Does it cancel talking in small offices
1997071
The active noise cancellation feature helps muffle them, but the technology is specifically designed to block out background noises. Noise isolation headphones are better suited to block out voices because they block out all frequencies instead of lower background frequencies. Voices will peirce through most noise canceling technology because our ears are trained to pick up voices in close proximity to us. Hope that was of help!
1997072
These work ok, but not not great for background noise. I tried them for a student to help "quite" talking noise in a crowded classroom, in both our opinions they didn't make any difference at all in an environment with loud talking.
1997073
Noise cancelling reduces background noise whatever it is, air conditioning, people talking, etc. It does not eliminate the sounds, but noise cancelling does reduce it.
1997074
Not really. The frequency of the human voice does not get affected by the noise canceling.
1997075
If the talking could be described as a constant drone, maybe. Like when you're in a coffee shop and there is an even level of noise where you don't hear any one single conversation. But if Sally just won't shut up about her weekend in the Adirondacks and keeps monopolizing the conversation with Jim in the next cubicle, get some earbuds instead. In my small office, earbuds are superior. The downside is that they don't visibly indicate to others to leave you alone.
1460149
Yes, they would suppress voices and office noise. If people speak to you when you have them on, you have to remove them to hear what they are saying.
1690500
no. Only control is a mute button that can be held down to prevent other person from hearing you, mute turns off when you stop depressing the button
113982
It reduces background noise on outgoing convresation.....you will hear what ever is sent on incoming calls....Very clear bluetooth...Tom
1991586
The volume control, if turned down all the way, will completely silence the radio, so it would work very well for your needs in the office. I can only assume the alert key kills all the alerts but not really sure.
1911107
No. These rely on other hardware (often a desk phone) to mute the microphone.
1149519
Yes it does, and that feature can be turned off if you don't want the announcement.
2168544
Yes, you will still someone talking if they are next to you. Noise canceling headphones would be your best solution.
1754721
Not sure what you mean. The noise cancellation is an on off switch and that's the only way it works. I haven't used this for calls, only listening. I imagine the noise canceling works with calls too.
2227662
Hard to say for sure. For our office the issue was rah we could hear conversations from adjoining offices and that was a problem. The unit garbled and muffles the sound quite well. With a noise like road construction, it might just kind of even out the sound so you hear the unit's hum consistently and maybe not so much the up and down aspect of the outside noise. I did also try the Marpac-Dohm type and found this unit to be far superior, largely because it has varied sounds and volume controls. Good luck!
2050811
Not exactly. It only has a DND (do not disturb) button. When pressed it will turn off the ringging sound on the base and all the phones.
215983
Yep, the previous answers are correct. When the noise cancelling feature is engaged, it is difficult, if not impossible, to hear a person speaking even when he or she is standing near you (in fact, that is the whole idea of the noice cancelling feature). If you wish to hear what the person is saying to you, you simply press the "Talk Through" button and you can hear the nearby speaker.
2270447
Ditto to the other responses - you need to hold the button down to stay muted. When on long conference calls, I frequently put myself on mute and this feature's function has not been an issue because both my LAN and mobile phones have mute buttons.
1851630
Yes when you get a call, it ring through the unit. And it does mute the audio. The sound is very clear too.
420162
I have a home office, but do need to participate in teleconferences, and I have asked people whether they can hear it; they say 'no'. a cubicle can be a little different that this, however. it makes the same swooshing noise that any treadmill makes as the belt moves, and your stepping noise would still be heard also. probably depends on your office's overall noise level.
382960
Yes, you can hear room conversations but after prolong use, they hurt my ears. I do have small ear canals.
2177919
I use the headset in an airplane, where it reduces the surrounding noise (engine and wind noises) to an amazing degree.I doubt it would suppress intermittent noise (office conversations) as I don't believe that is what it is designed to do.