PST Inc.(Head Office: Yokohama City, Kanagawa; CEO: Hiroshi Otsuka), Sompo Holdings, Inc.(Head Office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; Group CEO, Director, President and Representative Executive Officer: Kengo Sakurada) and Sompo Care Inc.(Head Office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; COO: Ken Endo) have conducted joint research and development of voice analysis technology to evaluate the swallowing function of elderly people using smartphones and tablets, and agreed to commercialize the technology in 2022.

News articles of each company and media firm are as follows;

PST Inc.
https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000010.000040125.html

Sompo Holdings, Inc. and Sompo Care Inc.
https://www.sompo-hd.com/-/media/hd/files/news/2022/20220209_1.pdf?la=ja-JP

Nihon Keizai Shimbun
https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC319DU0R30C22A1000000/

Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun
https://www.nikkan.co.jp/articles/view/00627412