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Re: Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls

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post #80

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iPhones already have this feature if you hold your phone up to your ear. There is a microphone in the back of the phone near the camera that phase cancels out background noise from the input from the front mic.

That's really cool! I knew that it did sound canceling but I thought it was all software!

I remember when they proudly talked about all the mics on the iPhone 5 used for this when they presented it on stage.

Re: Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls

#105
post #29

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Make sure you check back in with the results!

As requested: This call typically has decent audio quality, and as it's a stand-up / status call people tend to speak one at a time. No-one today had much in the way of background noise, so I'm not sure there was a lot of opportunity for the app to show off. That said, I switched the Krisp speaker mode on and off repeatedly while each person who was talking. 1. When just one person was talking Krisp didn't seem to ev…

>When there was a conversation going back and forth, or when one person started talking right after someone else finished, the voices got mangled or muted and I couldn't understand them. I had to turn Krisp off.This may have nothing to do with Krisp as an app. All phones/communications device have the ability for either half or full duplex audio. Half duplex means only one caller can be heard. If someone were to speak, the audio would cut out as you experienced. Full duplex allows for conversations to happen all at once.

So this all could just be a symptom of the feature of the device or service you're using. I would try your test on different devices and/or services.

Re: Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls

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Here's to hoping they make a version for Windows and/or Linux. Mac support is nice, but this seems business-focused (though handy for casual use). Most businesses, especially outside of Silicon Valley, don't use Mac; Windows will likely be a larger market.

Even in silocon valley, any non-"art design" business uses windows as the primary machines

Re: Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls

#107
Seems to me that "a virtual microphone [that] sits between your device microphone and Apps" would be a juicy target for attack

I am /not/ saying Krisp.ai is a trojan or is nefarious, but if I was the NSA or FSB or... something like this would be very interesting to me. Both for infiltration (deliberately malicious) or for exploitation (compromised / exploited at run time).

Re: Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls

#108
This would be really great for work-at-home people, freelancers, and digital nomads! I work online for a startup and this is exactly the kind of thing I can think we could all use. Another niche that could benefit from this would be online teaching. Most of the teachers of online English teaching companies work from home. For work at home parents (and there are plenty), the mute whining/screaming child feature is a godsend. Fingers crossed, waiting for Windows support...

Re: Krisp.ai – Mute background noise during your calls

#109
post #12

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2Hz CEO here (we built Krisp). Windows support will come in Dec. We are working hard on it.

How about Linux? Shouldn't be that much more of a lift.

Yeah, and I have to de-noise a conference I recorded a few days ago before uploading it. A Linux version of such a tool would be of great help, although I will rather try standard approaches first.
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