Smart Speaker
Category: Other
Updated: 1 Nov 2018
DnT Case study
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Created byThomas Molineaux
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In 1961 IBM introduces
the IBM Shoebox,
the first digital speech recognition tool.
It recognized 16 words and digits.In 1972 Carnegie Mellon
completes the Harpy Program.
It could understand about 1000 words.In 1990 Dragon launches
the Dragon Dictate,
which was the first speech recognition
product for consumers, for $6,000.In November 2014 Amazon
introduces Alexa & the Amazon
Echo, available to Prime
members only.In March 2016 Amazon
launches Amazon Echo Dot
and Amazon Tap.On October 20, 2016,
Amazon launches the
2nd generation of Amazon
Echo Dot, cuts the price to $49On November 4, 2016,
Google launches Google
HomeOn June 5, 2017,
Apple pre-announces
HomePodOn June 28, 2017,
Amazon Echo Show
launches in USAOn February 1, 2018,
Amazon Echo and Alexa
arrive in Austrailia and
New ZealandOn February 9, 2018,
Apple HomePod begins
shipping
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