Easy mixing office, recording transcription translation all-rounder - thinkplus pocket omni-directional wheat
In the post-epidemic era, everyone has begun to work in a mixed office mode, working from home, and remote meetings have become the norm. And the network conference, the most feared is that I clearly spit out the words, but the boss said that my voice was vague, so I had to wear a headset close to the microphone. But the headphones have been worn for a long time, and it is really a torture for the ears. In addition, when meeting, in order to record the focus of the meeting, another device is used to record. Heck, working from home is just too inefficient.
In view of such a dilemma, a microphone that can pick up sound in all directions, while having noise reduction and echo cancellation is very much needed, and if it can have a speaker function at the same time, it is even better.
And thinkplus pocket omnidirectional wheat, is such a product, and the price is close to the people, today to share my practical feelings.
First, product parameters
The black box, with the appearance of the product, the thinkplus logo, saw the familiar little red dot.
The side of the box has a brief introduction to the product's characteristics, including omnidirectional pickup, intelligent noise reduction, vocal optimization, one-click mute, two links, light and portable, intelligent transcription, intelligent translation, and wide compatibility.
Take out this thinkplus pocket omnidirectional wheat, the product specifications are 8.6cm× 7.2cm×3.16cm, and the weight is only 110g. It is surrounded by metallic silver, with a gray speaker cloth on the top and a silver-gray circular button in the center of the top. Overall, it looks like a low-key business demeanor.
The buttons at the top are volume up, volume down, one-click mute, and exclusive T-button (one-click to start the "thinkplus" smart conference software), which is very convenient to operate.
There are 2 buttons on the side, power on key and Bluetooth connection button.
On the next side, there is the LOGO of thinkplus, and below it is a Type-C interface. This pocket omnidirectional microphone supports Bluetooth connection and wired connection 2 ways, through the USB-C interface can use the data cable to connect the omnidirectional microphone to the computer.
The pockets are all-facing to the bottom of the wheat, with four large rubber pads. In the middle are the parameters of the product. The power supply is 5V500mA, the standard USB2.0 power supply standard, and the ordinary USB interface can power it.
The accessory has a USB cable with a USB-A connector at one end and a USB-C connector at the other end. One instruction manual, one warranty card.
Second, the performance of the actual measurement
First we test the wired connection, connect to the computer, and press the power button. The button at the top appears green.
Recognize the device as soon as it's plugged in, eliminating the complicated connection process. Not only that, after using the data cable to connect to the computer, start the thinkplus intelligent conference software to solve all the troubles in the meeting.
In addition, the "thinkplus" intelligent conference software can also be launched with one click through the dedicated T key at the top.
Download the software installation, after opening the home page has three functions, namely recording, transcribing, translation.
Click on the recording to record the content of the meeting and store the file; the transcription function can transcribe the content of everyone's speech into text in real time, which is convenient for organizing the meeting minutes; and the translation is a real-time translation that supports the chinese, British, Japanese, and Korean four Chinese words, and it is now free for a limited time! These functions are simply beneficial to workers who touch fish at home.
When the software is working, including recording, transcription, and translation, the ring light will flash orange to indicate the status of the device.
Stored files can be revisited at any time and datetimes are recorded. When playing, you can jump back and forth for ten seconds, which is convenient for repeated listening to key content.
How does this thinkplus pocket omnidirectional microphone sound? Through the actual test, the recording is very clear, the surrounding environmental noise, not recorded at all, the feeling is to record in the studio, the noise reduction effect is fantastic. The sound is not only clear, but also loud and powerful.
To test its pickup, I walked around it at different distances and orientations as I spoke, recording and then playing back the sound file. It turned out that my voice volume was very stable, and when I didn't use an ordinary microphone or when the computer's built-in microphone, the phenomenon of low and high occurred, and the sound was very stable.
Thinkplus Pocket Omnidirectional Wheat has a pickup distance of up to 3 meters, which means that you can clearly record within 3 meters.
The transcription function is a very practical feature for people who need a record of the meeting, which can save a lot of work. Moreover, when transcribing in real time, it is also possible to distinguish whether it is your own voice or the voice of the other party, which is marked as our side and the other party, which is conducive to distinguishing the record.
The transcription function records both speech and text, and after the transcription record is over, the recording file can be replayed and corrected, which is very convenient. At the same time, it comes with an AI intelligent learning algorithm, and with the increase of the frequency of use, the recognition rate will continue to rise.
At the same time, it was also found that thinkplus pocket omnidirectional wheat, the echo processing is good, and there is no repeated cyclic echo phenomenon because the microphone and the speaker are together.
In the mixed office mode, it is impossible to avoid working from home, and it is impossible to avoid the noise of the environment. When meeting, just press the button on the top of the thinkplus pocket omnidirectional microphone to instantly disable the microphone. At this time, the ring light at the top will turn red, indicating that the current state is muted.
Third, thinkplus will sound omnidirectional wheat
When working from home, thinkplus pocket omnidirectional wheat performance is very good, if it is in the company conference room, the space is larger, you can choose thinkplus will sound omnidirectional wheat, performance is stronger, more able to meet the needs of office meetings.
Thinkplus omnidirectional wheat is round and has a larger area. There are four buttons on it, a large area of horn panels.
In terms of performance, it is omnidirectional microphone and docking station into one, both omnidirectional wheat and docking station, with two USB-A interfaces can be connected to U disks, removable hard disks, keyboards and mice, 4K network cameras; a USB-C full-featured interface supports 90W power supply, can reverse the power supply to the notebook; an HDMI 2.0 interface supports 4K 60HZ, can be connected to conference panels, displays, projectors, etc., to improve conference efficiency.
4. Summary
Overall, thinkplus pocket omnidirectional wheat is a sharp tool for working from home. Its omnidirectional microphone achieves a pickup distance of up to 3 meters, and "lying down for a meeting" is also possible. At the same time, intelligent noise reduction, echo cancellation, and optimization of the three major technical guarantees of dual speaking make the sound of the call clear and loud.
thinkplus memory software can realize the function of recording, transcription and translation, is an auxiliary artifact of the meeting, can be convenient recording, support automatic transcription, convenient meeting records. AI intelligent optimization, the more used the smarter. It can also be translated in real time, which is powerful. Coupled with the price of the people, it is really a good helper for working from home.
At the same time, the small body is easy to carry, whether it is urban white-collar workers, business people or business travelers, it is a good choice.
If the company's small conference room, thinkplus synoptic omnidirectional microphone is also a good choice, the pickup distance is up to 4.5 meters, omnidirectional microphone and docking station two-in-one, multiple interfaces can be connected to different equipment, improve conference efficiency, convenient and fast.
Pocket omnidirectional wheat:
Lenovo thinkplus Pocket Portable Conference Speaker Pocket Omnidirectional Wheat Meteorite Silver Omnidirectional Pickup Intelligent Noise Reduction/Transcription Translation Bluetooth/Wired Dual Connection ¥299 Purchase