Global IP Sound Announces Release of VoiceEngine Mac, an Extension of the Field Proven VoiceEngine Product Family.SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- Skype's Award-Winning Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. Solution Leverages VoiceEngine to Offer Superior Voice Quality for Macintosh Users Global IP Sound (GIPS GIPS - /gips/ or /jips/ [Analogy with MIPS] Giga-Instructions per Second (or possibly "Gillions of Instructions per Second"; see gillion). In 1991, this was used of only a handful of highly parallel machines and one sequential processor built with Josephson devices. ), leading provider of embedded voice-processing solutions, has announced the launch of VoiceEngine(TM) Mac, an extension of the award-winning VoiceEngine(TM) product family that enables real-time communications over packet networks. VoiceEngine, which is available on Windows, Linux, Pocket PC and now Macintosh, is leveraged by leading global technology companies such as Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , WebEx Communications, and Skype Technologies S.A. to provide superior voice quality in the industry's leading voice over IP (VoIP) enabled products. Strategic partner Skype has leveraged VoiceEngine Mac to provide unmatched voice quality and voice processing The computerized handling of voice, which includes voice store and forward, voice response, voice recognition and text to speech technologies. in the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X. The Skype beta allows Macintosh users to make free calls via their Internet connection. VoiceEngine Mac ensures that users will experience voice call quality that rivals a traditional phone line. "The tremendous popularity and success of VoiceEngine for Windows made the creation of a comparable solution for the Macintosh platform an obvious direction for us -- we are excited to be supporting software vendors who want to provide for this important user base," said Gary P. Hermansen, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Global IP Sound. "We are very pleased with the market response in respect to the voice quality that Skype has delivered to over 20 million downloads of Skype and Skype Out for Windows. VoiceEngine Mac enables Skype to provide the same superior voice quality calls in the beta version of Skype for Mac OS X solution." VoiceEngine is a fully customizable and comprehensive software solution that handles all voice-related tasks for voice over IP (VoIP). Designed specifically for voice over packet networks, it combines patented and award-winning technologies together with a high-level API to enable simplified and rapid integration of complex sound processing software. VoiceEngine overcomes the inherent problems and general deficiencies introduced not only by the network but also by the PC environment -- such as delay, jitter A flicker or fluctuation in a transmission signal or display image. The term is used in several ways, but it always refers to some offset of time and space from the norm. For example, in a network transmission, jitter would be a bit arriving either ahead or behind a standard clock cycle , packet loss, sound card management, clock drift, acoustic and network echo. The flexibility of the framework enables developers to not only leverage design and resource investments across a family of products but also across a variety of computer and PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). platforms (Windows, Linux, Pocket PC and Mac). About Global IP Sound Global IP Sound develops embedded voice processing technologies for real-time communications over packet networks. GIPS SoundWare(TM) provides better than PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. voice quality and fidelity in end-to-end IP communications with robustness against packet loss. Global IP Sound's world-renowned speech processing and IP telephony experts deliver these solutions to applications developers, gateway and chip manufacturers. Companies using GIPS SoundWare(TM) products include Nortel Networks, Skype, WebEx, Marratech, and other key players in the VoIP market. Global IP Sound is a member of the Intel(R) PCA (tool, programming) PCA - A dynamic analyser from DEC giving information on run-time performance and code use. Developer Network, the Motorola Design Alliance, and Texas Instruments' third party developer network. Global IP Sound has headquarters in Stockholm and San Francisco. More information is available at www.globalipsound.com. Global IP Sound, GIPS, SoundWare, VoiceEngine, NetEQ, iPCM-wb, Enhanced G.711, and associated design marks and logos are trademarks owned or used under license by Global IP Sound AB, and may be registered in the United States and other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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