-  Our lead-off man is better than yours! Visionary revolutionizes the position  -  AT is heating up in the post season  -  The Farm's AAA team just won it all!  -  Fun with The Farm  -  A Fowl Poll  -  In the John -

 We’re going to take the high(er) road than Aurora did with Crestron – okay maybe not, but we do have AV-over-IP encoders and decoders in stock. So, if you’re looking for an alternative to Crestron’s NVX series, check out why we think Visionary Networked AV is pretty cool:

• They invented AV-over-IP. Okay not really, but they did introduce the very first Video-over-IP product in 2002 – the MPEG2 Encoder. They were the OGs in pioneering media content transport over IP.

• Direct access to engineering. Have an idea on how to make our products better? Need a new feature? Just give ‘em a call and they’ll get you hooked up with direct access to the engineers designing and building the products.

• Their encoders are used by NASA. Yeah, that NASA. Their encoders were selected by NASA for deployment on the International Space Station. Visionary’s encoders literally went into space in 2014 and are STILL performing (in freakin’ space!) today – outlasting the cameras they were originally paired with, which have been replaced. 

• They work well with others. Visionary products are designed and engineered to work with a broad range of other leading video and audio products – no proprietary I/Os or equipment needed.

• Their stuff is easy to use. I can use it (and I’m in marketing). That says a lot. The user interface is incredibly simple, intuitive and can be up and running in minutes.

• Their people are good people. This means a lot – now more than ever. With companies getting gobbled up by venture capitalists and private equity firms, it’s just nice to deal with a private company that actually cares about its people, its products and its customers. 

Do you need to know more?  Of course you do!  Join The Farm’s David Lawrence and Visionary’s Lewis Eig on Wednesday, 11/9, at 9:00 am for a look at how their products are being used in the hospitality market AND how that can translate to work you do!  Sign up below.  Seriously, click the link.  Right now!

 The Farm AV FarmAssist technical services team developed FarmTTS, a text-to-speech plugin using Google DeepMind AI, for the Q-SYS cloud audio, video and control platform. 

 The converted text can either be entered during the programming phase and triggered for conversion in runtime (fixed announcements), or the text string can be dynamically generated and converted as a dynamic announcement. Using Google’s DeepMind AI technology, the FarmTTS plugin configuration provides users with the ability to select between several different male or female voices, adjust the speed and alter the pitch. 

 “The FarmAssist team is always challenging themselves to try something new – something that nobody else is doing,” explains VP of Services at The Farm, Andrew Stanley. “We’re a humble team so we usually don’t make a big fuss about our solutions but this one was way too much fun not to share – and it serves a purpose.” 

 Applications include conference room greetings, emergency evacuation announcements, courtesy announcements, transportation arrival/departure announcements, audible status reports and more. 

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