All items tagged with personalization (127)
Reading Glasses and Hearing Aids. Smart or FDA-Approved. Pick One.
November 11, 2021 by Joao Martins

Reading Glasses and Hearing Aids. Smart or FDA-Approved. Pick One.

Making Audio Augmentation useful for everyone, or pursue the regulatory requirements of OTC hearing aids. This article offers a useful perspective regarding the guidance documents published by the US Food and Drug Administration regarding improved access to hearing aid technology. The agency proposes a rule to establish a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids - to be sold directly to consumers in stores or online without a medical exam or a fitting by an audiologist. But most audio manufacturers are better off by not pursuing this FDA-approved OTC market. Doing so will simply hinder critical experimentation and innovation.
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Soundcore Launches Liberty 3 Pro True Wireless Earbuds Featuring Coaxial Drivers and Auto-Adapting ANC
October 12, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Soundcore Launches Liberty 3 Pro True Wireless Earbuds Featuring Coaxial Drivers and Auto-Adapting ANC

Soundcore, Anker Innovations' premium audio brand, announced the Liberty 3 Pro, the latest true wireless model in its flagship Liberty lineup. The Liberty 3 Pro features HearID ANC that automatically monitors outside ambient noise levels in real time as well as in-ear pressure to tailor noise cancellation to match the situation. The earbuds also combine improved coaxial drivers with personalized sound profiles.
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Grell Audio Releases Active Noise Cancelling True Wireless Earbuds with SoundID
October 7, 2021 by Joao Martins

Grell Audio Releases Active Noise Cancelling True Wireless Earbuds with SoundID

Grell Audio, the company founded by German headphone engineer Axel Grell, announced its first product. The Grell TWS/1 (199.99 USD/EUR) is an understated design using dynamic drivers, implemented over a Qualcomm Bluetooth 5.2 platform. In terms of unique features, the TWS/1 offers a frequency-selective ANC function, filtered by a patent-pending Noise Annoyance Reduction (NAR) psycho-acoustic model, bundled with Sonarworks' SoundID for calibration and personalization.
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1More Introduces ColorBuds 2 True Wireless ANC Earbuds with SoundID Personalization
September 23, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

1More Introduces ColorBuds 2 True Wireless ANC Earbuds with SoundID Personalization

Consumer audio company 1More joined forces with the team at Sonarworks to include SoundID sound personalization software in the company's latest $79 ColorBuds 2 true wireless earbuds with ANC. The announcement sees SoundID personalized sound becoming accessible in the most affordable TWS earbuds ever, enhanced by the built-in QuietMax hybrid noise cancelling design, also with support for aptX Adaptive Bluetooth.
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Jabra Rethinks True Wireless Technology With New Elite Earbuds
August 31, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Jabra Rethinks True Wireless Technology With New Elite Earbuds

Jabra announced three new true wireless earbuds – the Elite 7 Pro, Elite 7 Active and Elite 3. With each model tailored for specific uses, Jabra improves call performance and battery life with adjustable ANC in the new Elite 7 Pro, offers new Jabra ShakeGrip coating technology for active lifestyles with the Elite 7 Active, and offers improved sound and call quality at the lowest ever price point for the brand in the Elite 3.
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Telos Alliance's Minnetonka AudioTools Server Adds MPEG-H Audio Authoring Workflow
August 2, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Telos Alliance's Minnetonka AudioTools Server Adds MPEG-H Audio Authoring Workflow

Telos Alliance announced the integration of Fraunhofer IIS's MPEG-H authoring workflow into its Minnetonka AudioTools Server. The toolset is suitable for a wide variety of audio-processing fields and brings numerous benefits to terrestrial, IPTV, and satellite broadcast, as well as content pre- and post-production. Fraunhofer IIS’s MPEG-H Audio authoring workflow delivers enables Next-Generation Audio (NGA) workflows adding to the immersive audio tools already available.
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Nura Offers Personalized Sound and ANC in True Wireless Earbuds
July 28, 2021 by Joao Martins

Nura Offers Personalized Sound and ANC in True Wireless Earbuds

Nura, the Australian startup that created one of the most effective personalized sound headphone solutions, has been trying to evolve its concept into new form-factors. After trying an interesting Bluetooth in-ear design with the Nura Loop, the Melbourne-based company finally launched Nura True, a TWS with ANC solution that truly promises to boost the company's technology and the brand itself.
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Sonarworks Announces $6M Funding Round to Scale SoundID Licensing Business
July 14, 2021 by audioXpress Staff

Sonarworks Announces $6M Funding Round to Scale SoundID Licensing Business

Sonarworks, the company behind the studio monitor and headphone equalization software SoundID Reference (previously known as Sonarworks Reference), has closed a $6M funding round to expand the licensing strategy of its SoundID personalized audio enhancement software. The round will help fund the expansion of Sonarworks’ machine learning audio technology integration with consumer electronics devices globally as it also expands to Asia.
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Alango Technologies Now Licensing Hearing Enhancement Technology to OEMs
June 30, 2021 by Joao Martins

Alango Technologies Now Licensing Hearing Enhancement Technology to OEMs

Alango Technologies announced that OEMs and ODMs will now be able to license the same technologies that power its BeHear Bluetooth assistive hearing headsets. The audio and voice embedded DSP software specialist firm is now licensing its set of software technologies for full-featured customer-fit hearing personalization and amplification, enabling the rapid development of advanced hearables in new designs and form-factors.
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Skullcandy Confirms Partnership with Bragi for Software Upgradable True Wireless Earbuds
June 29, 2021 by Joao Martins

Skullcandy Confirms Partnership with Bragi for Software Upgradable True Wireless Earbuds

Skullcandy, the headphone company from Park City, Utah, announced a partnership with Bragi, the inventor and largest intellectual property owner of true wireless headphones, now licensing its software to brands and manufacturers worldwide. The partnership enables Skullcandy to create truly smart, future-proof audio products, infused with easy-to-use, transformative technology incorporating Bragi’s software platform featuring embedded AI.
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