Vaddio, a brand of Legrand AV, officially launched SpeakerVIEW, an intelligent camera automation solution that employs directional audio from ceiling microphone arrays to identify active speakers and direct Vaddio PTZ cameras to frame them in real time.

The company said that the solution was designed for corporate conference rooms and higher education spaces. SpeakerVIEW is available as a dedicated hardware controller or as a free firmware update for existing Vaddio EasyIP Mixer and EasyIP Dock customers.

Vaddio said that users can choose the dedicated SpeakerVIEW Controller for larger rooms with up to eight microphone arrays. This allows for control of the Vaddio AV Bridge 2×1, EasyIP Decoder or IntelliSHOT ePTZ. Customers already invested in the Vaddio EasyIP ecosystem can enable SpeakerVIEW as a free firmware update for the EasyIP Mixer (up to two microphone arrays) and EasyIP Dock (up to four microphone arrays).

The SpeakerVIEW solution is a PoE-powered network device that is TAA compliant. The solution is compatible with Shure MXA920, MXA910 and Sennheiser TeamConnect Ceiling Medium (TCCM) ceiling microphone arrays. Vaddio switchers provide standard USB video and audio output to a room PC – meaning that SpeakerVIEW-enabled rooms work with the meeting software already in use.

Key features of the solution include audio-driven camera tracking, multi-camera switching compatible with RoboSHOT, RoboFLIP, IntelliSHOT and EasyIP cameras, speaker priority control and a three-year warranty. The SpeakerVIEW Controller is now available, and the firmware update for EasyIP Miver and EasyIP Dock is available for free via the website and Vaddio Deployment Tool.

“SpeakerVIEW represents the first step in Vaddio’s broader automation strategy, and it answers a question we’ve been hearing from customers for years: ‘How do I make my cameras automatically follow the conversation?’” said Arnoud Helmantel, senior manager, solutions product management, Legrand AV. “Whether customers are buying a new controller or simply updating the firmware on equipment they already own, SpeakerVIEW delivers a fundamentally better meeting and learning experience without added hardware or complexity.”