Environmental Noise — One of the Most Annoying Problems of WFH
Muting your microphone is annoying, especially when you forget to unmute when it is your turn to speak.
As Covid is raging around the globe right now, a lot of people are forced to be working from home, students are stuck in front of the computer to engage in distance learning, and the entire world seems to be locked at home for an unlimited amount of time.
“By 2025, an estimated 70% of the workforce will be working remotely at least five days a month.” — Forbes
Although remote working and distance learning do solve the problem of not having physical contact, new problems occurred when they are actually put to practice. Aside from bad internet connection, faulty microphones or earphones, or outdated VOIP software, one particular problem emerged: surrounding noise.
Imagine this: when you are talking to your colleagues or professors, have you ever run into situations where you have to mute your microphone because where you are at is too noisy? Either it is kids shouting, dogs barking, cars raging by, or other noise. Since all of us here at kikaGO are stationed around the world, we have all met this problem and we are really annoyed when we have to mute our microphones because of our noisy environments. Also, forgetting to open up our microphone when it is our turn to speak is an even bigger annoyance.
Currently, most of the products on the market focus on the user’s listening — meaning that they focus on making the surrounding noise “unhearable” for users. However, those on the other side of the call still suffer from noise from the caller’s side. While some solutions are beginning to look into eliminating surrounding noise, these solutions are quite expensive. Other software solutions, like Krisp, choose to go to a subscription method, which means users will have to pay consistently for environmental noise cancellation.
kikaGO Noise Cancellation Accessories series is the most economical environmental noise cancellation audio accessory on the market! With our patented design and unique algorithm, we can cancel out nearly all the environmental noise at 90dB! This is a must-have tool for all remote workers and distance learners. For more information, please visit www.kikago.ai/solutions.
Written by Jim Peng, Product Manager at kikaGO
