Date: 20/06/2012
Voice recognition chip packs audio-processor and high-speed memory
To convert speech/voice to text/control signal, it is a complex process where the processor with powerful DSP capabilities and a fast memory is required. The memory got to be large and fast to store library of voice signal signatures and speech algorithms. Spansion, being a memory expert, it has come out with human machine interface (HMI) coprocessor to design voice-controlled system interfaces.
This chip can process the audio on-chip and it don't need to connect to external memory. It can be used as standalone voice control device with less support from host processor or a host computer system from the audio processing task. The applications are as broad as designer can imagine. In cars and automotives driver can control the devices from a microphone without moving his hands from his driving controls such as steering and others. The gamers can change the setting and options by telling instead of pressing or touching. The phones are already featuring voice interface but they are impacting the performance of the host processor. The smartphone and mobile devices can leverage this chip to reduce the processing load on the host processor. Automotive is important market for this chip, as per Spansion. The reason it gave is, the accuray required by automotive industry is taken care in this chip.
Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager of the Nuance Mobile Division said specialized coprocessors can make voice interactions exceptionally fast, more natural, and even more accurate.
Spansion says: Benchmark results demonstrate that with the Spansion Acoustic Coprocessor, system response improves by 50 percent over typical systems using an application processor alone.
There are applications where space, cost, size and interface are issues, this voice processor from Spansion is made for that kind of requirements.
More info at www.spansion.com
To convert speech/voice to text/control signal, it is a complex process where the processor with powerful DSP capabilities and a fast memory is required. The memory got to be large and fast to store library of voice signal signatures and speech algorithms. Spansion, being a memory expert, it has come out with human machine interface (HMI) coprocessor to design voice-controlled system interfaces.
This chip can process the audio on-chip and it don't need to connect to external memory. It can be used as standalone voice control device with less support from host processor or a host computer system from the audio processing task. The applications are as broad as designer can imagine. In cars and automotives driver can control the devices from a microphone without moving his hands from his driving controls such as steering and others. The gamers can change the setting and options by telling instead of pressing or touching. The phones are already featuring voice interface but they are impacting the performance of the host processor. The smartphone and mobile devices can leverage this chip to reduce the processing load on the host processor. Automotive is important market for this chip, as per Spansion. The reason it gave is, the accuray required by automotive industry is taken care in this chip.
Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager of the Nuance Mobile Division said specialized coprocessors can make voice interactions exceptionally fast, more natural, and even more accurate.
Spansion says: Benchmark results demonstrate that with the Spansion Acoustic Coprocessor, system response improves by 50 percent over typical systems using an application processor alone.
There are applications where space, cost, size and interface are issues, this voice processor from Spansion is made for that kind of requirements.
More info at www.spansion.com
To convert speech/voice to text/control signal, it is a complex process where the processor with powerful DSP capabilities and a fast memory is required. The memory got to be large and fast to store library of voice signal signatures and speech algorithms. Spansion, being a memory expert, it has come out with human machine interface (HMI) coprocessor to design voice-controlled system interfaces.
This chip can process the audio on-chip and it don't need to connect to external memory. It can be used as standalone voice control device with less support from host processor or a host computer system from the audio processing task. The applications are as broad as designer can imagine. In cars and automotives driver can control the devices from a microphone without moving his hands from his driving controls such as steering and others. The gamers can change the setting and options by telling instead of pressing or touching. The phones are already featuring voice interface but they are impacting the performance of the host processor. The smartphone and mobile devices can leverage this chip to reduce the processing load on the host processor. Automotive is important market for this chip, as per Spansion. The reason it gave is, the accuray required by automotive industry is taken care in this chip.
Michael Thompson, executive vice president and general manager of the Nuance Mobile Division said specialized coprocessors can make voice interactions exceptionally fast, more natural, and even more accurate.
Spansion says: Benchmark results demonstrate that with the Spansion Acoustic Coprocessor, system response improves by 50 percent over typical systems using an application processor alone.
There are applications where space, cost, size and interface are issues, this voice processor from Spansion is made for that kind of requirements.
More info at www.spansion.com