Blog posts tagged with 'audio'

Ok, I think this would be an interesting one for the community. Audio (voice & sound) content is becoming more important to customers - day-to-day applications that require clear audio (e.g., listening to a voicemail attached in your email), VoIP/softphone calls, dictation applications, etc. If you have applications or use cases that require audio (voice or sound) over XenApp, please read on...
Take a listen to the recorded audio clip (no video) below - the clip was recorded over XenApp to an ICA client. As you listen to the clip, think about whether the audio quality is, in your opinion, good enough for you day-to-day use? After listening to the audio clip, please vote in our poll below. By the way, it's recommended that you watch/listen to the clip from a locally installed browser.

Oh, and if you cannot see the voting buttons (green checks).... you'll need to login to vote. And if you don't have a login, you can easily create one here.

What's your impression of the audio quality in the sample audio clip?	Choose
Poor – if it's my only option, then I cannot use it with my voice/audio application
Bearable – I can use it to communicate with others, but only if I have to
Acceptable – I can use this on a daily basis
Great – When can I have this?

If you have questions, please click on my name and feel free to contact me!

Finding the optimal balance between audio quality and bandwidth consumption has never been easy. Most Citrix customers today choose our Medium Quality audio setting to obtain the best compromise for the majority of use cases. But in the Citrix R&D labs in Fort Lauderdale, our computer scientists are cooking up something much better. View my interview of Modesto Tabares, one of the lead engineers working on Citrix's Multimedia Virtualization Initiative, to learn about a new voice codec codenamed Ulysses that offers a win-win proposition. (http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1255386870)

Derek Thorslund
Product Strategist, Multimedia Virtualization