Speech processing for voice assistants
Speech processing for voice assistants Speech processing for voice assistants turns spoken words into commands people can act on. This journey starts with clear audio and ends with a helpful response. A good system feels fast, accurate, and respectful of user privacy, even in noisy rooms or with different accents. Microphone input and signal quality Quality comes first. Built-in mics pick up speech along with ambient noise and room echoes. To help, engineers use proper sampling, noise suppression, and beamforming to focus on the speaker. Practical tricks include echo cancellation for sounds produced by the device itself and daylight calibration for different environments. Small changes in hardware and software can make a big difference in recognition accuracy. ...