Abstract:
The disclosed method and apparatus controls the rate of playback of audio data corresponding to a stream of speech. Using speech recognition, the rate of speech of the audio data is determined. The determined rate of speech is compared to a target rate. Based on the comparison, the playback rate is adjusted, i.e. increased or decreased, to match the target rate.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a device, method and system of noise injection to maximize compressed audio quality while enabling bitrate scalability. It includes at least one of an encoder and a decoder. The encoder includes a zero detection unit, coupled to receive a frequency domain quantized signal, for determining a control signal that indicates whether noise injection is implemented and a normalization computation unit, coupled to receive at least unquantized signal values and the control signal, for determining a normalization term in accordance with the control signal. The decoder includes a zero detection unit, coupled to receive a frequency domain quantized signal, for determining a control signal that indicates when noise injection is active and a noise generation and normalization unit, coupled to receive a normalization term and the control signal, for generating, normalizing, and injecting a predetermined noise signal where indicated by the control signal.