Audience and AT&T Complete First Phase of Handset Introductions Offering Advanced Voice Technology
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Delivers Improved Call Clarity For Mobile Phones Aimed at Varied User Segments
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Audience, Inc., a leading global provider of advanced voice processors for the mobile market, today announced that, with AT&T, it has completed the first phase of product roll-outs, offering the company's earSmart(TM) voice processing technology. Audience voice chips with earSmart technology, replicate the functions of human hearing to suppress background noise and enhance voice communications, and are now featured in a range of AT&T handsets to meet varied customer needs and preferences.
"Working with AT&T and leading handset makers, we've successfully integrated our intelligent voice processor into an array of devices, from smartphones, to multimedia and messaging phones, and enterprise devices, allowing customers to find a phone that delivers unsurpassed call clarity, and which suits their need for style and function," said Peter Santos, president and chief executive officer at Audience. "Our earSmart technology solves the ongoing challenge of noise in the mobile world, giving customers the freedom to use their phones in more places to stay connected and productive, with clear conversations in any environment."
Audience's earSmart technology is based on reverse-engineering the human hearing system, so the company's voice chips can evaluate, distinguish and interpret sounds in the same way people actually hear. This capability allows the processor to isolate the primary voice conversation from all the surrounding sounds, filter out the background noise, and provide clear voice for the person on the other end of the line.
AT&T mobile phones that feature the Audience chip include:
-- Samsung Focus(TM), a recently released Windows® Phone 7 device, offering a sleek, lightweight design and a new user interface experience with seamless access to social networking, mobile entertainment, plus integration with Internet Explorer®, Microsoft Office, and more
-- Samsung Captivate(TM), a Galaxy S(TM) phone, a full-featured Android(TM) smartphone, that offers users a highly integrated entertainment, messaging and social networking experience
-- Samsung Eternity(TM) II, a touchscreen multimedia-enabled, quick-messaging phone
-- Pantech Ease, a quick-messaging phone with features designed for simplicity and ease-of-use
-- Samsung Rugby® II, a next generation push-to-talk device, offering a rugged design for use in the toughest business environments
About Audience
Audience is a leading global provider of intelligent voice and audio processors for the mobile marketplace, based on pioneering work to reverse-engineer human hearing. The company's technology is redefining the mobile voice experience by enhancing call quality, and suppressing noise to enable clear communications in any environment and optimizing performance of speech-based applications. Audience technology is featured in mobile handsets from leading manufacturers in markets across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the U.S. The company was the Silver Winner in the 2008 Wall Street Journal "Technology Innovation Awards" and the Winner of the Semiconductor category. It was also selected as the Most Innovative True Mobile Start-Up for the "2008 GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Awards." Audience is one of 34 founding member companies of the Open Handset Alliance and the only one with advanced noise suppression technology. Investors in Audience include Vulcan Capital, NEA, Tallwood Venture Capital and VentureTech Alliance. The company is based in Mountain View, California. www.audience.com
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CONTACT: Carrie Worley of Audience, Inc., +1-917-714-7458, cworley@audience.com; or Sean Stevens of Atomic PR, +1-415-402-0230, sean@atomicpr.com, for Audience, Inc.
