Cochl.Sense Sound Recognition — Jetson Setup

Cochl.Sense is a machine listening SDK that recognises 37 target sounds at 94% F1 score. It runs on Jetson via a pre-built AArch64 C++ SDK. A trial license is required before any code can execute — ask the user if they have one before starting Phase 2.

Hardware: Jetson with JetPack 4.6+, USB microphone (16-bit, 22050 Hz)

Reference: references/source.body.md (Cochl docs, SDK download links, tutorial repo)

Execution model

Run one phase at a time. After each phase:

• If output contains [STOP] → stop immediately, consult the failure decision tree
• If output ends with [OK] → tell the user "Phase N complete" and proceed to the next phase

Phase 1 — license & project (~5 min, human action required)

Ask the user: "Do you already have a Cochl.Sense trial license and a project API key?"

If no:

1. Request a trial license: https://forms.gle/Pa2iYWirLJVNS7Pp6
2. After approval, create a project at: https://dashboard.cochl.ai
3. Copy the API key from the project dashboard

If yes: ask the user to provide the API key now — it is needed in Phase 3.

[OK] when the user has confirmed they have an API key.

Phase 2 — download SDK & tutorials (~5 min)

Check JetPack version:

cat /etc/nv_tegra_release

Confirm JetPack 4.6 or later (L4T R32.7+). If earlier → [STOP] unsupported JetPack.

Download the AArch64 SDK from Cochl Docs → Resources section. (Exact download URL is in references/source.body.md.)

Clone the tutorials repository:

git clone https://github.com/cochlearai/sense-sdk-cpp-tutorials

Verify both are present:

ls sense-sdk-cpp-tutorials-main/
ls sense/   # the downloaded SDK folder

[OK] if both directories exist.

Phase 3 — setup: move SDK into tutorials (~1 min)

Move the sense/ SDK folder into the tutorials directory:

mv sense/ sense-sdk-cpp-tutorials-main/

Verify the layout:

ls sense-sdk-cpp-tutorials-main/sense/

Expected: include/, lib/, and related SDK files.

Insert the API key into the sample config (path may vary — check references/source.body.md):

# Edit the config file and replace YOUR_API_KEY with the actual key
sed -i 's/YOUR_API_KEY/<API_KEY>/' sense-sdk-cpp-tutorials-main/config.json

[OK] when SDK is in place and API key is set.

Phase 4 — build & run (~3–5 min)

Check USB microphone is detected:

arecord -l

Expected: at least one capture device listed. If none → [STOP] no microphone detected.

Build the sample application:

cd sense-sdk-cpp-tutorials-main
mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake ..
make -j$(nproc)

Run the sample:

./sense_sample

Expected output: a stream of recognised sound labels printed to stdout (e.g. Speech, Silence).

[OK] if sound labels appear in the output.

Failure decision tree