Patent attributes
A method for audio collection and speech recognition includes providing a plurality of listening devices, the listening devices including at least one microphone capsule, a signal pre-amplifier, a processor, and a transmitter/receiver; placing the plurality of listening devices throughout a geographic area; capturing audio by at least one of the plurality of listening devices; receiving a report from a listening device regarding a level-of-audibility of captured audio; comparing a signal strength of a signal received by two or more listening devices; ranking detected signals from two or more listening devices; selecting an optimal signal from the captured audio; and transferring the optimal audio signal from a listening device receiving the optimal audio signal to a consuming device via a network.
