DiamondWare to Provide Bluetooth Audio Solution.MESA, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 1999-- DiamondWare, Ltd. announces its plans to cooperate with Digianswer A/S to integrate Tele-STK(TM) technology with Digianswer's Bluetooth PC Stack, to provide realtime voice communication over wireless network connections. Sound ToolKit for Telephony, or Tele-STK, is a software component which provides ultra-low latency audio recording and playback. Latency is the time delay between when a sound is recorded by the microphone, and when it's heard through the speakers or headphones Head-mounted speakers. Headphones have a strap that rests on top of the head, positioning a pair of speakers over both ears. For listening to music or monitoring live performances and audio tracks, both left and right channels are required. . The higher the latency, the more disjointed the conversation. Tele-STK consistently streams full duplex (Computers) arranged so that the information may be transmitted in both directions simultaneously; - of communications channels between computers; contrasted with Bluetooth is the emerging industry standard for wireless connectivity between computers and other electronic devices. The Bluetooth PC Stack is a suite of Windows(R) drivers and other software components to support both applications and hardware. "Digianswer is the premiere Bluetooth PC Stack developer, so we are happy to make an exclusive deal with them," said Keith Weiner, president of DiamondWare. When dealing with telephony the latency is one of the most important factors and a very low latency is required in order to simply carry out a phone conversation. "DiamondWare has a long history of dealing with PC Audio that provides them with the correct know-how to make the best solution on the market today. By integrating their Tele-STK in our Bluetooth PC Stack we are confident that we can provide the ultimate solution for a PC Speaker phone application running over a Bluetooth wireless link," said Thomas Nielsen, Senior Software Architect of Digianswer A/S. Tele-STK also has applications for software-only internet telephone products, realtime multi-person internet conferencing, and games. About DiamondWare DiamondWare, Ltd. (www.dw.com) develops high-performance software for interactive audio applications, device drivers, simulators, and games. Its Sound ToolKit product, which incorporates its proprietary audio technology, has been used by many leading game developers, and will soon debut in several non-game applications including realtime internet voice chat. About Digianswer Digianswer A/S is the leading developer of DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive (Digital Signal Processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). ) based accessories for use with cellular phones for the major manufacturers of cellular handsets worldwide. In addition, Digianswer is one of the most advanced implementers of Bluetooth technology and will offer a comprehensive range of Bluetooth products to the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and market in 1999 as well as licensing its technology to the semiconductor industry. About Bluetooth The Bluetooth Special Interest Group The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is the body that oversees the development of Bluetooth standards and the licensing of the Bluetooth technologies and trademarks to manufacturers. is an industry consortium formed by Ericsson (Nasdaq:ERICY), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IBM), Intel (Nasdaq:INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ), Nokia (NYSE:NOKa), and Toshiba for the purpose of developing a global specification for ad-hoc wireless connectivity. For more information on Tele-STK: Keith Weiner DiamondWare, Ltd. keith@dw.com Vox: (602) 380-1122 Fax: (602) 380-1133 http://www.dw.com For more information on the Bluetooth PC Stack: Ultan O'Raghallaigh Digianswer A/S Ultan@digianswer.com Vox: +45 9671 0000 Fax: +45 9835 0052 www.digianswer.com For more information on Bluetooth: www.bluetooth.net |
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