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…
Direct Speech Indexing: Accurate, Fast, and Scalable Voice Search
August 18, 2020
Speech-to-IndexVoice SearchSpeech MonitoringSpeech-to-TextAcoustic-Only Speech 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…
Offline Voice AI in a Web Browser
July 09, 2020
MicrophoneNLUOffline Voice AIPrivacyWeb Audio APIWeb WorkersWebAssemblyWhy 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…
