Keyword spotting

Keyword spotting detects specific words or phrases in audio without transcribing everything — the lightweight cousin of full speech recognition.

It powers wake words, compliance monitoring (alert when contract terms are spoken) and command interfaces on tiny devices. With cheap full transcription, many spotting use cases now just search the transcript instead.

Related terms

Wake word detectionWake word detection is the tiny, always-on model that listens for a trigger phrase ('Hey Siri') and only then … TranscriptionTranscription is the process of converting spoken audio into written text, either by a human typist or by auto…