Attention Developers: Unleash your Creativity with the Microcone

The Microcone's innovative spatial sound processing makes it a unique device for developing speech applications. With the Microcone SDK (Software Development Kit), Dev-Audio gives software developers, researchers and system integrators the tools to build this into their own applications and solutions.

The Microcone is a 7-channel USB microphone array device. It comes with proprietary signal processing software that divides the room around it into six regions. For each of these regions, the Microcone array processing software produces a separate audio stream together with speech activity and location information.

Dev-Audio's Microcone Recorder application represents a first example of how this enhanced audio and speech information may be harnessed to provide a simple time-saving interface for recording group meetings.

We believe however that there are many more ways this unique device and rich information may be put to use in innovative group voice applications. In order to encourage creative new uses of the Microcone's core processing features, Dev-Audio is now making a Software Development Kit (SDK) available to registered software developers.

The SDK is now available for Mac OS X, Windows 7 and Linux. It contains a software library that gives developers access to the Microcone's audio, speech activity and location information. This information is accessible on a frame-by-frame basis, making it ideal for real-time operation. As a starting point, the SDK also includes Xcode and Visual Studio project files and source code for a demonstration application (screenshot shown above) illustrating how to:

• monitor and record the Microcone audio,
• modify Microcone parameters,
• visualise and log the Microcone voice activity and localisation information.

Microcone SDK clients also receive access to preferential pricing on subsequent hardware units, enabling them to deploy and sell solutions that build on the SDK.

Now Available

The Microcone SDK is now available on Mac OS X, Windows 7 and Linux for registered developers. The SDK includes:

• Microcone software library (proprietary array processing binary library and header),
• Source code and project files (Xcode, Visual Studio) for a demonstration application,
• 1 Microcone USB device (7-channel USB microphone array),
• Access to preferential pricing for subsequent hardware units.

Please email sales@dev-audio.com for full information, or complete our registration form specifying your interest in the SDK. Academic pricing is available for universities, research institutions and their students.