All items tagged with Alexa Voice Service (35)

How to Get Alexa-Enabled Devices AVS Certified

July 24, 2023 by David Berol

How to Get Alexa-Enabled Devices AVS Certified

Getting AVS certified for your Alexa built-in integrations is no trivial task. Amazon expects OEMs to follow specific processes when building and testing their devices including Acoustics, Security, Music, Functional, and User Experience. David Berol, Director of the Authorized Test Labs for Alexa at Silicon Valley pioneer Surfaceink, shares his insights on what you need to know about getting your Alexa-enable devices through AVS Certification process. Learn How.

QuickLogic Releases Amazon-Qualified Alexa Reference Design for Hearables

March 4, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

QuickLogic Releases Amazon-Qualified Alexa Reference Design for Hearables

QuickLogic released an Amazon-qualified QuickFeather AVS Reference Design that enables OEMs and ODMs to evaluate and develop their own smart hearable products quickly and easily. This kit integrates the Alexa voice-initiated Close-Talk experience, enabling a broad set of battery-powered applications to communicate directly with Alexa for a multitude of use cases. In addition, OEMs and ODMs can optionally integrate multiple AI-based motion, sound and other AI use cases based on SensiML’s AI Software Platform, which already has native support for the development kit.

DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Front End Qualified by Amazon for Alexa Built-In Devices

June 11, 2020 by audioXpress Staff

DSP Concepts TalkTo Audio Front End Qualified by Amazon for Alexa Built-In Devices

DSP Concepts announced that TalkTo, its suite of proprietary microphone processing algorithms that use adaptive learning technology to deliver a quiet-room experience in noisy and unpredictable environments, has been qualified by Amazon for Alexa built-in devices using Alexa Voice Service (AVS). This enables more hardware brands to easily build Alexa built-in devices that will perform well even in noisy situations, thanks to TalkTo’s leading sound cancellation technology.

Qualcomm Introduces New Amazon Alexa Development Kit for Affordable Smart Home Products

October 31, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Qualcomm Introduces New Amazon Alexa Development Kit for Affordable Smart Home Products

Qualcomm Technologies, a subsidiary of Qualcomm, announced a new development kit based on the Qualcomm QCA4020 multimode SoC that is qualified by Amazon’s Alexa Voice Service (AVS) for AWS IoT Core connected devices. The new Qualcomm Home Hub 100 kit supports Alexa Voice Service using a microcontroller (MCU) and Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) with Multimode Connectivity and adds to Qualcomm's’ line up of voice enabling products including kits that can allow OEMs to easily integrate Alexa into smart speakers and hearables.

XMOS VocalFusion 2-Mic Dev Kit for Alexa Voice Service Qualified by Amazon

October 29, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS VocalFusion 2-Mic Dev Kit for Alexa Voice Service Qualified by Amazon

Amazon has qualified the VocalFusion 2-mic dev kit for Alexa Voice Services launched by XMOS for smart TVs and set-top boxes in July 2019. The qualification highlights the opportunity for manufacturers to build Amazon Alexa voice capabilities into their products more easily and cost effectively than ever before. Amazon highlights the product’s engineering innovation, enabling lower cost voice capabilities with all the performance of a 4-mic solution, and paving the way for mass market implementation of far-field applications.

Amazon Announces Voice Interoperability Initiative with Leading Technology Companies

September 26, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Amazon Announces Voice Interoperability Initiative with Leading Technology Companies

Amazon, Baidu, Sony, BMW, Microsoft, Bose, Tencent, Orange, Salesforce, Harman, Logitech, Verizon, Sonos, Spotify, Sound United, and more are joining forces to promote choice by supporting multiple, interoperable voice services on a single device. The idea is to offer multiple, simultaneous wake words, so users can access multiple voice services by simply saying the corresponding wake word – from Alexa and Cortana to Orange’s Djingo, Salesforce’s Einstein, and more.

XMOS Introduces New Voice Processor and Far-Field Voice Development Kit for Amazon AVS

July 24, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

XMOS Introduces New Voice Processor and Far-Field Voice Development Kit for Amazon AVS

UK-based XMOS launched its next generation voice processor — the XVF3510. The 2-mic voice processor boasts all the performance of a 4-mic solution, and will be available at a market-leading cost of $0.99 per unit, paving the way for mass market implementation. The new processor is now available as part of a new development kit, optimized for far-field applications in TVs and set-top boxes, which allows manufacturers to embed Alexa or other voice engines into their products.

Knowles Announces First Amazon-Qualified Development Kit for Wake-on-Voice Alexa Headsets

June 12, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Announces First Amazon-Qualified Development Kit for Wake-on-Voice Alexa Headsets

Knowles 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 new AISonic SmartMic Headset Development Kit for Amazon AVS supports Alexa with the lowest power voice activation, eliminating the need for Push-to-Talk activation. This Development Kit includes the Knowles AISonic IA611 SmartMic, which integrates a low power audio edge processor inside a tiny microphone.

Libre Wireless MAVID Device and Software Now with Amazon Alexa Built-in

February 8, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Libre Wireless MAVID Device and Software Now with Amazon Alexa Built-in

Leading embedded wireless voice/AI solutions provider Libre Wireless Technologies announced that its MAVID (Multiprotocol, Audio, Voice, IoT Device) super compact, ultra-low power mic-to-cloud platform and software SDK, now supports the Alexa Voice Service (AVS) built-in. The breakthrough platform incorporates a complete hardware and software solution for embedded voice, IoT, audio and wireless connectivity, and now features integrated AVS.

Development Kit for Amazon AVS Supports Far-field Voice Interaction with Multiple Microphone Array Options

January 10, 2019 by audioXpress Staff

Development Kit for Amazon AVS Supports Far-field Voice Interaction with Multiple Microphone Array Options

Microchip Technology, via its Microsemi Corporation subsidiary, announced that its AcuEdge ZLK38AVS Development Kit for Amazon Alexa Voice Service (AVS) now introduces far-field voice pick up and the flexibility to build devices with multiple mic array configurations. The audio front-end solution with one, two and three mic configurations reduces bill of materials costs while addressing the requirements of small-form-factor designs.

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