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CEVA, Waves Audio Partner on Sound Enhancement Solutions for Smart Home

CEVA and Waves Audio are collaborating on far-field voice pickup and psychoacoustic enhancement solutions for mobile, smart home and wireless audio markets, they said in a Tuesday announcement. Waves’ MaxxVoice is said to improve speech recognition in far-field voice applications…

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while using far-field voice pickup and barge-in capabilities using acoustic echo cancellation. MaxxAudio is designed for louder sound with more bass, they said. “Voice is becoming a primary interface to control and interact, requiring advanced algorithms and processors to deliver a seamless experience," said Tomer Elbaz, Waves general manager-consumer electronics. The company’s technology with CEVA’s audio/voice digital signal processor offers an embedded solution for a low-power audio or voice-enabled platform, he said.