XVI.HB - Telephone Headset Interface Box
Introduction
The BEAM XVI Headphone interface box is designed for use with the BEAM
range of XVI terminals, however it can be used where ever a personal computer
equipped with a sound card and optionally and external speech unit is used
with a telephone.
Unit
The unit consists of a small grey box that sits beside the monitor on the
users desk. It is connected to the computers sound card by means of a multi-way
cable, to an external speech unit and to a telephone though its external
headset connector. The unit has an internal speaker that can be switched
on or off and connectors for an external ear piece and telephone headset
with boom microphone.
The unit mixes the output from the telephone, the sound card and the
external speech unit into the single loud speaker on the telephone headset.
This enables the user to communicate with a person on the telephone while
operating a computer via a speech interface.