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NIO ET7 Comes Standard with Dolby Atmos In-Car Audio Experience
by Joao Martins

NIO ET7 Comes Standard with Dolby Atmos In-Car Audio Experience

NIO, a smart electric vehicle company in China, announced that Dolby Atmos will come standard on all its NIO ET7s, the smart flagship electric sedan of the company. The latest car model from NIO, the vehicle comes with a 7.1.4 immersive sound system and the ability to decode and render Dolby Atmos sources, including from music streaming services. This is the third automotive win for Dolby in a short period of time, following announcements from Lucid Motor and Mercedes-Benz.
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Voicemod and Bragi Deliver Voice Modification and Effects Through Bragi OS
by Joao Martins

Voicemod and Bragi Deliver Voice Modification and Effects Through Bragi OS

Voicemod, a company from Valencia, Spain, specializing in voice effects and interactive voice modification experiences, is enabling Bragi’s new audio platform to incorporate voice modulation capabilities into smart earbuds and headsets for mobile, console, and handheld devices without tethering to a PC. The Voicemod-enabled B2B software solution integration with Bragi allows headphone OEMs to include untethered, hands-free, real-time voice augmentation features.
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Voice AI Technology Company SoundHound to Become Publicly Traded
by Joao Martins

Voice AI Technology Company SoundHound to Become Publicly Traded

SoundHound, a leading technology company with its unique voice AI platform, available across 22 languages, and Archimedes Tech SPAC Partners Co., a blank check, special purpose acquisition company, announced they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined company will be called SoundHound AI, Inc. and is expected to be publicly listed on Nasdaq under the symbol SOUN following the closing of the transaction.
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XMOS Strengthens Its Position In Voice Interfaces with XVF3610 and XVF3615 Voice Processors
by Joao Martins

XMOS Strengthens Its Position In Voice Interfaces with XVF3610 and XVF3615 Voice Processors

British chip company XMOS announced the launch of the XVF3610 and XVF3615 next generation voice processors. These high-performance two-mic voice interfaces for wireless speakers, TVs, set-top boxes, smart home appliances, gateway products and more, are built on the company's xcore.ai chip infrastructure, and are available in a cost-effective and easy-to-integrate package. XMOS also kick-started an alpha program for its all new ‘Avona’ voice reference design.
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Sonus faber Announces the Acquisition of the De Santi Woodworking Factory
by audioXpress Staff

Sonus faber Announces the Acquisition of the De Santi Woodworking Factory

Sonus faber announced the acquisition of the De Santi woodworking factory in San Martino di Lupari, establishing the facility as the official woodworking department within the company. Sonus faber began working with Luciano De Santi and his factory in 1986, bonded by a shared passion for Italian heritage and craftsmanship. The two companies have been partners and collaborators for nearly four decades, building loudspeakers known around the world for their quality and performance.
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APEI Modeling and Measurement Session Details Development Using Poroacoustic Simulation
by Audio Engineering_Society

APEI Modeling and Measurement Session Details Development Using Poroacoustic Simulation

The AES Audio Product Education Institute (APEI) presents the third webinar on a series detailing the practice and benefits of simulation-driven audio developments. These APEI Modeling and Measurement sessions discuss the role of Digital Twins and how to influence fundamental design considerations, even before the first prototype is built to proof a concept. November 17, Ulrik Skov (Reality Labs at Meta) shares an actual project using a High Fidelity Poroacoustic Digital Twin.
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Consumer Technology Association CES 2022 Innovation Awards Audio Highlights
by Joao Martins

Consumer Technology Association CES 2022 Innovation Awards Audio Highlights

The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the CES 2022 Innovation Awards honorees, including those recognized as Best of Innovation honorees. The CES Innovation Awards is an annual initiative honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer technology products across 27 product categories. The CES 2022 Innovation Awards program received a record-high number of over 1800 submissions. audioXpress highlights the audio-related awards.
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Spotify Expands to Audiobook Market with Acquisition of Findaway
by audioXpress Staff

Spotify Expands to Audiobook Market with Acquisition of Findaway

Spotify Technology announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Findaway, a leading digital audiobook distribution company based in Ohio. Already a strong platform for podcasting and spoken word content, Spotify wants to expand now into audiobooks, greatly increasing the perceived value for it's streaming services. Essentially an audio technology company, Findaway offers a complete audiobook creation and publishing platform.
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Knowles Celebrates 75 Years of Voice and Audio Technology Integration
by audioXpress Staff

Knowles Celebrates 75 Years of Voice and Audio Technology Integration

Knowles Corporation is celebrating the company's 75th anniversary. Knowles pioneered many industry-firsts including balanced armature drivers for the first hearing aids in 1954, and the first MEMS microphones used in everything from the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover to the latest true wireless earbuds. Today, Knowles products and solutions are in cell phones, laptops, wearables, smart speakers, or any device with voice control. And Knowles leverages its 75 years of success and expertise to expand in audio processing, the smart home or automotive applications.
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NXP Introduces i.MX 93 Applications Processor Family for Secure Connected Devices with Edge AI
by audioXpress Staff

NXP Introduces i.MX 93 Applications Processor Family for Secure Connected Devices with Edge AI

NXP Semiconductors is gradually catching up from the time the company wasted in the attempted merger with Qualcomm. The company announced the i.MX 93 family of applications processors designed for automotive, smart home, smart building and smart everything applications. The i.MX 93 family leverages a heterogenous multicore SoC architecture designed to leverage efficient edge machine learning.
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