EMASS Achieves Microphone-Free Keyword Spotting at Sub-1mW

• Achieved real-time keyword spotting using bone-conduction vibration
• Operates at under 1 milliwatt, ensuring low power consumption
• Noise immunity achieved without additional processing
• Potential applications across hearables, AR glasses, and more
• Active customer engagement and commercial discussions ongoing

Nanoveu Ltd announced a significant advancement in edge AI sensing with its EMASS technology, demonstrating fully functional, real-time keyword spotting on its ECS-DoT edge AI SoC using bone-conduction vibration sensing at under 1 milliwatt of computational power. This innovation addresses key constraints in wearable voice interface design by offering noise immunity, low power consumption, and real-time response simultaneously. The technology captures speech through the body rather than the air, excluding ambient noise from the signal path and protecting user privacy. This breakthrough has potential applications across next-generation hearables, AR glasses, and professional, industrial, and defense communication systems.

Nanoveu plans to continue advancing the bone-conduction sensing solution and engage with device manufacturers and module makers across the hearables and AR ecosystem.