All items tagged with smart speakers and voice recognition (79)

Harman Partners with SoundHound to Introduce Voice-Enabled Solutions for the Hospitality Industry

June 18, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Harman Partners with SoundHound to Introduce Voice-Enabled Solutions for the Hospitality Industry

Harman Professional Solutions and SoundHound, the voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technologies company, announced a partnership to power the voice interface for future JBL Professional-branded solutions for hospitality environments. SoundHound will supply its Houndify voice AI platform to be implemented in Harman's Hospitality Cloud AI, JBL Professional smart speakers and AMX control systems to deliver what Harman is calling Smart Hotel Room Experiences.

China Smart Speaker Sales Surge Puts Baidu, Alibaba, Xiaomi In Reach of Amazon and Google

May 21, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

China Smart Speaker Sales Surge Puts Baidu, Alibaba, Xiaomi In Reach of Amazon and Google

Sales of Chinese language smart speakers in the first quarter of 2019 grew by more than 500% year-on-year, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. This lifted global Q1 sales to 25.9 million, a 168% increase on the same period in 2018. The global market shares of Chinese brands therefore rose much closer to Amazon and Google, although the US giants remained in first and second place respectively. Strategy Analytics has now increased its forecast for full-year 2019 global shipments by 10% to 147.7 million units.

Voice Algorithm Software Ecosystem Expected to Increase Significantly

May 14, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Voice Algorithm Software Ecosystem Expected to Increase Significantly

The massive growth in the voice assistant market has created a vibrant ecosystem and significant opportunities for hardware and software developers. Total voice software unit shipments are expected to increase significantly to 2024, according to SAR Insight & Consulting. The firm latest report forecasts a larger increase in voice software, especially within home devices such as smart speakers, soundbars, smart TVs and smart appliances.

Libre Wireless Technologies Partners with Gigaset to Create New Amazon Alexa Built-In DECT Devices

April 24, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Technologies Partners with Gigaset to Create New Amazon Alexa Built-In DECT Devices

Leading embedded wireless voice/AI solutions provider Libre Wireless Technologies announced the launch of new voice enabled communications products with Gigaset, Europe’s largest Telco producer and top five in the world. These audio products are industry leading smart communications products featuring Alexa Voice Assistant Built-In that is seamlessly integrated with advanced voice calling features on traditional DECT and PSTN phone systems, combining technology from Libre and DSP Group.

Qualcomm Launches AI-Enabled Highly Integrated SoCs and Dedicated Smart Speaker Platform

March 19, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Launches AI-Enabled Highly Integrated SoCs and Dedicated Smart Speaker Platform

Qualcomm made two important announcements for audio developers, both bound to significantly impact the fast-growing market of smart speakers and new generation whole-home audio systems. The San Diego company announced the new QCS400 family of audio SoCs and the Smart Audio Platform 400 development kit, bringing smart speakers high-performance processing, Qualcomm AI Engine, superior connectivity, and multiple advanced audio and visual display capabilities in a single, power-optimized chip architecture.

DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products

March 13, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products

DSP Concepts has launched TalkTo, a new brand and a major expansion of its voice recognition technologies. TalkTo is a family of software-based Audio Front Ends for voice-controlled products. It uses advanced microphone processing and machine learning techniques to deliver highly reliable voice control, even in high-noise environments and with multichannel audio products. According to the company, TakTo will enable voice interfaces even in the most difficult classes of products, like TVs and soundbars.

Sensory Acquires Vocalize.ai for Speech Technology Testing Capabilities

February 14, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sensory Acquires Vocalize.ai for Speech Technology Testing Capabilities

Sensory Inc., a Silicon Valley company that pioneered speech recognition and AI in consumer electronics, announced the acquisition of Vocalize.ai, a software tools and services company that performs benchmarking, accuracy assessments and bias evaluations for speech technologies and natural language interfaces. As part of the acquisition, Sensory will maintain Vocalize.ai as an independently operated division.

Libre Wireless MAVID Device and Software Now with Amazon Alexa Built-in

February 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless MAVID Device and Software Now with Amazon Alexa Built-in

Leading embedded wireless voice/AI solutions provider Libre Wireless Technologies announced that its MAVID (Multiprotocol, Audio, Voice, IoT Device) super compact, ultra-low power mic-to-cloud platform and software SDK, now supports the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) built-in. The breakthrough platform incorporates a complete hardware and software solution for embedded voice, IoT, audio and wireless connectivity, and now features integrated AVS.

Turning Up the Innovation on Smart Speaker Designs

January 16, 2019 by Benwei Xin and Wenchau Albert Lo

Turning Up the Innovation on Smart Speaker Designs

For its December 2018 edition, audioXpress compiled a Voice Market Update that explores some of the latest developments and platforms for voice processing, with contributed articles from world-renowned experts in voice. In this article, Benwei Xin and Wenchau Albert Lo explain where designers should focus to Turn Up the Innovation on Smart Speaker Designs. This article was originally published in audioxpress, December 2018.

Development Kit for Amazon AVS Supports Far-field Voice Interaction with Multiple Microphone Array Options

January 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Development Kit for Amazon AVS Supports Far-field Voice Interaction with Multiple Microphone Array Options

Microchip Technology, via its Microsemi Corporation subsidiary, announced that its AcuEdge ZLK38AVS Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS) now introduces far-field voice pick up and the flexibility to build devices with multiple mic array configurations. The audio front-end solution with one, two and three mic configurations reduces bill of materials costs while addressing the requirements of small-form-factor designs.

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