LG Incorporates Cerence Artificial Intelligence into Their Smart Televisions
LG Electronics and Cerence AI have partnered to bring advanced voice interaction capabilities to LG TVs, aiming to deliver a more accessible and user-friendly experience. The integration of Cerence's cloud neural text-to-speech (TTS) technology powers voice interaction across LG's global television lineup.
Currently, LG TVs worldwide are benefiting from Cerence AI-powered voice interaction and TTS. This partnership reflects Cerence's strategic expansion beyond automotive into consumer electronics, using LG's webOS smart platform. The extensible integration within webOS allows the voice interaction features to potentially scale to other devices running webOS, but specific product categories have not yet been detailed publicly.
The user-TV interaction is designed to be more natural and human-like, simplifying users' interactions as they search for content and programming. Cerence TTS can read menus and program information in a human-like voice, aiding visually impaired users in navigating their TVs. An example of voice-powered interactions with LG TVs involves asking the TV to find movies with Tom Cruise.
Neo Lee, senior director of LG's webOS Product Planning Department, stated that the goal is to enhance ease of use and functionality for everyday life. The partnership between LG and Cerence aims to deliver cohesive, flexible, and connected voice-driven experiences. Cerence TTS integrated within webOS delivers minimal latency and no impact on device footprint or CPU requirements.
LG TVs, after an upgrade to their operation system, now feature Cerence's AI-powered cloud neural TTS when connected, as well as edge TTS, across 65 voices and languages. This integration helps meet increasing accessibility requirements worldwide, including the European Accessibility Act.
LG looks forward to continued partnership with Cerence, and plans exist to deploy Cerence AI’s voice technology on additional LG products running webOS, though no specific products have been announced yet. The partnership between LG and Cerence aims to bring voice-powered experiences to other LG webOS-based products in the future.
Cerence TTS helps keep costs under control while still bringing advanced AI features to LG's users. The integration aims to provide a natural and engaging experience to tens of millions of households. More information about Cerence TTS can be found at www.cerence.ai.
In summary, LG and Cerence AI are collaborating to bring voice-powered experiences to LG TVs globally, with plans to expand to other LG webOS-based products in the future. This partnership reflects a commitment to accessibility, usability, and advanced AI features for consumers.
- The integration of Cerence's cloud neural text-to-speech (TTS) technology in LG TVs is designed to read menus and program information, aiding visually impaired users in navigating their TVs.
- LG TVs now feature Cerence's AI-powered cloud neural TTS and edge TTS across 65 voices and languages, helping meet increasing accessibility requirements worldwide.
- The partnership between LG and Cerence aims to deliver cohesive, flexible, and connected voice-driven experiences to tens of millions of households.
- Cerence TTS integrated within LG's webOS smart platform aims to provide a natural and engaging experience, while keeping costs under control and still bringing advanced AI features to LG's users.
