Can Noise Cancellation Impact Call Authenticity?

On February 10, 2025

Audio processing filters like noise cancellation and accent neutralization are used in telephony in general and specifically in call centers to improve call quality and make communication more efficient. However, these technologies can also have unintended consequences that impact the authenticity of calls, and they may even create liability issues for call centers. Here’s an […]

Is the call authentic?

On June 8, 2024

In this post we do not want to discuss fraud related issues like impersonation and deepfake. We will discuss legitimate scenarios in which, for example, the call center agent might not hear the original voice of the customer but a slightly different voice due to audio filtering and specifically due to aggressive noise cancelling software. […]

Are your recordings authentic?

On April 2, 2024

Most recordings are not saving the original audio as-is but perform a compression. While compression is often necessary for practical reasons (like saving storage space or reducing bandwidth), it’s a delicate balance. Too much compression can strip away the authenticity of the original call. When you compress a recording, you’re essentially reducing the amount of […]

Optimize noise cancellation

On January 4, 2024

Modern AI-based noise cancellation algorithms generally perform well in most common environments. However, there are specific scenarios where their effectiveness may fall short. These unique environments often involve distinct noise profiles, such as the noise generated by specific machinery. In such cases, the performance of generic noise cancellation algorithms may not meet the desired quality […]

Pincer movement to cancel noise

On September 9, 2023

Noise can be very difficult to cancel especially in crowded environments like call centers and shared workspace. The noise in such locations has two main components: 1- Office sound and static ambient noise 2- Clear voices of other people talking around you While the first component does not sound like human voice, it can be […]

Noise Cancellation vs. Echo Cancellation

On July 10, 2023

Echo Cancellation is the process of cancelling echo that bounce back from the loudspeakers to the microphone. The main purpose of echo cancellation is to prevent the speaker from hearing himself/herself echoing back in a delay. Noise Cancellation is the process of removing from the captures signal background noise. Although the goal of both these […]

Noise cancelling app cancels what?

On July 5, 2023

We are frequency approached by new prospects with a simple request: could you help us cancel the noise in our audio? In order to address this question professionally, we first we need to understand what exactly stands behind the general word “noise” in the prospect’s request. Apparently there are many types of noise in audio […]

Repetitions and continuity in calls

On July 5, 2023

Unnecessary repetitions…repetitions…repetitions are disturbing and break the continuity of the call. When people have a discussion while they are physically close to each other, you hardly experience repetitions. But nowadays due to Covid-19 and social distancing many interactions happen via phone/video calls. In these calls repetitions are very common and they break continuity and significantly […]

Noise in multi-channel contact centers

On August 9, 2020

Today, some of the legacy call centers are being converted to multi-channel contact centers. In addition to taking phone calls, the agents also provide service via other non-voice channels like: live-chat, social media and emails. These multi-channel contact centers are noisy like the legacy call centers but is there a difference in the approach for […]

Noise Cancelling Headsets – the soft version

On March 19, 2020

What is required from a software to replace a noise cancelling headphone? In this post we will review the multiple functions of the noise cancelling headsets and discuss how they could be replaced by a software. Echo Cancellation Echo is one of the most disturbing source of noise. It appears when the audio that is […]