Dolby Voice

Dolby Voice is an audio communication technology developed by Dolby Laboratories since at least 2012.[1] This solution is aimed at improving audio quality in virtual environments such as entreprise-level videoconferencing.[2] It is implemented using commercially available hardware and/or software and uses the proprietary Dolby Voice Codec (DVC) audio codec.

Features

This technology was created to improve audio quality, compared to other similar technologies through various audio processing features:[3] while, at the same time, avoiding to cut back on bandwidth usage and network resilience, through the use of heavy compression.

  • a dynamic audio leveling to focus on the human voice, and to equalize participants audio power easing listening
  • a spatialization of audio to improve voice clarity and reduce fatigue by preventing speech overlapping when multiple participants are talking at the same time
  • a noise reduction to limit unwanted background sounds in noisy environments
  • an echo reduction to limit audio reinjection when input and output devices are placed close together

Products

References

  1. BT Conferencing and Dolby Make Conference Calls Sound and Feel Like In-Person Meetings Yahoo Finance, 2012-09-25^
  2. Dolby Voice Overview Dolby.com, retrieved December 12, 2019^
  3. James Porter. Dolby wants to boost the audio quality of your laptop's video calls 2021-01-11, retrieved 7 September 2022^