Nuance and ROOBO Deliver Fully Optimized Audio Solutions for Smart Speakers, Robotics and IoT
05 January 2018 - 12:00AM
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) and ROOBO today announced
the availability of fully optimized, best-in-class hardware and
software solutions, which will be sold by ROOBO, that can be widely
adopted by original equipment and design manufacturers (OEMs and
ODMs) across smart speakers, robotics and smart home devices.
Drastically reducing OEM and ODM development time, this new
audio capture solution combines Nuance’s market-proven speech
signal enhancement algorithms with ROOBO’s hardware/software
expertise and speedy time to market, resulting in a complete
solution that incorporates all critical elements necessary for
smart home, smart speaker and robotic applications. Together,
Nuance and ROOBO are simplifying what was previously a complicated
development process; OEMs/ODMs typically develop hardware and
software separately, integrating and testing performance at the end
of the process. Now, OEMs and ODMs can take advantage of a
pre-packaged, integrated hardware/software solution powered by
Nuance and ROOBO, making adjustments to the end product as
needed.
Nuance speech signal enhancement (SSE) is a suite of signal
processing technologies that remove noise from microphone input and
send out a cleaner signal for improved speech recognition and
hands-free communication in noisy environments. Nuance SSE has been
commercially used in the automotive domain for more than 15 years,
as well as in the smart home and in PC and mobile applications,
delivering optimal hands-free communication and speech recognition
results. In its partnership with ROOBO, Nuance will provide SSE
algorithms for wake up word, barge-in, 360-degree speaker
localization, and far-field operations – critical technologies for
smart speakers, robotics and smart home devices. In addition,
Nuance’s automatic speech recognition (ASR) is pre-trained to
support these use cases.
In less than three years, ROOBO has transformed from an AI
robotic product company to a global AI solution provider for all
kinds of intelligent devices in several industries. Based in
Beijing, China, ROOBO was named one of China’s Top 10 most
competitive AI start-ups in 2016 & 2017. Pudding BeanQ, the
company’s third-generation robot, was the winner of 2017 Red Dot
Best of the Best Award. Jelly, the company’s service robot, won an
iF Design Award, Red Dot Award 2017 and IDEA Design Award in 2017.
DOMGY, the company’s pet robot, was featured on CNBC and TechCrunch
in 2016.
“China is a hub for IoT innovation. In ROOBO, we’ve found a
global hardware partner that shares our goal: providing OEMs and
ODMs with pre-tested, high-quality solutions that are fully
optimized to provide incredible end user experiences across the
IoT,” said Kenn Harper, vice president of Emerging Solutions,
Nuance Mobile.
“By combining our respective hardware and software expertise, we
and Nuance will have the ability to dramatically reduce time to
market for OEMs and ODMs,” said Fangming Yin, President, ROOBO.
“This will result not only in speedier product development
turnarounds, but also in higher quality of experiences for end
users.”
CES 2018 attendees can view experience these solutions in person
at the 2018 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas from
January 9-12, 2018.
About Nuance Communications,
Inc.
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUAN) is a leading provider
of voice and language solutions for businesses and consumers around
the world. Its technologies, applications and services make
the user experience more compelling by transforming the way people
interact with devices and systems. Every day, millions of users and
thousands of businesses experience Nuance’s proven
applications. For more information, please visit
www.nuance.com.
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affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. All other
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owners.
About ROOBO
Founded in 2014, ROOBO is dedicated to becoming a world leading
AI solution provider as well as a pioneer in consumer robotics.
ROOBO’s AI Operating System integrates cutting-edge AI and robotic
technology to create a smarter and better life. Based in Beijing,
the company has offices in Shenzhen, Suzhou and Moscow. For more
information, visit: www.roobo.com.
Contact Information
For Press
Kate Hickman Nuance Communications, Inc. Tel: 781-565-4627
Email: kathryn.hickman@nuance.com
Lin YuanROOBOTel: +86-10-8741-2000Email: yuanlin@roobo.com
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