Dolby Voice is an audio communication technology developed by
Dolby Laboratories
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (often shortened to Dolby Labs and known simply as Dolby) is an American company specializing in Noise reduction#In audio, audio noise reduction, Audio data compression, audio encoding/compression, spatial audio, and ...
since at least 2012.
This solution is aimed at improving audio quality in virtual environments such as entreprise-level
videoconferencing
Videotelephony, also known as videoconferencing and video teleconferencing, is the two-way or multipoint reception and transmission of audio signal, audio and video signals by people in different locations for Real-time, real time communication. ...
.
It is implemented using commercially available hardware and/or software and uses the proprietary Dolby Voice Codec (DVC)
audio codec.
Features
This technology was created to improve audio quality, compared to other similar technologies through various audio processing features:
* a dynamic audio leveling to focus on the human voice, and to equalize participants audio power easing listening
* a
spatialization
Spatialization (or spatialisation) is the spatial forms that social activities and material things, phenomena or processes take on in geography, sociology, urban planning and cultural studies. Generally the term refers to an overall sense of soc ...
of audio to improve voice clarity and reduce fatigue by preventing speech overlapping when multiple participants are talking at the same time
* a
noise reduction
Noise reduction is the process of removing noise from a signal. Noise reduction techniques exist for audio and images. Noise reduction algorithms may distort the signal to some degree. Noise rejection is the ability of a circuit to isolate an und ...
to limit unwanted background sounds in noisy environments
* an
echo reduction to limit audio reinjection when input and output devices are placed close together
while, at the same time, avoiding to cut back on bandwidth usage and network resilience, through the use of heavy compression.
Products
Dolby.ioplatform
* Dolby Conference Phone
* Dolby Voice Room
*
BlueJeans application
* Laptops
References
External links
Description from Dolby websiteDescription from Dolby.io websiteDescription from BlueJeans website
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Audio codecs
Digital audio
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Web conferencing