Integration of voice capture into devices that formerly were used only as a sound source, or that now need to include the ability to interface with a variety of cloud-provided services available to users and/or expand voice control capability to otherwise simple devices has become commonplace, and integration of multiple microphones inside a case that houses playback transducers requires careful attention to certain design aspects as will be discussed in this article where a prototype of a "Smart Speaker" will be used as an example.

Author: De Oliveira, Rivanaldo
Affiliation: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
AES Convention: 147 (October 2019) Paper Number: 10245
Publication Date: October 8, 2019 Import into BibTeX
Subject: Transducers
Permalink: https://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=20618

Click to purchase paper as a non-member or login as an AES member. If your company or school subscribes to the E-Library then switch to the institutional version. If you are not an AES member and would like to subscribe to the E-Library then Join the AES!

This paper costs $33 for non-members and is free for AES members and E-Library subscribers.

Learn more about the AES E-Library

E-Library Location:   /conv/147/10245.pdf

Start a discussion about this paper!