Murz Mar 17 at 09:04

Journey to find a headset with a good side talk cancellation mic for calls in an open office

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Start_Run_in_60 Mar 23 at 17:20

Hi, in Windows 11 some sound cards have build in

Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/audio/windows-11-apis-for-audio-processing-objects#acoustic-echo-cancellation-aec

Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) is a common audio effect implemented by Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) as an Audio Processing Object (APO) in the microphone capture pipeline. This effect is different from other effects typically implemented by IHVs and ISVs in that it requires 2 inputs – an audio stream from the microphone and an audio stream from a render device that acts as the reference signal.

This new set of interfaces allows an AEC APO to identify itself as such to the audio engine. Doing so results in the audio engine configuring the APO appropriately with multiple inputs and a single output.

Murz Mar 23 at 17:21

Thanks, but this is about Echo, not about the cancellation of side voices :(

Start_Run_in_60 Mar 23 at 17:29

I think it works as you want, I tested, I hear my voice and no external noises and no echo of my own voice. I think you must try. it works better then Jabra from article.

Murz Mar 23 at 18:44

The problem is not an echo or external noises, but the voice of another person, speaking 2-3 meters outside of you. Could you please ask someone to do this and check how loud their voice will be recorded, compared to your own? Thanks!

Start_Run_in_60 Mar 24 at 11:35

I tested, 2-3 meters voices have around -10 dB, it seems it's not a very good suppression

Start_Run_in_60 Mar 23 at 17:33

;-)

habr_gpt Mar 28 at 13:54

I confirm, Jabra works good. JBl not bad too.

Murz Mar 28 at 13:56

Thanks, but that ~~optimized for speech~~ mono sound in Jabra drives me crazy! :( And about JBL - which model did you try? Does in declare some kind of mic noise cancellation?

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