SoundHound, the leading innovator in voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technologies, announced a partnership to bring voice capabilities to Snapchat’s Scan platform. Using Snapchat’s dynamic camera, Scan helps people learn more about what they’re seeing around them. With Snapchat’s new Voice Scan feature, powered by SoundHound Inc.’s voice AI platform, Houndify, Snapchatters can quickly find the right Lens to augment their faces or the world around them just by asking.
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.@SoundHoundInc’s @Houndify Voice AI Platform Powers Snapchat’s New Voice Scan Feature. Snapchatters can now use voice queries to discover just the right Lens to enhance their faces and surroundings, hands-free. bit.ly/Snapchat-Houndify
“We are thrilled to be one of Snapchat’s first Scan platform partners and voice-enable one of their most powerful features,” said James Hom, Co-Founder & Vice President, Products at SoundHound Inc. “With hundreds of thousands of Lenses available in the app, being able to just ask for a feature offers a powerful new way to discover new Lenses with the added convenience of being hands-free.”
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To access the new Voice Scan feature within the Lens carousel, users start by saying “Hey Snapchat” followed by a verbal request.
Front-facing examples:
- “Make my hair pink”
- “Give me green eyes”
- “Give me a hug”
World-facing examples:
- “Take me underwater”
- “Take me to the jungle”
- “Take me to outer space”
In addition to leveraging Houndify’s fast and accurate voice recognition capabilities, the Snapchat app uses Houndify’s Wake Word technology, allowing voice interactions to be triggered hands-free just by saying, “Hey Snapchat.”
SoundHound Inc.’s partnership extends back to June 2018 when their music discovery app became a launch partner for Snap Kit, Snapchat’s third-party integration platform for iOS and Android. Within the SoundHound app, users with Snapchat can create a customizable music Snap containing song details, an exclusive animation, innovative effects, and a playback link.
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