摘要 |
A method is disclosed to assist users of telecommunication equipment to improve the likelihood that the party receives and comprehends their speech. The method involves quantifying the quality of speech at both the point of reception and transmission, and then communicating this information to the transmitter who is speaking. To the extent that the background noise at the speaker or listener location is so large as to decrease the signal to noise ratio, or other parameter related to the comprehensibility of speech, to an unacceptable level the speaker may choose to reduce the background noise, or speak loader to increase the signal. Likewise, to the extent that the communication system itself generates unacceptable noise, the speaker may choose to speak loader to increase the signal. However, as the speaker is made aware of the quality of perception at the listener, they need not speaker loader than necessary for the listener to comprehend their speech.
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