Octopus Speech-to-Index

Octopus is Picovoice's Speech-to-Index engine. It directly indexes speech without relying on a text representation. This acoustic-only approach boosts accuracy by removing out-of-vocabulary limitation and eliminating the problem of competing hypothesis (e.g. homophones). Octopus is:

• Private; All voice processing runs locally.
• Accurate
• Cross-Platform:
  • Linux (x86_64)
  • macOS (x86_64, arm64)
  • Windows (x86_64)
  • Android
  • iOS
  • Web

Get Started

Anyone who is using Picovoice needs to have a valid AccessKey. AccessKey is your authentication and authorization token for using Picovoice. It also verifies that your usage is within the limits of your account. You must keep your AccessKey secret!

Sign up for Picovoice Console

Sign up for Picovoice Console . It is free, no credit card required.

Retrieve AccessKey

Log in to your account. Click on the Show AccessKey to get your AccessKey.

Download SDK

Picovoice SDKs are available both on GitHub and via SDK-specific package managers. Follow one of the quick starts to get started with Cobra using your newly-created AccessKey.