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Convetring to the spoken word to written text is done using a technology called ASR (Automatic Speech Regonition), a technology coming out of companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Apple and it's open-source, meaning that most people can use it.' Basically the process needs to convert the spoken word into written text. 'It does not need to learn the way the technology works is interesting. So pretty much anything that can be integrated with a home automation system can be controlled through voice as well.' Does a Voice Activation System need to learn our voice? I've got a fountain, different cameras throughout the house that I can control simply through voice commands. 'My place, for example, I can open my garage doors, control lights by floor or room, play music - choosing specific artists or genres, through Sonos or other integrations. How much of a home automation system can be controlled using voice activation? So that's why we might work with Amazon and Google Home in that we might use their microphones and our control/processing system.'
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Josh is a full control system using a black box hidden in the closet which does all the language processing as well.

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'Both Amazon Alexa and Google Home are essentially smart microphone devices, hardware platforms that are able to do language processing using a software layer. How do these Voice Control systems differ? In some cases we all work together and in other cases our systems compete.' 'There are essentially three main players in the voice control market Amazon Alexa Voice Service (with devices such as the Amazon Echo and Amazon Dot), Google Home with a much newer product with a great microphone and my company - Josh.ai. Who are are the main players in the voice control market?

Voice activation or voice control allows the user to activate or control a wide range of home automation and AV devices simply using their voice, as opposed to pressing buttons to using a touchscreen interface device.
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HowToAV talks to one of the world's leading voice activation and voice control innovators - Alex Capecelatro of Josh.ai - to discuss the latest innovations in voice control and how best to integrate it as part of a professional home automation or audio visual system.
