While I'm personally a fan of the Sonos One's excellent sound, its Amazon Alexa integration is far too limited to actively recommend;
the microphone array in the Sonos One is also weaker than any smart speaker I've tried, often requiring multiple «Alexa» requests when music is playing.
Not exact matches
Designed for up to six participants
in small to midsize meeting rooms and workgroups, C3 Teamroom MP features Yamaha's PJP 300V with triple 120 degree pan cameras, and a built -
in array of 16
microphones and 14 loudspeakers for automated track - the - talker audio and camera adjustments.
However, the integration of the far - field
microphone array and the speech recognition software that identifies whether the «wake word» is spoken —
in this case Siri — must consistently perform well or the user experience is terrible.
The Boomerang system, developed
in response to sniper threats to US soldiers
in Iraq and Afghanistan, uses a seven -
microphone array mounted at the rear of military vehicles.
To eavesdrop on dolphins
in the wild, behavioral ecologist Vincent Janik of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
in Massachusetts analyzed recordings from an
array of underwater
microphones in Scotland's Moray Firth.
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in flipcase Android 8.0 or Elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki Okular 1.3 or Bookworm based e-reader software enhanced with «shelves» concept
The 8.8 mm (0.34 -
in) thin, 430 g (15 oz) ThinkPad 8 is constructed from machine - cut aluminum, and packs an 8.3 - inch, 1920 x 1200 resolution multi-touch display panel with a 2 megapixel HD webcam
in the bezel and dual
array digital
microphones.
The built -
in microphone is a single unit, not an
array unit.
High Definition audio interface S / PDIF digital output 1 Built -
in Array Microphone 2 Built -
in Speakers Sound Blaster ™ X-FI ® MB5
By far the most ambitious of the three devices, Natal combines a webcam, a time of flight camera, an IR projector and an
array microphones in a single strip.
With its 1080p HD camera, Kinect delivers a highly detailed picture, and its
microphone array picks out your voice above any other sound
in the room, so no one will ever miss a beat.
Kinect for Xbox One has a 1080p HD camera, advanced infrared technology and a
microphone array with noise isolation for maximum precision
in capturing sound and motion.
The new Kinect can also recognise up to six different people
in a room, and with the
array microphone it can zoom
in on the person talking and listen to their commands
in isolation.
The authors of the study analyzed recordings made over decades by
arrays of
microphones in St. Andrews Bay to figure out how these whistles were used.
Xiaomi said that the speaker offers «excellent sound quality», along with a six -
microphone omnidirectional
array to pick up voice commands and enquiries from anywhere
in the room.
Above the tweeters, there's a six -
microphone array that allows the HomePod to hear spoken Siri commands even when loud music is playing, and above the
microphones, there's a 4 - inch upward - facing Apple - designed woofer that has a powerful motor to move a lot of air, resulting
in deep bass.
With a 6
microphone array, the speaker can detect Siri commands from anywhere
in a room, even when loud music is playing.
An active
microphone array from the World's Largest Data Harvesting and Advertising company
in my home?
However, the integration of the far - field
microphone array and the speech recognition software that identifies whether the «wake word» is spoken —
in this case Siri — must consistently perform well or the user experience is terrible.
The
microphone system consists of an
array of 6 individual
microphones that when combined with Acoustic Echo Cancellation, Noise Reduction and Beamforming are able to isolate the speaker even
in a noisy environment.
Like Amazon, Lenovo is using an
array of six far - field
microphones on top of the speaker to capture your voice queries and commands from any direction, but the computer manufacturer has added a second mic
in the center, so there are eight
in all.
The Asus ROG G752VS has a wide
array of ports: Thunderbolt 3, Ethernet, HDMI, Mini DisplayPort, four USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, a Kensington lock, and jacks for headphones, a
microphone, and audio
in.
The new Sonos One smart speaker has a six -
microphone array and Alexa capability built
in.
Alongside the new headphones, the Vive Pro augments the original Vive's single
microphone for
in - headset voice chat, with a dual -
microphone array.
While I can understand not including the Kinect and even leaving out any port for it to save space and reduce costs, I think not including any
microphone array for voice commands is a wrong decision — especially with the addition of the Cortana voice assistant
in the Summer Update.
The Milo, which includes a built -
in three
microphone array, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0 and support for Zigbee devices, can control hundreds of devices around the home.
In addition to using the app and voice commands, the speaker also has a button
array on top with controls to connect via Bluetooth, mute the
microphone, invoke the voice assistant, raise or lower volume, and play / pause.
Fire tablets don't have the far - field
microphone arrays found
in Amazon's Echo speakers, but so long as you're reasonably close to your tablet, Alexa shouldn't have a problem responding to voice commands.
The Echo is outfitted with seven
microphones arrayed around and on top of its enclosure, so it can detect your voice no matter where you are
in relation to it.
A speaker is also present on the Nest Cam IQ Outdoor, claimed to be up to 15 times more powerful than the one
in the previous model, while there is also a three
microphone array instead of just one.
The assistant is a multi-directional listening post with seven
microphones arranged
in a circular
array.
The Sonos One was that answer: The former Play: 1 gets fancier touch controls like the Play: 5, but it also packs
in the full force of Amazon «a Alexa assistant thanks to a new
microphone array.
Apple's baked
in quite the hardware package: seven beam - forming tweeters, one 4 - inch, Apple - designed woofer, and a six -
microphone array.
What's more is that the Phab 2 Pro actually records
in Dolby Atmos 5.1 quality as well, utilizing a triple -
array of
microphones to accurately capture positional audio throughout situations.
The 6.8 - inch device includes Apple's A8 chip, which is found
in the iPhone 6, as well as a high ‑ excursion woofer, seven horn - loaded tweeters (each with its own custom amplifier) and a six -
microphone array.
Amazon yesterday announced its Echo connected smart speaker is now available to pre-order
in the U.K. and Germany, signaling the end of a 14 - month wait for the device to become available outside of the U.S.For those unfamiliar with the device, the Echo's
array of
microphones lets users query voice - based assistant Alexa, who can be asked to do things like play music, read the news, use apps, check the weather, turn on the lights, set timers, and more.The Amazon Echo costs # 150
in the UK and 180 Euros
in Germany, while Amazon Prime members get a # 50 or 50 Euros discount off the sale price if they pre-order today.
Talk and listen to visitors right from the app with the camera's 3 -
microphone array and built -
in speaker.
Amazon today began offering devices
in its Echo smart speaker range at discounted prices for the first time
in the products» short history, as part of its Black Friday Deals Week.For those unfamiliar with the devices, the connected speakers»
array of
microphones lets users query voice - based assistant Alexa, who can be asked to do things like play music, read the news, use apps, check the weather, turn on the lights, set timers, and more.The full - size Echo speaker is being offered at $ 140 (usually $ 180), while the second - generation Echo Dot — a smaller variant with the same features — has had $ 10 lopped off the price and is going for $ 40.
Instead of writing data from the
microphone to a file, it'll report empty data (a string of zeros
in the byte
array).
The cylindrical speaker features a seven - speaker
array of tweeters, a four - inch subwoofer, and a six -
microphone array, which puts it right on par spec-wise with the best speakers
in its price range, but where it may fall short is Siri, which isn't really
in the same class as Alexa or Google Assistant.
Amazon Echo has an
array of seven
microphones that use beam - forming technology and noise cancellation to hear across the room — this happens even when there is loud ambient noise
in the room.
The device is wall - mountable, too, and includes a 5 - megapixel sensor, built -
in microphone array, and small built -
in speaker.
That includes the
microphone array that helps Echo pick up speech even
in a fairly noisy room, as well as Amazon's own proprietary software for recognizing wake words, reducing background noise and cancelling out echoes
in large open rooms.
While it is smaller than the Echo, the Dot features the same
array of seven
microphones found
in its larger counterpart and boasts «a more powerful speech processor, which delivers improved far - field speech recognition accuracy.»
«With the same high - quality
array of seven
microphones found
in Echo, the all - new Echo Dot can hear you from across the room, even when it's noisy or music is playing,» said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO,
in a statement.
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«With the same high - quality
array of seven
microphones found
in Echo, the all - new Echo Dot can hear you from across the room, even when it's noisy or music is playing,» said Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos,
in a press release.
The Sonos One has all the same features as other Sonos speakers, but it adds built -
in voice control thanks to the
array of six -
microphones within the top of the device.
Much of Apple's focus
in promoting the HomePod has been the speaker's hardware, with its large woofer, seven beam - forming tweeters, and six -
microphone array.