Audio Foundry Expands Automotive Audio Alliance with BdSound

Audio Foundry, the automotive audio technology collaborative, welcomed BdSound to its alliance of pioneering audio and technology companies. Renowned for their cutting-edge voice technology that enhances in car hands-free calls, communication between cabin passengers, and interaction with voice assistants, BdSound brings world-class expertise in signal processing and embedded software to Audio Foundry’s growing ecosystem.

BdSound and NXP Semiconductors have joined forces to combine advanced audio signal processing and voice technology with NXP's latest automotive SAF9100 audio DSP device. BdSound aims to provide cutting-edge integrations to improve voice user experience in next-generation vehicles, through NXP’s recently announced high-performance SAF9100 audio DSP. This platform features dedicated neural-network engines that BdSound will be able to fully explore.

BdSound, a leading provider of audio and voice processing technology for noise reduction, speech enhancement, and automotive applications, has unveiled a strategic partnership with DSP Concepts, combining their expertise to address the growing complexities in automotive audio development. The collaboration delivers BdSound's speech processing technology, offering OEMs and integrators a streamlined deployment using DSP Concepts' Audio Weaver audio development platform.

Enjoying a deserved recognition in the automotive market, and successful collaborations with 15 world-renowned OEMs, Italian company BdSound introduced a new advanced feature to improve the car experience even more. Expanding its Simply Sounds Clear set of technologies and algorithms, BdSound now offers Microphone Bubbles, a way to isolate each passenger’s voice inside the vehicle, allowing calls and voice recognition for all occupants in a car.

BdSound and Vivoka, two European pioneers in voice technology, announced a strategic partnership to reshape the landscape of voice assistants. Through this collaboration, BdSound will leverage Vivoka's development framework allowing users to high-level construct tailored voice assistants. And BdSound's audio and speech processing technology will become an integral part of the acoustic front-end tools offered by Vivoka, promising to make voice assistants more accessible and customizable than ever before.