Andrea Electronics Launches USB Far-Field Array Microphone at Intel Developer Forum

Andrea Electronics Corporationtronics Corporation announced today at the Intel Developer Forum that the Company is shipping its Universal Serial Bus (USB) Array Microphone. The Andrea USB Microphone Array incorporates Andrea Electronics Corporationtronics' digital, speech enhancement software technologies, including patented Digital Super Directional Array (DSDA) as well as PureAudio algorithms, enabling PC users to operate speech-driven applications such as Internet telephony, videoconferencing and command and control speech functions, providing USB plug-and-play capability while at a distance from the microphone.

The Andrea USB Array Microphone is optimized to run on a host Pentium processor and is compatible with any speech application running on Windows 98 Second Edition and Windows 2000. Andrea Electronics Corporationtronics' software algorithms adaptively focus on and enhance the user's voice while electronically eliminating background noise that would distort the voice signal. Together, the USB platform and proprietary noise canceling technologies create a high performance audio input solution for users of voice-operated applications who seek an easy-to-use, accurate microphone.

The Andrea USB Array will provide consumers operating PC speech command and control applications an easy to use, plug-and-play audio input solution, Douglas J. Andrea, Co-Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer of Andrea Electronics Corporationtronics Corporation. It's our goal to use this new audio processing platform with our unique software algorithms to provide a cost-effective, software-based microphone solution that significantly increases system performance. In addition, as voice communications become more sophisticated, we will continue to tailor our software and offer upgradeable audio input solutions.

The beta version of the USB Array has been awarded Product of the Year by Communications Solutions and Call Center Solutions for it convenience, performance and ease-of-use. In addition to the Andrea USB Array, Andrea Electronics Corporationtronics recently introduced a USB headset, the Andrea NC-7100, which utilizes USB integrated electronics to provide plug-and-play connectivity -7100 USB headset incorporates proprietary noise canceling microphone technology in a cost-effective solution which enables clear digital audio input for all speech-enabled applications, including speech recognition, chat, voice-enabled web browsing and online gaming, with USB-enabled PCs or Macintosh computers. The Andrea NC-7100 is currently being bundled by IBM with its ViaVoice for Macintosh, Enhanced Edition speech recognition software product.

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