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I once interviewed someone working in the Google Assistant org. His job was to build technology that would detect "unusual sounds" that the microphone picks up
by steelframe 3y ago
I once interviewed someone working in the Google Assistant org. His job was to build technology that would detect "unusual sounds" that the microphone picks up while awaiting a "Hey Google" prompt.
I went home from that interview and threw my Google Home device in the trash.
- geor9e 3y agoAlexa does that too. It's the same offline wake sound model that processes Alexa and Hey Google. There's a list you can assign to do stuff (send you a notification or turn on a light or whatever) dog barking, baby crying, snoring, glass shattering, smoke alarm beeping, co2 alarm beeping, appliance beeping, running water
- Rebelgecko 3y agoAre you talking about the (opt in) accessibility feature where you can get visual notifications when your doorbell rings and things like that?
- steelframe 3y agoBased on what I learned in that interview, there are more classifications of sounds that the product detects. Only a subset of those classifications are surfaced to the customer as part of the product.