Creative Introduces Live! Cam Voice

May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Creative Technology Ltd. today announced the Live! Cam Voice web camera with breakthrough Directional Live! Audio technology for unrivaled voice clarity and noise reduction during video instant messaging. The Live! Cam Voice is available now at us.creative.com for only US$99.99.

In just minutes, the stylish, sophisticated Live! Cam Voice web camera is set up and ready for video instant messaging. Creative Directional Live! Audio technology integrates dual adaptive array microphones to capture the user's voice while minimizing background and environmental noise coming from outside the webcam's field of view. This enables users to speak naturally while video instant messaging in public places.

The Live! Cam Voice web camera delivers true hardware 1.3 megapixel resolution for photo and video capture. Users can snap still photos up to 5.0 megapixels -- the highest resolution of any web camera available. To further enhance video and image quality, the Live! Cam Voice web camera incorporates Live! View technology to maximize the number of frames that are displayed per second, enabling exceptional low-light performance and delivering rich, saturated color.

"Noisy coffee shops, airports and offices are no longer an unacceptable environment for video instant messaging -- the Live! Cam Voice blocks out all the distracting conversations and noise around you so you can clearly communicate wherever you are," said Dr. Jeff Stoen, general manager for cameras at Creative. "The Live! Cam Voice features innovative dual array microphones, so even when you're in public, you can have private conversations that sound as clear as a phone call."

The Creative Live! Cam Voice web camera includes a robust software suite:

-- Creative WebCam Center -- a powerful and user-friendly application that enables users to remotely monitor a Creative web camera, set up motion detection alerts, create time lapse video, and much more. The included Creative Advanced Video FX adds fun stylized video effects.

-- Creative Photo Manager and Photo Calendar and Muvee autoProducer enable users to organize photos, add cool effects to video chats, and make professional-looking home movies.

-- SightSpeed -- award-winning software application enables users to make the best quality video and voice calls over the Internet.

-- OrbSecure -- for remote access to a webcam using any Internet- enabled device.

Pricing and Availability

The Live! Cam Voice will be available now at us.creative.com for only US$99.99. For more information on Creative web cameras, please visit www.us.creative.com.

SOURCE Creative Technology Ltd.

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