All items tagged with language learning (7)

CEVA Partners With Fluent.ai to Offer Multilingual Speech Support on Edge Devices

September 16, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

CEVA Partners With Fluent.ai to Offer Multilingual Speech Support on Edge Devices

CEVA and Fluent.ai, a leading provider of on-device, multilingual speech understanding solutions, announced a partnership to offer ultra-low power speech-to-intent solutions for intelligent edge devices. Fluent.ai’s suite of speech-to-intent technologies has been ported and optimized for CEVA’s low power audio and sensor hub DSPs, providing a high performance, robust solution for OEMs and ODMs looking to integrate intelligent voice activation and control into their wearables, consumer devices and IoT products.

Speechmatics Improves Language Recognition Accuracy with Next Generation Update

December 7, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Speechmatics Improves Language Recognition Accuracy with Next Generation Update

Following the announcement in February 2018 of the launch of Global English, a single English language pack supporting all major English accents for use in speech-to-text transcription, speech recognition technology specialists Speechmatics have now announced its Next Generation languages update, which the company says brings an improved accuracy of up to 16% across many of its core languages, thanks to the use of new machine learning algorithms.

Speechmatics Launches Global English, an Accent-agnostic Language Pack for Speech-to-text Transcription

February 22, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Speechmatics Launches Global English, an Accent-agnostic Language Pack for Speech-to-text Transcription

Speech recognition technology specialists Speechmatics announced the launch of Global English, a single English language pack supporting all major English accents for use in speech-to-text transcription. According to the company, Global English (GE) was trained on thousands of hours of spoken data from over 40 countries and tens of billions of words drawn from global sources, making it one of the most comprehensive and accurate accent-agnostic transcription solutions on the market.

Fluency-as-a-Service (FaaS) makes AI Voice Interfaces Available in Any Language

December 26, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Fluency-as-a-Service (FaaS) makes AI Voice Interfaces Available in Any Language

Fluent.ai Inc., the company that claims to have created "the world’s first acoustic-only multi-lingual voice interface" is now offering an intuitive and flexible Platform-as-a-Service, FaaS, for developers. According to the company, the platform allows implementations of the company's artificial-intelligence solution to "quickly customize reliable and robust voice capabilities for consumer devices and cloud service applications."

Spotify Acquires Soundtrap Online Music and Podcast Recording Platform

November 17, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Spotify Acquires Soundtrap Online Music and Podcast Recording Platform

Spotify announced that it acquired Soundtrap, the innovative online music and podcast recording platform headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and successfully funded in Silicon Valley. With consumer and education solutions available in English, Spanish, French, German and Swedish, Soundtrap is an easy-to-use solution that works across iOS, Android, Chromebooks, Mac and Windows.

Soundtrap Expands Its Successful Cloud-Based Music and Podcast Recording Platform to Four New Languages in 57 Countries

May 29, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Soundtrap Expands Its Successful Cloud-Based Music and Podcast Recording Platform to Four New Languages in 57 Countries

Soundtrap, the innovative online music and podcast recording platform headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, and successfully funded in Silicon Valley, announced that it will make its Consumer and Education solutions available as part of an expansion to four new languages: Spanish, French, German and Swedish, enabling it to reach millions of new users in more than 57 countries. The easy-to-use solution works across iOS, Android, Chromebooks, Mac and Windows.

Kidz Gear Announces Bluetooth Wireless Headphones Designed For Kids

September 24, 2015 by audioXpress Staff

Kidz Gear Announces Bluetooth Wireless Headphones Designed For Kids

Kidz Gear Bluetooth Stereo Headphones are for kids to use in school, at home or anywhere, providing the freedom from tangled and broken wires. Featuring Bluetooth 4.0 set-up with KidzSync Auto-Syncing Technology, the headphones can also be fitted with an omnidirectional boom microphone and work with smartphones, tablets, Kindles, Nooks and any computer.