Speech Technology Algorithm Software by: Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products Sint Krispijnstraat 8900 Ieper, Tel:  +32-57-228888 http://www.lhs.com

Tool: Speech Technology Algorithm Software Category: Engines/Viewers/SDKs: Speech

Lernout & Hauspie Speech and Music coding capabilities cover a wide range of compression rates starting from 2.4 Kbps up to 16 Kbps and require the use of less processing power than many commercially available speech compression products. The company has been able to achieve this wide range of compression rates by implementing three distinct coding techniques: Sub-Band Coding for high quality and a low rate of processing power. Code Book Excited Linear Predictive Coding for mid-range applications where quality and high compression are required. Variable Bit Rate encoding enables the best match between the bits required to represent a given piece of speech and the available bandwidth.

Key Pentium® II processor features/performance benefit
Features		Benefits
	Faster processing and parsing of voice input		MMXTM technology improves the performance of computationally intensive and repetitive speech functions such as: sub-band filters auto-correlation computations for pitch determinations & LPC filters The multiply accumulate instruction and the additional 8 registers provide the most significant performance benefits.
Product and Contact Information
Availability of Product		Contact
Voice compression: Available Now Text to Speech: May 1997 Speech recognition: September 1997		Scott Garlick +32-2-4560511 scott.garlick@lhs.be