Conversational AI specialist AISpeech has officially entered the pro AV sector, introducing a range of AI-driven conferencing and collaboration hardware for UK and Ireland through distributor POLAR.
The launch, hosted at POLAR’s Central London showroom, presented the manufacturer’s commercial hardware line to systems integrators, consultants and end users across the corporate, education and government sectors. The portfolio includes 360-degree noise-cancelling microphones, conference speakerphones, ceiling microphone arrays, 4K video conferencing cameras and voice-tracking PTZ systems designed for hybrid meeting environments.
Originally founded in Cambridge in 2007 before establishing manufacturing operations in China, the software company developed speech recognition and acoustic control platforms widely deployed across the consumer and automotive sectors, with its technology integrated into more than 50m vehicles. The company is now adapting its speech processing algorithms to dedicated commercial meeting room hardware.
During the launch, live video demonstrations linked the London event to AISpeech headquarters and a functional reference installation at POLAR’s facility. The sessions demonstrated the company’s embedded acoustic algorithms, highlighting real-time AI noise reduction and reverberation cancellation without requiring external digital signal processing hardware.
John Midgley, managing director at POLAR, said: “The launch event was a huge success with everyone present in agreement that AISpeech can have the same impact in our sector as it has had in the automotive and home consumer markets. A key element here is that AISpeech is a globally established software company focused on speech recognition, intelligibility, and control, rather than simply a ProAV manufacturer seeking to add AI technology to its products.”
Will Turney, head of integrated solutions at POLAR, added: “AISpeech’s award-winning technology fills a clear gap in the UK conferencing market. With AI-powered ceiling microphone arrays, intelligent noise reduction, and video conferencing hardware, AISpeech represents exactly the kind of forward-thinking technology our integrator and consultant network has been asking for, providing them with a compelling, differentiated offer.”
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