DSP Concepts' TalkTo Improves Alexa's Hearing
DSP Concepts' TalkTo suite of proprietary microphone processing algorithms with adaptive learning technology to improve speech recognition in noisy and unpredictable environments has been qualified by Amazon for devices using Alexa Voice Service (AVS.
TalkTo is a turnkey audio front-end software solution that provides sound cancellation through the Adaptive Interference Canceller, which can cut through up to 30 decibels of unreferenced noise to activate Alexa in any environment. It supports two- four, and six-microphone configurations and custom configurations with Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) for up to seven channels and automatically optimizes for the target application, including smart home/IoT, televisions, soundbars, set-top boxes, smart speakers, and wearables.
TalkTo is one of just four audio front-end reference designs that currently meets Amazon's standards.
"Companies who work in voice-enabled product design understand what this qualification by Amazon means: It is the gold-standard," said Chin Beckmann, CEO of DSP Concepts, in a s tatement. "Not only is TalkTo an incredibly flexible audio front end offered for Alexa Voice Service, our qualification by Amazon means that device manufacturers and audio dev teams can greatly accelerate their development cycles. We look forward to seeing how product makers will use it to accelerate the deployment of Alexa-enabled devices in a variety of end products."
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