It’s no secret that most radio talk shows have a slight delay before a caller’s audio reaches the air. The obvious reason: to make sure no “f-bombs” reach the sensitive ears of the public — or the FCC. Well, Microsoft has been awarded a patent that might eliminate the need for that delay. The patent, 7437290, is for “Automatic censorship of audio data for broadcast” was first filed in 2004. Here’s how it’s described: An input audio data stream comprising speech is processed by an automatic censoring filter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s no secret that most radio talk shows have a slight delay before a caller’s audio reaches the air. The obvious reason: to make sure no “f-bombs” reach the sensitive ears of the public — or the FCC. Well, Microsoft has been awarded a patent that might eliminate the need for that delay. The patent, 7437290, is for “Automatic censorship of audio data for broadcast” was first filed in 2004. Here’s how it’s described: An input audio data stream comprising speech is processed by an automatic censoring filter Continue reading