At Miðeind, we are celebrating the important milestone of reaching over 15,000 registered users on Málstaður, our integrated language technology platform for Icelandic text and speech. This marks a major step in making Icelandic language technology accessible to the public, businesses, institutions, and researchers, and it shows how great the need and interest are for tools that simplify and speed up the processing of text and speech.

Málstaður combines all of Miðeind's main language technology tools in one place and offers a diverse range of solutions. Málfríður corrects and proofreads Icelandic text, ensuring both linguistic accuracy and a professional appearance. Hreimur converts speech to text, making recordings of meetings, lectures, and interviews more accessible.

This year, we have added numerous solutions to Málstaður, such as:

• Erlendur, a translation engine that allows users to translate text in any language easily and accessibly.

• A summarization feature in Málfríður for meetings, lectures, and texts, which summarizes information in a concise and clear manner.

• The glossary feature in Erlendur, which ensures more accurate and consistent translations with custom or general glossaries.

• A group dashboard, which allows companies, institutions, and other groups to oversee and manage access to Málstaður's solutions.

• The Magic Button, which contains all functions related to the flow between solutions and subscription features.

This integration allows users to work efficiently and cohesively with Icelandic text and speech. For example, users can submit a recording to Hreimur, have it transcribed, process the text in Málfríður, and finally translate it in Erlendur, all within the same platform. This creates a seamless workflow that saves time, reduces errors, and makes Icelandic text much more accessible and versatile.

The number of users who have now registered for Málstaður is also an indication that Icelandic language technology has real benefits for society. Users include individuals, companies, and institutions who see value in diverse language technology tools, from word processing to translation processes and summaries of meetings and lectures.

We at Miðeind are proud to be a leader in the development of Icelandic language technology and have set ourselves the goal of making it accessible to everyone who wants to work with Icelandic material in an efficient and professional manner. With Málstaður, everyone can find solutions that suit their needs, whether it's for translating text, correcting grammar, processing recordings, or creating summaries.

This milestone is also an encouragement for us to continue developing Málstaður and improving the user experience, increasing functionality, and connecting solutions in innovative ways. Exciting updates are ahead that will enable users to leverage Icelandic language technology even better, whether in the office, the classroom, research, or daily life.

Finally, everyone can try Málstaður's products for free with limited functionality, but full access is available to subscribers at an affordable price. You can view the different subscription plans here.

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