Sensory Announces New Time-Setting Technology.FluentChip[TM] 3.1 Includes Ability to Set Clocks with Natural Voice Commands SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Sensory, Inc., the leader in speech technologies for consumer products, today announced an update to its FluentChip[TM] firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . FluentChip v3.1 includes TimeSet[TM], a technology that allows any RSC-4x enabled device with a clock to have its time set using natural spoken phrases. Sensory's low-cost RSC-4x chips already make millions of consumer electronics devices more intelligent by enabling them to talk and hear with speech synthesis speech synthesis Generation of speech by artificial means, usually by computer. Production of sound to simulate human speech is referred to as low-level synthesis. High-level synthesis deals with the conversion of written text or symbols into an abstract representation of , voice recognition, and other advanced audio and interactive technologies. Now, the RSC-4x chips can even eliminate the confusing manner in which digital clocks are programmed. No More Blinking 12:00 on the VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. Ever since the first home video recording devices were introduced in the '60's, setting the time and recording options have been common consumer problems. Built-in recording functions are seldom used and the clock always seems to be permanently set to "eternal midnight." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. David LaGesse in U.S. News and World Report, most VCR owners have never learned to set the clock, much less schedule a recording for later. He points out that even the latest DVD recorders still have this time-setting problem. With the advent of TimeSet from Sensory, consumer devices can now be programmed using natural speech input. TimeSet is unique in that it doesn't require any user or device training, or an unusual sequence of spoken commands or discrete input of digits. A person can now simply say "twelve-thirty-seven PM", or "six AM." Any device, such as an alarm clock, microwave oven, thermostat thermostat, automatic device that regulates temperature in an enclosed area by controlling heating or refrigerating systems. It is commonly connected to one of these systems, turning it on or off in order to maintain a predetermined temperature. , coffee maker, or DVR (1) (Digital Video Recorder) A device that records video onto a hard disk from one or more ceiling mounted video cameras. Part of a security system, the DVR typically supports 4, 8 or 16 separate camera channels. outfitted with an RSC-4x chip can be programmed quickly and accurately without the hassle of holding down hidden or multiple buttons. A video demonstration can be seen on YouTube. FluentChip Powers World's Most Versatile Speech Chip Sensory's FluentChip technology library offers an incredible range of capabilities on Sensory's very small footprint, low-cost RSC-4x family of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. . In addition to TimeSet, developers also get speech recognition, music and speech synthesis, record and playback, a sonic network, and interactive robotic features like lip syncing and beat detection to give products life-like qualities. Sensory offers a complete set of development tools for integrating its technologies into any consumer electronic product. Software tools include Quick T2SI[TM], the only tool to allow development of speaker independent recognition vocabularies in seconds (in multiple languages) from text-based input of desired commands. Multiple hardware platforms Each hardware platform, or CPU family, has a unique machine language. All software presented to the computer for execution must be in the binary coded machine language of that CPU. Following is a list of the major hardware platforms in existence today. See platform. and chip options allow development of a wide range of intelligent electronic products, regardless of budget or quantity. More information is available on the Sensory website. About Sensory, Inc. Sensory, Inc. is the leader in speech technologies for consumer products. Sensory is a profitable private company offering a complete line of IC and software-only solutions for speech recognition, speech synthesis, speaker verification, music synthesis and more. The company's products are widely deployed in consumer electronics applications including telephones, home automation, toys, remote controls, automotive, security, and learning aids. Sensory's customers represent the leaders in consumer electronics, including such companies as Hasbro, JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon , Kenwood, Mattel, Mitsubishi, Toshiba, Uniden and Sony. Sensory, Inc. is located at 575 N. Pastoria Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Additional Sensory offices are located in Portland, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Tokyo and Vienna. The company can be found on the web at www.sensoryinc.com. |
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