Apple Patents a Voice Assistant That Resumes Playback Exactly Where You Mean
Imagine pausing an article being read aloud and then saying 'go back to the part about the budget' — and your device…
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Voice & speech AI patents
Machines that listen and talk back: transcription, translation, synthetic voices, and the systems that clean up how we sound.
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Google Patents a Speech Recognition System That Understands Multiple Languages Simultaneously
Getting a voice assistant to accurately transcribe speech in multiple languages — especially when speakers switch mid-sentence — is one of the…
Google Patents a Training Method That Wires Speech Recognition Directly Into an LLM
Getting an AI that transcribes speech to actually *understand* what was said — not just write it down — requires connecting two…
Nvidia Patents a Two-Stage Speech Transcription System That Handles Multiple Languages at Once
Many real conversations don't stay in one language — people switch mid-sentence, mid-meeting, or mid-call. Nvidia's new patent describes a speech recognition…
Samsung Patents a System That Routes Your Voice Commands to the Right AI Based on What's on Screen
Imagine shouting a command at your Samsung TV while a Netflix show is playing — and the TV automatically figures out whether…
Samsung Patents a Voice Recognition System That Double-Checks Its Own Transcriptions
Samsung is patenting a speech recognition approach that processes your voice twice — once as-is and once with audio enhancement — then…
Qualcomm Patents On-Device AI That Reads Mixed Inputs and Acts on Them
Qualcomm is patenting a way for a device's AI to simultaneously take in a photo, some text, and a voice clip —…
Nvidia Patents an AI That Turns How-To Videos Into Written Step-by-Step Guides
Nvidia is working on an AI system that can watch a how-to video and automatically produce a written step-by-step guide — no…
Google Patents a Voice Tool That Formats Your Words While You Dictate
What if you could say 'type this in all caps: meeting is canceled' and your phone just got it — no extra…
Google Patents an AI That Tells Two Voices Apart and Answers Each One Personally
When two people talk to a Google Assistant at the same time, the AI currently treats them as a crowd. This patent…
Google Patents a Fix That Warns Its AI When Your Words Were Misheard
Every voice assistant has the same embarrassing flaw: when speech-to-text garbles your words, the AI underneath just runs with the gibberish. Google's…
Nvidia Patents a Streaming AI System That Transcribes and Reasons Over Live Audio in Real Time
Most AI voice systems wait until you stop talking before they start thinking. Nvidia's new patent describes a system that feeds live…
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