All items tagged with smart speakers (248)
Kick-off 2018 with audioXpress and The Best in Audio Development and Design!
December 11, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Kick-off 2018 with audioXpress and The Best in Audio Development and Design!

A great first 2018 issue of audioXpress is now available to download! audioXpress January 2018 reviews the surprising Vanatoo Transparent Zero powered, wireless, and inexpensive speakers. We report on what sounded good at the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest (RMAF) 2017 show, and Robert Nance Dee returns with the 6922 tube hybrid amplifier, a complete design in his series on buffered preamps... and much more!
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XMOS Enables Far-Field Voice Technology for Pegatron Martina Smart Speaker Interface to Google Cloud Services
December 7, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS Enables Far-Field Voice Technology for Pegatron Martina Smart Speaker Interface to Google Cloud Services

XMOS confirmed that its VocalFusion voice technology has been selected by leading electronic and computing Design and Manufacturing Service (DMS) firm, Pegatron Corporation, for its new smart voice assistant Martina. Pegatron’s Martina is powered by XMOS' XVF3000 voice processor, delivering crystal clear voice capture, with connection to Google Cloud Services and natural language recognition technology in Chinese, English, Japanese and Korean.
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XMOS Announces First True-Stereo AEC Linear Voice Processor and Far-Field Voice Kit for Smart Devices
December 4, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS Announces First True-Stereo AEC Linear Voice Processor and Far-Field Voice Kit for Smart Devices

XMOS announced the XVF3500 voice processor which delivers 2-channel full duplex acoustic echo cancellation (AEC), along with the world’s first stereo AEC far-field linear microphone array solution, the VocalFusion Stereo Evaluation Kit (XK-VF3500-L33). The XVF3500 voice processor is designed for developers working in the growing voice-enabled smart TV, soundbar, set-top box, and digital media adapter markets, all of which require stereo-AEC support for “across the room” voice-interface solutions.
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Vesper Launches High Performance VM2000 Microphone for Smart Speakers
November 30, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Vesper Launches High Performance VM2000 Microphone for Smart Speakers

Vesper announced its newest VM2000 high performance piezoelectric MEMS microphone, targeting microphone arrays used in voice-activated systems such as smart speakers, smart home and Internet of Things (IoT) products. According to Vesper, the VM2000 enhances voice capture and clarity, while ensuring long-term voice performance in harsh environmental conditions, and maintains high system performance over the life of a product.
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Teenage Engineering, Raven and Baidu's Collaboration on New Smart Speaker Concepts
November 20, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Teenage Engineering, Raven and Baidu's Collaboration on New Smart Speaker Concepts

Baidu, a company known as China's search engine is investing heavily in its own voice engine, artificial intelligence (AI), and even hardware technologies, following Google's footsteps. Earlier this year, Baidu acquired Raven, a Beijing-based smart home startup, and the first results of that investment have now been revealed with two voice-activated speakers that run on the company's own AI platform. The design was the result of a cooperation with a Swedish start-up, Teenage Engineering.
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Family Designed 'Clever Speaker' Launches on Kickstarter
November 6, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Family Designed 'Clever Speaker' Launches on Kickstarter

Yoto, a family designed ‘clever speaker’ now being promoted on Kickstarter, was designed to enhance the way children listen and learn. The project is a good example of ways of leveraging current available technologies to create a different product for a very significant market. A clever speaker for kids, Yoto is designed entirely by a team of experienced British entrepreneurs and parents who started thinking about what kids need to maximize development skills without screen time.
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Celebrate Another Growth Year with Voice Coil November 2017
October 24, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Celebrate Another Growth Year with Voice Coil November 2017

As Voice Coil celebrates its 31st anniversary, our November 2017 edition reflects on its heritage and jumps directly to the future of speaker design with an exciting Test Bench of two full-range drivers from the Peerless by Tymphany PLS Line - precisely the ones that are now powering some of the so-called smart speakers. This edition also features a complete directory of Measurement Microphone vendors.
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Phorus PS10 is First DTS Play-Fi Speaker to Launch With Amazon Alexa Voice Service
October 24, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Phorus PS10 is First DTS Play-Fi Speaker to Launch With Amazon Alexa Voice Service

DTS announced the availability of the Phorus PS10, the first DTS Play-Fi enabled wireless speaker with Amazon Alexa Voice Service. The Phorus PS10’s built-in far-field microphone array allows users to access information, play music, and control other home automation devices via the Amazon Alexa Voice Service. The PS10 features three microphones for superior far-field voice recognition, one-touch music presets, high-res music compatibility, and DTS Play-Fi multi-room streaming.
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808 Audio Launches Alexa Voice Service Speaker with Multi-Room Capabilities
October 23, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

808 Audio Launches Alexa Voice Service Speaker with Multi-Room Capabilities

808 Audio, a Voxx International brand, announced availability of its new XL-V speaker featuring Alexa capabilities. Signaling that smart speakers don't necessarily need to come from the voice assistant own brands, such as Amazon, 808 Audio's new XL-V speaker is in fact quite similar to the original Amazon Echo, with a different speaker design and driver arrangement, in a metal packaging that the company says delivers improved quality audio.
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Knowles Announces The World’s First Context-Aware, Machine Learning Optimized Audio Processor For Complex Voice Interactions
October 17, 2017 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Announces The World’s First Context-Aware, Machine Learning Optimized Audio Processor For Complex Voice Interactions

Knowles announced a new audio processor platform, the IA8508 open DSP platform, with four high performance, power efficient, heterogeneous cores and 5.7MB of shared memory for a variety of new use cases. The IA8508 advanced audio processor is optimized for performance and power in both near and far-field voice applications – making it the perfect solution for mobile phones, ear-worn products, and IoT devices such as digital assistants, smart speakers and TVs.
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