Intel develops ‘cloudless' voice recognition system

As per current statistics, Apple's Siri holds the distinction of being ‘almost' the right voice recognition system till date with its accuracy improving with every update. However, the slowness of computation is something that bugs us all. Chip manufacturer Intel has reportedly found a solution for this problem, which will also take on the might of Siri.

According to Mike Bell, head of wearable technology at Intel, the company is developing a voice recognition system without the cloud to localise processing so that the round-trip to the cloud is ruled out. Voice recognition systems working on any platform are normally designed to work with servers, and the device then sends compressed signals to the server and waits for a response.

To demonstrate how it works, Intel has developed a prototype of a wearable headset called Jarvis, with built-in voice recognition software. The solution will be more responsive than other ‘cloud-obsessed’ solutions in the market, claims Intel. The company has partnered with an unnamed third party to put the software on the Intel mobile processors.