AI That Listens, Sees, and Understands — On the Edge

On-Device Voice AI for Medical Devices & Healthcare

Increase patient privacy, reduce clinician burden, and enable hands-free control with on-device voice, sound, and biometric AI built for regulated healthcare environments.

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Smarter, Safer Care with On-Device Voice AI​​

Healthcare technology must balance safety, privacy, and usability, all under intense time pressure and strict regulations. Sensory’s embedded AI platform helps device makers and healthcare providers deliver natural voice interfaces and secure authentication without sending private audio data or biometrics to the cloud.

Using Sensory Micro Wake Words, Key Word Spotting, Custom Grammar, Phrase Spotted Commands, Speech to Text, and face and voice biometrics, Sensory enables voice-driven control of medical devices, safer access to sensitive data, and more accessible patient experiences. Hybrid options with Sensory AI Speech-to-Text and on-device language models let you keep Protected Health Information (PHI) on the device while selectively connecting to private cloud or EHR systems for complex queries and documentation.

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Key Features for Medical & Healthcare Teams

On-device voice, sound, and biometric AI built to protect PHI, support sterile workflows, and keep clinicians focused on patient care.

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HIPAA-compliant, privacy-first design

Voice and biometrics stay on-device, reducing PHI exposure and easing compliance.

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Hands-free wake words and commands

Sterile, touchless control that works even in noisy ERs, ORs, and ICUs.​

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Medical-grade speech recognition

Domain vocabularies and on-device or hybrid on-device/secure-cloud STT for notes, orders, and control.

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Structured commands

Exact-phrase recognition for protocol steps, settings, and device actions.​

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Voice and face biometrics for access control

Fast, convenient biometric authentication for staff and patients—no passwords or badges.

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Noise-robust performance in real settings

Models handle busy, echo-prone clinical spaces without missing hotwords or commands.

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Cough and snore detection

On-device sound models detect coughing and snoring events in hospitals and home-care environments, supporting remote monitoring, sleep health insights, and early escalation without streaming raw audio.

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Flexible deployment across hardware

Compact, low-power models scale from handhelds to bedside and home-health systems.​

Why Healthcare teams choose Sensory

Sensory combines deep expertise in embedded AI with a strong track record in regulated, high-stakes use cases like banking, medical, and enterprise security.​

On-device by default

Local processing by design for PHI, regulated environments, and offline workflows.

Proven in real-world medical deployments

Powers Ultrasound Voice Assist and elder-care companions like ElliQ.​

Security, liveness, and anti-spoofing built in

Face and speaker verification include liveness and anti-spoofing for safer access.​

Custom medical vocabularies and wake words

Tailored hotwords and terminology for each device, brand, and workflow.​

Future-ready with LLM voice agents

Wake words, STT, and biometrics integrate with Sensory language models and external LLMs.

Medical Device & Healthcare Use Cases

Sensory supports a wide range of clinical and patient-facing scenarios.

  • Voice-controlled imaging & diagnostics– Sterile voice control for ultrasound, imaging, and monitors.​
  • In-room medical voice assistants– Bedside agents handling requests and device control while keeping voice data local.
  • Secure clinician and staff logins– Face and voice biometrics for workstations, apps, and devices.​
  • Elder care & remote monitoring devices– Personalized wake words, speaker ID, and sound detection (like glass breaking, coughing, and snoring) for aging-in-place.​
  • Patient-room controls & accessibility– Voice control of beds, lights, entertainment, and call buttons.​
  • Voice-first clinical workflows– Domain STT and grammar for documentation, orders, and notes integrated with EHRs.

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Andrew Doyle
VP for Frontline Workers
Jabra

“Sensory’s technology has exceeded our high standards for accuracy, speed, and efficiency. By enabling hands-free control of key functions through voice commands, we’re boosting productivity and streamlining workflows for retail staff. This allows our frontline workers to focus on what matters most – delivering exceptional customer service.”

Ephrem Chemaly
General Manager & VP of the Automotive Business Unit
MediaTek

“By combining MediaTek’s expertise in generative AI technology with Sensory’s strengths in on-device voice AI, the collective efforts of our companies enable significant strides in providing next-level entertainment and security in vehicles powered by MediaTek Dimensity Auto.”

Michael Anderson
CEO
Nextbase

“Sensory’s TrulyHandsfree technology is a key component in making the Piqo not just compact and powerful, but also incredibly user-friendly. This partnership enhances our ability to provide unmatched value and safety to our customers.”

Sascha Prueter
Chief Product Officer
Telly

“The smartest TV ever deserves the smartest approach to privacy. With Telly’s use of Sensory’s on-device speech-to-text and voice technologies, we are able to bring extremely fast, low-latency voice commands to the living room.”

Cynthia Lee
Lead Product Manager
Zoom

“Zoom is passionate about making collaboration easier, but we always put our customer’s privacy and security front and center. Sensory’s technology checked all the boxes for us: accurate, fast and private…”

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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything You Need to Know

Sensory’s on-device approach helps healthcare organizations meet HIPAA and similar regulatory requirements because raw audio and biometrics do not need to leave the device. Compliance still depends on your full system design, storage, and integration practices.​

On-device wake words and commands let clinicians control equipment without touch, reducing contamination risks and allowing them to maintain focus on the patient. Low-latency processing ensures commands execute quickly even without a network connection.​

Sensory’s wake word and speech engines are trained and tuned for challenging acoustic environments, with noise-robust front-ends that distinguish commands from background chatter and alarms. This helps reduce false activations and missed commands in real-world conditions.​

Sensory’s models are optimized for a range of embedded processors, microcontrollers, and application processors, enabling deployment in handheld devices, carts, consoles, and home-health equipment. Teams can choose ultra-compact footprints for low-power devices or larger models for richer vocabularies and languages.​​

Yes. Sensory Face Verification, combined with Sensory Text-Independent or Text-Dependent Speaker Verification, supports fusing face and voice biometrics so devices can authenticate with either modality alone or require both for higher assurance. This multi-factor biometric approach is especially valuable for access to sensitive records, controlled substances, or high-risk systems.