Microsoft begins testing Windows 11 speech clarity feature

During the Hybrid Work event, Microsoft announced new features for Windows 11, including tabs in File Explorer and new ways to improve speech clarity in applications like Microsoft Teams or Skype. Apparently, the feature is called "Speech Clarity" and is currently only supported on select PCs, but support for more hardware is expected to be rolled out in the coming months.

One of the most notable new features of Microsoft Teams is its noise reduction feature. Teams uses its AI and ML-powered noise cancellation to block out the sounds of the world around you so you can easily focus on your meetings, and Microsoft plans to add a similar Voice Clarity feature to Windows 11. Unlike Teams noise reduction, which is embedded into the Teams app, Microsoft's new Voice Clarity feature works at the operating system level and is designed to capture the entire audio spectrum of the audio at a higher bandwidth.

The device also uses advanced echo control technology to reduce background noise so people communicating in Teams or Skype can hear each other more clearly. Hardware integration of multiple microphone signals is also necessary for sound clarity.

#During the event, Microsoft said Voice Clarity was only available for Surface Laptop Studio. However, this advanced processing power may also be applicable to more devices.

Currently, it only works with Surface Laptop Studio and is rolled out with the latest firmware update.

Unlike other conferencing-centric features announced during the event, Voice Clarity does not require a Neural Processing Unit (NPU). The Surface Laptop Studio doesn't have an NPU, so it's safe to say that Voice Clarity will likely come to more devices without an NPU, but we don't know when it will come to non-Surface products.

Microsoft notes in its support document that "Voice Clarity is unique to Windows 11 and *currently" available on Surface Laptop Studio.

Of course, you'll need newer hardware to take full advantage of the Voice Clarity feature.

Other features announced at the event, such as tabs in File Explorer, contextual suggestions, and better Focus Assist, also do not require any changes to existing configurations.

However, supporting features like eye correction, background blur, and auto-framing will require an NPU and will only be available on modern devices like ThinkPads.

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