Rubidium Offers Bluetooth with TTS and ASR

CSR’s BlueCore5-Multimedia Bluetooth platform now supports integrated text-to-speech (TTS) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) functionality developed by Rubidium.

Being a CSR eXtension Partner, Rubidium now offers headset and hands-free car kit users a true hands-free experience when using Bluetooth accessories. CSR’s BlueCore5-Multimedia platform is a Bluetooth device with an integrated digital speech processing, allowing it to host sophisticated speech algorithms on Bluetooth devices.

By combining Rubidium's speech synthesis and speech recognition technologies, users enjoy ultimate control when communicating via either a Bluetooth headset or embedded car kit. When a call is received on the user’s mobile phone, the speech synthesis engine announces the name or number of the caller, allowing the user to decide whether or not to accept the call. Speech synthesis can be used as a connection and pairing status guide and can inform the user of the title of a music track played over Bluetooth. Furthermore, Rubidium's speech recognition allows users to control a vast array of functions through voice commands, including call acceptance and rejection, voice dialing, and music control and selection.

Rubidium’s speech synthesis uses concatenative text-to-speech based on real human speech. It supports several languages, and was designed to offer rapid and flexible addition of virtually any language and voice. Rubidium’s core speech recognition technology derives from its proprietary Rubidium Dialog Engine series, featuring speaker-independent recognition and supporting keyword spotting and noise robustness. It uses artificial intelligence elements to cope with natural language, dynamic vocabulary, and multilayered dialogues.