3. WHAT IS A
SMART
SPEAKER?
is a type of loudspeaker and voice
command device with an integrated
virtual assistant that offers interactive
actions and hands-free activation
with the help of one "hot word".
4. WHY SMART
SPEAKER?
Voice assistants are convenient and their
application will continue to expand and
become integrated into an increasing
number of domains in our daily lives, but
not in the omnipresent way that an AI
assistant implies. The future of voice is the
integration of artificial intelligence in plenty
of narrow settings and tasks instead of a
broad, general purpose AI assistant that
can fulfill anything and everything you can
think of.
7. IN 1773…
Christian Kratzenstein, a professor of physiology in Copenhagen
appeared to be thinking along the same lines. He created a
strange device that produced sounds similar to human vowels by
connecting resonance tubes to organ pipes. Wolfgang von
Kempelen in Vienna created a similar Acoustic-Mechanical
Speech Machine just over a decade later. In the early nineteenth
century, English inventor Charles Wheatstone improved on von
Kempelen's system by using leather resonators. Their
configuration could be changed or controlled by hand to produce
various speech-like sounds.
8. THEN IN 1881…
Alexander Graham Bell, his cousin Chichester Bell, and Charles
Sumner Tainter created a rotating cylinder with a wax coating and
a stylus that cut vertical grooves in response to incoming sound
pressure. The invention laid the groundwork for the first recording
machine, the “Dictaphone”, which was patented in 1907. The plan
was to eliminate the need for stenographers by using the machine
to record dictation of notes and letters for a secretary, which could
then be typed offline. The invention took off, with more and more
offices around the world employing a secretary with a clunky
earpiece, listening to and transcribing the recordings.
10. AUDREY-1952
The Automatic Digit Recognition machine.
Made by Bell Labs, the huge machine
occupied a six-foot-high relay rack,
consumed substantial power and had
streams of cables
IBM SHOEBOX-
1961
First digital speech recognition
tool.
It recognize 16 words
and digits.
HARPY
PROGRAM-1972
Carnegie Mellon completes Harpy
Program. It could understand about
1000 words.
VOICE REVOLUTION
11. DRAGON
DICTATE-1990
The first recognition product for consumers(for
only $6000 dollars or P348,810.00). The user
must pause between speaking each word to
recognize system.
CLIPPY-1996
Microsoft introduced Clippy, a
discontinued intelligent user interface
that assisted users by way of an
interactive animated character.
MICROSOFT XP-
2001
Allow users to dictate text into active
documents, to change document
formatting, and to navigate the interface
by voice.
VOICE REVOLUTION
12. IBM Watson-
2011
Is a question-answering
computer system capable
of answering questions
posed in natural language.
GOOGLE Now-
2012
CORTANA-
2013
Is a virtual assistant developed by
Microsoft that uses the Bing
search engine to perform tasks
such as setting reminders and
answering questions for the user.
AMAZON Alexa-
2014
You can use your voice to
do actions like search, get
directions, and create
reminders.
VOICE REVOLUTION
APPLE Siri-
2011
It uses voice queries, gesture
based control, focus-tracking and
a natural-language user interface
to answer questions, make
recommendations, and perform
actions by delegating requests to
a set of Internet services.
It is capable of voice interaction, music playback, making to-do
lists, setting alarms, streaming podcasts, playing audiobooks, and
providing weather, traffic, sports, and other real-time information,
such as news. Alexa can also control several smart devices using
itself as a home automation system.
13. HOUND-2016
Is an audio and speech
recognition company founded in
2005. It develops speech
recognition, natural language
understanding, sound recognition
and search technologies.
DINGDONG-
2016
SAMSUNG Bixby-
2017
Is an intelligent voice assistant that
helps you use the device more
conveniently. You can control the
device easily by voice command,
drastically reducing the required
steps.
Raven H-2017
a cloud-based speaker,
which can handle tasks such
as managing calendars,
playing media and giving the
latest stock market updates.
VOICE REVOLUTION
GOOGLE Home-
2016
a voice assistant that helps
you get things done. Just say
“Hey Google” followed by
requests such as “What's the
weather today,” “Play 'Hey
Jude,'” or “Turn off the lights”.
Is a brand of smart speakers,
developed by Chinese web services
company Baidu. The devices connect
to the voice-controlled intelligent
personal assistant service DuerOS.
14. Yes, Smart speakers and connected devices can
make your home more accessible if you're
a disabled or older person. Years go by, it gets
harder to work and keep moving, having these
assistants will keep you handy and be able to help
you in basic acts like switching off lights or closing the
curtains.
IS IT PWD-FRIENDLY?
16. SOURCES
WHAT IS A SMART SPEAKER?
● Oxford Languages. (n.d.) Definition of Smart Speaker
HISTORY OF SMART SPEAKER
● SMoskvitch, K. (n.d.). The machines that learned to listen. BBCpage.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170214-the-machines-that-learned-to-listen
● A timeline of voice assistant and smart speaker technology from 1961 to today. (2018, March 28).
Voicebot.ai. https://voicebot.ai/2018/03/28/timeline-voice-assistant-smart-speaker-technology-
1961-today/?fbclid=IwAR0WAZnwZ5bIsd5oKLLGwF1wsVaAJlXtXdXzaDESpCgdxV7_isHGfft8hjc
● Microsoft office XP. (2022, November 6). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved November 10,
2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_XP#Speech_recognition
● Siri. (2022, October 31). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved November 10, 2022, from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siri
● Amazon Alexa. (2022, September 11). Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved November 10,
2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Alexa
● Auto, H. (2018, January 15). LingLong DingDong, China's version of Amazon echo, enters smart
homes in Chinese languages. The Straits Times. https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/linglong-
dingdong-chinas-version-of-amazon-echo-enters-smart-homes-in-chinese-languages
17. SOURCES
HISTORY OF SMART SPEAKER
● What is Bixby voice and how to set up and activate it? (2022, August 3). Samsung sg.
https://www.samsung.com/sg/support/mobile-devices/what-is-bixby-voice-and-how-to-set-up-and-activate-
it-in-samsung-mobile-device/
● IBM archives: IBM shoebox. (2003, January 23). IBM - United States.
https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/specialprod1/specialprod1_7.
19. IBM SHOEBOX-
1961
BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Sikka, D. (2021, May 17). Speech recognition and AI.
Medium. https://studentsxstudents.com/speech-recognition-and-ai-
82fd74f72bf2
20. HARPY PROGRAM-1972 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
https://study.com/academy/lesson/speech-recognition-
history-fundamentals.html
21. DRAGON DICTATE-1990 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Dragon dictation headset setup.
Headsets.com. https://www.headsets.com/blogs/suppor
t/how-do-i-set-up-a-headset-with-dragon-dictation
22. CLIPPY-1996 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Cain, A. (2017, September 15). The life and death of Microsoft
Clippy, the paper clip the world loved to hate.
Artsy. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-life-death-
microsoft-clippy-paper-clip-loved-hate
23. MICROSOFT XP-2001 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
SolutionBase: Using speech recognition in Windows XP. (2007, July
26). TechRepublic. https://www.techrepublic.com/article/solutionbase-
using-speech-recognition-in-windows-xp/
24. IBM WATSON-2011 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Watson, IBM's 'Jeopardy!' champ, gets its own business division. (2011, January 9).
WAMU. https://wamu.org/story/14/01/09/watson_ibms_jeopardy_champ_gets_its_ow
n_business_division/
25. APPLE Siri-2011 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Apple ITV powered with Siri to be released by 2013. (2011, October
27). OS X Daily. https://osxdaily.com/2011/10/27/apple-itv-
powered-with-siri-to-be-released-by-2013/
26. GOOGLE Now-2012 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
What is Google now? How and why you should use it on Android phone. (2016, February
8). India Today. https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/tech-tips/story/what-is-google-
now-how-and-why-you-should-use-it-on-android-phone-307655-2016-02-08
27. CORTANA-2013 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Carmona, J. A. (2020, March 1). Cortana ya tiene fijada Su fecha para desaparecer de
Microsoft launcher: En abril dejará de ser funcional. Xataka Windows - Microsoft,
Windows Phone, Office. https://www.xatakawindows.com/aplicaciones-windows/cortana-
tiene-fijada-su-fecha-para-desaparecer-microsoft-launcher-abril-dejara-ser-funcional
28. AMAZON Alexa-2014 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Amazon echo (2014) review. (2021, November 11).
TechRadar. https://www.techradar.com/reviews/amazon-echo-2014
29. HOUND-2016 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Hound's voice-recognition technology books an Uber for you.
(2016, March 1). Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2016-
03-01-hounds-voice-recognition-technology-books-an-uber-
for-you.html
30. GOOGLE Home-2016 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
England, J. (2021, July 2). Google home review: After nearly two
years, is it still worth
it? AndroidGuys. https://www.androidguys.com/reviews/accessory-
reviews/google-home-review-two-years/
31. DINGDONG-2016 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
China's LingLong launches DingDong smart home speaker. (2016, November 24).
BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-38074089
32. Raven H-2017 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Teenage engineering and raven's 'H' and 'R' aren't typical smart speakers.
(2017, November 15). Engadget. https://www.engadget.com/2017-11-15-
teenage-engineering-baidu-h-and-r-smart-speakers.html
33. SAMSUNG Bixby-2017 BACK TO VOICE
REVOLUTION
Bixby remapping now available on older Samsung Galaxy devices as well.
(2019, March 1). Notebookcheck. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Bixby-
remapping-now-available-on-older-Samsung-Galaxy-devices-as-
well.411030.0.html
