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1 Pedius - Phone calls for the deaf Lorenzo Di Ciaccio Pedius Italy IT Solutions for the Deaf

2 COMMUNICATION CHI SIAMOBARRIERS Emergency services, call centers, public offices are mostly accessible only by phone: Pedius helps companies overcome digital barriers. Home repair Call Centers Emergency Public offices

3 LA DEAF SORDITÀ IN THE NEL WORLD MONDO 70 million in the world 600 k in USA 500k in EU 70% Own a smartphone

4 OUR SOLUTION Text to Speech Sure, See you at 9! Hello, how are you Speech to Text Pedius combines speech recognition and voice synthesis transforming a chat in a phone call

CONSUMERS CONTACT LIST CALLS The users can

5 CONSUMERS CONTACT LIST CALLS The users can call both fixed line and mobile numbers with a freemium model BUSINESS NUMBERS CALLS The users call the our business partners for free. Pedius gathers info to simplify the beginning of the call Anna Antonio Claudia Elena Francesca Giuseppe Vittorio JANE Hello, how are you? Shall me meet for dinner? Assistenza stradale

6 EXAMPLES: ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AXA Assistance offers Roadside assistance and medical advices

7 48 HOURS INTEGRATION No need to modify current call center infrastructure Common Phone calls We only need: Citizens Destination Phone numbers Pedius Phone calls Enterprise Services offered By the call center Deaf citizens

ALLOWS TO: Incoming and Outbound Calls Dedicated phone number for

8 WORK INCLUSION Pedius fosters work independence by providing an integrated Phone service for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing PEDIUS ALLOWS TO: Incoming and Outbound Calls Dedicated phone number for incoming and outgoing calls Call Conference Integration with existing conference systems

NON DISCRIMINATION LAWS (EUROPE) The large majority of Western European countries have laws that guarantee the non-discrimination of disabled people in employment and set quotas of disabled workers

9 NON DISCRIMINATION LAWS (EUROPE) The large majority of Western European countries have laws that guarantee the non-discrimination of disabled people in employment and set quotas of disabled workers to employ. The law 62 of December 2003 adopts measures necessary to guarantee equality of treatment and non discrimination for reason on disability. The purpose of this law is to promote the full participation of the disabled in political, economic, and social life. The law of October 1987 obliges any employer with 20 employees or more to recruit disabled workers to 6% of its total staff. For the employment of a disabled worker for 12 months at least, the firm gets a 1600 grant. Since October 2004, it has been against the law for an employer of any size to discriminate against a disabled people because of their disability. Access to work : a grant can be applied for up to 100% towards any additional costs involved in employing new disables employees; for an existing employee, the grant is for 80% of the costs above 300.

10 PEDIUS TODAY Pedius is a communication system helping Deaf and Hard of Hearing people to make phone calls, using voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies users active in 10 countries Some of our Customers Coming soon Active Telecommunication Providers, Banks, Roadside Assistance, Local Authorities

11 COMPANY CHI SIAMO HISTORY May 2012 April 2013 November 2013 September 2014 December 2014 December 2016 Global Social Venture Competition finals App commercial release First call center for the Deaf 410 k Seed investment 1.4M Round A by

12 BUSINESS MODEL B2C - FREEMIUM B2B - SUBSCRIPTION Each month Yearly subscription 30 per year Pricing on company size 1% REVENUE STREAM 99%

FOUNDING CHI SIAMO TEAM GOALS Stefano La Cesa CTO

years as Enterprise application integrator Alessandro

13 FOUNDING CHI SIAMO TEAM GOALS Stefano La Cesa CTO Former IT Strategy Consultant, 5 years as project manager in Telecommunication industry. Lorenzo Di Ciaccio - CEO Former IT Consultant, 3 years as Enterprise application integrator Alessandro Gaeta Lead Dev Former researcher on cloud based Audio streaming for Mobile Devices

ABOUT US «During my pregnancy I had stomach pains, thanks

Slush 100 startups Pedius an Italian startup that enables

14 ABOUT US «During my pregnancy I had stomach pains, thanks to Pedius I was able to call the doctor» «You changed the life of a 17 years old deaf boy! One of his best Christmas presents» Pedius selected in Slush 100 startups Pedius an Italian startup that enables the deaf to make phone calls. lorenzo@pedius.org Lorenzo Di Ciaccio - CEO

DISABLED USERS PROTECTION in the Electronic Communications market by the Italian NRA

DISABLED USERS PROTECTION in the Electronic Communications market by the Italian NRA Agcom Resolution n. 79/09/CSP To guarantee to the users the right to get a suitable and satisfactory assistance To get