Echo and noise in Kiosks and Vending Machines

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On April 23, 2019

Kiosks and vending machines are perhaps the most widely used devices that can be found almost in any public area. Their main purpose is to provide a wide spread service in almost any public location. These devices are very common and their number is not very different from the size of the human population. For […]

Noise during online courses

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On November 20, 2018

The number of online courses has been increasing over the last years. Education institutes, including the most respectable universities, offer e-learning for an increasing share of their courses. Online training is also widely used by internal education centers in many organizations. Although e-learning is widely used world-wide, there are areas in which it is the […]

Acoustic Echo Cancellation Vs. Acoustic Echo Suppression

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On September 2, 2018

Echo is a known problem in telephony and when it appears it dramatically reduces the quality of the audio. In some cases the echo can even turn out to howling effect that generates a deafening noise. To familiarize yourself with the basic terms that relates to echo cancellation, you are invited to read our blog-series […]

How to evaluate an echo cancellation algorithm?

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On November 21, 2017

When you encounter an echo problem in your application, network or devices it is obvious you need to introduce an echo canceller. Your next step is to explore at least two possible locations for performing the echo cancellation: cancelling the echo on the client side or doing it on the server side. The decision […]

Echo Cancellation with negative echo tail

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On May 7, 2017

Background Echo path/tail is one of the most fundamental parameters when performing echo cancellation. In previous posts, we elaborated on the importance of echo tail and we also provided a Do It Yourself (DIY) method to calculate the echo tail. In most usage scenarios, the value of the echo tail will be a positive one […]

Analyze the echo path yourself

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On September 4, 2016

Background The echo path is one of the most critical component during echo cancellation. You might have already heard this term or any of its synonyms (e.g. “echo tail”). When discussing the echo path we usually talk about two different aspects: a. The stability of the echo path. How volatile is this parameter ? Is […]

Time manipulation and its impact on echo cancellation

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On July 1, 2016

Background Time manipulation is a known technique in audio processing. It can be used to either compress the audio (resulting in speed-up) or expand the audio (resulting in slow-down). Usually this is done without altering the pitch and therefore without changing the fundamental signature of the voice.

Echo cancellation is now available for PJSIP

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On May 15, 2016

Background PJSIP is an is a free and open source multimedia communication library. One of the most important components that influence the audio quality in VoIP communication solutions is the existence of a good echo cancellation. SoliCall’s acoustic echo cancellation software is a powerful echo cancellation technology that is also flexible to support and tune […]

Echo in Public Address systems – additional considerations

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On October 14, 2015

Background This post is a continuation to our previous post on AEC and Public Address systems. This post elaborates on additional considerations that should be reviewed when implementing and tuning acoustic echo cancellation software in PA systems. After analyzing relevant case studies, out of many important considerations, we have selected the below ones.

VoIP on Android – volume control

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On August 3, 2015

Background In our previous posts we covered few of the difficulties that Android VoIP developers are facing – for example the challenge in providing high quality echo cancellation. In addition to the echo cancellation, the variety of hardware platforms that are running Android also introduces a challenge in controlling the volume of the voice.

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