Release 8 modifications are Edge AI improvements focusing on ASR (automatic speech recognition). Specifically, an R&D version of a small language model (SLM) has been implemented to identify and correct “sound alike” word errors that occur in ASR output. The method is independent of ASR model (e.g. Kaldi, Whisper, other) and is suitable for SWaP (size, weight and power consumption) constraints imposed by very small form-factors operating either wholly or partially self-contained (i.e. dis...