SoundHound Announces Advance in Conversational AI

SoundHound announced an advance in conversational AI that recognizes and understands speech, then responds and acts in real time. Its Dynamic Interaction technology uses fragment parsing -- breaking speech down to partial utterances before processing them in real time -- and full-duplex audiovisual integration to create an instantaneous experience vs. requiring wake words and turn-taking “with awkward pauses” to process requests, it said. In restaurant settings, users won’t have to speak in a slow or unnatural way to be understood, and they can customize and edit a food order as they go, the company said.