Amazon pairs with Conexant to create AudioSmart dev kit for Amazon Alexa

Amazon has partnered with Irvine CA based audio and voice solutions company Conexant Systems to accelerate the adoption of smart home appliances. It has released an Alexa Voice Service (AVS) approved AudioSmart 2-mic Development Kit designed for smart home applications. The kit consists of Conexant's AudioSmart CX20921 hands-free voice input processor, and Alexa wake word technology. The AudioSmart 2-mic development kit for Amazon AVS will allow product developers to build voice enabled products with Alexa. It has been designed to be integrated into any AVS system prototype based on the Raspberry Pi. This is intended to reduce the time needed for prototyping and engineering new digital assistant devices from over six months to a couple of weeks.