DVSI low data rate speech compression software now available

SAN JOSE, USA: Cadence Design Systems Inc. announced that Digital Voice Systems Inc. (DVSI) AMBE Advanced Multi-Band Excitation wideband decoder software has been ported to the Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio/Voice DSP family to enhance high-quality voice compression at low bit rates.

"The Cadence Tensilica HiFi Audio/Voice DSP family is an ideal, efficient platform for our AMBE voice compression products," said Robert Maher, director of sales & marketing, DVSI. "It is the most widely used DSP IP family for audio/voice processing, and our software will enable companies to deliver excellent speech quality in real-world conditions at low data rates."

"The DVSI software is resistant to background noise and channel errors while maintaining speech intelligibility and naturalness at very low bit rates," said Larry Przywara, director of audio/voice IP marketing, Cadence. "Coupled with our own HiFi Audio/Voice DSP, our customers now have a key competitive differentiator and access to first-rate speech quality."