Ricoh and IBM develop a solution that will be the cornerstone of corporate meetings

To this end,, New Cognitive Interactive Whiteboards Incorporate Watson IoT Capabilities, that uses real-time analytics to help drive conversations, so teams can make decisions quickly and more informedly.

The new cognitive interactive whiteboards of IBM and Ricoh use Watson intelligence and voice technologies to actively support people in meetings by responding to voice commands, taking notes, performing actions and, even, translating into other languages.

This intelligent work solution for corporate meeting rooms combines the capabilities of IBM Watson IoT and Ricoh interactive whiteboards. It aims to change the way teams come together and collaborate through new intuitive features accessible through natural language..

Watson doesn't just listen, but is an active participant in meetings, that uses real-time analytics to help drive conversations, so teams can make decisions quickly and more informedly.

Ricoh is incorporating this intuitive solution into its service offering to help customers improve their productivity and collaboration in meetings. The same, IBM envisions a wide range of more complex support functions in the meetings of the future, thanks to Watson's learning capabilities.

"Our goal is to provide employees and businesses with effective and intelligent tools that automate administrative and, In addition, empower people to focus on tasks and ideas of business value. Together with IBM, we have created an intelligent work solution – Intelligent Workplace Solution- that will revolutionize meetings. Instead of being a screen, this cognitive interactive whiteboard will be one more active participant in meetings, collecting notes and actions, and building bridges between employees and different locations", says Hidetsugu Nonaka, Senior Corporate Vice President, Ricoh Company.

IBM is installing more than 80 Ricoh interactive whiteboards at its new Watson IoT headquarters in Munich, Germany. This will allow the company's product development teams to hold proactive meetings with colleagues from other locations., like Japan, Brazil or USA.

"With Watson IoT technologies, Ricoh interactive whiteboards can't just lead meetings, rather, they encourage an open exchange of ideas and make it easy for teams to work together and take meetings to a new dimension.", comments Harriet Green, Watson IoT general manager.

characteristics:

• Simple, global voice control in meetings. Once the meeting starts, any employee, either in person or remotely, you can control what's on the screen, including advanced presentations or simple voice commands.
• Translation of meetings into another language. You can translate the words of the speaker into multiple languages and reproduce them on the screen or transcribe them.
• Meetings that are easy to join. At the click of a button, can record attendance and track issues to ensure all of them have been discussed.
• Ability to capture parallel discussions. During a meeting, team members can also have parallel conversations that will be displayed on the same whiteboard.

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