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5 quick stories on the rack · #smart speakers
7 min

Why Smart Speakers Hear Whispers Better Than Shouts

Shouting at your smart speaker distorts the signal and confuses the neural network. The acoustic science expla…

SISana Iqbal
6 min

Smart Speakers That Tune Themselves to Your Room

Smart speakers fire inaudible test tones, map your room's acoustics, and reshape their own sound in seconds. T…

LPLeo Park
7 min

Smart Speakers That Measure the Room Before You Hit Play

Your smart speaker runs acoustic tests you never hear, then rewires its own EQ to match the room. The physics …

SISana Iqbal
6 min

Smart Speakers and Simultaneous Voices: Who Wins

Two people talk to a smart speaker at once, one gets an answer, one doesn't. The decision is acoustic, not sma…

SISana Iqbal
6 min

How Smart Speakers Detect Wake Words in Noise

Smart speakers mishear you because of how wake-word detection actually works. Here's the real mechanism, and w…

SISana Iqbal