Customers can also stay in touch via video chat, while enjoying excellent voice quality with reduced background noise through the built-in digital microphone.

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All of a sudden, we hear a familiar voice singing beautiful harmony in the background.

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Voice Focus ensures precisely targeted voice pick-up, while Noise Reduction enables clear conversations without background noise interference.

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For conference calls and chats, Tiki's Intelligent Speech Mode uses voice isolation to bring your voice to the forefront while noise-canceling technology simultaneously reduces unwanted, competing background noise such as computer fans, keyboard typing and ambient sound.

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His quiet voice sits on top of patterns that could stand as leads but instead melt into the background.

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