All items tagged with speech to text (27)

Picovoice Adds Voice AI SDKs for Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese Languages

July 19, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Picovoice Adds Voice AI SDKs for Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese Languages

Picovoice remains committed to becoming the developer-first voice AI platform for adding voice to anything. The introduction of its Free Tier service provided more than 10,000 developers with state-of-the-art voice recognition. The launch of Speech-to-Text engines has made Picovoice the first and only ubiquitous end-to-end edge voice AI platform. Now, Picovoice introduced voice AI SDKs for Italian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese. Now developers can train branded wake words and custom voice commands in eight languages.

July 4, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Mycroft Ai Launches Mimic 3 Text-to-Speech Software for Voice Assistants

Mycroft AI, the startup company from Kansas City, MO that created a privacy-driven, open-source voice interface technology platform, announced the release of its latest text-to-speech (TTS) engine, Mimic 3. The open-source and fully customizable neural TTS software was designed to provide a natural sounding voice, with over two dozen languages and more than 100 different voice sets. It can run completely offline on low-end systems, including Raspberry Pi 4.

Soniox Releases Groundbreaking AI for Speaker Recognition

June 21, 2022 by Joao Martins

Soniox Releases Groundbreaking AI for Speaker Recognition

Soniox released a breakthrough in artificial intelligence for speaker diarization (separation) and identification. Soniox Speaker AI has achieved a 96% accuracy in detecting speakers for all kinds of business applications, making it 5x more accurate than solutions provided by Google, Microsoft and Amazon. This breakthrough unlocks a new dimension for voice and conversational applications.

Picovoice Announces Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger

March 9, 2022 by Joao Martins

Picovoice Announces Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger

Picovoice announced a new speech-to-text engine that they believe will be able to disrupt the $30B transcription market. The young Canadian company focused earlier on its own wake word (Porcupine), speech-to-text, and speech-to-intent engines. To prove its latest Speech-to-Text solution, Picovoice is offering 100 hours of free transcription per month to showcase that cloud-level accuracy can be achieved without sacrificing privacy, reliability, and affordability.

Sensory Introduces SensoryCloud.ai Cloud-Based Voice and Vision AI Services

January 5, 2022 by Cristina Costa

Sensory Introduces SensoryCloud.ai Cloud-Based Voice and Vision AI Services

Sensory, the Silicon Valley innovator of machine learning solutions for speech recognition and biometric identification, currently leading in edge AI voice implementation efforts is now extending its reach to the cloud. With its new SensoryCloud.ai platform, the company is offering a hybrid edge and cloud solution that puts brands and manufacturers in control of their AI deployments. Sensory will be providing demos of SensoryCloud AI services at CES 2022.

Speechmatics Releases Breakthrough Autonomous Speech Recognition Software Able to Understand All Voices

October 27, 2021 by Joao Martins

Speechmatics Releases Breakthrough Autonomous Speech Recognition Software Able to Understand All Voices

Speechmatics, a leading British company in deep learning and speech recognition technology, has launched its ‘Autonomous Speech Recognition’ software. Using the latest techniques in deep learning and with the introduction of new breakthrough self-supervised models, Speechmatics claims to outperform Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft in accuracy and ability to understand all voices.

Logitech and Baidu Brain Partner on Speech Input Wireless Mouse

April 13, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Logitech and Baidu Brain Partner on Speech Input Wireless Mouse

Logitech announced a long-term partnership with Baidu Brain, beginning with the launch of its new Logitech Voice M380 Wireless Mouse with Speech Input in China. Designed especially for people who create large amounts of content, the mouse lets users dictate text, creating content two or three times faster than typing in Chinese. The Logitech Voice M380 Wireless Mouse is powered exclusively by intelligent Baidu Speech technology from Baidu Brain.

Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Pioneer Nuance Communications

April 12, 2021 by Joao Martins

Microsoft Acquires Voice Recognition Pioneer Nuance Communications

As rumored, Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Nuance Communications, the speech-to-text and voice recognition pioneer, for US$19.7 billion - the second-largest acquisition in Microsoft’s history. Microsoft apparently recognized the value of Nuance's efforts in healthcare, financial services, telco, retail, travel, and government applications, and recent investments in conversational AI. How will Microsoft leverage the company's products and technologies is certainly more related to his efforts in those very same verticals and synergy with its Office and Business software suites, than any effort to revive Cortana.

Picovoice Announces Voice Interfaces on the Edge With German Language Support and Plans to Go Multilingual

February 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Picovoice Announces Voice Interfaces on the Edge With German Language Support and Plans to Go Multilingual

Picovoice, a young company developing voice AI on the edge with on-device speech recognition and natural language understanding software, announced a new SDK for German language. The company allows developers to create and fully test voice experiences directly on its recently launched Picovoice Console platform, before exporting models that can run on-device with minimal latency. Picovoice also announced plans to release SDKs for French, Spanish, and Japanese.

Sogou Portable Smart Recorder C1 Leverages Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth 5 SoC

August 7, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Sogou Portable Smart Recorder C1 Leverages Nordic’s nRF52810 Bluetooth 5 SoC

Sogou, a Beijing, China-based technology company, has selected Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52810 Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the wireless connectivity for its Smart Recorder C1. Unveiled in Marc 2019 and now available, this Bluetooth LE portable voice recorder employs Nordic’s nRF52810 SoC to wirelessly transfer voice recordings to a smartphone app for transcription. According to Sogou, the device is able to achieve up to 95 percent speech-to-text accuracy in Chinese language.

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