BdSound provides speech processing solutions for communications and voice assistants to dozens of car models, from standard to dream sport cars, through some of the most important Tier-1 companies.
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Car Makers
Several car models from several car makers adopt BdSound technology to provide the most comfortable communication and voice interaction experience in cars.
Technology
Simply Sounds Clear
Flawless voice calls, reliable interactions with car voice assistants and safe In-Car Communication. The solution for voice in car, trusted by more than 10 OEMs and more than 7 Tier-1s on more than 70 car models.
Simply Sounds Clear
Human to Machine and Human to Human
Talk Freely – Human to Human
Hands-free calls and In-Car Communication with a private microphone
- Cleans audio from disturbances
- Isolates speaker’s voice from other passengers speaking
- Allows multiple calls simultaneously without cross-recording other voices
- Enables a face-to-face conversation experience
- Cancels acoustic echo
- Enable crystal clear communications
Interact Naturally – Human to Machine
Wake-Up-Word spotting, voice commands and natural voice interactions without interference.
- Improves voice assistant’s recognition rate
- Enhances Wake-Up-Word spotting and determination of the passenger who gave the command
- Enables voice assistant interruptions by passengers when it is speaking or playing music
- Allows multiple-commands even by all passengers at the same time
Simply Sounds Clear
Human to Machine and Human to Human
Talk Freely – Human to Human
Hands-free calls and In-Car Communication with a private microphone
- Cleans audio from disturbances
- Isolates speaker’s voice from other passengers speaking
- Allows multiple calls simultaneously without cross-recording other voices
- Enables a face-to-face conversation experience
- Cancels acoustic echo
- Enable crystal clear communications
Interact Naturally – Human to Machine
Wake-Up-Word spotting, voice commands and natural voice interactions without interference.
- Improves voice assistant’s recognition rate
- Enhances Wake-Up-Word spotting and determination of the passenger who gave the command
- Enables voice assistant interruptions by passengers when it is speaking or playing music
- Allows multiple-commands even by all passengers at the same time
Human to Machine
Smartphone Replication
Simply Sounds Clear supports all smartphone replications used in modern cars.
Human to Machine
Enhanced Siri
After numerous additional requirements from Apple, Simply Sounds Clear is ready to support the latest Apple CarPlay specifications, including the “Hey Siri” Wake-Up-Word.
Alexa Auto on Lamborghini Huracan EVO
BdSound for Alexa Auto
“As you can imagine, the sound of a Lamborghini engine is exciting but also quite loud and in order to make Alexa run smoothly you need a top-notch speech enhancement solution. And this is where BdSound steps in.” Learn why Simply Sounds Clear is the preferred provided of speech processing solution by super-sport cars manufacturers
Technology Overview
Flexible solution for several platforms
Simply Sounds Clear is a suite of several technologies working together to provide the best voice experience in cars. It supports several hardware architectures (ARM Cortex A, ARM Cortex M, HiFi DSP, ADI Sharc) and operating systems (Linux, Android, Free RTOS). Ask for other platforms and operating systems.
Audio Demo
Toggle the switch to compare raw signal with processed signal. This track focuses in driver only (male) so you won’t hear the passenger voice (female).
This bubble focuses on the passenger voice only (female) so you won’t hear the driver voice (male).
Microphone Bubbles
Microphone Bubbles for Communications
Microphone Bubbles isolate voices inside a car for a private and more comfortable communication. Creating virtual acoustic bubbles around each passenger, Microphone Bubbles enhance the communication experience within the car, guaranteeing the right level of comfort and privacy.
- Virtual acoustic bubbles without voice artifacts
- Improve communication comfort
- Cancel noises and interferences
Microphone Bubbles
Separated commands
Microphone Bubbles enable passengers to give voice commands to the car simultaneously and get fully understood.
- Passengers can invoke different voice assistants at the same time
- Can also give commands to the same voice assistants and being recognized
- Can interact naturally thanks to the integrated multichannel barge-in
Watch at the video
Audio Demo
This is the noise of an accelerating car is cancelled. Toggle the switch to compare before and after the noise reduction.
And what about impulsive noise, like bumps? Toggle the switch to compare before and after the noise cancelling.
Technology Overview
AI-based Noise Reduction
Innovative AI based Noise Reduction Technology, including de-reverberation and speech quality enhancement.
- Less distortion and in-time-tracking noise cancelling
- Cancels reflections and reverberation
- Makes it feel like the person on the phone is sitting right next to you
Technology Overview
Adaptive Voice Control
It operates like a personal sound engineer. Speaker’s signals are adapted according to the background noise characteristics and levels. The result is optimal speech intelligibility.
- Preserves voice intelligibility with adaptive levelling, dynamic and spectral filtering
- Integrated advanced features to track and compensate noise
- Smooth operation avoids unnatural sound distortion
Technology Overview
In-Car Communication (ICC)
Safe and comfortable communications between driver and passengers, with negligible delay and loud levels, also in small cars.
- Optimal Stability
- Low latency
- Full Bandwidth
- Prevents Larsen and Echos
Support, Services and Tools
Premium Support for the Best Results
BdController
For a quick certification process
BdController is the free tuning tool of Simply Sounds Clear for on-site, real-time or offline. It was designed for ITU-T P11xx standards to speed up the certification process.
As a result, we usually complete a Full ITU-T P11xx session in only 5 days.
Certifications
ITU, Apple CarPlay and Alexa Auto certifications
Our engineering team is ready to support you along the certification process online and on-site, if you prefer we move to your lab. Otherwise you can also take advantage of our dedicated automotive lab equipped with all the instrumentation to complete ITU-T P.1100, P1110, P1120 tuning support Alexa Auto Certifications.
Audio Quality Assessment
So you are on the right path A detailed check-list and good practices explain how to assess the audio quality for communications and voice assistance.
Full audio architecture validation to guarantee the best voice experience
System-level Support
For every step along the way Our engineering team supports OEMs and Tier-1 during the system architecture definition phase, sharing experience and dedication.
BdSound® Automotive Team is your reliable partner from the system definition to components production.
Support, Services and Tools
Premium Support for the Best Results
BdController
For a quick certification process
BdController is the free tuning tool of Simply Sounds Clear for on-site, real-time or offline. It was designed for ITU-T P11xx standards to speed up the certification process.
As a result, we usually complete a Full ITU-T P11xx session in only 5 days.
Certifications
ITU, Apple CarPlay and Alexa Auto certifications
Our engineering team is ready to support you along the certification process online and on-site, if you prefer we move to your lab. Otherwise you can also take advantage of our dedicated automotive lab equipped with all the instrumentation to complete ITU-T P.1100, P1110, P1120 tuning support Alexa Auto Certifications.
Audio Quality Assessment
So you are on the right path
A detailed check-list and good practices explain how to assess the audio quality for communications and voice assistance.
Full audio architecture validation to guarantee the best voice experience
System-level Support
For every step along the way
Our engineering team supports OEMs and Tier-1 during the system architecture definition phase, sharing experience and dedication.
BdSound® Automotive Team is your reliable partner from the system definition to components production.