Chen Junzhi, Sales Manager of Nordic Region, mentioned that voice control technology via Bluetooth has already been applied for two or three years ago. At that time, it was applied to the set-top box voice search function, mainly using Bluetooth low-power technology to transmit voice remote control. Voice information. With the rise of smart speaker applications, developers have been looking for new business opportunities in the past two years. Creating a voice output/input device around a smart speaker is a new development opportunity.
Smart speaker applications are limited by geographical location. Users must command the number of people standing near the speakers to manipulate or obtain useful information. If users are far from the speakers, they cannot perform applications. In order to maximize the effectiveness of smart speakers, Chen Junzhi stated that many smart home related foundries or Netcom equipment manufacturers are actively inquiring about the technology of voice output/input equipment around smart speakers in an attempt to create a new world in the emerging field; for this reason, the company is also working hard to develop a proof of concept ( Proof of concept, PoC), to meet this application requirement.
On the whole, the voice output/input device application is to add it to any place in the home, to perform the operation of some lamps, door lock switches, and also to get some real-time useful information from it. For example, the user in the kitchen Cooking needs to get some recipe messages, you can directly ask the voice output/input device in the kitchen. After the device receives the voice message, it compresses the message via Bluetooth and sends it to the smart speaker. When the smart speaker receives the signal When you first extract the message and search for information on the recipe message, compress it and send it back to the voice output/input device and play it out through the speaker.
Although relevant voice output/input devices have not yet appeared on the market, the market inquiry is very hot. In addition to being able to work with smart speakers, smart boxes without audio or AI functions can also be used. From a technical point of view, The existing Bluetooth low energy technology is sufficient to deal with the development of voice output/input devices, and the manufacturing cost is only about 10 US dollars. The rain is coming to an end, the device will set off a new wave in the smart home industry.