Snapchat announces new speech recognition lenses

Snapchat has just confirmed that it will launch new lenses later today, which will feature speech recognition technology. These will be the company's first speech recognition lenses, capable of understanding a handful of English words.

From what Snapchat says, it doesn't look like it's anything too complex. The new Snapchat lenses will only recognize simple words like “hi,” “love,” “yes,” “no,” and “wow.” They seem to complement the previous lenses that would trigger various actions when the user opens the mouth or raises their eyebrows.

The new speech recognition lenses launch animations ...