{"id":143892,"date":"2021-12-21T10:51:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T01:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143892&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-12-21T10:51:39","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T01:51:39","slug":"fukuoka-tech-company-testing-better-sounding-masks","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-tech-company-testing-better-sounding-masks\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Tech Company Testing Better Sounding Masks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A smartphone-based technology to make mask wearers\u2019 voices sound clearer is being tested at Fukuoka City\u2019s Higashi Ward Office. The application developer, Sound, is a local startup founded by Professor Yoshitaka Nakajima of Kyushu University. The app catches and processes speakers\u2019 voices and provides clear audio from the connected speaker. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/data\/open\/cnt\/3\/89842\/1\/onseikakougijyutuniyorujissyoujikken.pdf?20211130164741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-143885\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_mask-unsplash_2021_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_mask-unsplash_2021_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_mask-unsplash_2021_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_mask-unsplash_2021_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/fnn_mask-unsplash_2021_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@pamslens?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pam Menegakis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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