17 Jun
Lessons from Our Voice Engine #7: Intent Recognition
Welcome to the seventh and final installment of our “Lessons from Our Voice Engine” blog series. Agape Deng, Computational Linguist and member of our Speech Tech team, explains intent recognition and why it’s important for kids’ experiences with speech recognition solutions. What is intent recognition? Intent recognition is the natural language understanding (NLU) task of […]
15 Jun
Winner: Best AI Product in Education
SoapBox Labs is over the moon to have won Best AI Product in Education at the 2021 CogX Awards. The CogX Awards recognize the innovators, change makers, and visionaries answering the question “How do we get the next ten years right?” and who are helping address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Getting the next ten […]
10 Jun
On Voice for Kids’ Animation
Are you an animation professional, storyteller, or artist? Eager to learn more about using voice technology in games, apps, toys, and tv shows for kids? At the recent Cartoon Digital Conference, Founder Dr. Patricia Scanlon and Head of UX Declan Moore shared key insights into how voice can be used to deliver more engaging and […]
03 Jun
ANSWERED: Kids Voice Tech in EdTech
Last week’s webinar, “Unlocking the Power of Voice Technology in Education,” was all about how voice technology is being used to support kids in learning to read, do math, and learn languages. The Q&A at the end of the session ran over with questions, so here’s a review of five of them — and the […]
03 Jun
Lessons from Our Voice Engine #6: Keyword Detection
VP of Speech Technology, Dr. Amelia Kelly, brings you the sixth installment of our “Lessons from Our Voice Engine” series, featuring high-level insights from our Engineering and Speech Tech teams on how our voice engine works. What is keyword detection? Keyword detection is a feature of the SoapBox engine that allows users to search for […]
25 May
First-of-a-Kind Voice Features for Toy & Game Developers
DUBLIN, Ireland (May 25, 2021) — SoapBox Labs, pioneering developer of accurate, safe, and secure voice technology for kids, today unveiled new features that give kids a more natural and frictionless way to interact with games, apps, and smart toys using their voices. These new features include Voice Activity Detection (VAD) and Custom Wakeword, which […]
20 May
Lessons from Our Voice Engine #5: Acoustic Models
Speech Recognition Engineer Armin Saeb brings you the fifth installment of our “Lessons from Our Voice Engine” series, featuring high-level insights from our Engineering and Speech Tech teams on how our voice engine works. What is an acoustic model (AM)? Acoustic Models (AM) are key components of any speech recognition engine. An AM describes the […]
14 May
Teaming up with toy firms and inventors
Mojo Nation is an industry leading publication that champions the toy, inventor, and designer community. CEO Dr. Martyn Farrows caught up recently with Mojo Co-Founder Billy Langsworthy to talk about how we work with toy companies and inventors. They talked about how we work with inventors: “We love working with inventors! Similar to the way […]
06 May
Lessons from Our Voice Engine #4: Debiasing
Welcome to Lesson 4 in our “Lessons from Our Voice Engine” series, featuring high-level insights from our Engineering and Speech Tech teams on how our voice engine works. This lesson is from Dr. Amelia Kelly, VP of Speech Technology. What is debiasing? Artificial intelligence systems will reflect the conscious and unconscious biases of their creators […]
06 May
Announcing New CEO, Signaling New Phase of Growth and Innovation
DUBLIN, Ireland (May 6, 2021) – SoapBox Labs, pioneering developer of accurate, safe and secure voice technology for kids, today announced the appointment of Dr. Martyn Farrows as Chief Executive Officer, signaling a new phase of growth for the Irish company as it builds on its well-established role in the education market and expands into […]
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