Sensory Blog

Most of us have probably witnessed some new and unexpected human behaviors as society slowly emerges from the pandemic. For example, many people have shifted away from shaking hands and fist bumps have become the new norm. Less contact seems to be effective for preventing the spread of germs and also a trend that may continue well after the pandemic…

Sensory has been around for about 28 years. Our very first product was the RSC-164. RSC stood for recognition, synthesis, and control and was based around the idea that an 8-bit microcontroller could not only act as a controller but also as a means for performing speech recognition and speech output. We used only 2KB of RAM and added a…

Vivoka expands their range of embedded voice technologies on their latest Voice Development Kit with the integration of Sensory’s TrulySecure Voice & TrulyNatural  Companies desire dynamic embedded voice recognition capabilities beyond the cloud-tethered offerings from tech giants like Google or Amazon in order to own or brand their voice experience. Vivoka’s latest Voice Development Kit 3.0 uniquely equips developers with…

Fifteen years ago, Silicon Valley had a mantra that the US couldn’t compete in consumer electronics. Yeah we could do PCs, and cars and software, and there were dozens of “exceptions” like Microsoft’s Xbox,  but the land of cameras, TVs, audio/video, telephones and other mainstream CE devices belonged to Asia. Silicon Valley was chips and software…VC’s wouldn’t touch the CE…

In August Samsung hosted their Galaxy UNPACKED 2021 event. Amid a dizzying array of new gadgets like folding phones, designer collaborations, body fat tracking smartwatches and colorful amped up earbuds, there was barely enough time for a major Bixby announcement. However, they did manage squeeze in a Bixby update during the unveiling the Z Flip 3 and just before the…