To make sure each word spoken at important and possibly lengthy meetings is really understood by all those present, participants must be able to rely on optimal audio transmission.
The audio experts at beyerdynamic (www.beyerdynamic.de) will present their innovative solutions for reliable and professional audio transmission of videoconferences at the Orgatec trade show from October 26 through 30 of this year. At its stand, the company based in Heilbronn will display how businesses can obtain maximum speech intelligibility at videoconferences with customized audio systems.
An ever-increasing number of businesses are using contemporary communication means instead of sending their staff on business trips. Video and telephone conferences are gaining in importance, because many companies wish to cut time and money expenditures for traveling or want to reduce CO2 emissions. To make sure each word spoken at important and possibly lengthy meetings is really understood by all those present, participants must be able to rely on optimal audio transmission. Innovative and flexible microphone developments now provide speakers with additional comfort.
With the new wireless tabletop boundary microphone Stegos, beyerdynamic demonstrates how a reliable plug-and-play single or multi-station solution, which is easily integrated in all standard videoconference systems, might look.
The entirely innovative Revoluto microphone opens an entirely new technical dimension: the purist rectangular microphones have no resemblance at all to conventional swan-neck microphones. The sounds generated by speakers are picked up by 17 microphone capsules, which provide a so-called corridor characteristic allowing speakers to move freely in their seats or even get up from chairs. Addressing the microphone suddenly becomes secondary, and speakers gain in maneuvering space. They soon forget that they are not all sitting round a conference table, but that some participants are hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away.
To make sure that investments into a new videoconferencing system or upgrading an installed system are really worthwhile, it might be advisable to plan such a system together with experts. Close attention should be paid to room acoustics and any technical installations in the planning phase. In addition, the size and purpose of the rooms play a significant role – a small conference room in a company plant will require different technical equipment than a large videoconferencing room in a bank. This is required to assure videoconferences are transmitted with a high degree of speech intelligibility.
With the Revoluto desktop microphones, the audio specialists seated in Heilbronn demonstrate how state-ofthe- art microphone technology might be inconspicuously integrated in installed or customized furniture. Flushmounted in tables with made-to-order veneer, painted in any desired color or concealed under the table – rooms do not look as if they were being used for videoconferences, furniture and interior design elements dominate instead of microphones and other technical installations.
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