Personica, Inc.
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Technology
"Clearly we're doing something wrong. Instead of making machines easier to use, we're piling on more [features]. It just can't continue; people can't accept it."

Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman, MIT Media Lab
PA Technology First in the Industry:
Personica is a leader in providing solutions to a new type of interface - a PA (Personified Assistant). Personica provides full end-to-end solutions with multi-disciplinary patented technologies. No such product exists in the home today.

Personica's hardware/software technology innovation powering the PA includes:

Powerful and Optimized Front End Signal Processing
  • Always listening for Attention Word
  • Broadband acoustic echo/noise cancellation
  • Multiple persona interface and dialog
  • Audio processing for speech recognition and text-to-speech
  • Recognition and biometric speaker identification
  • Speaker identification
  • Turnkey integration with network and content
Backend PA-Based / Natural Language Dialog Platform
  • Toolkit to develop new PA functions/personality in weeks
  • Natural language recognition/understanding uses natural language ; no need for command memorization
  • Text-to-speech (multiple rich voices/personalities)
  • Multi-application dialog automated merging for multiple application/context-specific dialog
  • Modular distributed - client/server architecture for multiple devices in the home using a unified base
  • Personified Assistant Assistant in a Box specific personalities working seamlessly ; each has deep domain specific knowledge
  • Multi-modal support for speech, visual, graphic, and tactile modes
  • Semantic network links concepts, words, and phrases that are used in home/applications
  • User preference tracking
  • Personality/natural language generator creates a less tiring interface, but is adjustable to family member preferences
  • User background training
  • Multilanguage support - support for multiple languages
Seamless Home/External Network Integration:
  • Simple setup automated system setup and administration. Leverages Personica Assistant for usage and setup questions
  • Seamless integration with UPnP and SIP protocols
  • Integrated data collection and usability experience collection of in-home data to automate strong recognition and usability experience
  • Integration with VoIP and Advanced Voice Services
  • Optional web-based user preference/setup
Product offerings include PA-Module (PAM), PA-Base Framework, PA-Personica (Application), and PA-Device Reference Design.

Technology Questions
What is PA (Personified Assistant)?
The Natural Front-End Embedded in hardware module
The Intelligent Back-End
What is a Personica?