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Audio Manufacturers Agree Common Dialog Intelligibility Standard At IBC 2026

September 14

NUGEN Audio, RTW, Steinberg and Telos Alliance have announced the LMMG Dialog Intelligibility Implementation Agreement, a common measurement framework developed with Fraunhofer IDMT to keep dialogue intelligibility readi

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