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Study finds voices should sound normal through walkie-talkies by now (theonion.com)
submitted 7 months ago by MHLoppy@fedia.io to c/theonion@sh.itjust.works
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Citing numerous advancements in communication technology over the years, a study released Wednesday by researchers at Cornell University found that voices coming through walkie-talkies should sound normal by now. “After countless hours of fact-finding and analysis, we’ve concluded that it’s 2025, and the speaker shouldn’t be all crackly anymore,” said lead researcher Jerome Thompson, noting that at a time when humanity was developing quantum computers, it was “pretty messed-up” that voices in two-way radio transceivers still came out tinny and could be difficult to understand. [...]

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[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

A big problem with Motorola type radios is user error. Mic too close to their mouth and off axis so the noise cancelling can't find them.