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SoundHound and Honda Partner on Development of a Voice-Enabled AI Assistant
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SoundHound and Honda Partner on Development of a Voice-Enabled AI Assistant

SoundHound Inc., the voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technology company, announced a strategic partnership with Honda Motor to accelerate the development of a voice-enabled AI assistant. Using SoundHound's Houndify Voice AI Platform, the AI Assistant will support highly sophisticated and natural interactions with speed and accuracy, leveraging its proprietary Speech-to-Meaning and Deep Meaning Understanding technologies, and intelligence in voice recognition and understanding.
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Blue Mix-Fi Headphone Wins 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Engineering Development
by Joao Martins

Blue Mix-Fi Headphone Wins 2018 Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Engineering Development

The Television Academy recently announced the recipients of the 2018 Engineering Emmy Awards honoring an individual, company or organization for developments in broadcast technology - and a very strange thing happened: A headphone won an Emmy! For the first time in the history of the prestigious awards, a headphone was recognized because, it enables users "to produce mixes that translate accurately from headphone to near field monitors to the wall and beyond." What headphones received the honor? The Blue Mix-Fi headphones...
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Audio Industry Connects at 145th Audio Engineering Society International New York Convention
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Audio Industry Connects at 145th Audio Engineering Society International New York Convention

Celebrating decades of professional audio leadership in its 70th anniversary year, the Audio Engineering Society raised the bar yet again with its 145th International Convention, the place to be to celebrate and experience the past, present and future of audio engineering technologies and techniques. Contrary to typical event patterns, for the second year in a row in New York City, the Convention’s exhibition floor was still packed at closing time – the Jacob Javits Center staff had to plead for a cleared hall with attendees who did not want their experience to end.
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Ross Video and Merging Technologies Partner to Foster AES67 and ST 2110 Audio Networking Implementation
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Ross Video and Merging Technologies Partner to Foster AES67 and ST 2110 Audio Networking Implementation

Ross Video and Merging Technologies have announced a collaboration to integrate Ross Video products, including the recently-launched BACH Liberty board, into Merging’s ANEMAN Audio Network Manager solution, thus creating a “full stack” solution enabling manufacturers that have already adopted the Dante Brooklyn II module to quickly and easily plug into new markets and support Ravenna, AES67 and ST 2110 audio networking.
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Eastman and DW Designs Showcase Audio Applications for Tritan Copolyester and Trēva Engineering Bioplastics
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Eastman and DW Designs Showcase Audio Applications for Tritan Copolyester and Trēva Engineering Bioplastics

Global specialty plastics provider Eastman collaborated with engineering consultants DW Designs to mold and test beryllium models in ear monitor housings using a variety of materials. Eastman's John Quigley and DW Designs' Dan Wiggins recently presented their findings at the annual CanJam @ Rocky Mountain International Audio Fest held in Denver October 5-7, 2018.
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Amazon Accounts for 63% of Smart Speakers in Use According to Strategy Analytics
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Amazon Accounts for 63% of Smart Speakers in Use According to Strategy Analytics

Smart speakers are the hottest segment in consumer electronics, and Strategy Analytics has completed a major new survey of the first wave of users, to understand purchase motivations, usage, satisfaction and ownership patterns. The company's research leaves us in little doubt: smart speakers are a hit with the vast majority of people who are now using them (17% of the US screener population sample). Satisfaction levels are typically in the 90% range, and nearly two-thirds of users expect to buy another one within the next two years.
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CES 2019 Will Be Again the Largest and Most Influential Global Technology Event
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CES 2019 Will Be Again the Largest and Most Influential Global Technology Event

CES 2019 will once again be the world’s gathering place for all who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. The global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. As the largest hands-on event of its kind, CES features all aspects of the industry and the 2019 edition will be a pivotal moment to check the latest trend on applied technologies in areas such as wireless audio, personal audio, HDMI, automotive sound, wireless charging, voice interfaces, and the smart home.
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Headphones to Generate Nearly $21 Billion in 2018, According to Futuresource Consulting's Latest Headphone Report
by Futuresource Consulting

Headphones to Generate Nearly $21 Billion in 2018, According to Futuresource Consulting's Latest Headphone Report

The headphones market continues its recent trend of solid growth in volumes and substantial growth in revenue. Units are projected to grow 4.1% this year to 377 million, to generate retail revenues worth $19.9bn, a sizable increase of 27% y-o-y. Headphones continue to be a dynamic market, as average price growth is accelerated by demand from consumers for new premium features and form factors such as true wireless and noise cancellation, which provide further strong growth opportunities for the future.
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145th AES International Convention Broadcast and Online Delivery Track
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145th AES International Convention Broadcast and Online Delivery Track

The 145th Audio Engineering Society International Convention will host a wide variety of Broadcast and Online Delivery Track events utilizing the latest technologies. Topics to be examined will include standardizing audio quality for OTT TV (over the top television), the future of audio delivery to the consumer, audio production for March Madness events, broadcasting in emergency situations, and an exclusive look at the 80th Anniversary of The Mercury Theater’s “The War of the Worlds.”
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Facebook 360 Immersive Media Production Workshop at AES New York 2018 Convention
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Facebook 360 Immersive Media Production Workshop at AES New York 2018 Convention

The 145th AES International Convention in New York City will host a number of exciting educational events. One of the most intriguing is a half-day training session in immersive media production using the Facebook 360 platform. The workshop will cover the end-to-end workflow for spatial audio design and asset preparation of 360 and 180 immersive videos using Facebook 360 Spatial Workstation tools.
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