This document provides a recommendation to implement a shared memory ring buffer for reading and writing audio samples, and an update to the SpeechRecognizer.Recognize message structure to include
wake word start and stop indices and a new initiator parameter that informs AVS how an interaction with Alexa was triggered.
Keep in mind, this is only a recommendation, alternative implementations are allowed as long as they provide the requisite functionality to identify 500 milliseconds of pre-roll,
the wake word start and stop indices, and stream the user's request in it's entirety.
Represents the index in the audio stream where
the wake word starts (in samples).
Not exact matches
At about 18 months, toddlers» spoken vocabulary
starts to explode, adding new
words at the astonishing rate of one every two
waking hours.
If she's not reciting her one -
word days, she recites her daily routine
starting with
wake up and going to the bathroom to what she will wear and how her hair will be styled, what she eats for breakfast, what she will do in school...... well, you get the idea.
Having an inner conversation with loving and curious
words, with all parts of myself, choosing to learn and love, finally
start to feel peace when I
wake up in the morning and I am beginning to trust myself for being loving.
It
started with a long walks through the Auckland CBD and involved many highlights, such as `' sharing a cup of chamomile tea on a park bench,
waking early in the morning to get coffee, watching The Late Night Breakfast Show and laughing until it hurt, sitting for four hours looking over the Auckland Harbour saying barely a
word.»
In other
words, middle school
start times are somewhat earlier in
Wake County than in most districts nationwide.
To get
started, say the «
wake word,» which by default is Alexa.
(A
wake word typically triggers smart devices like Google Home and the Amazon Echo to
start listening to your verbal commands).
An update to Amazon Voice Service in October made it possible to create your own «
wake word,» the
word used to signal Alexa that it should
start listening to you.
Every so often, she
starts speaking, even when not
woken by a
wake word.
The
start index should be accurate to within 50ms of
wake word detection.
It includes information about how an interaction with Alexa was initiated, and if voice - initiated, the
start and stop indices for the
wake word.
Voice - initiated products
start to stream user speech to AVS when a
wake word, such as «Alexa», is detected by the
wake word engine; the stream is closed when the user stops speaking or user's intent has been identified and the service returns a StopCapture directive.
When the user request is voice - initiated and the initiator.type is set to WAKEWORD, the Recognize event must contain the
start and stop indices for the occurrence of the
wake word.
Amazon's line of Echo products use voice - enabled «
wake words» to
start listening to your commands.
By putting Alexa just a
wake word away, Amazon is poised to give Google Assistant a run for its money, and it could be the
start of an all - out battle on our smartphones.
When Alexa is Idle, customers can use the Alexa
wake -
word or a physical control to
wake Alexa, which
starts her Listening state.
Starting today, Amazon is making the same Cloud - Based
Wake Word Verification algorithm the Echo and Echo Dot use available to third - party hardware makers that will make it so these devices will only respond to the word «Alexa&raq
Word Verification algorithm the Echo and Echo Dot use available to third - party hardware makers that will make it so these devices will only respond to the
word «Alexa&raq
word «Alexa».
Amazon says the Echo only
starts recording when it hears certain
wake words, but it's not uncommon for it to mishear things and accidentally begin recording.
«Alexa» is simply the «
wake word» that alerts the service to
start listening to your voice.