We've become increasingly used to technology that uses 'wake words' like, "Hey, Cortana" to initiate interaction. But this technology has, so far, failed to make a big impact in the mobile apps arena, the main reason being the battery drain created by having an app that's constantly listening. That could be about to change as Silicon Valley company Sensory is announcing a breakthrough in running its TrulyHandsfree wake word and speech recognition AI engine directly on Android and iOS smartphone applications at low-power. Until now, always-listening wake word solutions for apps required too much power to be practical, especially for…
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