ClearOne, a provider of high performance audio conferencing solutions, today revealed the company has started shipping its MAX IP Response Point tabletop conferencing system to customers

 

MAX IP Response Point allows users of Microsoft's popular small business phone system to gain high performance audio quality capabilities. According to ClearOne, it is also the industry's first and only conference phone for the Microsoft (News - Alert) Response Point phone system.

 

Response Point is a small business Internet Protocol (IP) phone system developed by Microsoft that supports both voice over IP (VoIP) and traditional analog phone lines. It also includes a voice-activated user interface, while its software system runs on hardware available from Aastra (News - Alert), D-Link, and Quanta. ClearOne's MAX IP Response Point phone works with all three hardware systems.

 

"Response Point customers demand products that are both powerful and easy-to-use," said Richard Sprague, senior director, Microsoft Response Point. "ClearOne (News - Alert) has met the bar with a conferencing phone that brings stunning voice quality to the Response Point magic blue button experience, and is a great option for small business users."

 

MAX IP Response Point contains ClearOne's superior HDConference advanced audio processing technologies. Initially created for professional conferencing systems, HDConference provides crystal-clear audio through technologies such as Distributed Echo Cancellation, noise cancellation, full-duplex audio, first microphone priority, adaptive modeling, and ClearEffect.

To instantly connect to the voice-activated phone system, users simply press the blue Response Point button on the phone's keypad.

 

With MAX IP Response Point, users can link up to four complete phones together in order to provide enhanced audio coverage for larger rooms and U-shaped tables.

 

By connecting multiple phones, business users can take advantage of multiple microphones at each phone, as well as additional loudspeakers and keypads, providing exceptional full-room coverage and control. When all phones are connected, users can access the entire system by using the dial pad of any single phone.

 

"We have had key customers and channel partners using pre-production units for several weeks now," said Mark Fletcher, vice president of worldwide sales, at ClearOne. "And without exception, their reaction to the units has been extremely positive. Microsoft's Response Point system delivers tremendous value to small businesses and the MAX IP Response Point conference phone is the perfect add-on collaboration tool for those users. We're very excited that these systems are now available through our distribution channel partners."

 

ClearOne Communications is a communications solutions company that creates and sells audio conferencing systems and related products for audio, video and Web conferencing applications. The reliability, flexibility and performance of ClearOne's comprehensive solutions create a natural communications environment that saves organizations time and money by enabling more effective and efficient communication.