JabraSpeak 410 Corded Speakerphone for Softphones – Easy Setup, Portable USB Speaker for Holding Meetings Anywhere with Outstanding Sound Quality

Works great. Blick surrounding sounds

This and the newer model Jabra Speak510 (which I use at work) made a world of a difference for business communication via Lync to South America and India, notoriously bad with regular phone lines.The 410 and 510 models have a very effective sound processor built in that filters human voice with perfect clarity, provided your internet connection is fine, and your partner abroad uses the same or a similar device. Even calling via Lync to regular telephone numbers changes the call from a strained, hole-riddled conversation to a decent communication.I rarely rave about a product, but this is way better than even the Jabra Headset I have at work, which allegedly has a sound processor as well. I could no longer imagine my weekly TCONs without it (had the 510 for more than 1 year now).Both models have mute button, volume control, accept and hang-up buttons. The mute function triggers a ring of many red LED dots along the outer edge so you can not mistakenly believe to be off air while blabbering obscenities (if so disposed) . Three green LEDs on one side of the device indicate that the microphone is live. Both models have a 3.5mm, 3-channel headset jack. The speaker is perfect for TCON with 6 people in the room, fine for 8-10, and just enough for even more. I have used it with a team of 15 and the other side checked only occasionally to repeat a comment.The only difference between the two models is that the 510 is able to connect via bluetooth. If you are planning to use it exclusively with your laptop, connected via the USB cable, you can easily use the 410.I would expect this to be as useful for Skype connections.If mine broke, I would buy it again in a flash. I have traveled a lot with my 510, and always carry it in the front pocket of my backpack. I have not used it very gently and it now has a dent in the speaker grille, but works just fine.The device comes with a soft pouch, the USB cable snugly rolls into the groove between upper and lower edge of the UFO shaped loudspeaker. Overall someone has done a fantastic job of thinking first and developing after.

I spend way too much time on conference calls, Zoom meetings and the like, and until now it has often been a problem hearing clearly what other people were saying, an issue not helped because I am hearing impaired.Jabra Speak has changed all that. I can now hear people very clearly because Jabra cuts out background noises and focuses on whoever is speaking. Even if someone has a poor mic, Jabra manages to deliver clear, crisp sound. People also tell me that they can hear me much more clearly.On top of that, Jabra is literally plug and play (with nothing else to do). It is small enough to be very portable and the volume is great considering its size. Only wish I had bought this a long time ago.

I like jabra. Jabra has nice and useful speaker

This speakerphone is really easy to setup and use, pretty much plug-and-play. I can go to a PC I've never used this with before and be fairly confident that it will work just fine. Noise canceling seems to work great, I haven't had any issues with audio when briefly talking over other people. I also really like the volume control, easy to use and works like a charm.The audio quality is fine, although the microphone sound quality seems like it's not as good as it could be -- everybody tells me they can hear me fine, and I haven't had any communication mishaps because of it. But when I test the audio in Zoom myself, it definitely doesn't seem quite as good as a proper headset microphone. That's also in part because there's a good amount of reverb/echo in my room though, so it might be even better in a more damped environment.However, for the convenience and ease of use, the minor drop in audio quality isn't that big of a price to pay. I might prefer using a headset with a better microphone in 1:1 meetings where I want to give off the best impression I can, but in general I think it's great to have around for most other situations when you want to avoid headset fatigue.

Of the items that I have bought from Amazon and have given 5 stars, this is one of the easy ones. We are using this speaker/mic for remote training sessions over GoToMeeting. It works well on both ends. The speaker handles high volumes without distortion. Though I would not use it for music, the sound quality is noticeably better than speakerphone. Going the other way, the microphone picks up voices well. Our group is approximately 25 people in a room that is 20 x 30 feet. The presenter at the other end can hear all of us, and has heard people whisper asides, to our embarrassment (yikes!). So, for meetings, the quality of transmission is perfect; clarity has never been the weak link.The Speak410 is USB plug and play, so if you have technical problems, check that the mic is not muted (conversely, you may want to make sure that it is!). Also, go into your control panel to make sure that you have the Speak410 set as an audio output device. The first time we used it, the presenter could hear us, but we couldn't hear her until we set audio preferences in Windows.We have found that OpenBroadcast works well for recording our sessions. The setup can be a bit finicky, but OpenBroadcast shows microphone levels and will record a video of the desktop. Again, though, make sure that you stop recording and/or mute the microphone at the end of the session so you don't inadvertently record post-meeting banter.