Emory College of Arts and Sciences in Atlanta has piloted Biamp’s Parlé Voice Lift technology to provide classroom voice reinforcement without requiring instructors or students to use handheld or wearable microphones.
The system has been deployed in the college’s Anthropology Room 303, using existing Parlé TCM Beamtracking ceiling microphones and TesiraFORTÉ X processors to pick up and reinforce an instructor’s voice as they move around the teaching area.
Around 140 learning spaces across the Emory University campus already use Biamp systems, including TesiraFORTÉ X 400 and X 800 processors and approximately 300 Parlé TCM Beamtracking ceiling microphones. This enabled the voice lift pilot to be implemented without installing additional microphone infrastructure.
The approach is intended to remove the management associated with conventional voice reinforcement systems, including wireless bodypacks, handheld microphones, charging docks and batteries.
“Whether we go with rechargeable or disposable batteries, there are different issues we find,” said Griffin Fisher, manager of classroom technology services at Emory College of Arts and Sciences. “We have not introduced traditional voice lift in a lot of spaces because of those challenges.”
He added: “There are no handhelds, no disposable batteries, no recharging docks. It’s like magic. We really do want solutions that just work.”
Following the pilot, Biamp and Emory are evaluating further deployments, including a large administrative meeting room used by university leadership. The wider Biamp installation across the campus also supports conferencing, lecture capture and hybrid learning.
