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Embedding voice – DSP chip or DSP algorithms on the Applications Processor?

July 17, 2019

Why smart developers choose a DSP chip rather than run DSP algorithms on the Applications Processor … In our increasingly connected, intelligent world, voice-control opens the door for a more natural, engaging conversation with technology. Reliable, accurate voice capture relies on advanced digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms and good acoustic design to ‘hear’ the wake-word and […]

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Girl Geeks? For sure. And we’re loud and proud about that.

October 31, 2018

At our Girl Geek Dinner on 24th October, we explored the marvel of the human voice. In techie terms, each one of us is a piece of analogue kit and we all have a unique pitch, tone and frequency. Male and female voices have a fundamentally different pitch. Unfortunately, most people in our industry today operate

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Talkin’ bout the Alexa Generation – by Mark Lippett

October 11, 2018

“Alexa. Who or what is the Alexa Generation…” When staying with friends last weekend, I asked their 6-year-old if she had a favourite song. ‘Alexa. Play Taylor Swift Shake it Off’, she immediately commanded their Echo device. As someone who lives and breathes voice interfaces, there was something about this casual, matter-of-fact interaction that really

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Want to develop a voice enabled device that can hear across the room?

June 8, 2018

You’ll need the right acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) solution. If you’re designing a voice-enabled product for the smart home that includes a loudspeaker, you’ll need to remove the acoustic echo it generates so you can interrupt the audio stream – barge-in – and give a voice command when the device is playing such as adjust

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