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Automotive/Telematics

The automotive sector is one of the fastest growing areas for speech-enabled devices. Companies that provide systems allowing drivers and passengers to use voice commands to access entertainment and services within a vehicle are growing quickly. See below for the latest speech-enabled automotive technology news, trends, and solutions.

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AI Teaches Avatars How to Talk

Lip sync solutions increase immersion and drive user engagement.

Paul Korzeniowski // 06 Mar 2025

The Top Speech Technologies and Vendors: The 2024 Speech Industry Awards

Artificial intelligence is now integral to speech technology, a fact reflected by our winning vendors.

The Editors of Speech Technology // 24 Sep 2024

2024 Speech Industry Award Winner: Kardome Is Making Cars More Driver-Friendly

Cars are becoming better listeners, and one company driving that change is Israeli startup Kardome, whose system can reportedly capture and identify up to six speakers in three seat rows.

The Editors of Speech Technology // 24 Sep 2024

2023 Speech Industry Award Winner: SoundHound AI Brings Speech Breakthroughs to the Mainstream

SoundHound AI, based in Santa Clara, Calif., this year launched, among other things, Chat AI, a voice-enabled digital assistant with generative artificial intelligence; and Smart Answering, which uses voice AI to handle inbound customer calls.

The Editors of Speech Technology // 13 Sep 2023
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Wake Words Will Soon See a Resurgence

As consumers get more accustomed to using voice interfaces, wake words will become more prominent.

Todd Mozer // 29 Sep 2020

Video: How to Design and Build Natural Conversations

Twilio Director of AI/ML Nico Acosta explains how to train your AI to deliver end-to-end experience in conversational self-service systems in this clip from his keynote at SpeechTEK 2019.

The Editors of Speech Technology // 27 Sep 2019
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Audiovisual Speech Recognition Takes ASR to the Next Level

Humans rely on audio and visual cues to comprehend speech, and ASR should do the same.

Kashyap Kompella // 13 Mar 2024

The Conversational Cloud Promises Breakthroughs, and Plenty of Complexity

Cloud-delivered speech services are the future, and that future will require a lot of thought.

Kevin Brown // 07 Jul 2022

3 Trends That Will Shape IVA Development

Voice assistants are poised to become more specialized and less platform-specific

James A. Larson // 23 Jun 2021

Speech Recognition and the Connected Car

The in-car speech experience is moving from basic command and control to natural interactions with automotive assistants

Thomas Schalk // 17 Feb 2017
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