All items tagged with voice control (195)
Jabra Announce Elite 85h Headphones with SmartSound Adaptive Technology and Hands-Free Wake Word Access to Amazon Alexa
January 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Jabra Announce Elite 85h Headphones with SmartSound Adaptive Technology and Hands-Free Wake Word Access to Amazon Alexa

At CES 2019, Jabra announced an expansion of its consumer lifestyle Elite headphone range with the launch of the Elite 85h, outfitted with custom-engineered 40mm drivers, Jabra SmartSound and exclusive AI technology, to provide intelligent adaptive audio, and totally hands-free Voice Assistant Control. The Elite 85h headphones set new standards with maximum battery life of 32-hours with Digital Hybrid Active Noise Cancellation activated, improved sound with advanced six-microphone call technology, and industry-leading durability.
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Universal Electronics and Microsoft Collaborate on a Turnkey Digital Assistant Platform for Smart Home Hub
January 4, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Universal Electronics and Microsoft Collaborate on a Turnkey Digital Assistant Platform for Smart Home Hub

Universal Electronics (UEI), a company specializing in universal control and sensing technologies for the smart home, announced a collaboration with Microsoft to launch a new digital assistant platform for the home built on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform using AI and IoT services. The UEI’s Nevo Butler turnkey smart home hub with nevo.ai built-in digital assistant will be launched at CES 2019 and will be available as a white-label solution for other manufacturers.
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LG Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio at CES 2019 with New AI-Enabled Soundbars
December 27, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

LG Raises the Bar for Home Theater Audio at CES 2019 with New AI-Enabled Soundbars

For CES 2019, LG Electronics (LG) is focusing on the home theater category with a new range of products that leverages the best selling speaker category in the segment - soundbars - and combines it with the latest "smart" technologies that are becoming essential for home integration. LG's latest range of soundbars expands on the collaboration with Meridian Audio for the electroacoustic design and adds Artificial Intelligence capabilities that the Korean brand has been developing now for all its consumer electronic products.
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Audio Collaborative 2018: Music Market Outlook - Changes and Opportunities
December 20, 2018 by Joao Martins

Audio Collaborative 2018: Music Market Outlook - Changes and Opportunities

For this edition of The Audio Voice I am wrapping up the summaries I have been writing following the Audio Collaborative 2018 conference. The event dedicated to the latest audio trends was successfully promoted in London, UK, for the fifth consecutive year by market research firm Futuresource Consulting . I'll try to summarize some key content and add some context and perspective, this time focusing on the panels on trends and opportunities in the music market and the gaming sector.
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Snips Offers Offline Options for Voice Control and Voice Assistants to OEM's at CES 2019
December 14, 2018 by Joao Martins

Snips Offers Offline Options for Voice Control and Voice Assistants to OEM's at CES 2019

Original equipment manufacturers (OEM) interested in implementing voice control in their new products without depending on Alexa or Google Assistant should visit Snips at CES 2019. Snips.ai is a French company that provides embedded voice assistants and interfaces for connected devices that run locally and offline. This year the company won a CES 2019 Best of Innovation Awards in the Embedded Technology category and will be demonstrating its technology at CES in the Eureka Park.
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HEAD acoustics Announces Fully Automated Testing of Voice-Controlled Smart Home Devices
December 13, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

HEAD acoustics Announces Fully Automated Testing of Voice-Controlled Smart Home Devices

With HQS-SmartHome the measurement technology specialist HEAD acoustics provides a new tool for testing communication and audio quality of voice-controlled smart home devices. The database for the ACQUA analysis system contains efficient test series for analyzing and optimizing smart speakers, speakerphones and conferencing devices. HQS-SmartHome (HEAD acoustics Quality Standard) offers a wide range of realistic and reproducible measurements and simulations for research and development phase up to production.
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28% of Smart Speaker Owners use it to Control a Smart Home Device
December 13, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

28% of Smart Speaker Owners use it to Control a Smart Home Device

The latest research from Parks Associates tracks growth of voice control and voice-based technologies for smart home and connected entertainment ecosystems. Parks Associates found that 28% of U.S. broadband households with a smart speaker use the voice assistant to control a smart home device, compared to only 12% that use it to control an entertainment device. The report "State of the Market: Smart Home and Connected Entertainment," is now available for download on the Parks Associates site.
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VOIZ To Debut VOIZ AiRadio, the “Radio You Can Talk To” at CES 2019
December 6, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

VOIZ To Debut VOIZ AiRadio, the “Radio You Can Talk To” at CES 2019

There was a time when listening to a radio station meant being within the antenna coverage area, which for low power FM stations also meant a restricted local audience. Today, all that changed and radio content is available on-demand over the Internet. But while tuning a radio was not so hard, getting the right audio content online still needs some work. Enter VOIZ, which combined the latest audio and voice-control technologies in a "retro futuristic" receiver, using premium materials to create VOIZ AiRadio, the first “Radio You Can Talk To”.
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Bose Announces Frames, a New Wearable and Audio Augmented Reality Platform
December 5, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Bose Announces Frames, a New Wearable and Audio Augmented Reality Platform

Following an earlier presentation at SXSW 2018, of the new Bose AR, the company's concept for an audio augmented reality platform, in the shape of glasses to hear, the Massachusetts company now announced Frames, a product combining the protection and style of premium sunglasses, the functionality and performance of wireless headphones, and the world’s first audio augmented reality platform, combined into a single product. And Bose intends to develop a family of dedicated augmented reality apps for Frames.
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Voice Pervades the Smart Home: Futuresource Conference Panel Roundup
November 28, 2018 by Futuresource Consulting

Voice Pervades the Smart Home: Futuresource Conference Panel Roundup

At Futuresource Consulting’s recent Audio Collaborative event in London, Simon Bryant, Director of Research at Futuresource moderated an expert panel entitled "Voice Pervades the Smart Home – Who will have control?". Consisting of executives from Amazon, Sound United, Netgem UK, Roku, and Linkplay, the panel debated and defined some of the key challenges and opportunities for voice assistants in the home.
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