Newer polycom phones can be used as just a mic and speaker setup.
On Oct 20, 2011 3:22 PM, "Karen Anderson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hopefully this is a good place to ask this question and I apologize if it
> is not.
>
> We conducted our first UMConnect staff meeting today with people at two
> locations. Our weakest link is the microphone. We had a multidirectional
> microphone (rather old) and unless people actually held it and talked right
> into it, the sound was not good enough for the remote sites. This would work
> if it were just a few people but we have a long table with seats for 14 and
> so it wasn't possible to reach the microphone from one end of the table to
> another.
>
> Can anyone suggest a good microphone, to use with a MAC, for a conference
> room (not huge but not small either), preferably a USB connector? We want a
> really powerful one that will pick up voices all around the table. We have
> another meeting next week where we will be videoconferencing, so I was
> hoping to maybe purchase something before Thursday.
>
> Thanks for any assistance.
>
> Karen
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