All items tagged with voice processing (24)

Synaptics Announces AudioSmart AS33970 Edge AI Headset Platform

October 18, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Synaptics Announces AudioSmart AS33970 Edge AI Headset Platform

Synaptics announced its newest AudioSmart AS33970 headset platform SoC, directly targeting the fastest growing product categories, from work-from-anywhere TWS earbuds to hearables. As the San Jose, California-based company details, the new SoC offers the world’s first highly integrated AI-enabled ENC (Environmental Noise Cancellation) and hybrid ANC (Active Noise Cancellation) single-chip solution integrating neural and voice processing engines for optimal audio performance.

NXP Semiconductors Completes Acquisition of Retune DSP

August 30, 2021 by Joao Martins

NXP Semiconductors Completes Acquisition of Retune DSP

NXP expanded its already broad portfolio of voice enablement solutions with the acquisition of Retune DSP, the Denmark-based provider of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) software and algorithms for voice control and communication applications. Announced in July and now confirmed, the acquisition of Retune DSP adds three powerful voice DSP software products that will merge with NXP’s voice solutions. The combination with NXP’s broad customer base, global footprint and scale, promises to expand breakthrough voice solutions through combined R&D, sales force and customer support teams.

BeHear ACCESS Hearing Amplification Headset Gains New Advanced Hearing Aid Features

July 6, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

BeHear ACCESS Hearing Amplification Headset Gains New Advanced Hearing Aid Features

Alango Technologies announced the release of a new, advanced version of its BeHear ACCESS design, a wireless hearing assist headset with personalized hearing amplification that users can self-tune in real time via a companion app. The product, created by Alango for its Wear & Hear brand, combines optimized DSP voice and audio enhancement software technologies. In the latest release BeHear ACCESS now enables improved understanding of conversation in noisy places, and support for single-sided hearing.

Alango Extended Voice Communication Package Available for DBMD7 Processor from DSP Group

July 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Alango Extended Voice Communication Package Available for DBMD7 Processor from DSP Group

DSP Group and Alango Technologies announced the availability of Alango’s Extended Voice Communication Package (eVCP), a universal software package of digital signal processing technologies for voice applications, running on DSP Group’s DBMD7 SmartVoice processor. The combination allows companies developing high-performance voice conferencing systems to quickly bring to market solutions with the best in voice clarity and system flexibility.

DSP Group Unveils DBM10 Low-Power Edge AI/ML SoC with Dedicated Neural Network Inference Processor

January 7, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Group Unveils DBM10 Low-Power Edge AI/ML SoC with Dedicated Neural Network Inference Processor

DSP Group announced the DBM10, a new low-power, cost-effective artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) system-on-chip (SoC). This new open platform, with a cost- and power-optimized architecture, enables rapid development of AI and ML applications for mobile, wearables, hearables, and connected devices in general. It provides a complete platform in terms of voice and audio processing, without compromising the battery life of new designs, and allowing developers to implement their own differentiating algorithms.

The First Smart Speaker from Apple: A Strong Design and How It Is Perceived

October 15, 2020 by Joao Martins

The First Smart Speaker from Apple: A Strong Design and How It Is Perceived

For this edition of The Audio Voice, I intended to focus a bit more on the latest developments in the fascinating world of sensors and how it impacts product development and design in all applications areas, particularly in consumer electronics, automotive, and health applications. After writing previously about Apple - the sensors on the Apple Watch and the surprising firmware updates for the AirPod Pro earbuds - I really didn't want to go back to Apple. But as always, Apple has a way of surprising us exactly when we least expected, and the company made another important audio announcement.

DSP Group Ships 100 Million SmartVoice SoCs

October 13, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Group Ships 100 Million SmartVoice SoCs

Demonstrating the importance of voice as a user interface in applications ranging from smartphones, tablets and laptops/PCs, to the smart home, wearables, and all types of connected devices, DSP Group announced it has shipped its 100 millionth SmartVoice system-on-chip (SoC), marking a major milestone in the journey of voice user interfaces (VUIs) from a novelty to a necessity. This milestone is testimony to the importance DSP Group’s customers, including Google, Amazon, Facebook, GoPro, Logitech, Samsung, Lenovo, and Leviton all place on end-user VUI experience.

Apollo4 SoC Family from Ambiq Redefines Ultra-low Power in Wearables, Connected Devices and Always-on Voice-Processing

September 14, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Apollo4 SoC Family from Ambiq Redefines Ultra-low Power in Wearables, Connected Devices and Always-on Voice-Processing

Ambiq unveiled its latest Apollo4 SoC family, enabling next generation endpoint devices with record-setting energy efficiency - running as low as 3µA/MHz - and new levels of performance. The new Apollo4 systems enable manufacturers to create leading-edge endpoint devices leveraging the unique SPOT platform with Ambiq’s easy-to-use, rich peripheral set. The Apollo4 is available now with CSP and BGA package offerings, as well as an Apollo4 Blue SoC with Bluetooth LE.

Essential Updates on Headphones, TWS, Hearables, Voice and More in audioXpress April 2020

March 9, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

Essential Updates on Headphones, TWS, Hearables, Voice and More in audioXpress April 2020

The April 2020 edition of audioXpress is now available and features two essential Market Updates, one focusing on the industry transition to active headphone and earphone designs, and another on how to leverage the latest voice capture and processing technologies. The issue also explains how to evaluate listening effort, and Stuart Yaniger puts the Linear Audio Autoranger Mk II Interface to the test, while Ed Simon writes about AC Power Rectification. Another issue to read and use as reference.

Lattice Announces Nexus Low Power FPGA Platform for Edge Applications

December 10, 2019 by Cristina Costa

Lattice Announces Nexus Low Power FPGA Platform for Edge Applications

Lattice Semiconductor announced its new low power FPGA platform, Lattice Nexus. The platform is architected to deliver power-efficient performance that will benefit developers of a wide range of applications, including voice processing and edge computing for connected devices. Built with innovations at every level of design, from solutions, to architecture, to circuit, the new Lattice Nexus FPGAs deliver higher system performance at significantly reduced power consumption.

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