Your World of Legal Intelligence
 United Kingdom | +44 (0) 20 7284 8080

Knowles announces kit for Wake-on-Voice Alexa headsets.

Document Cited in Related
Vincent

INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-(C)1995-2019 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

Knowles Corporation (NYSE: KN), a market leader and global provider of advanced micro-acoustic, audio processing, and precision device solutions, has announced that it has developed a new hands-free reference solution to enable OEMs and ODMs to build headphones, headsets and wireless earbuds that allow users to talk directly to Alexa, the company said.

The Knowles AISonic(TM) SmartMic Headset Development Kit for the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) brings users natural access to the service's capabilities by simply saying the "Alexa" wake word. This means customers can play music, place calls, access skills, and more -- hands-free. The solution is fully compliant with the Alexa Mobile Accessory (AMA) protocol for Bluetooth accessories, and enables the industry's lowest power which is necessary for wake-on-voice functionality in a small battery operated device.

This Development Kit includes the Knowles AISonic IA611 SmartMic, which integrates a low power audio edge processor inside a tiny microphone. All wake-word detection, identification of the voice wake word and local voice command processing is performed in the SmartMic and interfaces to the Bestechnic BES2000i Bluetooth System-on-Chip, which controls overall headset functionality and...

To continue reading

Request your trial
COPYRIGHT Normans Media Ltd.

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT