All items tagged with voice interface (149)

A Look at the Future of Audio in audioXpress November 2022

October 11, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

A Look at the Future of Audio in audioXpress November 2022

audioXpress' November 2022 cover highlights this year's Speaker Design Competition, an extensive Market Update on Wireless Audio technology and two articles addressing Digital Signal Processing techniques. Frans de Wit explains the real improvements that can be achieved on power supply design for high-end audio systems, and Chuck Hansen opens up a valuable series on Power Transformers for audio electronics. Finally, Scott Dorsey visits the Lundahl Transformers factory in Sweden, while Richard Honeycutt revisits Voltage Regulator (VR) Tubes used in Audio Amplifiers.

Amazon Introduces New Alexa-On-Device Echo Models and Updated Echo Studio Spatial Audio

September 29, 2022 by Joao Martins

Amazon Introduces New Alexa-On-Device Echo Models and Updated Echo Studio Spatial Audio

After two years without any relevant announcements on the smart speaker arena, Amazon announced updated versions of its popular Echo devices. All-new Echo Dot and Echo Dot with Clock deliver up to two-times the bass of the previous generation, add a temperature sensor, double as eero mesh wifi extenders. More significant, the Echo Studio flagship features a new spatial audio processing technology and upgraded drivers to do what it promised when it launched four years ago.

Kardome Adds Voice Biometrics And Wake Word Detection To Its Voice Technology Portfolio

August 22, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Kardome Adds Voice Biometrics And Wake Word Detection To Its Voice Technology Portfolio

Israel based startup Kardome originally pioneered speech enhancement solutions designed to outperform standard voice technology algorithms, based on the company's AFE and patented Spatial Listening technology that simultaneously enhances speech signals from multiple speakers in real-time. Recently, Kardome expanded its voice technology offerings, adding voice biometrics (Voice ID) and wake word detection in order to expand its solutions approach.

AKM Starts Sampling AK7749 DSP-Integrated CODEC for In-Vehicle Voice Applications

August 10, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

AKM Starts Sampling AK7749 DSP-Integrated CODEC for In-Vehicle Voice Applications

Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation (AKM) has developed and started the release of samples of the AK7749, an in-vehicle DSP-integrated CODEC with an automatic mode switching function to support voice applications, and a full range of digital and analog input/output interfaces. The AK7749 is a RAM based, highly integrated, programmable digital signal processor, with 4 channel ADCs, 2 channel DACs, a MIC gain amplifier, a line-out amplifier, 4 channel SRCs, and digital audio I/F, all in a space saving small 48-pin QFN package.

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.

SoundHound Powers In-Car Voice Experiences Stellantis European Vehicles

July 14, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

SoundHound Powers In-Car Voice Experiences Stellantis European Vehicles

SoundHound AI announced the delivery of its advanced voice AI technology, including its Edge+Cloud connectivity solution, multiple language abilities, and custom wake words, to Stellantis' most popular former PSA vehicles and former FCA B-SUV segment vehicles in Europe. SoundHound’s Voice AI is currently powering enhanced in-car experiences with Edge+Cloud technology in multiple models already in the market.

Laird Connectivity Launches New SOM that Delivers Powerful NXP Edge Processing with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

July 7, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

Laird Connectivity Launches New SOM that Delivers Powerful NXP Edge Processing with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Laird Connectivity announced the new Summit SOM 8M Plus, a highly-integrated and comprehensive hardware and software solution that combines NXP multi-core applications processing with dual-band 2x2 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity. The new system-on-module (SOM) is Laird's most versatile, feature-rich, and secure wireless solution to date, truly perfect for serving as the core platform for advanced connected applications and audio/voice systems.

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.

Renesas and Cyberon Partner to Deliver Integrated Voice User Interface Solutions Supporting Over 40 Global Languages

June 30, 2022 by Joao Martins

Renesas and Cyberon Partner to Deliver Integrated Voice User Interface Solutions Supporting Over 40 Global Languages

Renesas Electronics, the advanced semiconductor solutions supplier, and Cyberon, a leading embedded speech solution provider, have partnered to deliver voice user interface (VUI) solutions using Renesas’ entire RA MCU line. Renesas RA customers will now have complimentary access to Cyberon’s industry-leading continuous command-based VUI toolchain, enabling them to add voice-recognition to a variety of endpoint applications, including home appliances and wearables.

June 28, 2022 by audioXpress Staff

ArkX Laboratories and Sensory Launch Custom Wake-Word and Command Sets for Brand Voice Experiences

ArkX Laboratories announced the launch of EveryWord Voice Control featuring the Sensory TrulyHandsfree SDK technology suite. The combination of the two companies' advanced far-field voice capture and speech recognition technologies, enable OEMs to create custom wake-words, small to medium command sets (21 dialects), and speaker verification models for voice interfaces when integrated with the production-ready EveryWord Audio Front End (AFE) or Voice Module.

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