Speech codecs are audio codecs that look for sound and language patterns. In addition, since the human voice falls into more limited audio range than music, a speech codec is able to achieve the ...

Mobile multimedia devices process and combine audio signals from a variety of sources, including the baseband processor, Bluetooth enabled devices, and WiFi networks. The result is that today's ...

Audio codecs dictate the quality, stability, and power use of a headphone's Bluetooth connection. But they're hide-and-seek champions on Android. That said, we’re not always shown our audio codec ...

In a bid to put an end to the all-too-familiar choppy, robotic voice calls that come with low bandwidth, Google is open-sourcing Lyra, a new audio codec that taps machine learning to produce ...

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Audio codecs are one of the fundamental building blocks of modern media systems. The first and still most prominent MPEG audio codec is mp3, which first appeared on the market in 1998. Since then, ...

When Apple sidelined the 3.5-mm jack with the launch of last year’s iPhone 7, it looked like a bold move. But despite pockets of outrage over another clear case of planned obsolescence, it was a clear ...

Digital is becoming the dominant technology in today's audio applications. With satellite radio, VoIP, cellular phones, and MP3 players, digital is replacing analog techniques in broadcast ...

Apple did its part in moving the world to wireless headphones. With the removal of the headphone jack with iPhone 7, the company made it clear that the future of audio is wireless. However, the ...

The author is owner of Kline Consulting and former corporate director of engineering and broadcast IT for several radio companies. The large choice of codecs available on the market can be ...