The family-owned company Sennheiser launches an intelligent speaker Certified for Microsoft Teams, the TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker.
The new intelligent speaker from Sennheiser supports smart, focused and inclusive meetings for up to 10 people, including remote and in-room participants. TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker is an omnidirectional speaker that covers a 3.5m radius and has seven integrated beamforming microphones. Being Microsoft certified, Microsoft Teams provides automatic meeting transcripts in real-time, identifying up to 10 individual people speaking by name in case they have enrolled their voices. This helps enhance the meeting experience for remote and hard-of-hearing participants.
“Sennheiser is known for our industry-leading TeamConnect Ceiling 2 microphone with TruVoicelift,” said Mridul Jain, Director- Sales BizCom, at Sennheiser India. “This addition to our TeamConnect family offers an opportunity for us to expand into a different sized meeting room, at a price point that some might not expect from Sennheiser.”
TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker is loaded with smart features and comes with integrated Cortana voice recognition software and automatic meeting notes. This makes an inclusive meeting experience possible for remote and hard-of-hearing participants. The speaker comes with multiple mounting options, long cables and a variety of country-specific power plug adapters and offers an easy and flexible installation experience.
“Video conferencing tools like Microsoft Teams have become the communication backbone for many businesses and education institutions,” Albert Kooiman, Senior Director of Microsoft Teams Devices Partner Engineering and Certification, said. “The Sennheiser TeamConnect Intelligent Speaker does not only provide excellent meeting room audio but also unlocks the best speech technology. Only Intelligent Speakers offer the best speech transcripts.”
Microsoft Teams Rooms combines the virtual workspace of Microsoft Teams with real-world meeting rooms that feature AV equipment from Microsoft-certified hardware partners.
Talking exclusively to Electronics Clap, Mridul said, “The speaker also works fine with other virtual meeting platforms, however, the user will not be able to reap the benefits that they can with Microsoft Teams.” He further explains that the company expects double-digit growth in the coming year as the Indian AV market is experiencing fast growth.
