<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
virtual	B-Protocol
assistant	I-Protocol
that	O
uses	O
a	O
natural	B-General_Concept
language	I-General_Concept
user	I-General_Concept
interface	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
code	O
was	O
formerly	O
copyleft	B-License
,	O
but	O
is	O
now	O
under	O
a	O
permissive	B-License
license	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspiration	O
for	O
Mycroft	B-Device
came	O
when	O
Ryan	O
Sipes	O
and	O
Joshua	O
Montgomery	O
were	O
visiting	O
a	O
makerspace	O
in	O
Kansas	O
City	O
,	O
MO	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
came	O
across	O
a	O
simple	O
and	O
basic	O
intelligent	B-Protocol
virtual	I-Protocol
assistant	I-Protocol
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Montgomery	O
believes	O
that	O
the	O
burgeoning	O
industry	O
of	O
intelligent	O
personal	O
assistance	O
poses	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
for	O
users	O
and	O
has	O
promised	O
that	O
Mycroft	B-Device
will	O
protect	O
privacy	O
through	O
its	O
open	O
source	O
machine	O
learning	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
AI	I-Device
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
has	O
won	O
several	O
awards	O
including	O
the	O
prestigious	O
Techweek	O
's	O
KC	O
Launch	O
competition	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
had	O
raised	O
more	O
than	O
$2.5	O
million	O
from	O
institutional	O
investors	O
before	O
they	O
opted	O
to	O
offer	O
shares	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
through	O
StartEngine	B-Application
,	O
an	O
equity	O
crowdfunding	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
provides	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
most	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
voice	O
stack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
does	O
Wake	O
Word	O
spotting	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
keyword	O
spotting	O
,	O
through	O
its	O
Precise	O
Wake	O
Word	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
Precise	O
becoming	O
the	O
default	O
Wake	O
Word	O
engine	O
,	O
Mycroft	B-Device
employed	O
PocketSphinx	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
being	O
based	O
on	O
phoneme	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
,	O
Precise	O
uses	O
a	O
trained	O
recurrent	B-Algorithm
neural	I-Algorithm
network	I-Algorithm
to	O
distinguish	O
between	O
sounds	O
which	O
are	O
,	O
and	O
which	O
are	O
n't	O
Wake	O
Words	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
is	O
partnering	O
with	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
's	O
Common	B-General_Concept
Voice	I-General_Concept
Project	O
to	O
leverage	O
their	O
DeepSpeech	O
speech	B-Application
to	I-Application
text	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
uses	O
an	O
intent	O
parser	O
called	O
Adapt	O
to	O
convert	O
natural	O
language	O
into	O
machine-readable	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
Mycroft	B-Device
uses	O
Mimic	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Festival	B-Language
Lite	I-Language
speech	B-Application
synthesis	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
modular	O
,	O
so	O
users	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
change	O
its	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
espeak	B-Language
can	O
be	O
used	O
instead	O
of	O
Mimic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mycroft	B-Device
project	O
is	O
also	O
working	O
on	O
and	O
selling	O
smart	O
speakers	O
that	O
run	O
its	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2023	O
,	O
a	O
post	O
on	O
the	O
Kickstarter	O
page	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
fulfill	O
any	O
remaining	O
Mark	O
II	O
rewards	O
"	O
,	O
however	O
they	O
"	O
will	O
still	O
be	O
shipping	O
all	O
orders	O
that	O
are	O
made	O
through	O
the	O
Mycroft	B-Device
website	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mycroft	B-Device
has	O
undertaken	O
several	O
commercial	O
collaborations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2018	O
,	O
Mycroft	B-Device
collaborated	O
with	O
disease	O
surveillance	O
and	O
forecasting	O
company	O
,	O
SickWeather	O
,	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
frequency	O
of	O
coughing	O
on	O
public	O
transport	O
,	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
City	O
of	O
Kansas	O
City	O
,	O
Missouri	O
.	O
</s>
