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Eagle: Speaker Recognition for Developers
May 31, 2023 · 1 min read
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Today, Picovoice is pleased to announce the public beta release of its Speaker Recognition engine, Eagle....

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What is Generative AI?
May 29, 2023 · 1 min read
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Generative AI does the opposite of Discriminative AI. Given a limited set of classes, it maps them to a potentially infinite number of objec...

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What is a Large Language Model?
May 26, 2023 · 1 min read
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Learn what a Language Model (LM) is, how a Large Language Model (LLM) differs from an LM, and why we should care....

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What is a Transformer Model?
May 25, 2023 · 1 min read
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Transformer is a neural network architecture similar to Feed-Forward Neural Network, Convolutional Neural Network, and Recurrent Neural Netw...

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Choosing the Best Speaker Recognition
May 8, 2023 · 2 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

Speaker recognition software brings convenience and an additional layer of security to the applications....

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Evaluating the Performance of Speaker Recognition Software
May 8, 2023 · 3 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

Speaker recognition software has become more popular with the advances in deep learning and the adaption of voice AI, enabling several use c...

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Language-Independent Speaker Recognition
May 8, 2023 · 2 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

People often think about transcription and voice commands when they think of voice AI. Those engines deal with “what is said.” rather than s...

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Speaker Recognition Use Cases and Applications
May 8, 2023 · 1 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

Several applications across industries, from call centers to communications, healthcare, forensics, banking, and marketing, use Speaker Reco...

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What's Speaker Recognition?
May 8, 2023 · 1 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

Speaker Recognition is the technology that refers to the identification and verification of speakers based on their distinguishable voice ch...

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What’s Speaker Identification?
May 8, 2023 · 1 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

Speaker Identification, a subset of speaker recognition, is the technology that determines the identity of an unknown speaker by comparing t...

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Text-Independent Speaker Recognition
May 8, 2023 · 1 min read
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Speaker Recognition deals with “who” speaks rather than “what” is said. Thus, most people assume that Speaker Recognition engines are text-i...

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What’s Voice Biometrics?
May 8, 2023 · 2 min read
Speaker RecognitionStrategy

Voice Biometrics, a subset of speaker recognition, is the technology that verifies individuals’ identities using their unique voice patterns...

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Multilingual Voice User Interfaces and Assistants
April 24, 2023 · 1 min read
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New releases of Porcupine Wake Word and Rhino Speech-to-Intent engines add support for Arabic, Dutch, Hindi, Mandarin, Polish, Russian, Swed...

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Babble Noise and the Cocktail Party Effect
April 20, 2023 · 1 min read
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The dictionary definition of babble is the sound of many people talking simultaneously. The background noise we hear in coffee shops, restau...

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Measuring Speech Intelligibility
April 20, 2023 · 2 min read
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Speech Intelligibility represents the percentage of speech that a listener can understand. Various factors, such as the articulation of a sp...

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Comparing Top Noise Suppression Software (Free and Paid)
April 20, 2023 · 2 min read
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Noise Suppression engines elevate user experience as a standalone noise cancellation software or embedded in communication applications....