Wednesday, June 22, 2022

Microsoft Teams now uses AI to improve echo, interruptions, and acoustics

Good news! This should make e.g. video conferencing much better going forward.

"... Microsoft has been testing this for months, measuring its models in the real world to ensure Teams users are noticing the echo reduction and improvements in call quality. The software maker used 30,000 hours of speech to help train its models, and captured thousands of devices through crowd sourcing where Teams users are paid to record their voice and playback audio from their device. ...
“We also simulate about 100,000 different rooms... the room acoustics play a big role in echo cancellation,” says Aichner. The result is big improvements in call audio quality, and an elimination of echo that also allows multiple people to speak at the same time. ..."

Microsoft Teams now uses AI to improve echo, interruptions, and acoustics - The Verge

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