Audio Enhancement innovates to create more effective schools through improving technology and the learning environment. Our solutions have been helping schools manage the challenges seen commonly in education, as well as obstacles brought by the pandemic.
Audio Enhancement's solutions are designed to be able to work together, or on their own—classroom audio provides clear instruction through masks; classroom video enhances digital content to facilitate effective remote and blended learning; school-side communication allows for instant flexible scheduling to accommodate staggered schedules; and school safety provides quick communication with office staff to communicate urgent situations
We live in unusual times. As students and teachers return to schools, wearing masks may become the next normal. Ensuring every student receives proper volume and clarity of instruction and can understand what is being taught can already be a challenge with the normal background noise of a classroom environment. With teachers needing to speak from under a mask, classroom audio solutions become an essential aid in student education.
Based on a study a mask interferes with the teacher’s ability to communicate effectively. From a student listener’s perspective, there is a major difference in the quality of the teacher’s voice when he or she puts a mask on. Illustrated below, these charts represent the same sentence spoken by a teacher wearing a mask. The colors within each data block represent the levels measured at each 1/3 octave frequency band, with green being normal conversational level, yellow being a quieter speech level at risk of being lost in background noise, and blue being mostly lost in background noise. Using a microphone has a substantial impact on the clarity of teacher communication while wearing a mask.
Audio Enhancement’s all-in-one classroom audio and video solution, VIEWpath Blend includes the BEAM and EduCamPTZ (Pan Tilt Zoom) camera for the ultimate portable audio and video system. This combined solution allows educators to record both audio and video content for students participating in remote or blended learning.
For in-person instruction, BEAM offers crystal-clear audio, vital for when teachers need to speak through a mask. This portable system, when integrated with the installed headend server, has all the features of VIEWpath®* (Video Interactive Education Window) in one simple-to-use package. Setup is easy, requiring only a network drop and an outlet for power.