Cisco Webex Gains Voice Assistant Tech Through Voicea Acquisition.

Cisco Webex yesterday announced its intent to acquire Voicea, the company that created the Enterprise Voice Assistant (EVA). Designed for meetings and conferences, EVA can listen in on a meeting or call, take notes, and set reminders so that participants can spend less energy on note taking and more on concentrating on the discussion. EVA can also track meeting assignments and produce actionable results from spoken meeting notes. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of Cisco’s fiscal year 2020, subject to customary closing conditions and required regulatory approvals.