{"id":96423,"date":"2015-01-24T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/?p=96423"},"modified":"2016-12-06T16:44:02","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T21:44:02","slug":"polycom-noiseblock-mute-button-conference-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/voip-insider\/polycom-noiseblock-mute-button-conference-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Polycom NoiseBlock for Conference Callers Who Don’t Know How to Use the Mute Button"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFace it, when you’re on a conference call you’re either zoning out to enjoy a few moments of meditation or you’re doing something else entirely.<\/p>\n

The Harvard Business Review article, What People Are Really Doing When They\u2019re on a Conference Call<\/a>, explains that, “It turns out many U.S. employees would rather do just about anything rather than listen intently to their coworkers from a remote location.”<\/p>\n

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What people are really doing on a conference call. Source: HBR.org<\/p><\/div>\n

Inevitably, just as you began to successfully tune out everyone else on the call you get distracted by another caller’s dog barking in the background or a keyboard clacking away. <\/p>\n

Who needs that?<\/p>\n

Introducing Polycom NoiseBlock, “a new feature on the Polycom RealPresence Collaboration Server that removes distracting noise from meeting conversations so everyone can be heard clearly – and people don\u2019t have to mute themselves,” says Laura Shay at Polycom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, it’s harder to get away with doing other work or eating while on a video call but at least with NoiseBlock you can’t be accused of interrupting anyone.
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