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A <strong>voice computer</strong> is assembled hardware and software to process voice inputs.
Note that voice computers do not necessarily need a screen, such as in the traditional [[Amazon Echo]]. In other embodiments, traditional [[laptop computers]] or [[mobile phones]] could be used as voice computers. Moreover, there has become increasingly more interfaces for voice computers with the advent of [[Internet of things|IoT]]-enabled devices, such as within cars or televisions.
As of September 2018, there are currently over 20,000 types of devices compatible with Amazon Alexa.<ref>Voicebot.AI. https://voicebot.ai/2018/09/02/amazon-alexa-now-has-50000-skills-worldwide-is-on-20000-devices-used-by-3500-brands/</ref>
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Here are some popular software packages related to voice computing:
* <strong>[[FFmpeg]]</strong> - for [[transcoding]] audio files from one format to another (e.g. .WAV --> .MP3).<ref>FFmpeg. https://www.ffmpeg.org/</ref>
* <strong>[[Audacity (audio editor)|Audacity]]</strong> - for recording and filtering audio.<ref>Audacity. https://www.audacityteam.org/</ref>
* <strong>[[SoX]]</strong> - for manipulating audio files and removing environmental noise.<ref>SoX. http://sox.sourceforge.net/</ref>
* <strong>Natural Language ToolKit</strong> - for featurizing transcripts with things like [[parts of speech]].<ref>NLTK. https://www.nltk.org/</ref>
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| Cogito.,<ref>Cogito. https://www.cogitocorp.com/</ref> Afiniti,<ref>Afiniti. https://www.afiniti.com/</ref> Aaron.ai,<ref>Aaron.ai. https://aaron.ai/</ref> Blueworx,<ref>Blueworx. https://www.blueworx.com/</ref> Servo.ai,<ref>Servo.ai. https://www.servo.ai/</ref> [[SmartAction]], and Chatdesk.<ref>Chatdesk. https://chatdesk.com/</ref>
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| [[Recruiting]]{{dn|date=November 2018}}
| SurveyLex <ref>SurveyLex. https://www.surveylex.com/</ref> and Voice glance.<ref>Voice glance. https://voiceglance.com/</ref>
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| [[Speech-to-text]]
| Voicebase,<ref>Voicebase. https://www.voicebase.com/</ref> Speechmatics,<ref>Speechmatics. https://www.speechmatics.com/</ref> Capio,<ref>Capio. https://www.capio.ai/</ref> [[Nuance Communications|Nuance]], and Spitch.<ref>Spitch. https://www.spitch.ch/</ref>
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| [[Cloud computing]]
| AWS,<ref>AWS. https://aws.amazon.com/</ref> GCP,<ref>GCP. https://cloud.google.com/</ref> IBM Watson,<ref>IBM Watson. https://www.ibm.com/watson/</ref> and Microsoft Azure.<ref>Microsoft Azure. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/</ref>
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| [[Microphone]]/[[speaker]]{{dn|date=November 2018}} design
| Bose <ref>Bose speakers. https://www.bose.com/en_us/shop_all/speakers/speakers.html</ref> and Audio Technica.<ref>Audio Technica. https://www.audio-technica.com/cms/site/c35da94027e94819/index.html</ref>
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