Jabra Headsets Feature Embedded Rubidium Speech Technology

Rubidium, a supplier of embedded speech processing technologies, announced today that GN Netcom has unveiled a new series of Jabra unified communications headsets with its voice control technology.

The technology is available in the Jabra MOTION and the Jabra MOTION UC, which use motion sensors and microphones to monitor and react to environmental situations intelligently.

The integrated motion sensor and intelligent microphone allows the user to spend more time concentrating on the call and less time adjusting and fiddling with the headset. One example of the motion sensor at work is the auto-on feature that turns the device on when it senses that it has been picked up. Likewise, if the user goes from sitting to walking, the audio will be tweaked to adjust for the change in noise that will result, ensuring that call quality is not diminished. With Rubidium's voice control users can pick up or reject a call just by saying "answer" or "ignore" respectively.

Rubidium has been a CSR Extension Partner since 2009 and has millions of products in the Bluetooth headsets and hands-free marketplace using its speech recognition, text-to-speech, and compressed speech playback technology.

"We are very excited about the Jabra MOTION series," said Shlomo Peller, CEO and founder of Rubidium, in a statement. "The series marks our first foray into office-space speech technology. By using level one Bluetooth technology, Jabra and Rubidium combine for a hands-free office experience that can take place up to 100 meters from the workstation. We see the Bluetooth space opening with numerous possibilities this year, and diversification into UC is just one of the exciting developments we've been expecting."