Audio Analytic
British software company
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Audio Analytic is a British company headquartered in Cambridge, England that has developed a patented sound recognition software framework called ai3, which provides technology with the ability to understand context through sound. This framework includes an embeddable software platform that can react to a range of sounds such as smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms, window breakage, infant crying and dogs barking.
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software, Embedded |
| Founded | Cambridge, UK (2010) Series A Investment |
| Founder | Dr. Christopher Mitchell (CEO) |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, UK |
Key people | Dr. Robert Swann (chairman) Alphamosaic, Amy Weatherup (director) |
| Products | Sound Recognition Systems |
| Website | www |
History
The company was based on founder Christopher Mitchell's doctoral research from Anglia Ruskin University, with seed investment from EEDA (East of England Development Agency) and local Cambridge Angels investors.[citation needed]
In 2022 Audio Analytic was bought by Facebook and Instagram owner Meta.[1]
Products
Audio Analytic sells ai3, a software package that is embedded on a device, along with an assortment of sound profiles that the software can recognise, including warning alarms, window breakage, an infant crying, and voice activity.[2]
Audio Analytic developed the Polyphonic Sound Detection Score (PSDS), a metric for evaluating the performance of sound recognition algorithms when applied to polyphonic sound recordings.[3][4][5] They also released an accompanying software framework that implements the PSDS.[6]
