Jabra Evolve3: How Voice AI is Dictating the Future of Work

Jabra’s newly-launched Evolve3 headset range is paving the way for entirely keyboard-less work settings. 

According to a joint study conducted by Jabra and the London School of Economics Behavioural Lab, voice AI is on track to become the default interface for the workplace by 2028.

This impending shift means that everyday system navigation, document drafting, email composition and GenAI prompting will transition entirely away from typing and move towards voice recognition. 

To facilitate this transformation, computers require the most accurate possible method for capturing human speech to translate it into executable AI commands, a challenge Jabra aims to solve through its latest headphone technology.

A Victorian construct in the era of AI

According to the Jabra-London School of Economics study, titled Welcome to the work beyond the keyboard, 14% of participants already prefer using voice over typing when interacting with GenAI tools.

Richard Trestain, Product Marketing Manager at Jabra, is living proof of this shift. He relies on a foot pedal combined with his Jabra Evolve3 65 Flex to conduct his daily tasks.

"I barely use my keyboard anymore,” he says. “I’m now using Wispr Flow [a voice AI dictation app] most of the day and if it didn’t pick up my voice properly, I’d be blooming annoyed because I’d be having to go back and correct everything I’d asked of it.

"I guess I’m an early adopter. But let’s face it, a keyboard is a Victorian construct."

Given that the first practical and commercially successful typewriter was invented in 1867, Richard’s historical timeline is accurate. 

He adds: "I mean to say that the modern day keyboard was needed to get information into a computer and we’ve been using it quite happily since. But it’s not fast and it doesn’t allow us to get free-flowing thoughts into a system.

"Whereas a nice little foot pedal – like I’m using – is much more practical. If we can allow our users into their platform of choice quickly and easily, that’s where we’ll be headed."

Richard’s custom office environment is configured so that pressing his foot pedal and stating 'Hey Wispr Flow' instantly prompts the technology to listen and execute his commands.

“We think this set up will be very normal within three years. The AI era is very different from the regular voice assistant era,” he says.

“I could see a future where you literally talk to your computer to get everything done.”

What is Jabra ClearVoice?

Working for a company specialising in wireless headsets is particularly convenient for Richard. His computer captures his voice with over 99% accuracy by leveraging Jabra ClearVoice, a proprietary Deep Neural Network (DNN) designed to fundamentally understand the intricacies of human speech.

“DNN is trained on 60 million different sentence examples in different noisy situations and it’s able to discern the acoustic features of a human voice,” Richard says.

“It doesn’t learn your voice as a user – it’s not measuring or recording that – it’s about the structure of the human voice and programming that information into the chip of our headsets so your voice is never missed.”

Jabra ClearVoice is one of several innovative features evaluated at the Jabra Sound Lab in Ballaray, Denmark. To objectively verify that the products capture more than 99% of a user's voice, Jabra utilises hearing assistive technology systems, commonly referred to as HATS.

"We have a very expensive mannequin that we put the headset on, which is tuned perfectly to respond like a human in terms of hearing," explains Richard.

"We test it in anechoic chambers to simulate all sorts of different environments with different background noise and then we measure the sound that’s coming through the microphone in a very scientific, objective way."

Choosing the right tool for a voice-first future

Every product within the new line-up, comprising the Evolve3 65 Flex, Evolve3 65, and Evolve3 45, incorporates Jabra ClearVoice to isolate speech within bustling environments.

The primary distinctions lie in their design architecture:

• Evolve3 65 Flex: Features a foldable, mic arm-free design, allowing professionals to carry a single headset in a coat pocket across various hybrid work locations
• Evolve3 65 and Evolve3 45: Equipped with beamforming technology alongside 3-microphones integrated specifically for Jabra ClearVoice.

The Evolve3 65 sits at a higher price point than the Evolve3 45 due to its larger speakers and more robust Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), tailored for long-term daily wear to aid focus and handle calls. By contrast, the 45 model serves as an essential option focused primarily on all-day call wear.

"The Evolve3 65 Flex takes pretty much all of the same philosophy from the 75 and 85 but distilled it down into a lighter, more portable headset," Richard says.

"You wouldn’t wear the [Evovle3 65 and Evovle3 45] out and about."

Calum MacDougall, President at Jabra, emphasises the need for targeted hardware solutions in this evolving market: "The way people work has changed dramatically, but many companies are still trying to solve every communication challenge with the same headset.

“Desk-based callers, open-office professionals and hybrid workers all face different communication demands and design requirements.

“When audio performance doesn’t match how people work, it becomes harder to deliver a consistent call experience across the workforce, which impacts both conversations and AI tools increasingly built around voice.”

In just two years, manually typing a response may feel completely antiquated. With the introduction of the Evolve3 range, Jabra is positioning businesses to seamlessly transition into a voice-first future today.