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Five Questions with Conversation Design Expert Erika Hall
May 17, 2022
At Picovoice, we know building voice features that perform in the real world is hard. We help organizations by building the best-in-class…
10 Questions with Dr Monica Lam, Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University
March 31, 2022
Monica Lam is a Professor in the Computer Science department at Stanford University since 1988. She holds a B.Sc. from the University of…
Speech-to-Text 2.0: Better, Faster, Stronger
March 09, 2022
Picovoice achieves cloud-level accuracy with tiny Speech-to-Text models, addressing privacy, cost, and reliability problems of the $3…
Unlocking the voice data | Picovoice On-Device Voice Recognition
March 07, 2022
IDC predicts that new data generated globally will reach 175 ZB by 2025 compared to 64.2 ZB in 2020. More than 80% of 175 ZB will be…
Post COVID-19 Era: Voice Applications in Stores
February 23, 2022
Times of crisis spur lasting innovation. With COVID-19, the transition from physical to digital has brought lasting change to how we think…
HIPAA Compliant Voice Tech in Healthcare
February 16, 2022
TL; DR: Voice streamlines healthcare workflows and improves the patient experience. Picovoice integration into medical equipment can create…
New Era for Podcast Publishers
February 09, 2022
The podcast industry is growing. A recent study estimates that the number of listeners in the US was above 162 million in 2021. […
Post COVID-19 Era: Empowering Ageing Population with Voice
February 02, 2022
The US, Canada, France, Japan, and Germany are just a few of 34 countries where more than 20% of the population will be over 65 years old by…
5 Tips for Voice User Experience Design
January 26, 2022
Researchers have recently experimented with wake words of Amazon Echo, Google Home, and Jibo Robot to see the effect of branding on voice…
Post COVID-19 Era: Back to the office
January 19, 2022
The COVID-19 has changed our lives in many ways. While only 5% of work hours were spent at home at the beginning of 2020, it went up to 6…
Building voice products with your favourite SDK
January 12, 2022
Picovoice is built by developers for developers. It’s not surprising that there’s an exhaustive list of SDKs that are available to build…
Picovoice 2021 Wrapped
December 21, 2021
It’s been a busy year at Picovoice. In case you missed some of our news, we summarized them. See the highlights below, and let us know…
V2.0 Feature Tour
December 15, 2021
V2.0 releases of Porcupine wake word and Rhino Speech-to-Intent engines achieve much higher accuracies than the predecessors and add…
Introducing Picovoice’s Free Tier
December 07, 2021
“Integrating a wake word engine is expensive, involves upfront cost, and takes time. Although affordable for big companies this can be a…
Not Another Metaverse Post
November 17, 2021
ARVRSpeech RecognitionWake WordVoice CommandsUnityiOSAndroidWebYou read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, watched Free Guy, heard Facebook, Microsoft or NVIDIA's plans for metaverse, or Gucci and Roblox…
Voice-Enabled Web
November 10, 2021
WebWake WordVoice CommandsVoice SearchReactAngularVueWebAssemblyWe pay our credit card bills every month, yet most of us struggle to find the payment portal in the banking web application. Filling complex…
Octopus: Picovoice's Voice Search Engine
November 03, 2021
Speech-to-IndexVoice SearchSpeech-to-TextSpeech RecognitionCan you imagine modern life without Google search? In the mid-1990s, the World Wide Web’s popularity created a deluge of novel text data…
Cobra: Picovoice’s Voice Activity Detection Engine
October 27, 2021
Voice Activity DetectionVADVoice User InterfacesVUIVoice activity detection (VAD) is a crucial component of many speech processing solutions. VAD detects the presence of a human voice within…
Picovoice Enables Voice Picking
September 29, 2021
Wake Word DetectionSpeech-to-IntentVoice User InterfacesVUIVoice PickingWhat's voice picking? Voice picking, also known as voice-directed picking, speech-based picking, pick by voice, or pick-to-voice, uses…
A Voice AI Browser Extension
July 21, 2021
Wake Word DetectionWebAssemblyWeb Audio APIWebExtension APIGoogle ChromeWeb Wake Words Voice-activated assistants have become part of our lives via mobile devices (like Siri) and smart speakers (like Alexa). But…
Picovoice Web SDKs now Available
April 14, 2021
MicrophoneNLUOffline Voice AIPrivacyWeb Audio APIWeb WorkersWebAssemblyReactAngularVueTypeScriptElectronPicovoice has released its new Web SDK with out-of-the-box support across all major frameworks, including Angular, React, and Vue. Picovoice…
The First No-Code Voice AI Platform for Microcontrollers
February 23, 2021
Picovoice ShepherdMicrocontrollersArm Cortex-MEnd-to-End Voice PlatformLocal Voice RecognitonOffline Speech RecognitionVoice User InterfacesToday we are announcing the public availability of Picovoice Shepherd : the first no-code platform for building voice interfaces on…
Announcing German Language Support and Plans to Go Multilingual
February 09, 2021
MultilingualPolyglotDEFRESEnd-to-End Voice PlatformWake Word DetectionSpeech-to-IntentVoice User InterfacesVUIPicovoice announces early access to its private voice AI SDK for the German language. Picovoice enables creating voice experiences similar…
From GUI to VUI: Voice-Enabling a Cross-Platform .NET Desktop Application
January 06, 2021
.NET SDK.NET CoreCross-platformPicovoice ConsoleEnd-to-End Voice PlatformWake Word DetectionVoice User InterfacesVUI
Announcing Public Availability of Picovoice Console
December 22, 2020
Picovoice ConsoleEnd-to-End Voice PlatformWake Word DetectionSpeech-to-IntentVoice User InterfacesVUIPicovoice Console is the platform for designing, training, and testing voice interfaces instantly in your browser. No machine learning…
Talking Chess: Adding Offline, Cross-Platform Voice Controls to Chess in .NET Core
December 21, 2020
.NET SDK.NET CorePicovoice ConsoleEnd-to-End Voice PlatformWake Word DetectionSpeech-to-IntentVoice User InterfacesVUI
Picovoice’s Alexa, Google, and Siri wake words are now free!
December 07, 2020
Open Voice PlatformVoice InteroperabilityWake Word DetectionPorcupineAlexaHey GoogleOkay GoogleHey SiriApache 2.0We are making all major voice assistant wake words available for free under the permissive Apache 2.0 license: Alexa Hey Google & Okay…
Offline Voice AI in a Web Browser
July 09, 2020
MicrophoneNLUOffline Voice AIPrivacyWeb Audio APIWeb WorkersWebAssemblyReactAngularVueTypeScriptCDNWhy offline when you're online? Offline Voice AI in a browser may seem contradictory. Doesn’t using a web browser mean you’re online? But…
Porcupine™ Wake Word Engine - V1.8 Feature Tour
June 01, 2020
Wake Word DetectionKeyword SpottingLocal Voice CommandsOffline Speech RecognitionTransfer LearningZero-Shot LearningWe are excited to announce the release of Porcupine version 1.8, which achieves major accuracy and runtime efficiency improvements. This is…
A Strategy Guide for Voice Applications
February 07, 2020
NLUSpeech-to-IndexSpeech-to-IntentVoice SearchDevelopers face myriad choices when building voice products. Although the end results are similar, different approaches carry significant…
Voice UI on Mobile: Challenges and Opportunities
October 10, 2019
Open SourceCross-PlatformiOSAndroidSpeechRecognizerSiriKitAdoption of voice interfaces on mobile platforms has grown rapidly in recent years. This surge is almost entirely driven by voice assistants…
Local Speech-to-Text with Cloud-Level Accuracy
September 17, 2019
CloudOfflinePricingRaspberry PiTranscribeSpeech-to-TextVoice recognition has flourished with the growth of cloud-based speech services. Despite the ubiquity of voice-enabled products, processing…
End-to-End Intent Inference from Speech
August 29, 2019
Speech-to-TextSpeech-to-IntentInferring intent from spoken commands is at the core of any modern voice user interface (VUI). Typically the inference is performed within a…
Benchmarking a Wake Word Detection Engine
August 14, 2019
HotwordWake up wordFalse AlarmWake word detection is used in almost every application with a Voice User Interface (VUI) supporting hands-free operation. Wake phrases…
The Case for Voice AI on the Edge
July 29, 2019
CostEdge AILatencyPrivacyReliabilityVoice AICloud computing has been the driving force in the adoption of voice AI, but it has inherent limitations due to its reliance on connectivity…
Picovoice’s Speech-to-Intent Engine
December 26, 2018
Speech-to-Intent