India, Oct. 29 -- As enterprises adopt hybrid workspaces and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) into meeting workflows, meeting-room audio has become more than a hardware consideration. Poor acoustics, background noise and inadequate microphone coverage can affect speech intelligibility, remote participation and the quality of AI-generated transcripts and summaries.

Enterprises must therefore consider acoustics and audio infrastructure early in the room-design process rather than rely on microphones and audio processing to compensate for design limitations. Naveen Sridhara, Sales Director, Sennheiser India, discusses the changing requirements for meeting-room audio, the growing role of ceiling-based solutions and the importance of cl...