ZVox Sound Bar Touts Dialogue Intelligibility, Alexa

Zvox is promoting dialogue intelligibility in its latest sound bar. The AV357 ($299) uses the company’s Accuvoice hearing aid technology and SuperVoice technology that lets users reduce the level of background sound in TV programs to help bring voices “front and center,” it said Wednesday. The manipulation of the audio signal “lifts” dialogue out of the mix to help viewers who have difficulty understanding speech while watching TV, said the company, saying the sound bar has 12 levels of dialogue boost. Using what Zvox calls an Alexa Ready feature, users can connect an Alexa Echo device to the sound bar's input 2 and use it while listening to a program. They could ask Alexa for a football game score while watching a different game, for instance, said the company.