Priberam

Priberam
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1989 in Lisbon, Portugal
FoundersJoão Prieto, João Bernardo, Carlos Amaral
Headquarters
Lisbon
,
Portugal
ProductsDictionaries, Spell checkers, Grammar checkers, Search engines, Software
Number of employees
approximately 20
Websitepriberam.com

Priberam is a Portuguese technology company, dictionary editor and software developer, based in Lisbon.

Priberam owns the Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa ("Priberam Portuguese Language Dictionary"), which is an online dictionary, both for European Portuguese and for Brazilian Portuguese, licensed by Amazon for use with its Kindle devices[1][2] and for Alexa, and by Kobo.[3]

History

Priberam was founded in 1989[4] by João Prieto, João Bernardo and Carlos Amaral, as a spin-off of the Instituto Superior Técnico.[5] João Bernardo left shortly after the company was started. Afonso Mendes and Pedro Amaral joined the company shortly thereafter, and are currently, together with Carlos Amaral and João Prieto, the partners of the company.[4]

Priberam was the first company to have an online Portuguese language dictionary, which dates back to 1996.[6]

The company developed the first spell checker for European Portuguese (in 1994),[7] and the first grammar checker for European Portuguese (in 1997).[8]

The company is currently integrating projects in the areas of natural language processing and machine learning.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Amazon Launches Brazil Kindle Store (www.amazon.com.br) and Free Portuguese Kindle Reading Apps for Android Phones and Tablets, iPads and iPhones—R$299 Kindle Available in the Coming Weeks". Business Wire. 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  2. ^ "Todo lo que debes saber sobre los diccionarios de Kindle | Guía de Kindle". September 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Kobo passa a usar dicionários da Priberam" (in Portuguese). Exame Informática. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  4. ^ a b "Priberam. Quem é que criou o dicionário online mais famoso de Portugal?". MAGG (Interview) (in Portuguese). Interviewed by Ana Luísa Bernardino. 13 November 2019.
  5. ^ "IST Spin-Off Community". tt.tecnico.ulisboa.pt. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  6. ^ "Priberam, a empresa mãe do dicionário mais conhecido da internet, faz 30 anos" (in Portuguese). Comunidade Cultura e Arte. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  7. ^ "Priberam faz 30 anos" (in Portuguese). PC Guia. 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  8. ^ Figueira, H.; Mendes, A.; Mendes, P.; Pinto, C. (2009). "Implicações do acordo ortográfico da língua portuguesa de 1990 em programas informáticos de correção ortográfica". Revista Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. No. 12. Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias. pp. 25–35.
  9. ^ "Como a Priberam está a mudar o seu modelo de negócio com Machine Learning aplicado à língua". SAPO Tek (in Portuguese). SAPO. 2019-08-16. Retrieved 2020-01-15.