All items tagged with voice interface (145)
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.
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Synaptics to Acquire DSP Group to Strengthen Leadership in Low Power AI Technology and Wireless Connectivity
August 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Synaptics to Acquire DSP Group to Strengthen Leadership in Low Power AI Technology and Wireless Connectivity

Synaptics and DSP Group, both Nasdaq listed, announced the signing of a definitive agreement, unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies, whereby Synaptics acquires DSP Group at $22.00 per share in an all-cash transaction. Synaptics is the company from San Jose, CA, that in 2017 acquired Conexant, one of the industry's leading audio and voice technology specialists, and more recently acquired DisplayLink and the wireless connectivity business of Broadcom.
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Alexa? Techniques to Pull Clear Speech from Noise – Part II
August 25, 2021 by Ofer Shahen-Tov

Alexa? Techniques to Pull Clear Speech from Noise – Part II

Great voice recognition can only start with great voice pickup. If cost is no object, of course you can build a great solution. Just use high-end voice activity detection, many-microphone beamforming and echo cancellation and you’ll have a premium product for high-end markets. But can you also satisfy mid-range markets with attractive pricing? This article discusses techniques to offer solutions for both markets.
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AES Audio Product Education Institute Webinar Discusses Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)
August 13, 2021 by Audio Engineering_Society

AES Audio Product Education Institute Webinar Discusses Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT)

The AES Audio Product Education Institute promotes a new webinar on its Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) education pillar, exploring the practical approach for AI & ML integration in audio product design and development. For this August 18 event, pillar chair Steven Willenborg invited XMOS, a company focused on embedded intelligence for edge-AI applications, now bringing AI, DSP, control and I/O together in a single device.
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Always-Listening Voice Adoption Boosted by New Technology
August 9, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Always-Listening Voice Adoption Boosted by New Technology

Market awareness on the robustness of always-on voice-triggering grew slowly due to consumer mistrust and privacy concerns, according to SAR Insight & Consulting, which also correlates the fact that the availability of very-low-power platforms had been limited. According to a new SAR study, new technology will help drive the market growth of always-listening voice devices, helping to overcome initial consumer wariness.
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Fluent.ai Expands Leadership Team to Support Rising Demand for Voice-Enabled Solutions
July 30, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Fluent.ai Expands Leadership Team to Support Rising Demand for Voice-Enabled Solutions

Fluent.ai, a Canadian company specializing in integrated speech recognition solutions, announced the appointment of Charles Gauvin to Vice President of Product and Engineering, and Peter Robinson to Head of Corporate Business Development – North America. The two hires are part of the company’s larger growth strategy to aggressively expand new business opportunities, heighten product development and expand into new territories.
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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?
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Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution Combining Advanced Vision and Voice Technologies
July 29, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Renesas and Syntiant Develop Voice-Controlled Multimodal AI Solution Combining Advanced Vision and Voice Technologies

Advanced semiconductor solutions manufacturer Renesas Electronics, and Syntiant, the chip technology company advancing low-power intelligent voice and sensor processing in edge devices, announced the joint development of a voice-controlled multimodal AI solution that enables low-power voice-controlled operation for embedded AI-based vision processing, such as self-checkout machines, security cameras, video conference systems, and smart appliances such as robotic cleaning devices.
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Libre Wireless Forms Strategic Alliance with Knowles Corporation on MAVID Voice AI Platform
March 17, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless Forms Strategic Alliance with Knowles Corporation on MAVID Voice AI Platform

Leading embedded wireless voice/AI solutions provider Libre Wireless Technologies announced a strategic alliance with Knowles Corporation to jointly promote and market new solutions based on the MAVID (Multiprotocol-Audio-Voice-IoT-Devices) platform. These miniature-sized and low power mic-to-cloud edge voice/AI computing solutions now feature Knowles' micro-acoustic microphones and speaker technology, optimized for smart product development.
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DSP Group Opens Audio Signal Processing and AI Innovation Lab in Germany
March 15, 2021 by Joao Martins

DSP Group Opens Audio Signal Processing and AI Innovation Lab in Germany

DSP Group announced the opening of an audio innovation lab in Straubing, Germany, focused on advancing the state-of-the-art in audio signal processing and artificial intelligence (AI) for acoustic engineering. The lab is already staffed with experts, each with 20+ years of experience in the areas of voice and audio processing algorithm development and deployment, speaker non-linear processing, AI-based audio processing, active noise cancellation (ANC), and rapid prototyping and tuning.
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