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Audio Engineering Society Honored with Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for AES67 Standard
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Audio Engineering Society Honored with Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for AES67 Standard

The Audio Engineering Society (AES) has been named a recipient of a Technical & Engineering Emmy Award for “Development of Synchronized multi-channel uncompressed audio transport over IP Networks” by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). The 71st annual Technical & Engineering Emmy Awards will be presented in a special ceremony at the upcoming NAB Show at the Wynn Encore Hotel on Sunday, April 19, 2020, in Las Vegas, NV.
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52% of US Smart Speaker Owners Are Controlling TV With Voice
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52% of US Smart Speaker Owners Are Controlling TV With Voice

75 million people in the US are now using a smart speaker, and more than half of them – 39 million – are using it to control their smart TV, video streamer or other TV device at least weekly. This finding comes from Strategy Analytics’ latest report, 2019 Smart Speaker User Survey – US Results, and is based on a survey of 1136 users of smart speakers carried out in July and August 2019.
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LiveVox Announces Acquisition of Speech Analytics Specialist Firm SpeechIQ
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LiveVox Announces Acquisition of Speech Analytics Specialist Firm SpeechIQ

LiveVox, the customer service and digital engagement tools company, announced the acquisition of SpeechIQ, a speech recognition and voice transcription technology company. LiveVox is a one-stop-shop for cloud-based CRM, call-center, contact center and customer engagement service platforms, unifying all conversations and interactions in one place. Adding voice recognition, voice to text transcription and analytics is obviously a great add-on for LiveVox.
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Continental and Sennheiser Developed New Sound Actuator Solution for Vehicle Audio
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Continental and Sennheiser Developed New Sound Actuator Solution for Vehicle Audio

One of the key technology demonstrations in automotive audio at CES 2020 was promoted by Continental and audio specialist Sennheiser. The two German companies presented a "speakerless" audio system for the vehicle interior, which Sennheiser claims is able to generate immersive audio by exciting surfaces inside the vehicle to produce sound. The Continental actuator solution - Ac2ated Sound - reduces weight and space by up to 90% in comparison to conventional systems.
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Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 60 Million U.S. Adults
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Smart Speaker Ownership Reaches 60 Million U.S. Adults

New data from the latest installment of The Smart Audio Report from NPR and Edison Research confirms that smart speaker adoption continues to grow in the U.S. with 60M adults A18+ (24% of the population) now owning a smart speaker. And with spoken word audio listening up 20% from 2014, cutting into time spent with music, it's clear the audio landscape is changing dramatically – driven by technology advancements and content preferences alike.
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IsoAcoustics and PSB Speakers Announce Collaboration Ahead of Integrated Systems Europe 2020
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IsoAcoustics and PSB Speakers Announce Collaboration Ahead of Integrated Systems Europe 2020

IsoAcoustics, the manufacturer of acoustic isolation products for home and professional speakers, and PSB Speakers, the loudspeaker manufacturer recognized around the globe as a leader in high-quality speakers, are joining forces in 2020 to offer a new line of PSB Speakers featuring IsoAcoustics award-winning isolation technology, the first of which is integrated into the PSB CustomSound In-Room Sub (CSIR Sub) to be introduced at ISE 2020, in Amsterdam.
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MWC Barcelona 2020 Cancelled!
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MWC Barcelona 2020 Cancelled!

The 2020 edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) will take place again in Barcelona, even with all the political instability in the region, with no Uber service, and with all the geo-political pressures against the Chinese telecom giant Huawei, which is a major sponsor of the event. Indifferent to all this, MWC Barcelona 2020 will once again allow a unique perspective on the future of advanced audio applications, smart speakers, voice recognition and, obviously, true wireless earbuds.
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iHeartRadio Radio and Podcasts Available Via Hound App and Houndify Voice AI Platform
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iHeartRadio Radio and Podcasts Available Via Hound App and Houndify Voice AI Platform

SoundHound, the voice-enabled AI platform and conversational intelligence technology company, announced a new integration with iHeartRadio to bring its audio content to SoundHound’s Hound app and Houndify voice AI platform. Through the partnership, Hound and Houndify users will have access to iHeartRadio’s free offerings including Live Radio (U.S. only), Artist Radio (U.S. only), and Podcasts (available globally except the U.K.).
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TuneIn Unveils New Audio Brand Identity for a Voice Activated World
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TuneIn Unveils New Audio Brand Identity for a Voice Activated World

TuneIn, the live global streaming and on-demand audio service, unveiled its new sonic logo in a branding effort to deepen listeners’ connection to its voice assistant-powered entertainment. TuneIn also revealed 56% year-over-year growth in global listening consumption for connected devices as consumers increasingly put their smart speakers and other voice-enabled devices to use and opt for an eyes and hands-free screenless audio streaming experience.
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Tempow Launches Partnership Program for Chipset Manufacturers to Accelerate Adoption of Bluetooth LE Audio
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Tempow Launches Partnership Program for Chipset Manufacturers to Accelerate Adoption of Bluetooth LE Audio

Tempow, the company that specializes in software-only solutions to enhance the core Bluetooth protocol, announced the release of a new Bluetooth Software Stack for hearables and speakers, with an early prototype of the freshly revealed LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio. The company also announced a partnership program for chipset manufacturers to use Tempow’s implementation. Telink Semiconductor was the first to join the program.
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