Conexant debuts AudioSmart software for PCs, tablets

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: Conexant Systems Inc. unveiled its new smart source pickup (SSP) voice and speech processing software for PCs and tablets.

Designed to work with any hardware CODEC, Conexant's stand-alone AudioSmart software provides clear voice quality, eliminates noise from the microphone input signal during VoIP calls and dramatically improves Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) system performance.

From conducting a call via Skype at a noisy café to giving verbal commands to your tablet in an airport terminal, Conexant's AudioSmart software enables a better user experience and makes challenges with background noise and competing sounds, like keystroke noise, a thing of the past.

Conexant's AudioSmart software is based on its proprietary Smart Source Pickup (SSP) noise suppression algorithm. SSP is a blind source separation technology that uses spatial representation of target speech and noise sources to reduce interference.

Unlike competing technologies, speech and noise can arrive at any angle relative to the microphones; SSP even removes noise when it comes from the same direction as desired speech, and when the speaker is up to five meters away from the target device. SSP is also extremely effective at reducing keystroke noise distractions during conference calls and other computer-based voice communications.