All items tagged with voice commands (48)

AONDevices Announces Ultra-Low Power AON1100 Always-On Edge AI Processor and Development Kit

December 17, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

AONDevices Announces Ultra-Low Power AON1100 Always-On Edge AI Processor and Development Kit

AONDevices, a Californian startup provider of ultra-low power, high-performance processors for edge AI applications, announced that engineering samples of its new AON1100 processor are now available. The AON1100 enables sensing capabilities in battery-powered always-on devices that need to support local wake words, voice commands, sound recognition, context recognition, and sensor fusion at high accuracy.

Avnet Edge AI Development Kit Enables High Performance Edge Processing with Low-power On-chip Accelerators

November 9, 2021 by Cristina Costa

Avnet Edge AI Development Kit Enables High Performance Edge Processing with Low-power On-chip Accelerators

Avnet released a new development kit that features Avnet Embedded’s SMARC computing platform based on NXP’s i.MX.8M Plus, a 10.1-inch touch display, and a dual camera vision board supporting interchangeable IAS camera modules. The new development kit enables OEM design engineers to deploy autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to embedded applications, thereby reducing or eliminating the dependency on cloud connectivity or processing.

Skullcandy's New Under $100 True Wireless Earbuds Offer Skull-iQ Smart Feature Technology

September 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Skullcandy's New Under $100 True Wireless Earbuds Offer Skull-iQ Smart Feature Technology

True wireless earbuds that offer truly differentiated features, such as hands-free control via simple voice commands, personal audio profiles, and software updates, are now a reality under $100. Coming from Skullcandy, the popular headphone brand leading that price category, the new Grind Fuel and Push Active TWS designs offer those features thanks to Bragi OS, and over 18 months of development effort by the Skullcandy and Bragi teams.

ReadSpeaker Powers Custom Voices for Spotify Car Thing Smart Player

September 21, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

ReadSpeaker Powers Custom Voices for Spotify Car Thing Smart Player

ReadSpeaker, a voice technology company from Sweden, announced that Spotify uses its neural text-to-speech (TTS) technology to deliver custom voices for Spotify’s newest exploration in the US - a limited release of Car Thing, a smart player for the car. ReadSpeaker’s technology currently powers the custom voice available in Car Thing, the bold, first hardware adventure from the Swedish streaming company.

Bose Updates QuietComfort 45 ANC Headphones With New Aware Mode

September 1, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Bose Updates QuietComfort 45 ANC Headphones With New Aware Mode

Eventually, even a leading, market reference product needs an update. Bose introduced the new QuietComfort 45 headphones, replacing the legendary QuietComfort 35 II with improved noise cancellation and introducing a new Aware Mode, Bluetooth 5.1, better voice isolation for easier conversations, and 24 hour battery life on a single USB-C charge. The design remains very close to the original.

Libre Wireless Adds Voice-Integrated Features to Vodafone Home Broadband Product

August 10, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Adds Voice-Integrated Features to Vodafone Home Broadband Product

Libre Wireless Technologies announced a technology partnership with Vodafone to deliver Vodafone’s UK launch of Pro Broadband with Alexa Built-in - featuring voice-assistant calling, messaging (ACM) and Vodafone One Number calling, as well as a selection of advanced custom Skills. The Vodafone Pro Broadband with Alexa Built-in product offers a Super WiFi Plus booster with hybrid 4G broadband back-up and dedicated support.

El axer? All eggs er? Alexa! Conditioning Voice Input for Recognition

July 29, 2021 by Ofer Shahen-Tov

El axer? All eggs er? Alexa! Conditioning Voice Input for Recognition

Great voice recognition can only start with great voice pickup. Just “OK” pickup will greatly compromise recognition accuracy and increase user frustration. The high speech quality you need demands a high-quality audio front-end. And if cost is no object, of course you can build a great solution. But can you also satisfy mid-range markets with attractive pricing?

Zoom Releases Edge Speech Recognition Powered by Sensory

July 9, 2021 by Joao Martins

Zoom Releases Edge Speech Recognition Powered by Sensory

Sensory announced the integration of its TrulyNatural embedded speech recognition software within the latest public beta release of Zoom Rooms for Android, iOS, MacOS and Windows. With this integration, voice commands are now supported on all Zoom Rooms platforms, which now offer the convenience of voice control while maintaining privacy. With this update, Zoom-native voice commands support expanded functionality, all processed locally, never in the cloud.

Knowles Releases New Voice Control Development Kit for Smart Home Appliances

May 27, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Releases New Voice Control Development Kit for Smart Home Appliances

Knowles Corporation announced the AISonic White Goods Standard Solution, a new, complete development solution that enables fast and easy voice integration for smart appliances. The development kit enables OEM and ODMs to build voice-activated control and far-field speech recognition capabilities into smart appliances, including refrigerators, ovens and microwaves, clothes washing and drying machines, vacuums, dishwashers, and more.

Spotify Uses Audio Weaver in Audio Front-End Development for Car Thing

May 20, 2021 by Joao Martins

Spotify Uses Audio Weaver in Audio Front-End Development for Car Thing

Spotify partnered with DSP Concepts to build and deploy the audio front-end (AFE) software for its limited release of Car Thing, a dedicated smart player for the car. Spotify did the development for Car Thing using TalkTo, DSP Concepts’ proprietary AFE that acts as a ‘microphone cleaner’ by combining advanced signal processing techniques to create clean audio signals so Car Thing can detect voice commands regardless of road noise and other in-cabin sound.

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