All items tagged with voice recognition and acoustic echo cancellation (18)

BdSound Introduces Microphone Bubbles In-Car Voice Experiences

November 10, 2023 by Joao Martins

BdSound Introduces Microphone Bubbles In-Car Voice Experiences

Enjoying a deserved recognition in the automotive market, and successful collaborations with 15 world-renowned OEMs, Italian company BdSound introduced a new advanced feature to improve the car experience even more. Expanding its Simply Sounds Clear set of technologies and algorithms, BdSound now offers Microphone Bubbles, a way to isolate each passenger’s voice inside the vehicle, allowing calls and voice recognition for all occupants in a car.

DSP Concepts Optimizes Voice Control for the KT Genie TV All-in-One Soundbar

June 19, 2023 by Joao Martins

DSP Concepts Optimizes Voice Control for the KT Genie TV All-in-One Soundbar

DSP Concepts announced its collaboration with South Korea telecom KT Corporation to bring smart voice control to KT's latest set-top box, the Genie TV All-in-One Soundbar. This 2023 Red Dot Product Design winning-product features the GiGA Genie AI voice assistant, combined with powerful sound tuning features. With the Genie TV, KT delivers premium immersive sound combined with precision far-field voice recognition enabled with TalkTo from DSP Concepts.

XMOS Strengthens Its Position In Voice Interfaces with XVF3610 and XVF3615 Voice Processors

November 16, 2021 by Joao Martins

XMOS Strengthens Its Position In Voice Interfaces with XVF3610 and XVF3615 Voice Processors

British chip company XMOS announced the launch of the XVF3610 and XVF3615 next generation voice processors. These high-performance two-mic voice interfaces for wireless speakers, TVs, set-top boxes, smart home appliances, gateway products and more, are built on the company's xcore.ai chip infrastructure, and are available in a cost-effective and easy-to-integrate package. XMOS also kick-started an alpha program for its all new ‘Avona’ voice reference design.

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.

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.

New Firmware for XMOS XVF3510 Voice Processor Supports USB Accessory Devices and Integrated Solutions Development

July 28, 2020 by Cristina Costa

New Firmware for XMOS XVF3510 Voice Processor Supports USB Accessory Devices and Integrated Solutions Development

XMOS announced new firmware variants, supporting USB and built-in applications, of its XVF3510 voice processor, further opening the door to voice-enabled smart product development. The two variants — XVF3510-UA for USB accessory devices, and XVF3510-INT for built-in solutions — incorporate purpose-designed algorithms that ensure a clear voice stream is captured from across the room, even in noisy environments and with audio streaming from the device itself.

Challenges to Building Voice-Enabled Products

April 2, 2020 by Chin Beckmann

Challenges to Building Voice-Enabled Products

Voice-enabled devices are quickly becoming commonplace in nearly every region and for every consumer demographic. Whether making cloud-connected or offline products, OEMs need to understand what’s driving this demand for voice. Unlike some new product features, adding a voice interface requires product architects to make a number of highly-impactful, interconnected design decisions. Development teams don’t have it easy either, as integrating microphones in a product introduces another layer of complexity.

DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products

March 13, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts Announces TalkTo Microphone Processing Technology for Voice-Controlled Products

DSP Concepts has launched TalkTo, a new brand and a major expansion of its voice recognition technologies. TalkTo is a family of software-based Audio Front Ends for voice-controlled products. It uses advanced microphone processing and machine learning techniques to deliver highly reliable voice control, even in high-noise environments and with multichannel audio products. According to the company, TakTo will enable voice interfaces even in the most difficult classes of products, like TVs and soundbars.

Turning Up the Innovation on Smart Speaker Designs

January 16, 2019 by Benwei Xin and Wenchau Albert Lo

Turning Up the Innovation on Smart Speaker Designs

For its December 2018 edition, audioXpress compiled a Voice Market Update that explores some of the latest developments and platforms for voice processing, with contributed articles from world-renowned experts in voice. In this article, Benwei Xin and Wenchau Albert Lo explain where designers should focus to Turn Up the Innovation on Smart Speaker Designs. This article was originally published in audioxpress, December 2018.

Sensory Improves Wake Word and Speech Recognition Accuracy with New High-Res Voice Front-End and Authentication

October 1, 2018 by audioXpress Staff

Sensory Improves Wake Word and Speech Recognition Accuracy with New High-Res Voice Front-End and Authentication

Sensory, the originator of wake words for personal assistants, raised the performance bar for always-listening wake word and speech recognition with significant upgrades to the embedded AI in its sixth generation of TrulyHandsfree, boosting the technology's already industry-leading wake word performance and accuracy by more than 65 percent. The new solution introduces upgraded turn-key voice interface solutions for devices of all shapes, sizes and power requirements.

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