Focus on Electronics
November 2006
VoiceBox enables XM conversational control
VoiceBox Technologies engineers have entered beta testing with a first-of-its-kind reference design that will enable users to conversationally search for radio stations, stock quotes, weather, and other data on an XM satellite radio. They overcame a number of difficult challenges in creating this reference design including finding a chip with the process power needed to understand the user's conversation and respond without noticeable delays; identifying an operating system and development environment that would minimize the time required to port the company's core technology to the new hardware environment; and integrating the design with the satellite radio and other hardware specified by XM.
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