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Amazon's Secret Acquisition
- Amazon acquired Yap, a small speech transcription company, in secrecy.
- Jeff Adams, Yap's CEO, was kept in the dark about Amazon's plans for his technology.
Bezos's Vision for Alexa
- Bezos envisioned a $20 voice-controlled device powered by the cloud after a lunch discussion with Gregg Hart.
- This device would eventually become Alexa, Amazon's AI virtual assistant.
The Far-Field Speech Recognition Challenge
- The Alexa team, codenamed Doppler, faced the challenge of far-field speech recognition.
- Gregg Hart encouraged them to solve the problem, despite the technology not existing yet.