Amazon Alexa Software Development Kit for Speech Recognition Device Development "Intel Speech Enabling Developer Kit"

■ This is an article posted on June 2017, 11, so the content of the information may be out of date.

Unipos website, software development kit for developing Amazon Alexa voice recognition device Intel Speech Enabling Developer Kit Page has been added.

Intel Speech Enabling Developer KitIs an SDK for developing smart home products with voice control function by Amazon Alexa. Circular microphone array with 8 microphones
It is equipped with Intel's dual digital signal processor (DSP) with an inference engine, and also has a noise reduction function, beamforming function, acoustic echo cancellation function, and a custom wake word engine tuned for Alexa. I will.

By using the Intel Speech Enabling Developer Kit, it is possible to incorporate a voice recognition function into the product and develop a device using Alexa Voice Service (AVS).

[Kit contents]

・ Dual DSP with inference engine
・ 8 mic circular array (DMIC board)
・ Washers (x6)
・ 6mm screws (x3)
・ 40mm female-female standoffs (x3)
・ Raspberry Pi connector cable

The following hardware is required separately
・ Raspberry Pi 3 board (You can also purchase at Unipos)
・ Ethernet cable
・ HDMI cable
・ HDMI compatible monitor
・ USB keyboard and mouse
・ External speaker
・ Micro USB power supply (min. 5V, 1A)
・ Micro SD card