Voice User Interface (VUI) has rapidly become a primary interface for many connected applications, providing an intuitive, hands-free interface for individuals to interact and control wearables and endpoint devices in the smart home, smart appliances, industrial/manufacturing, automotive, medical and more.
Through this collaboration with Texas Instruments, developers using the CC3235x wireless MCU can quickly and easily add speech recognition capabilities to connected devices using the WhisPro SDK, such as for the implementation of wake words and speech commands. WhisPro can support multiple wake words in parallel, including standard AI assistants (such as Alexa) and custom wake words, in various languages. In terms of custom commands for voice control of the device, WhisPro can support up to 30 tailored commands to meet the unique needs of a product’s use case, and the model can require as little as 50KB, determined by the compute resources and accuracy tradeoffs. The WhisPro engine available for Texas Instruments' CC3235x is optimized for the Arm Cortex-M4 processor, offering extremely low latency and consuming absolute minimal power.
"Across the entire IoT landscape, voice control is becoming a must-have feature for many devices and applications, from wearables to white goods. Our collaboration with CEVA ensures engineers using our proven and reliable SimpleLink Wi-Fi wireless MCUs have access to a voice user interface to address these exciting use cases," comments Naomi Heller, manager of Wi-Fi connectivity products at Texas Instruments.
"We’re delighted to announce our work with Texas Instruments, a powerhouse in the semiconductor industry, to make our WhisPro speech recognition software available for its wireless MCU family. With exceptional performance and the capability to customize the model to each customer’s requirements, the hardware offering from TI when paired with our software will enable our mutual customers to deliver high performance, cost-efficient solutions for voice-enabled IoT endpoints and devices," states Chad Lucien, Vice President and General Manager of the Sensing and Audio Business Unit at CEVA.
For more information about CEVA WhisPro SDK for the TI SimpleLink Wi-Fi family, visit www.ceva-dsp.com/product/ceva-whispro/. Developers who would like to request a Software Evaluation Kit, should contact CEVA by email. CEVA is a leading licensor of wireless connectivity and smart sensing technologies, Digital Signal Processors, AI engines, wireless platforms, cryptography cores and complementary software for sensor fusion, image enhancement, computer vision, voice input and artificial intelligence.
CEVA's DSP-based solutions include platforms for audio/voice/speech and ultra-low-power always-on/sensing applications for multiple markets. For sensor fusion, the Hillcrest Labs sensor processing technologies provide a broad range of sensor fusion software and inertial measurement unit (“IMU”) solutions for markets including hearables, wearables, remote controls and all connected devices. For wireless connectivity, CEVA offers platforms for Bluetooth (low energy and dual mode), Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11n/ac/ax), Ultra-wideband (UWB), NB-IoT and GNSS.
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