Williams goes beyond assistive listening
Williams goes beyond assistive listening
Convey provides accurate speech-to-text transcription and audio archiving
Williams AV has developed a real-time audio translation, open captioning and audio archiving system. Powered by Google’s Ai platform, Convey eliminates the barriers of language with up to 94% accuracy depending on language. In addition to real-time translation, Convey provides accurate speech-to-text transcription and audio archiving of all events and is activated by clicking a QR code within an iOS or Android app and the transaction is handled via Google Play or the Apple App Store.
Designed for guided tours, language interpretation, intercom and hearing assistance, the Digi-Wave 400 is the next-generation series of digital intercom and tour guide communication systems. Complete with a new OLED display and user interface, features of the lightweight device include an upgraded charging dock, a simplified group-join pairing option and the ability for two-way wireless communications at distances over 300m. It avoids interference by adopting a frequency-hopping algorithm, which reportedly ensures a very secure communication.
The US manufacturer has also developed a distributed IR assisted listening system that also incorporates Wi-Fi. The IR Plus features a distributed IR emitter array architecture allowing up to four emitters either stacked together for large room arrays or distributed throughout the room to accommodate obscured venue locations. The IR modulator can support up to four IR emitters via Cat-6 cabling. Very large room applications can be supported by adding up to four IR modulators to support a total of 16 IR modulators. Control and monitoring can be managed remotely via an internal webpage. The IR Plus system also features a WaveCAST network output for streaming audio via Wi-Fi for assistive listening via an iOS or Android app.
The latest addition to the WaveCAST assistive listening family is designed for larger applications of up to 32 channels where high-quality sound is required from streaming multichannel audio in real-time to smartphones and tablets. Built on a hardware-based DSP audio system architecture, WaveCAST 8 provides clear speech intelligibility, musical detail and hi-fi playback. Custom presets can also be established for specific performance applications. A digital display and touchscreen channel selection automatically selects the available channels and dynamically displays them on the screen. Up to four WaveCAST 8 systems can be connected to the same Wi-Fi network to provide multiple listening channels, supporting up to 1,500+ users in multicast mode.