sidetone
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sidetone
[′sīd‚tōn] (communications)
The sound of the speaker's own voice as heard in his telephone receiver; the effect is undesirable and is usually suppressed by special circuits.
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sidetone
In a telephone handset, sending a small amount of your voice signal back into your ear through the handset so that you hear yourself talk. It makes the conversation more comfortable when you hear a little bit of your own speech, because you know the line isn't dead. See hybrid.Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
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The earpiece goes loud, there's a touch of
side tone, and I didn't hear any distortion at high volumes.
It also adds
side tone, which is the subtle sensation of being able to perceive your own voice in the earpiece, making the VoIP experience feel much like using a standard telephone.
Hearings on this subject generally have a Shirley Temple, look-on-the-bright
side tone. This vapid cheerfulness got downright bizarre in the wake of the Jack-in-the-box hamburger deaths in early 1993.
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