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Combining the Projectphone with Web conferencing or softphones is one of the most effective audio solutions for remote conference systems. By using a Projectphone with its built-in high performance echo canceller as a microphone speaker, you can hold group meetings via your Web conference system.
Using a headset for remote conferencing puts a direct strain on the ears and can be tiring after extended use. The Projectphone frees you from headsets and improves productivity by allowing you to speak as naturally during multiperson conferences as you would during in-person conferences. Also, those with eyewear or who are concerned about their hair may feel anxious about wearing headsets, but with the Projectphone they can relax.
A key feature of the PJP is that you can combine it with a large-screen display and a camera to use your Web conference system as a video conference system. With its high performance pickup and playback, the Projectphone provides a conferencing experience comparable to dedicated video conference systems that is easy on both the listeners and talkers.
If you attempt a Web conference simply by connecting any microphone speaker to a PC, sound from the speaker feeds back into the microphones resulting in echo. But the PJP's echo canceller can identify and cancel any feedback from its own speakers so that no echo occurs. Note that this is not simply echo suppression in which the unit turns off its own microphones during playback from the speakers. Rather, the microphones are always ON and able to pick up ambient sounds, thus enabling smooth two-way simultaneous conversations.
The "echo suppression method" in which the microphone gain levels are lowered during audio playback to avoid echo has been the most common method employed by conventional compact conference microphone speakers. However, this method has some drawbacks in that participants cannot talk simultaneously, and the beginnings of utterances tend to get cut off. Also, hand-held microphones have to be passed back and forth, reducing opportunities to speak — this causes stress and fatigue over the course of long meetings. The Projectphone solves all of these problems at once, making remote conferencing natural and smooth.
The PJP-100UH, PJP-50USB and PJP-25UR support standard Windows drivers—no new software (drivers, applications, etc.) to install. When connected with a USB cable, you can use the PJP immediately as a microphone speaker. And because it includes audio terminals, you can even use it for PCs in the company that are not equipped with USB ports.
