Clarity's CVC Technology Selected by Hong Kong-Based BIA

TROY, MI - Clarity LLC announced that BIA Technology Limited, a supplier of Internet and communication products based in Hong Kong, has licensed Clarity's CVC (Clear Voice Capture) software technology for its Bluetooth hands-free kit system for the automobile. The licensing of Clarity's proprietary software portfolio includes its CVC voice extraction software. CVC captures the voice of interest from background sounds (including other voices). CVC makes the voice more intelligible, improves speech recognition results and optimizes bandwidth in CDMA telecommunications networks. "Clarity delivers the best technology, experience and know-how in the hands-free world today. With BIA's expertise and significant market channels in Asia, Clarity's CVC technology gives BIA the added advantage to deliver superior performance in this emerging market," said Kevin Kwong, director of BIA. "Clarity is uniquely positioned in the hands-free marketspace with the emergence of telematics in Detroit and the need to use voice as the interface for in-car wireless communications as support grows to promote safer driving with hands on the wheel and eyes on the road." "This is an important project that adds to Clarity's growing portfolio of hands-free deliverables. It extends Clarity's design wins in this space to an unprecedented leadership position," said Norm Torrey, vice president sales, Clarity.