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Welcome to the ear canal!
In areas where hearing protection is worn anyway, the "Hearable for the smart industrial workplace" also offers an AI platform for intelligible communication, voice control and voice documentation as well as acoustic monitoring for quality control. Find out more at the digital Hannover Messe - in the Fraunhofer stream on April 13 and in individual meetings.
more info© Fraunhofer IDMT / Hannes Kalter
Red when mumbling!
Intelligibility Meter enables objective measurement and display of speech intelligibility in media productions: Algorithms for automatic measurement, evaluation and presentation of speech intelligibility facilitate the work of sound engineers in film, game and audio productions.
more info© Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH
Current reachability of Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg
Currently the employees of the Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg are only reachable by phone with restrictions. (Increased use of home offices as an action within the context of "COVID-19") How you can reach us at the moment, you can find out here.
more info© Anna Minkina
Mobile EEG for the detection of epileptic seizures in daily life
»MOND« project will facilitate better diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy. A mobile neurosensing system suitable for everyday use that detects epileptic seizures automatically and documents them for the purpose of medical anamnesis and optimisation of patient safety.
more info© Fraunhofer IDMT/Hannes Kalter
Not all clicks are the same
Manufacturers must be able to respond immediately to faults in machinery and equipment, so as to avoid downtime. An acoustic monitoring system by the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg recognizes based on noises whether production parameters are within the set limit values. AI-based techniques help manufacturers draw conclusions about the machine condition and optimize production control.
more info© Fraunhofer IDMT / Hannes Kalter
Teaching tomorrow’s automobiles to hear
Modern cars already feature a range of sophisticated systems such as remote-controlled parking, automatic lane-departure warning and drowsiness recognition. In the future, self-driving cars will also have auditory capabilities. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Oldenburg, Germany, have now developed a prototype system capable of recognizing external noises such as sirens.
more info© Unsplash/Morgan McDonald/Brad Neathery/conceptional image
More focus an comfort at telephone workstations
From 2-4 March 2020, the Division HSA will be at Call Center World (CCW) in Berlin and demonstrate how telephone workstations can be made more efficient and pleasant through intelligent solutions.
more info© Fraunhofer IDMT/Hannes Kalter
Insight into our research: Interview with Jan Wellmann
The audio technology for the Telekom Smart Speaker was developed by the Fraunhofer IDMT in Oldenburg. An Interview with Jan Wellmann, Head of »Audio System Technology«.
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Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA
The objective of the Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA of the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT is to transfer scientific findings related to hearing perception and man-machine interaction into technological applications. Its applied research priorities are the enhancement of sound quality and speech intelligibility, personalized audio reproduction, automatic speech recognition and acoustic event detection with the help of artificial intelligence. A further focus is the use of mobile neurotechnologies, which facilitate the recording of brain activity and utilization of the resulting data outside the laboratory too.
Application fields include consumer electronics, transport, the automotive sector, industrial production, security, telecommunications and healthcare. Through scientific partnerships, Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA has close links with the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Jade University and other institutions engaged in hearing research in Oldenburg. Fraunhofer IDMT-HSA is a partner in the »Hearing4all« Cluster of Excellence.
The Oldenburg Branch for Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA is funded in the program »Vorab« by the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) and the Volkswagen Foundation for its further development.
