equipment from brands like Andrea, VXI, Mairdi, and Grundig for speech recognition applications.
5. Custom Development Services: Custom AI project development for organizations including IVR systems, chatbots, and specialized speech processing solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Asr Gooyesh Pardaz builds and sells AI software products for the Persian language, including speech recognition (Nevisa desktop, Nevisalive online), text-to-speech (Ariana), voice biometrics (Shenasa speaker identification, Ramzava voice authentication), Persian OCR (Bina), keyword search in audio (Joya), intelligent IVR (Niusha), conversational assistants (Dana voice assistant, Romand chatbot) and speech-to-speech translation (Parsia). The company complements these with proprietary Persian AI training datasets (DeepMine-SPL, FarsSpon, Naab corpus), a .NET WCF SOAP SDK for developer integration, and an online storefront selling licensed software, credit/subscription packages and compatible audio hardware.

Product overview

Asr Gooyesh Pardaz is a knowledge-based Iranian company and a leader in AI for the Persian language, founded in 2003 with technical roots at Sharif University of Technology. The product portfolio consists of three integrated pillars: (1) speech and audio AI — Nevisalive (online conversational ASR), Nevisa (desktop formal ASR, with medical, legal, Islamic, professional variants), Ariana (text-to-speech, with desktop reader, web service API, and WordPress plugin variants), Niusha (intelligent IVR), Joyya (keyword spotter in audio/video), Shiva (speech enhancement), and Vira (voice conversion); (2) voice biometrics and security AI — Shenasa (speaker identification), Ramzava (voice authentication); and (3) enterprise AI assistants and NLP — Dana (GPT-based Persian voice assistant), Romand (AI chatbot for customer support/sales), Parsia (speech-to-speech translation), Bina (Persian OCR), and a commercial AI datasets portfolio (DeepMine-SPL, FarsSpon, Naab text corpus). All core speech/NLP products share underlying deep neural network and deep learning architectures and are complemented by a developer SDK via .NET WCF SOAP for third-party integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Nevisalive (نویسالایو): Online speech-to-text system for conversational Persian language
• Nevisa (نویسا)
• Ariana (آریانا)
• Shenasa (شناسا)
• Ramzava (رمزآوا)
• Joya (جویا)
• Bina (بینا)
• Parsia (پارسیا)
• Dana (دانا)
• Romand (رومند)
• Niusha (نیوشا)
• Shiva (شیوا)
• Voice Conversion (تبدیل صدا)
• DeepMine-SPL
• FarsSpon
• Naab (ناب)

Products and services

• Nevisalive (نویسالایو) Online Conversational Speech-to-Text Online Persian speech-to-text system that transcribes conversational spoken Persian into text in real time through a web browser, sold as a subscription with a free trial. Targeted at individuals and professionals needing live dictation and meeting transcription.
• Nevisa (نویسا) Desktop Formal Speech-to-Text Software Desktop software that converts formal spoken Persian into written text using large-vocabulary continuous speech recognition, with multiple domain-specialized editions for medical, legal, Islamic and general professional dictation. Sold as a one-time perpetual license per variant.
• Ariana (آریانا) Persian Text-to-Speech Engine Persian text-to-speech engine that synthesizes natural-sounding male and female Persian voices from text input, offered as a desktop reader, web service API and WordPress plugin. Sold as a perpetual license for the desktop reader and as prepaid credit packages for the API.
• Niusha (نیوشا) Intelligent Persian IVR Platform Intelligent computer-telephony integration platform that enables voice-driven call routing, automated telephone customer service and IVR workflows in Persian, targeting enterprise and telecom deployments.
• Shenasa (شناسا) Speaker Identification System Deep learning based speaker identification system that extracts voice biometric features to identify or verify speakers in text-independent mode, sold as desktop SDK/.NET DLLs for embedding into custom security, banking and enterprise applications.
• Ramzava (رمزآوا) Voice Authentication System Voice biometric authentication system that verifies a speaker's identity using speech processing in text-dependent, text-independent and random-digit modes for passwordless voice login, call-center authentication and secure access.
• Joyya (جویا) Keyword Spotting in Audio Keyword spotting system that indexes and retrieves specific words or phrases from audio files, video audio tracks and telephone recordings for media monitoring, call-center analytics and compliance search.
• Bina (بینا) Persian OCR Software Persian optical character recognition system with over 95% accuracy that extracts text from images, scanned documents, PDFs and handwritten input for desktop, web and Android users.
• Dana (دانا) AI Voice Assistant AI voice assistant powered by ChatGPT API that combines Persian automatic speech recognition, natural language understanding and text-to-speech to deliver conversational voice interactions and customizable agents for healthcare, education and enterprise domains.
• Romand (رومند) AI Chatbot Platform Iranian AI chatbot and voice bot platform that automates customer support, sales and lead-generation conversations for organizations across web, mobile and messaging channels in Persian.
• Parsia (پارسیا) Speech-to-Speech Translation Speech-to-speech translation system that converts spoken Persian into other languages in real time, targeting cross-language communication use cases for government, enterprise and accessibility.
• Vira (ویرا) Voice Conversion Voice conversion system that modifies the vocal characteristics of one speaker to sound like another while preserving the spoken content, used in voice editing, media production and personalization.
• Shiva (شیوا) Speech Enhancement System Speech enhancement system that improves the quality and clarity of speech signals by reducing noise and distortion for cleaner downstream ASR, voice biometrics and telephony applications.
• Persian AI Datasets (DeepMine-SPL, FarsSpon, Naab) Persian language training and evaluation datasets including large-scale speech (DeepMine-SPL), telephone speech (FarsSpon) and written text (Naab) corpora licensed commercially to AI researchers, universities and companies training Persian speech and NLP models.
• Ariana Credit Packages (Prepaid TTS Bundles) Prepaid usage bundles for the Ariana Persian text-to-speech web service API, sold in tiers from 300 to 100,000 messages for developers and website operators needing metered TTS access.
• Voice and Telephony Hardware (Andrea, VXI, Mairdi, Grundig) Catalog of branded speech and telephony hardware including microphones, headsets and VoIP equipment from Andrea, VXI, Mairdi and Grundig, sold through the company storefront to ensure compatible peripherals for ASR, voice biometrics and IVR deployments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 95% OCR accuracy in optimal image quality conditions
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability15 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Sharif University of Technology (دانشگاه صنعتی شریف)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1382Technical and research partnership with Computer Engineering Department of Sharif University. The company's founding and ongoing technical expertise derives from university researchers and professors. Joint development of Persian speech recognition technology with multiple co-authored academic papers and thesis supervisions.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Speechmatics: Multilingual ASR provider with broad language coverage including under-resourced languages. Comparable in offering ASR technology across many languages, though without the vertical specialization or government penetration of Asr Gooyesh Pardaz.
• AppTek: Speech recognition, machine translation, and NLP platform supporting multiple languages. Comparable to Asr Gooyesh Pardaz's speech-to-text and Parsia speech-to-speech translation offerings, with similar multi-language enterprise focus.
• Uniphore: Conversational AI platform combining ASR, NLP, voice biometrics, and analytics for enterprise call centers. Comparable to Niusha (IVR) and Romand (chatbot) plus Shenasa/Ramzava voice biometrics in serving enterprise customer-experience use cases.
• Deepgram: Modern cloud-native ASR API serving enterprise developers. Comparable in core ASR functionality and developer-platform GTM, though targeting global multilingual markets rather than Persian specialization.
• SoundHound: Voice AI platform offering ASR, TTS, and voice assistants for enterprise and automotive. Comparable to Asr Gooyesh Pardaz's Dana voice assistant and broader speech AI portfolio, with a similar mix of enterprise integrations and developer tools.
• Sensory Inc. Voice biometrics, speaker verification, and on-device speech AI provider. Comparable to Shenasa speaker identification and Ramzava voice authentication products in serving voice-security use cases.

Broad incumbents

• Nuance Communications (Microsoft): Global leader in enterprise speech recognition, particularly in medical/legal dictation and IVR. Directly comparable to Asr Gooyesh Pardaz's verticalized ASR (medical/legal) and IVR (Niusha) offerings, though at global rather than Persian-language scale.
• Verint Systems: Enterprise speech analytics, call center intelligence, and voice biometrics. Comparable to Asr Gooyesh Pardaz's Joyya keyword search, Niusha IVR, and Shenasa/Ramzava voice biometrics in serving large enterprise customer engagement use cases.
• iFlytek: China's dominant speech AI provider offering ASR, TTS, voice biometrics, OCR, and voice assistants in Mandarin. The closest structural analog to Asr Gooyesh Pardaz: a national champion speech-AI company operating in a single language market with government and enterprise penetration.

Emerging players

• LumenVox: ASR and voice authentication provider serving contact center and enterprise customers. Comparable to Nevisa ASR and Ramzava voice authentication products, though at smaller scale and without Persian-language specialization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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