Global IP Sound Supplies Voice Processing Software to Skype

Global IP Sound, a start-up based in Stockholm, Sweden, has supplied its voice processing software to Skype, the recently launch VoIP service from the developers of Kazaa. Global IP Sound’s sound processing software is designed to provide better than PSTN quality sound for calls over packet networks. Instead of using buffers, which can add to latency, Global IP Sound’s approach is to encode input speech into a series of sound descriptions that are separately transmitted to build a “sound profile” that aids in lost packet compensation. The speech quality processing is thereby provided at the edge of the network, rather than at the core. The software can be implemented in IP phones, softphones, media gateways, and wireless VoIP on PDAs. The company claims better than PSTN quality VoIP even in adverse network conditions of up to 30% packet loss.
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