Personalized Noise Reduction in Telephony

  • On November 19, 2016
Background Since the first days of telephony, noise became an integral part of communication.  Modern life caused the problem of ambient noise during phone calls to be even more acute than before.  There are several reasons for this, like: 1. Mobility. Today people make calls from almost every location: street, road.. and even from the […]
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Personalized Noise Reduction Software – Audio Samples

  • On November 19, 2016
Background As we discussed in our previous post on user specific noise reduction, the personalized noise reduction software utilizes new methods to perform noise suppression. The results are impressive. The following recordings were done by executing the personalized noise reduction software under the toughest conditions possible: analyzing a single mono audio channel without any additional input […]
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Personalized Noise Reduction Software. Why Is It Different ?

  • On November 19, 2016
Background Following our last post that revealed audio samples of the new personalized noise reduction technology, we keep getting requests to clarify the difference between the personalized noise reduction software and other noise reduction technologies that exists in the market today. In this post we will review a common scenario that will help visualized the […]
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Personal Noise Reduction for Mobile Phones

  • On November 19, 2016
Background The personal noise reduction is a new approach for identifying and removing ambient noise in telephony. As explained in a previous post, the personal noise reduction is superior to any existing approaches for noise reduction. In this post we will discuss different usage scenarios for mobile phones.
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Personal Noise Reduction Technology. Altruism or Egoism ?

  • On November 19, 2016
Background In the last post we have discussed the different options for using personal noise reduction in mobile phones. In this post we will elaborate on the expected value from using this advanced technology. Usually, when you purchase a new mobile phone, you are acting to the benefit of one’s self. You want to enjoy […]
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Personal Noise Reduction – out of the box deployment

  • On November 19, 2016
Background The personal noise reduction software has proven to increase audio quality and MOS score in different noisy environments. This technology is using information on the speaker’s voice in order to separate it from the background noise and attenuate the latter. This powerful technology had one major drawback that prevented it from reaching mass deployment. […]
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Profile-Based Noise Reduction

  • On November 19, 2016
Background In this post we will discuss the current status of SoliCall’s innovative and powerful noise reduction technology.  Initially this technology was introduced under the name of personal noise reduction.  Few months later the concept of out-of-the-box deployment with generic profiles was introduced. Recently, we have renamed this technology to “profile-based noise reduction“.
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Extreme Noisy Environments

  • On November 19, 2016
Background Following our last post on the profile-based noise reduction technology, in this post we would like to cover few environments that suffer from extreme ambient noise. In these environments, many existing technologies are used to minimize the ambient noise. Unfortunately this is not enough and the output usually suffers from significant residual ambient noise […]
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Tips for Developing VoIP on Mobile Devices (Android,iOS,…)

  • On August 1, 2011
CPU Consumption One of the main problems in mobile devices is their limited CPU Power. As a result the delay in the audio signal is increased and from time to time portions of the audio signal might get lost. In order to resolve these problems, you need to verify that your VoIP application is optimized […]
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Critical Factors to Assure High Audio Quality in VoIP

  • On April 1, 2011
Background Many organizations today want to deploy / develop VoIP applications. The need for audio communication is required for many applications like customer support, internal communication between employees etc. VoIP is used as the underlying technology because it is the industry standard for voice communication, it can give high quality and it is usually a […]
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