#VoiceInteraction

BLE VoiceJim8888
2025-09-05

Discover how the KT148A voice chip is transforming medical devices! This 8-pin IC enables blood glucose meters to announce results, infusion pumps to cut through noise, and rehab equipment to guide patients. Features include 420KByte storage, 2μA static current, PWM-driven speaker, and wide-temperature support. Perfect for medical applications requiring reliability and clarity.

linkedin.com/pulse/sound-revol

Discover how the KT148A voice chip is transforming medical devices! This 8-pin IC enables blood glucose meters to announce results, infusion pumps to cut through noise, and rehab equipment to guide patients. Features include 420KByte storage, 2μA static current, PWM-driven speaker, and wide-temperature support. Perfect for medical applications requiring reliability and clarity. #KT148A #VoiceChip #MedicalDevices #VoiceInteraction #MedTech #EmbeddedDesign 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sound-revolution-medical-devices-how-8-pin-kt148a-voice-tsui-oou5cDiscover how the KT148A voice chip is transforming medical devices! This 8-pin IC enables blood glucose meters to announce results, infusion pumps to cut through noise, and rehab equipment to guide patients. Features include 420KByte storage, 2μA static current, PWM-driven speaker, and wide-temperature support. Perfect for medical applications requiring reliability and clarity. #KT148A #VoiceChip #MedicalDevices #VoiceInteraction #MedTech #EmbeddedDesign 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sound-revolution-medical-devices-how-8-pin-kt148a-voice-tsui-oou5cThe “Sound” Revolution in Medical Devices: How the 8-pin KT148A Voice Chip Enables Blood Glucose Meters to Announce Accurate Readings.
In medical settings, challenges like diabetic patients struggling to read small screens or nurses missing infusion pump alarms in noisy wards highlight critical safety gaps. The KT148A voice chip from Guangzhou Nine-Core Electronics addresses these issues by giving medical devices a clear, reliable voice.

Key Features:
✅ 420KByte storage for easy voice updates
✅ Wide voltage range (2V-5.5V) and ultra-low power consumption (<2μA static current)
✅ Supports 224 voice segments for full-process prompts
✅ PWM output drives 0.5W speaker directly—no external amplifier needed
✅ Designed for medical environments: wide-temperature range (-40°C to 85°C), EMI compliance (IEC 60601)

Applications:
🔹 Blood glucose meters: Announces results like “Blood glucose level is 5.6mmol/L, normal.”
🔹 Infusion pumps: Filters motor noise to ensure clear alerts in 70dB environments.
🔹 Rehabilitation equipment: Personalized instructions for home-based care.

Why manufacturers love it:
🔹 Reprogrammable for fast customization (24-hour turnaround)
🔹 No minimum order quantity, ideal for small-batch production
🔹 Easy integration with MCU or button control
🔹 Over 5 million units shipped!

Upgrade your medical devices with KT148A to enhance safety and user experience.
#KT148A #VoiceChip #MedicalDevices #VoiceInteraction #MedTech #InnovationAn 8-pin voice chip revolutionizing medical device design. This IC is packed with features ideal for embedded and hardware applications:

🔹 Ample Storage: 420KByte space, reprogrammable via computer.
🔹 Low Power: <2μA static current, extends battery life by 30%.
🔹 Direct PWM Output: Drives 0.5W speaker without external amplifier—perfect for space-constrained designs.
🔹 Wide Voltage & Temperature Range: 2V-5.5V, -40°C to 85°C.
🔹 Interfaces: IIC and UART for easy MCU integration.

Ideal for medical devices like blood glucose meters and infusion pumps, it combines 224 voice segments, supports noise filtering, and complies with IEC 60601.
With no minimum order and fast programming, it’s great for prototyping and production.
Has anyone integrated similar voice solutions? Curious to hear your experiences!
#EmbeddedSystems #HardwareDesign #MedicalDevices #KT148A #Electronics
Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2025-04-26

arxiv.org/pdf/2402.03578 appears to be quite interesting for my work in the #w3c community group for #voiceinteraction and the Open Voice Network #ovon:
Multi-agent systems boost LLM capabilities via agent collaboration. Challenges include task allocation, reasoning, context & memory management. Explores applications in blockchain systems. #LLMs #MultiAgentSystems #AI #Blockchain

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2025-01-22

I just added a first draft for #security and #privacy in the context of #smartassistants to the Architecture and Potential for Standardization standardization draft of our #w3c community group for #voiceinteraction.

Any suggestions for improvement are welcome.

w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction

#voiceassistant #agenticai

PPC Landppcland
2024-12-15

NotebookLM expands with Plus tier and interactive audio features: Google introduces premium features and voice interaction for its AI research assistant, targeting enterprise users. ppc.land/notebooklm-expands-wi

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-11-18

I made some changes to w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction of our #w3c #voiceinteraction community group.
Please review and let me know in case something should be described better

1 Introduction
- Added a paragraph to detail how IPA is meant and used in the document
2.1.2 Use Case
- Removed TODOs for Interoperability
2.1.3 In-Vehicle Chatbot
Added a hint on LLMs and GenAI
3.3.1.2 Provider Registry
-Added some hint about discovery to the provider registry component
- Added hint to OVON assistant manifest

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-11-12

I am currently checking again the Open Voice Network #OVON openvoicenetwork.org/ and how this can be combined with my work for the #W3C #voiceinteraction community group.

Started to join their meetings.

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-10-29

Changes for github.com/w3c/voiceinteractio Improve description of Generative AI elements after the review in the last session on 2024-10-23 of the #w3c #voiceinteraction community group

section 3
- added a note about location of components
section 3.2
- added differences between Trad #NLU and Gen AI system
section 3.2.5.2, 3.3.1
- Added #agenticapplications
section 3.2.8.2, 3.2.8.4
- Spearation of usages in Trad NLU and Gen AI
Figure 3, 4
- gray out #LLM

#GenerativeAI

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-10-18

I completed my work on github.com/w3c/voiceinteractio Improve description of Generative AI elements from our #w3c community group for #voiceinteraction. Maybe you still see some room for improvement? Be invited to check and comment.

Changes are available at w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction

#smartassistants #conversationalai #generativeai #intelligentpersonalassistants

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-10-15

Robin Knote based his PhD also on our efforts to standardize intelligent personal assistants in the #w3c #voiceinteraction community group.

German only: kobra.uni-kassel.de/handle/123

#conversationalai #smartassistant #voicefirst

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-10-11

In the #w3c #voiceinteraction community group we are just discussing if intelligent personal assistants can be called personal if all data is shared with others.

Any opinions on that?

#digitalassistant #voicecommunication #conversationalai #privacy #trust

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-06-20

Discovered a #w3c community group working on #knowledgegraph w3.org/community/kg-construct/

They focus on the redesign of the current w3c recommendation for generating RDF graphs from RDB databases (R2RML: w3.org/TR/r2rml/).

I am curious to learn if and how their work could be useful for our efforts for a standarad for intelligent personal
assistants, where knowledge graphs are one aspect that we are considering.

See also our current draft report
w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction

#voiceinteraction

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-06-14

I made some updates to improve the description of #GenerativeAI components.
Current draft is at w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction

I was under the impression that dialogs with their description how to cope with input and decide upon the output would only be relevant for traditional #NLU based systems. However, in the #LLM post processing we may also be in the need to make use of, e.g., error dialogs if a call to the LLM could not be established. I still need to think about it.

#w3c #voiceinteraction

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-04-30

I'm almost done with the walk through of the demo code for our framework of intelligent personal assistants at github.com/w3c/voiceinteractio. We will continue to talk about it in the next meeting of the #w3c community group for #voiceinteraction.

#Foss #opensource #voiceassistant #ipa #chatgpt

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-04-22

Some more refactorings in our reference implementation of a framework for intelligent personal assistants that allows for some more flexible chaining of components like this

modalityManager >> inputListener >> ipaService >> providerSelectionService
>> ipaService >> modalityManager;

More details are here github.com/w3c/voiceinteractio

#voiceinteraction #foss #opensource #w3c #community #programming #ChatGPT

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-04-04

In yesterday's call of the #w3c community group for #voiceinteraction, we discussed a more visible representation of #LLMs in our reference architecture for #intelligentpersonalassistants #ipa .

A first draft is now available under w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction , which we will discuss in our next call on 2024-04-10.

#digitalpersonalassistant

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-03-29

The currently followed architecture of our #w3c community group is still too closely bound to traditional #NLU based #voiceinteraction concepts. While it aimed at including #llm with speech, LLM with multimodality, ... it is potentially not visible enough. We may want to also improve here.

Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-03-21
Dirk Schnelle-Walkadsw@mastodontech.de
2024-03-02

I am making slow but constant progress with the reference implementation of our efforts in the #w3c #voiceinteraction community to standardize digital intelligent personal assistants.

So far, the concept sketched at w3c.github.io/voiceinteraction seem to be working. Here and there are some smaller hickups.

Nevertheless, it may be good practice for #API designers to verify with an actual implementation that the concepts are actually working.

#opensource #programming

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