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Thanks for sharing.
That's definitely more valuation for Brainchip's Akida.
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"ISL Wins Urban Air Mobility Challenge
(Second from left, ISL’s Project Manager, Alex Talbott)
ISL’s Agility Prime project team submitted an innovative idea to the ATI Urban Air Mobility Innovation Challenge in July 2022. The ISL team was notified of selection to pitch the idea to a select panel of judges at the Defense TechConnect Innovation Summit & Expo in Washington D.C. on September 28th, 2022. The innovative idea was centered around providing neuromorphic radar capabilities to the urban air mobility community for safety and autonomous use.
The ISL team was one of 20 selected companies to pitch their autonomous and urban air mobility ideas to the panel. The top 5 pitches were selected to receive “no strings attached” funding. The pitch was limited to 5 minutes with a 3-minute Q&A after to help the judging panel better understand the technology’s use and project goals. The ISL pitch team received a fair number of questions from the panel, many of which were centered around our neuromorphic training capability and modeling and simulation tool RFview®. ISL’s pitch was selected as one of the winners of the innovation challenge and received an innovation award certificate and an innovation medal."
https://www.islinc.com/isl-wins-urban-air-mobility-challenge
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"Even though it was NOT designed with these applications in mind. A real game changer!"
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So we know that Teksun partnered with us.
We know that Vivoka partnered with Teksun recently too.
Hmmmm...clutching?...would be nice
The NLU (natural language understanding) allows voice assistants to understand any vocal command as long as the user’s intention is clear. Today, artificial intelligence pushes the limits of what is possible by allowing real interactions between humans and machines.
The voice assistant focuses on the intention and not on the words in particular. The machine, which learns from examples, will refine its understanding to interact more easily, quickly and widely with humans; this is called Machine Learning. Until now, embedded voice assistants have included predefined phrases and voice commands could not go outside of this framework.
“The current boundaries of embedded voice assistants lie in their limited ability to understand complex sentences. The NLU we’re working on will enable tomorrow’s assistants to not only perform as well as those available in the cloud, but also limit energy impact and protect our customers’ data.” said William Simonin, Vivoka’s co-founder and CEO.
The particularity of Vivoka, since the creation of its VDK (Voice Development Kit), is the fact that everything is offline (embedded). Indeed, the voice assistants, implemented in any device, can be used without an internet connection, which allows a total independence on the final product. This independence already takes effect in the development of Vivoka, which does not use any external components for this version of its software.
The disconnection mainly reduces the impact of data and data storage on the environment. Vivoka’s digital sobriety allows its customers to meet their sustainability goals while having a voice assistant as powerful as those connected.
Vivoka is the first company to achieve this!
“It was time to bring to the industry and to consumer electronic devices, the possibility to control their interfaces by voice, without having to make them dependent on the Internet, for a secure and operational use instantly. Well, it’s done with our voice development software VDK. In 2023, Vivoka brings embedded voice control to life with revolutionary AI functionality.” – confirms Emmanuel Chaligné, Product Director.
Many sectors, such as defense, industry, logistics or even household appliances, cannot depend on an internet-connected solution. As a result, the demand from players in these sectors is growing. Vivoka is not only established in France but worldwide thanks to this not so widespread technology. The development of this functionality based on natural language seemed logical to them:
“Today we export our VDK technology to all five continents and are present in many industrial sectors. We know the demand. Our partners have been waiting for a long time for a high-performance solution that allows their users to talk naturally to their systems, without going through the Internet. The technical barrier that we are going to remove with the first embedded NLU will make this possible. This was the logical next step in our development. It will allow Vivoka to show that the cloud is not an obligation, and that a company should not have to choose between performance and data protection.” says William Simonin.
Here are two examples of how an embedded NLU can be used:
These are only 3 examples among many sectors concerned such as: IoT (internet of things), connected home, transport, logistics, education, connected glasses/headsets, robotics, defense and health
We know that Vivoka partnered with Teksun recently too.
Hmmmm...clutching?...would be nice
Vivoka challenges the voice assistant giants with its offline solution
Written by Anaïs DAUFFER
Latest | Press Releases
Paris, France. April 11, 2023. Vivoka is announcing an NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technology that is as powerful as the cloud, but running in an embedded voice assistant. In doing so, Vivoka is challenging the biggest in voice technology such as Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant as the French company stands out for its ability to operate offline and thus advocate data protection and Green IT.An almost human voice assistant?
The NLU (natural language understanding) allows voice assistants to understand any vocal command as long as the user’s intention is clear. Today, artificial intelligence pushes the limits of what is possible by allowing real interactions between humans and machines.
The voice assistant focuses on the intention and not on the words in particular. The machine, which learns from examples, will refine its understanding to interact more easily, quickly and widely with humans; this is called Machine Learning. Until now, embedded voice assistants have included predefined phrases and voice commands could not go outside of this framework.
“The current boundaries of embedded voice assistants lie in their limited ability to understand complex sentences. The NLU we’re working on will enable tomorrow’s assistants to not only perform as well as those available in the cloud, but also limit energy impact and protect our customers’ data.” said William Simonin, Vivoka’s co-founder and CEO.
The particularity of Vivoka, since the creation of its VDK (Voice Development Kit), is the fact that everything is offline (embedded). Indeed, the voice assistants, implemented in any device, can be used without an internet connection, which allows a total independence on the final product. This independence already takes effect in the development of Vivoka, which does not use any external components for this version of its software.
The disconnection mainly reduces the impact of data and data storage on the environment. Vivoka’s digital sobriety allows its customers to meet their sustainability goals while having a voice assistant as powerful as those connected.
The power of the cloud but embedded?
Vivoka is the first company to achieve this!
“It was time to bring to the industry and to consumer electronic devices, the possibility to control their interfaces by voice, without having to make them dependent on the Internet, for a secure and operational use instantly. Well, it’s done with our voice development software VDK. In 2023, Vivoka brings embedded voice control to life with revolutionary AI functionality.” – confirms Emmanuel Chaligné, Product Director.
Many sectors, such as defense, industry, logistics or even household appliances, cannot depend on an internet-connected solution. As a result, the demand from players in these sectors is growing. Vivoka is not only established in France but worldwide thanks to this not so widespread technology. The development of this functionality based on natural language seemed logical to them:
“Today we export our VDK technology to all five continents and are present in many industrial sectors. We know the demand. Our partners have been waiting for a long time for a high-performance solution that allows their users to talk naturally to their systems, without going through the Internet. The technical barrier that we are going to remove with the first embedded NLU will make this possible. This was the logical next step in our development. It will allow Vivoka to show that the cloud is not an obligation, and that a company should not have to choose between performance and data protection.” says William Simonin.
Here are two examples of how an embedded NLU can be used:
- Professional setting:
- Voice implemented in dental office chairs will allow practitioners to naturally and easily control patient height and tilt.
- The NLU will enable next generation robots to be equipped with speech. Voice is a natural interaction and robots will be able to replicate human actions in many fields such as education, industry or health.
- Private setting:
- In the future, household appliances will be controlled by voice without the need for the house to be connected and without an internet connection for these appliances. Users will not need to learn ready-made phrases, they will be able to speak naturally, as they would with other humans.
These are only 3 examples among many sectors concerned such as: IoT (internet of things), connected home, transport, logistics, education, connected glasses/headsets, robotics, defense and health
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Hey mate, I'm going for a WOW, FIRE & LOVE. on this one. Good stuffSo we know that Teksun partnered with us.
We know that Vivoka partnered with Teksun recently too.
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Hmmmm...clutching?...would be nice
Vivoka challenges the voice assistant giants with its offline solution
Written by Anaïs DAUFFER
Latest | Press Releases
Paris, France. April 11, 2023. Vivoka is announcing an NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technology that is as powerful as the cloud, but running in an embedded voice assistant. In doing so, Vivoka is challenging the biggest in voice technology such as Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant as the French company stands out for its ability to operate offline and thus advocate data protection and Green IT.
An almost human voice assistant?
The NLU (natural language understanding) allows voice assistants to understand any vocal command as long as the user’s intention is clear. Today, artificial intelligence pushes the limits of what is possible by allowing real interactions between humans and machines.
The voice assistant focuses on the intention and not on the words in particular. The machine, which learns from examples, will refine its understanding to interact more easily, quickly and widely with humans; this is called Machine Learning. Until now, embedded voice assistants have included predefined phrases and voice commands could not go outside of this framework.
“The current boundaries of embedded voice assistants lie in their limited ability to understand complex sentences. The NLU we’re working on will enable tomorrow’s assistants to not only perform as well as those available in the cloud, but also limit energy impact and protect our customers’ data.” said William Simonin, Vivoka’s co-founder and CEO.
The particularity of Vivoka, since the creation of its VDK (Voice Development Kit), is the fact that everything is offline (embedded). Indeed, the voice assistants, implemented in any device, can be used without an internet connection, which allows a total independence on the final product. This independence already takes effect in the development of Vivoka, which does not use any external components for this version of its software.
The disconnection mainly reduces the impact of data and data storage on the environment. Vivoka’s digital sobriety allows its customers to meet their sustainability goals while having a voice assistant as powerful as those connected.
The power of the cloud but embedded?
Vivoka is the first company to achieve this!
“It was time to bring to the industry and to consumer electronic devices, the possibility to control their interfaces by voice, without having to make them dependent on the Internet, for a secure and operational use instantly. Well, it’s done with our voice development software VDK. In 2023, Vivoka brings embedded voice control to life with revolutionary AI functionality.” – confirms Emmanuel Chaligné, Product Director.
Many sectors, such as defense, industry, logistics or even household appliances, cannot depend on an internet-connected solution. As a result, the demand from players in these sectors is growing. Vivoka is not only established in France but worldwide thanks to this not so widespread technology. The development of this functionality based on natural language seemed logical to them:
“Today we export our VDK technology to all five continents and are present in many industrial sectors. We know the demand. Our partners have been waiting for a long time for a high-performance solution that allows their users to talk naturally to their systems, without going through the Internet. The technical barrier that we are going to remove with the first embedded NLU will make this possible. This was the logical next step in our development. It will allow Vivoka to show that the cloud is not an obligation, and that a company should not have to choose between performance and data protection.” says William Simonin.
Here are two examples of how an embedded NLU can be used:
- Professional setting:
- Voice implemented in dental office chairs will allow practitioners to naturally and easily control patient height and tilt.
- The NLU will enable next generation robots to be equipped with speech. Voice is a natural interaction and robots will be able to replicate human actions in many fields such as education, industry or health.
- Private setting:
- In the future, household appliances will be controlled by voice without the need for the house to be connected and without an internet connection for these appliances. Users will not need to learn ready-made phrases, they will be able to speak naturally, as they would with other humans.
These are only 3 examples among many sectors concerned such as: IoT (internet of things), connected home, transport, logistics, education, connected glasses/headsets, robotics, defense and health
Bravo
If ARM was an arm, BRN would be its biceps💪!
Fantastic @cosors! Thanks for sharing!!!
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So we know that Teksun partnered with us.
We know that Vivoka partnered with Teksun recently too.
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Hmmmm...clutching?...would be nice
Vivoka challenges the voice assistant giants with its offline solution
Written by Anaïs DAUFFER
Latest | Press Releases
Paris, France. April 11, 2023. Vivoka is announcing an NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technology that is as powerful as the cloud, but running in an embedded voice assistant. In doing so, Vivoka is challenging the biggest in voice technology such as Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant as the French company stands out for its ability to operate offline and thus advocate data protection and Green IT.
An almost human voice assistant?
The NLU (natural language understanding) allows voice assistants to understand any vocal command as long as the user’s intention is clear. Today, artificial intelligence pushes the limits of what is possible by allowing real interactions between humans and machines.
The voice assistant focuses on the intention and not on the words in particular. The machine, which learns from examples, will refine its understanding to interact more easily, quickly and widely with humans; this is called Machine Learning. Until now, embedded voice assistants have included predefined phrases and voice commands could not go outside of this framework.
“The current boundaries of embedded voice assistants lie in their limited ability to understand complex sentences. The NLU we’re working on will enable tomorrow’s assistants to not only perform as well as those available in the cloud, but also limit energy impact and protect our customers’ data.” said William Simonin, Vivoka’s co-founder and CEO.
The particularity of Vivoka, since the creation of its VDK (Voice Development Kit), is the fact that everything is offline (embedded). Indeed, the voice assistants, implemented in any device, can be used without an internet connection, which allows a total independence on the final product. This independence already takes effect in the development of Vivoka, which does not use any external components for this version of its software.
The disconnection mainly reduces the impact of data and data storage on the environment. Vivoka’s digital sobriety allows its customers to meet their sustainability goals while having a voice assistant as powerful as those connected.
The power of the cloud but embedded?
Vivoka is the first company to achieve this!
“It was time to bring to the industry and to consumer electronic devices, the possibility to control their interfaces by voice, without having to make them dependent on the Internet, for a secure and operational use instantly. Well, it’s done with our voice development software VDK. In 2023, Vivoka brings embedded voice control to life with revolutionary AI functionality.” – confirms Emmanuel Chaligné, Product Director.
Many sectors, such as defense, industry, logistics or even household appliances, cannot depend on an internet-connected solution. As a result, the demand from players in these sectors is growing. Vivoka is not only established in France but worldwide thanks to this not so widespread technology. The development of this functionality based on natural language seemed logical to them:
“Today we export our VDK technology to all five continents and are present in many industrial sectors. We know the demand. Our partners have been waiting for a long time for a high-performance solution that allows their users to talk naturally to their systems, without going through the Internet. The technical barrier that we are going to remove with the first embedded NLU will make this possible. This was the logical next step in our development. It will allow Vivoka to show that the cloud is not an obligation, and that a company should not have to choose between performance and data protection.” says William Simonin.
Here are two examples of how an embedded NLU can be used:
- Professional setting:
- Voice implemented in dental office chairs will allow practitioners to naturally and easily control patient height and tilt.
- The NLU will enable next generation robots to be equipped with speech. Voice is a natural interaction and robots will be able to replicate human actions in many fields such as education, industry or health.
- Private setting:
- In the future, household appliances will be controlled by voice without the need for the house to be connected and without an internet connection for these appliances. Users will not need to learn ready-made phrases, they will be able to speak naturally, as they would with other humans.
These are only 3 examples among many sectors concerned such as: IoT (internet of things), connected home, transport, logistics, education, connected glasses/headsets, robotics, defense and health
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Hi Fmf,So we know that Teksun partnered with us.
We know that Vivoka partnered with Teksun recently too.
View attachment 36224
View attachment 36225
Hmmmm...clutching?...would be nice
Vivoka challenges the voice assistant giants with its offline solution
Written by Anaïs DAUFFER
Latest | Press Releases
Paris, France. April 11, 2023. Vivoka is announcing an NLU (Natural Language Understanding) technology that is as powerful as the cloud, but running in an embedded voice assistant. In doing so, Vivoka is challenging the biggest in voice technology such as Siri, Alexa or Google Assistant as the French company stands out for its ability to operate offline and thus advocate data protection and Green IT.
An almost human voice assistant?
The NLU (natural language understanding) allows voice assistants to understand any vocal command as long as the user’s intention is clear. Today, artificial intelligence pushes the limits of what is possible by allowing real interactions between humans and machines.
The voice assistant focuses on the intention and not on the words in particular. The machine, which learns from examples, will refine its understanding to interact more easily, quickly and widely with humans; this is called Machine Learning. Until now, embedded voice assistants have included predefined phrases and voice commands could not go outside of this framework.
“The current boundaries of embedded voice assistants lie in their limited ability to understand complex sentences. The NLU we’re working on will enable tomorrow’s assistants to not only perform as well as those available in the cloud, but also limit energy impact and protect our customers’ data.” said William Simonin, Vivoka’s co-founder and CEO.
The particularity of Vivoka, since the creation of its VDK (Voice Development Kit), is the fact that everything is offline (embedded). Indeed, the voice assistants, implemented in any device, can be used without an internet connection, which allows a total independence on the final product. This independence already takes effect in the development of Vivoka, which does not use any external components for this version of its software.
The disconnection mainly reduces the impact of data and data storage on the environment. Vivoka’s digital sobriety allows its customers to meet their sustainability goals while having a voice assistant as powerful as those connected.
The power of the cloud but embedded?
Vivoka is the first company to achieve this!
“It was time to bring to the industry and to consumer electronic devices, the possibility to control their interfaces by voice, without having to make them dependent on the Internet, for a secure and operational use instantly. Well, it’s done with our voice development software VDK. In 2023, Vivoka brings embedded voice control to life with revolutionary AI functionality.” – confirms Emmanuel Chaligné, Product Director.
Many sectors, such as defense, industry, logistics or even household appliances, cannot depend on an internet-connected solution. As a result, the demand from players in these sectors is growing. Vivoka is not only established in France but worldwide thanks to this not so widespread technology. The development of this functionality based on natural language seemed logical to them:
“Today we export our VDK technology to all five continents and are present in many industrial sectors. We know the demand. Our partners have been waiting for a long time for a high-performance solution that allows their users to talk naturally to their systems, without going through the Internet. The technical barrier that we are going to remove with the first embedded NLU will make this possible. This was the logical next step in our development. It will allow Vivoka to show that the cloud is not an obligation, and that a company should not have to choose between performance and data protection.” says William Simonin.
Here are two examples of how an embedded NLU can be used:
- Professional setting:
- Voice implemented in dental office chairs will allow practitioners to naturally and easily control patient height and tilt.
- The NLU will enable next generation robots to be equipped with speech. Voice is a natural interaction and robots will be able to replicate human actions in many fields such as education, industry or health.
- Private setting:
- In the future, household appliances will be controlled by voice without the need for the house to be connected and without an internet connection for these appliances. Users will not need to learn ready-made phrases, they will be able to speak naturally, as they would with other humans.
These are only 3 examples among many sectors concerned such as: IoT (internet of things), connected home, transport, logistics, education, connected glasses/headsets, robotics, defense and health
As you know, Vivoka's NLU is software.
"Indeed, the voice assistants, implemented in any device, can be used without an internet connection"
This is their picture of their Natural Language Understanding tech:
Akida1 could do the Automatic speech recognition. I'm not sure how deeply into the Natural Language Understanding Module Akida 2 would get, but if Akida 2 can do the job of the NLU, Vivoka is out of business.
Well they have their model libraries and word-association/sentence interpretation, but ... there are only 350K words in the english language (nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, gerunds, prepositions, conjunctions, ...). I suppose French and many other languages would be in the same ball park. Of course, then there's the accents and dialects ...
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„Obwohl es NICHT für diese Anwendungen entwickelt wurde. Ein echter Game Changer!“
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KRYPTONIT – GRÖSSENORDNUNG EFFIZIENTER – 10 x GRÖSSER ALS MICROSOFT – 11 X GRÖSSER ALS BEN HUR – REVOLUTIONÄR – BLITZSCHNELL – DE-FAKTO-STANDARD – SUPER-CHIP AUF STEROIDEN
I would be ready! Are you setting up your pool again?
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Cheers D
Was looking at that diagram on their site not long ago.
Was also just reading a recent blog by Readspeaker who already partnered with Vivoka with their TTS.
Excerpt from the blog quoting Aurélien Chapuzet from Vivoka.
Does seem focused on hardware partners....given some of the hardware Dev that Teksun do...wonder if we get in that way possibly?
IoT Voice Control: How a Voice Revolution Is Changing the Internet of Things
The next evolution of IoT is voice control. Find out how voice user interfaces are changing the way we interact with our connected devices.
www.readspeaker.com
IoT Voice Control: How a Voice Revolution Is Changing the Internet of Things
Published on May 8, 2023Where is IoT voice control heading next?
So far, voice technology has focused on software. That software is deployed on IoT devices, certainly, but it often depends on cloud solutions—processing the data on a distant server.The future will be in voice hardware. We need hardware that’s built from the ground up to leverage voice interaction, says Chapuzet. Some CPUs (think Apple) are already designed precisely for their operating software. Voice should be the same, with computing hardware that’s optimized to support voice on the device, further limiting the requirements of cloud computing.
Sirod69
bavarian girl ;-)
I think someone wrote the wrong year on the homepage?
BrainChip Showcases Edge AI Technologies at 2023 Embedded Vision Summit
Laguna Hills, Calif. – May 10, 2022 – BrainChip Holdings Ltd (ASX: BRN, OTCQX: BRCHF, ADR: BCHPY), the world’s first commercial producer of ultra-low power, fully digital, event-based, neuromorphic AI IP, today announced that Chief Marketing Officer Nandan Nayampally has been selected to present as part of the Enabling Technologies track at the Embedded Vision Summit in the Santa Clara Convention Center May 23 at 4:50 p.m. PDT.
BrainChip Showcases Edge AI Technologies at 2023 Embedded Vision Summit
Stay informed about the latest advancements in AI as BrainChip showcases their innovative solutions for embedded vision applications.
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Cheers D
Was looking at that diagram on their site not long ago.
Was also just reading a recent blog by Readspeaker who already partnered with Vivoka with their TTS.
Excerpt from the blog quoting Aurélien Chapuzet from Vivoka.
Does seem focused on hardware partners....given some of the hardware Dev that Teksun do...wonder if we get in that way possibly?
IoT Voice Control: How a Voice Revolution Is Changing the Internet of Things
The next evolution of IoT is voice control. Find out how voice user interfaces are changing the way we interact with our connected devices.www.readspeaker.com
IoT Voice Control: How a Voice Revolution Is Changing the Internet of Things
Published on May 8, 2023
Where is IoT voice control heading next?
So far, voice technology has focused on software. That software is deployed on IoT devices, certainly, but it often depends on cloud solutions—processing the data on a distant server.
The future will be in voice hardware. We need hardware that’s built from the ground up to leverage voice interaction, says Chapuzet. Some CPUs (think Apple) are already designed precisely for their operating software. Voice should be the same, with computing hardware that’s optimized to support voice on the device, further limiting the requirements of cloud computing.
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Speaking of hardware partners…
After suggesting the other day next-generation mixed-reality headsets could be what Sean Hehir had alluded to in his podcast with Geoffrey Moore, I happened to stumble across a company called Vuzix, a leading supplier of smart glasses and augmented reality technology, headquartered in Rochester, NY.
Yes, exactly, the same city that is home to the Rochester Institute of Technology, that joined Brainchip’s University AI Accelerator Program six months ago.
Vuzix | Manufacturers of smart glasses and optical displays for AR
Manufacturers of AR smart glasses, waveguides, and optical displays for cutting-edge augmented reality solutions.
I briefly had a look at their website that day, but couldn’t make out any clues right away whether they were using neuromorphic technology and then somehow got sidetracked and forgot about it. Until I saw the screenshot in @Bravo’s post #56,181, which included a link to a 2021 press release that immediately piqued my interest:
Vivoka empowers Vuzix’s Smart Glasses with modern and secured voice AI capabilities through the Voice Development Kit
Written by Aurélien Chapuzet
Aurélien is leading content creation and marketing strategies at Vivoka.Press Releases
For its latest release, Vuzix’s widely renown Smart Glasses take a step ahead in human-machine interactions by bringing in the offline and multilingual Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) provided by Vivoka’s Voice Development Kit.The Voice Development Kit is the result of several years of expertise in the field of voice. Gathering all the embedded speech technologies – proprietary or partner’s – companies and developers would need, the solution offers unparalleled access to the voice ecosystem. It is equipped with a user-friendly graphical interface that facilitates the choice, development and testing of multiple technologies, from automatic speech processing, wake words, to voice biometrics and text-to-speech.
Vuzix is an industry leader in Augmented Reality (AR) technology that provides innovative products to defense, security, and enterprise. For the release of its Smart Glasses’ latest version, Vuzix decided to promote voice interactions to bolster its devices’ interactivity. Voice in addition to augmented reality will develop the way users embrace wearable technologies in the different fields that are covered by the company’s reach.
The choice of embedded technologies is not trivial. Areas equipped with Vuzix’s smart glasses are affected by specific environments that make it difficult to have perfect connectivity for Cloud solutions. Vivoka’s solutions can run offline, on-device, to operate anywhere, anytime.
A Vuzix M4000 Smart Glasses customer performs a repair task using visual and voice-based assistance.
In this approach, the Voice Development Kit was used by the Vuzix Development Teams to create and customize an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) engine able to understand any voice command that include specific vocabulary. The technology used is provided by Cerence, a partner integrated in Vivoka’s Voice Development Kit, which also technically assisted the teams in the success of the project. With 30 languages available, the solution makes it possible to meet the current and future needs of a company such as Vuzix, whose ambitions are not limited by borders.
Vivoka’s latest version of the Voice Development Kit has been released in early fall 2021 with brand new voice biometrics technologies. The solution is currently empowering many companies and industries with on-device voice-based capabilities : Mobility, Consumers Electronics, Robotics, Defense and Aerospace are some of the fields that rely on Vivoka’s solutions.
About Vivoka
Vivoka is a French company located in Metz and founded in 2015 by William SIMONIN. Thanks to its innovative solutions, Vivoka has become the French leader in voice recognition with the Voice Development Kit. It allows any company and developer to configure an embedded voice assistant composed of one or more offline voice technologies in record time. Vivoka won the coveted Innovation Award at CES 2019. A feat it repeated by winning the Innovation Award in the Smart Cities category at CES 2020. Accompanied by a dynamic team of about 30 employees, Vivoka has managed to double the number of its customers this past year.
About Vuzix
Vuzix is a leading supplier of Smart Glasses and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies and products for the consumer and enterprise markets. The Company’s products include personal display and wearable computing devices that offer users a portable high-quality viewing experience, provide solutions for mobility, wearable displays and augmented reality. Vuzix holds 210 patents and patents pending and numerous IP licenses in the Video Eyewear field. The Company has won Consumer Electronics Show (or CES) awards for innovation for the years 2005 to 2021 and several wireless technology innovation awards among others. Founded in 1997, Vuzix is a public company (NASDAQ: VUZI) with offices in Rochester, NY, Oxford, UK, and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit the Vuzix website, Twitterand Facebook pages.
Laurent Scherchel, Communication & PR Manager – Vivoka
Mail : ls@vivoka.com
Ed McGregor, Director of Media and Investor Relations – Vuzix Corporation
Mail : ed_mcgregor@vuzix.com
Tel: (585) 359-5985
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Voilà! Now, if only we knew whether Vivoka was indeed using Akida. In that case of course there would also be the possibility that Vivoka could have found out about Akida through their cooperation with Vuzix.
One thing we do know - Vuzix is still working with Vivoka:
Vuzix Corporation Poised for Significant Growth and Expansion in AR and Smart Glasses Market
April 19, 2023
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Reading Time: 2 mins read
As of April 19, 2023, Vuzix Corporation stands out as a top-notch supplier of augmented reality (AR) technology and smart glasses. With over two decades of experience designing, manufacturing, marketing, and selling wearable display devices, including AR solutions and smart glasses, Vuzix has earned a well-deserved reputation as a leading producer.
In a recent shareholder letter, Vuzix’s President and CEO, Paul Travers, announced that 2023 would be a period of significant growth and solid revenues for the company. Vuzix anticipates strong revenue growth across its core products, which include smart glasses, OEM/engineering services, and SaaS software solutions. The company’s strong focus on the enterprise market, transitioning from proof of concept to commercial deployment, is expected to drive growth and expansion as the market evolves.
Moreover, Vuzix has bolstered its strategic partnership with AMA, a pioneer of assisted reality and workflow management software solutions. The Vuzix M400 smart glasses now support the entire XpertEye assisted reality product range, and the partnership has adopted the embedded Vivoka multilingual automatic speech recognition. This move is expected to help Vuzix address the rapid digital transformation of remote assistance.
Last but not least, here is the link to Vuzix’s recent investor presentation for anyone interested in the trends influencing the future of AR - those of you who think of gaming only will be more than surprised at the manifold fields of application, from open heart surgery, remote assistance to warehouse logistics. And as for use cases in the security field, „please contact Vuzix to discuss“…
P.S.: Did I mention Qualcomm is working with Vuzix? But I assume this is opening up a too big a can of worms…
Terroni2105
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I was keeping an eye on movements of Jean Luc-Chatelain as most of you probably were.
I have just seen that he has updated his LinkedIn profile to “Open to Work”
I have just seen that he has updated his LinkedIn profile to “Open to Work”
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FrederikSchack
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I previously thought little of SynSense, because they seem to have narrow targets with their products, plus not selling IP and that's still the same picture I get from the below article. On the other hand, the narrow focus and hardware implementation maybe give more tangible products to their customers:
It seems like the adoption of SynSense is still slow and I'm not very impressed that Dynap-CNN has a latency of 200ms for audio recognition!??? But it's enough for a toy.
It seems like the adoption of SynSense is still slow and I'm not very impressed that Dynap-CNN has a latency of 200ms for audio recognition!??? But it's enough for a toy.
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TheFunkMachine
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In recent interview with Edge Impulse, Sean Heir mentioned that they are working on communication as something exciting. Zack kind of jokingly said “what like walki talkies”.
Then Sean went on stating that what he was referring to was more like telecommunications, radio technologies etc.
This comment from Joe talking about RF signal processing is interesting in light of what Sean talked about in that interview. I will have to go back and Re listen to it as I can’t quite pinpoint it exactly.
But this is what Chat GPT says RF signal processing is:
RF signal processing refers to the techniques and methods used for processing signals in the radio frequency (RF) range, typically from a few kilohertz to several gigahertz. These signals are used in a wide range of applications, including radio and television broadcasting, telecommunications, radar, and wireless networking.
The processing of RF signals involves a range of techniques, including modulation, demodulation, filtering, amplification, and frequency conversion. These processes are used to extract useful information from the RF signal, remove unwanted noise and interference, and prepare the signal for further processing or transmission.
RF signal processing is an important field of study in electrical engineering and communications, as it plays a critical role in the design and operation of many modern technologies.
DollazAndSense
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Intellisense seem to agree Akida is a good fit for these type of use cases too.
"We are excited to partner with BrainChip and leverage their state-of-the-art neuromorphic technology," said Frank T. Willis, President and CEO of Intellisense. "By integrating BrainChip's Akida processor into our cognitive radio solutions, we will be able to provide our customers with an unparalleled level of performance, adaptability and reliability.
Intellisense's intelligent radio frequency (RF) system solutions enable wireless devices and platforms to sense and learn the characteristics of the communications environment in real time, providing enhanced communication quality, reliability and security. By integrating BrainChip’s Akida™ neuromorphic processor, Intellisense can deliver even more advanced, yet energy efficient, cognitive capabilities to its RF system solutions.”
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