Connected Home: iSpeech Unveils Voice Recognition for TVs and Appliances

By David Tobia
July 30, 2012

Speech recognition provider iSpeech has announced plans to create the first voice-controlled smart households, which would allow users to control their appliances, lights and more with voice recognition software.
The iSpeech Home technology would “give OEMs and manufacturers a canvas where they can implement voice recognition software into TVs, home entertainment systems, lighting, refrigerators and even washers and dryers,” reports Engadget.
The company does not have any official partners yet, but plans to implement the iSpeech Home system within 6-12 months.
“We believe speech is the user interface of the future,” says iSpeech COO Yaron Oren. “Siri has done an amazing job of bringing this vision to life on the iPhone, and we are helping bring it to more applications, more platforms and new markets such as the connected home.”
According to the company’s press release, iSpeech Home supports 26 languages and comprehends voices commands such as: “Watch ESPN,” “Find movies starring Tom Hanks,” “Record American Idol,” “Turn on stereo and play Lady Gaga,” “Set temperature in house to 70 degrees,” “Turn off the lights in the living room” and “Turn on the alarm.”
“Leveraging iSpeech’s cloud, embedded and hybrid, human quality text-to-speech and speech recognition technology, iSpeech Home eliminates the challenge of a complicated user interface typically associated with home automation,” explains the release.

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