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

Sensory Personalized Wake Word

Create user-defined wake words trained in under 15 seconds, running fully on-device and working in any language, while adding an optional layer of voice-based security—even in loud outdoor environments with wind, traffic, and crowd noise.

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What Is Sensory Personalized Wake Word?

This solution gives products a more personal and secure way to listen in challenging conditions. Users define their own wake word, train it in seconds, and activate devices using their voice alone. Because everything runs locally, it is ideal for outdoor voice recognition use cases where privacy, low latency, and offline reliability are essential—such as cycling, wearables, smart cameras, and field equipment. Optimized front‑end DSP, beamforming, and environmental noise suppression help maintain usable signal-to-noise ratios (SNR) in wind, rain, and far-field outdoor conditions without streaming raw audio to the cloud.

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Core Capabilities

User-defined wake words that are fast to enroll, easy to use, and designed for on-device performance, including far-field speech recognition outdoors.

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Personalized Voice Triggers

Personalized Voice Triggers

Each user activates devices with their own phrase, optionally tied to their unique voiceprint for added security and reduced false accepts in noisy outdoor conditions.

Language & Accent Agnostic

Language & Accent Agnostic

Works across global languages and speaking styles.

Offline by Design

Offline by Design

Always available, even without connectivity.

Low Power, Small Footprint

Low Power, Small Footprint

Designed for embedded and battery-powered devices.

The Sensory Personalized Wake Word Verification Flow

A simple process that delivers secure, personalized wake words, entirely on the device.

Step-by-Step Process
  • Step 1: User Chooses a Wake Word
    The user selects any phrase they want to use for activation.
  • Step 2: Quick Voice Enrollment
    The phrase is spoken four times to create a personalized model.
  • Step 3: On-Device Training
    The model is trained locally without sending audio off the device.
  • Step 4: Voice-Based Activation
    The device responds only when the enrolled user speaks the wake word.
Good to Know:

Because everything runs locally, personalized wake words stay private and remain reliable in any environment.

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Global Innovators

See how leading brands use Sensory’s on-device AI to deliver faster, safer, and more intuitive user experiences at scale.

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

Enrollment takes less than a minute and requires only four spoken repetitions.

Yes. Personalized Wake Words are language-agnostic and adapt naturally to different accents.

No. All enrollment and activation happen entirely on-device.

Yes. Devices can support multiple enrolled users, each with their own personalized wake word.

It’s ideal for consumer electronics, automotive systems, wearables, cycling and outdoor sports devices, smart home products, and any embedded device that values privacy, personalization, and consistent performance in challenging environmental noise.

On-device wake words eliminate the need to stream raw audio over unstable mobile connections, cutting latency and bandwidth while keeping voice data private. In windy or high-noise outdoor environments, this edge-first architecture also avoids network retries and buffering, so the device can respond to the user in real time even when the cloud is unavailable.