Spoken Raises $4M

Bellevue, WA-based Spoken Communications, the maker of speech recognition technology for customer call centers, said today it has raised $4 million from Ignition Growth Capital. The company said it plans to use the money to provide extra capacity to customers that are looking to expand with virtual call centers.

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