Sensory Redefines Voice Control for Telly TVs

January 17 2025, 00:35
If you really want it, you can get it. Talk to control your TV, that is. And in full privacy. That’s what Sensory did for Telly, a very unusual company that offers “the smartest TV ever built”. Offer is the right term here, because Telly is free. And the company partnered with Sensory to implement far-field remote control using on-device speech recognition. This innovation was presented at CES 2025 and redefines what voice control can do, setting a new benchmark for privacy, speed, and user convenience.

Telly is a company with a very original business model. It offers the first Dual Screen Smart TV, at the revolutionary price of free. Yes, it take it into your home, watch your favorite content paying nothing for the 55” TV. The trick is, below the conventional TV display, and underneath the audio soundbar, there’s a second screen, which displays all sorts of ancillary information, including running ads, which is how Telly offsets the cost of TVs. That, and your eyeballs, because a smart TV gradually can personalize content to your preferences, as you interact with the system. The second Smart Screen with ads pay for Telly.

“Telly’s use of Sensory's embedded speech-to-text technology represents a leap forward for voice-enabled televisions,” says Sascha Prueter, Telly’s Chief Product Officer. “By leveraging the immense computing power of our TVs, we’re delivering a smarter, more secure, and more private experience for consumers on the smartest TV ever built.”

Telly’s partnership with Sensory delivers speech-to-text technology that allows users to speak naturally to their TV without the need for memorizing scripts or specific vocabularies. With Telly’s advanced computing power, hundreds of the most-used voice commands are processed natively, on the device, eliminating the need for cloud-based data sharing. This ensures greater consumer privacy and delivers lightning-fast responses free from latency issues.

“The smartest TV ever deserves the smartest approach to privacy,” adds Prueter. “With Telly’s use of Sensory's on-device voice technology, we are able to bring extremely fast, low-latency voice commands to the living room.”
 

Telly redefines TV interaction by offering both hands-free far-field voice control and button-activated remote options. This dual-mode capability allows users to choose the interaction style that best suits their needs. Whether controlling the TV, managing home functions, or accessing thousands of on-device commands, Telly’s far-field assistant delivers all the flexibility.

“Sensory’s expertise in local voice technology, combined with Telly’s dual-screen innovation, pushes the boundaries of what’s possible,” states Todd Mozer, President & CEO of Sensory. “Together, we’re setting a new standard for secure, responsive, and intuitive voice interactions.”

Sensory has been developing fast, accurate, and private on-device AI technologies, and its voice recognition engine currently power over 2 billion devices globally from Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Samsung, etc. With more than 60 patents, Sensory's innovations in speech recognition, emergency vehicle detection, voice assistants, biometrics, and natural language understanding span automotive, consumer electronics, wearables, medical and more.
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Since 2013, Joao Martins leads audioXpress as editor-in-chief of the US-based magazine and website, the leading audio electronics, audio product development and design publication, working also as international editor for Voice Coil, the leading periodical for... Read more

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