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Neural encoding enables more-efficient recovery of lost audio packets

Amazon just solved video calls' biggest problem. Their new AI can reconstruct lost audio packets with 90% less bandwidth.

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Why it matters

Amazon's neural vocoding breakthrough for Chime SDK addresses a critical enterprise communication pain point, potentially giving them a competitive edge in the crowded video conferencing market.

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  1. Deep-redundancy (DRED) technology

  2. Neural vocoding implementation

  3. Amazon Chime SDK integration

  4. Long sequence packet reconstruction capability

  5. Minimal bandwidth overhead

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Publisher excerpt: By leveraging neural vocoding, Amazon Chime SDK’s new deep-redundancy (DRED) technology can reconstruct long sequences of lost packets with little bandwidth overhead.
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