Michael Szücs has been appointed as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Creoir in April 2023.

Previously Szücs has been in Sales Director roles of innovative Finnish high-tech companies gaining in-depth experience in leading successful international business development.

“I am excited to join Creoir, a specialist in state-of-the-art embedded speech and voice recognition technologies. As the global market for artificial intelligence solutions grows at a rapid pace, Creoir has a great opportunity to deliver advanced voice user interface (VUI) solutions that meet customer expectations also in demanding noise environments. The utilization and growth of VUI solutions is fast, and I want to be involved in that growth”, says Michael Szücs.

“It is great to have Michael in our team. His strong international experience and knowledge of Industrial IoT business is a great benefit for us and for our customers. Our goal is to strengthen our position as the pioneers in the embedded speech and voice recognition technology providers for selected segments”, states Antti Lilja, CEO of Creoir.

CEO Antti Lilja and Vice President Michael Szücs are participating at Hannover Messe (17th-21st April 2023) at the Creoir booth in hall 12 stand D15.

Creoir microphone technology partner Infineon Technologies showcased the Creoir offline Voice Solution at the Mobile World Congress 2023 (MWC) in Barcelona.

The MWC Barcelona is the largest and most influential event for the connectivity ecosystem. Global mobile operators, device manufacturers, technology providers, vendors, content owners, or are simply interested in the future of tech are gathering at this event. Tens of thousands of senior executives from top global companies, international governments, and trailblazing tech businesses converge at MWC Barcelona to make decisions.

At the MWC 2023 event, Infineon Technologies highlighted the great potential of offline voice control and voice feedback on-the-edge in mobile devices and other IoT applications. With its ability to operate without an internet connection, the Creoir Offline Voice Solution is well-suited for use in battery-powered devices that require voice control capabilities.

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Creoir Oy, a leading provider of embedded speech technologies, announced today that it has closed a seed funding round joined by Butterfly Ventures, with later participation from other investors. The funding will be used to accelerate the company’s international growth and to focus on sales and marketing efforts.

Creoir specializes in Voice User Interface (VUI) on-the-edge and its Offline Voice Solution (OVS) SDK enables fast and flexible embedded speech recognition and voice feedback for a wide range of segments including home appliances, industrial applications, medical devices, digital kiosks, self-service solutions, robots, mobile applications, and more. The solution supports 40 languages for speech recognition and 65 languages for voice feedback. In addition, the end-to-end solution guarantees the operation also in challenging noise environments.

“We are thrilled to have the support of Butterfly Ventures in our journey to bring our innovative and robust speech technologies to a global market,” said Antti Lilja, CEO and Co-Founder of Creoir. “This funding will enable us to speed up our go-to-market and to provide our customers with even more value.”

Ville Heikkinen, partner at Butterfly Ventures, added, “We are impressed by Creoir’s innovative technology and the team’s dedication to bringing Voice UI on-the-edge. We believe that the Creoir OVS SDK will have a significant impact on various industries, and we are excited to support the company in its growth journey.”

About Creoir

Creoir Oy is a Finnish technology company that specializes in embedded speech technologies. Creoir is committed to developing advanced speech technologies that improve the way people interact with machines and applications. Creoir has successfully delivered speech technology solutions for customers in different segments, such as building automation, enterprise applications, medical devices, home appliances, AR/VR smart glasses, industrial automation, and self-service solutions.

About Butterfly Ventures

Butterfly Ventures is the leading seed-stage VC in the Nordics. Butterfly Ventures is investing in the seed stage start-ups with a focus on software and hardware innovation. The firm’s portfolio includes companies in deep tech, HW, and HW interfacing SW.

Creoir has been exhibiting a Voice Ordering application at the Self-Service Innovation Summit held in Miami, USA. The event examines advances in technology that are empowering businesses to provide products and services when, where, and how consumers expect them. The event covers self-service, kiosk, vending, and mobile solutions that can be applied in a wide range of settings.

Voice Order in Noisy Background

Creoir showcased the power of Voice UI with Voice Ordering demo in the self-service industry. Using our Offline Voice Solution SDK, the Creoir engineering team implemented a Voice UI demo for a digital kiosk of a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR). The outcome was an easy and fast way to make an order with the help of a digital assistant, who is always in a happy mood! The demo worked like a charm in the noisy exhibition environment, thanks to the Speech Signal Enhancement algorithms optimized at Creoir’s in-house audio lab.

Creoir has been exhibiting on November 15 – 16 at Smart City Expo World 2022 in Barcelona. The Smart City Expo World Congress gathers leaders from the most innovative companies, governments, and organizations to move cities toward a better future.

When it comes to smart cities with intelligent buildings, devices, and mobility, there are numerous areas where voice plays a role. Creoir showcased the benefits of an embedded Voice User Interface.

Voice can be integrated into Self-Service kiosks’ and terminals’ User Interface.

Self-service kiosks are growing in popularity as they offer numerous benefits to both businesses and their customers. There is no doubt that voice technology will become an integral part of digital signage in the near future.

Improving user experience and hygiene

Voice recognition greatly enhances the user experience and makes interaction with a kiosk a lot more efficient. Additionally, it can cover all the internal processes: product selection, payment, transactions, data collection, etc. People with disabilities such as blindness or any other physical impairment can also use kiosks with integrated voice recognition technology. Additionally, it’s more hygienic since the interaction is touchless, preventing the user from contracting harmful bacteria.

Tackling privacy concerns and background noise

However, there are certain aspects worth mentioning. The surrounding noise poses challenges for speech recognition accuracy, especially in crowded areas. Also, according to the survey conducted by Adobe, 81% of respondents had privacy worries about voice technology. Whereas restaurants may not be affected by this issue, for example, hospitals or casinos certainly are.

Creoir Offline Voice Solution

Creoir has a solution that can help improve these experiences. Even in noisy surroundings, the Speech Signal Enhancement algorithms enable high voice recognition accuracy. Furthermore, full user privacy is guaranteed as all the audio data is processed in the device. You can also create custom wake-words and voice experiences for your brand personalization. And finally, our Software Development Kit enables fast development and easy integration into your kiosk application.

Improve user experience through voice UI!

During this year Creoir has participated in Kasvu Open acceleration and growth program. We are pleased to announce that Creoir was ranked among the TOP 10 most promising Finnish growth companies! The jury’s evaluation criteria included market potential, the team, growth strategy, and accomplishments.

“This is an important recognition that demonstrates that we have a great team with a strong vision and mission to help our clients bring embedded Voice UI to products and applications with great UX and performance!” says Antti Lilja, CEO of Creoir.
The journey continues until the final event in Jyväskylä on November 3rd. See more info about the event from the Kasvu Open event page.

Creoir has been exhibiting at Embedded World 2022, The embedded world Exhibition&Conference bring the entire embedded community together once a year in Nuremberg and provides a unique overview of the state-of-the-art in this versatile industry.

At our booth, we showed the latest demos around voice interaction:

Embedded ASR/NLU demo on NXP i.MX8M Nano

Embedded ASR/NLU in Synaptics VS640 SoC

Smart Home demo

Multi-Language demo

We thank all the visitors for the interesting conversations and we look forward to implementing embedded speech technology in various application environments.

We thank all the visitors coming to our stand at CES, 2022, the most powerful tech event in the world with more than 1000 exhibitors and 130 000 visitors gathering in Las Vegas, USA.

At our booth, we showed the Creoir Offline Voice Solution (OVS) Software Development Kit for the development of hands-free control to a variety of application environments.

 

We are happy to announce that our main office has recently moved to a new location in Oulu, Finland. The new premises have been tailored to our operations so that our engineering team can serve our customers better. The main improvement is the new far-field audio lab which is now bigger, better, and more beautiful!

Far-Field Audio Lab

In Creoir’s far-field audio lab, our engineering team can implement multidisciplinary quality assurance and performance optimization of any voice-enabled product. Combining our audio/acoustics design expertise with Cerence Speech Signal Enhancement (SSE), we can guarantee the operation of custom voice assistants even in challenging noise conditions.
Naturally, our lab is also qualified by Amazon and supports the Amazon Qualification Tool (AQT). We are able to offer Alexa Voice Services (AVS) pre-certification testing, Alexa product validation and optimization, and systems integration of built-in Alexa products.

Professional Audio/Voice Engineering Services

Creoir professional engineering services for audio/voice products include:

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