September 17, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
Since 2009, Blue Yeti USB microphones have dominated the YouTube, podcast, and vocal production world. With each update, the Yeti has adjusted to the demands of the users, and the new Yeti X is no different. The newly added LED...
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July 19, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
The Google Jamboard may not be newest technology to hit the market, officially announced in late 2016, but the 55" 4K touchscreen still delivers a wonderfully playful experience in 2019. To start, the hardware "feels very Google" (well organized cables,...
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By: Richard Mitchell
It's always nice to have a visit from Biamp in the summer. For those that aren't in "the know," Biamp is "a leading provider of professional AV equipment well-suited for a variety of applications, including conferencing, paging, and video," or...
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May 31, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
The bring your own device (BYOD) meeting or teaching space has been a popular model for small and medium meeting and teaching spaces. With the rise of inexpensive and ultra-portable laptops and tablets, the traditional "local computer" has slowly lost...
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May 14, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
OIT has been following what's happening in the evolving world of captioning over the years, and in particular monitoring the field for high quality, affordable services we think would be useful to members of the Duke community. When Rev.com came...
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April 8, 2019
By: Richard Mitchell
When collaborating on the design of classroom AV systems, having the ability to rapidly sketch, modify, innovate, and share a signal flow diagram is an invaluable tool in avoiding expensive mistakes before install. But, creating signal flow diagrams has traditionally...
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February 28, 2019
By: Todd Stabley
We wrote in April of last year about the impact of new AI and machine learning advances in the video world, and specifically around captioning. A little less than a year later, we're starting to see the first packaged services...
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December 7, 2018
By: Todd Stabley
Rev.com's captioning services have been in wide use at Duke for the last couple years in part because of their affordability (basic captioning is a flat $1.00/minute), the generally high accuracy of the captions, and the overall quality of the...
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November 20, 2018
By: Richard Mitchell
Creating a basic Zoom Room couldn't be easier. You get a computer, connect a display, keyboard, and mouse, and then install the Zoom Room software on the computer. Once you register the room and iPad (or another control device capable of...
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November 12, 2018
By: Todd Stabley
With their commitment to innovation and fresh ideas, it might be too early to call Warpwire an "old dog," but they definitely learned a cool new trick recently that has expanded the ways it is now possible to use Warpwire...
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