Parrot SA is a French wireless products manufacturer company based in Paris, France. It was founded in 1994 by Henri Seydoux, Christine de Tourvel and Jean-Pierre Talvard. Since 2017, it has focused exclusively on drone manufacturing.
Products
The firm specializes in technologies involving voice recognition and signal processing for embedded products and remotely controlled flying machines (also known as drones). It also developed products related to car telephony: Parrot chipsets (including DSP), copyrighted noise reduction and echo cancelling algorithms, Bluetooth software stack, end-user applications (Bluetooth hands free car kits). The products are sold to consumers through retailers, and are also incorporated into vehicles with the factory-installed audio system.
History
In 1995 Parrot introduced Voicemate, a personal digital assistant with voice recognition. It was used by many visually impaired people, including Stevie Wonder.[2]
In 2000 Parrot launched the first Bluetooth hands-free car kit in partnership with Ericsson.[3]