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upHear Live Dialog Boost enables Real-Time AI Speech Enhancement at the Edge

Fraunhofer IIS is expanding its upHear portfolio with a new technology designed to improve speech intelligibility in real‑time: upHear Live Dialog Boost. The module uses AI‑based dialogue separation to enhance spoken content for applications where latency is critical and footprint requirements are tight.

October 28, 2026
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DRM’s Progress in India

The transition from legacy analog broadcasts to digital radio for the nationwide radio network in the former AM bands is seamless, as AIR is updating the existing transmitter infrastructure while offering analogue-digital simulcast services at the same time. Most recently, the digital encoders themselves have been upgraded with DRM’s mandatory audio codec xHE-AAC and were re-located to the studio for the best audio source quality. This upgrade process has already been carried out for...

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AudioLabs researcher receives KlarText Award

Yesterday, Christof Weiß, who works at the International Audio Laboratories Erlangen, received the KlarText Award – the Klaus Tschira Foundation’s prize for science communication. His winning entry in the Computer Science category was entitled Das ist Haydn. Ganz sicher! and explains in an easy to understand manner the key ideas and results of his doctoral thesis about algorithms that can...

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Via Adds MPEG-D DRC To Advanced Audio Coding Patent Pool

MPEG-D DRC is a new, innovative audio solution that overcomes problems of variations in volume level and dynamic range when content is played back on different listening devices and in varying listening environments. This audio technology plays an important role in improving the consumer’s listening experience in any playback situation for streaming and broadcast content. “The addition of MPEG-D DRC increases the value of our AAC patent pool tremendously,” said Joe Siino, President of...