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August 29, 2011

ClearOne Overview Presentation

August 23, 2012

Who We Are, What We Do

Who We Are, What We Do

Who is ClearOne?+ ClearOne is a global solutions provider of audio visual communications

Pro Audio Conferencing

Tabletop AudioConferencing

©2012 ClearOne Communications. Confidential and proprietary.

Video Conferencing

Streaming &Signage

Who is ClearOne?

+ Market leader for installed audio—Nearly 50% global market share

+ History of audio-visual & IP technology leadership and innovation, strong patent portfolio

+ NASDAQ listed CLRO

+ Products used by 1000s of organizations worldwide


+ Global sales and distribution channels

+ 4 Development sites

+ Latest acquisitions expanding our technology :

• NetStreams, Inc. in November 2009

• MagicBox, Inc. in September 2011

• VCON Video Conferencing in February 2012

First-to-market innovations:+ Pioneered echo and noise cancellation technology

+ World’s first distributed echo cancellation

+ World’s first wireless conference phone

ClearOne Company Overview

What Makes Us Unique?


+ World’s first daisy-chainable conference phone

+ World’s first wirelessly chainable conference phone

+ First affordable “out of the box” audio conferencing system

+ Industry’s first professional grade beam forming & adaptive steering microphone array

+ The most complete audio conferencing product line in the industry.

Audio Conferencing


PERSONAL TABLETOP PREMIUM PROFESSIONAL

CHAT® MAX® INTERACT® CONVERGE®

Streaming & Signage


ENTERPRISE STREAMING

VIEW®

DIGITAL SIGNAGE

MAGICBOX

Audio Conferencing Customer Base

Enterprise Telecom Healthcare Technology


FinanceEnergy

Streaming & Signage Customer Base

Corporate Government Hospitality Education


Casinos & Gaming

SOUNDS GOOD TO MEAward-Winning Products

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME

©2012 ClearOne Communications. Confidential and proprietary.*Frost and Sullivan 2008 Audio Conferencing Report

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SOUNDS GOOD TO ME

CHAT HEADSETS CHAT - 50 CHAT-150

Personal Conferencing


CLASSIC PREMIUM PROFESSIONAL

CHAT 10 Dual 20 Dual 20 Mono 30 Dual 30 Mono

Perfect for applications where Premium UC headsets deliver durability, extra Professional-Grade UC headsets combine ultimate

CHAT® USB Headsets Product Overview


DescriptionPerfect for applications where lowest cost, yet highest performance is desired.

Premium UC headsets deliver durability, extra comfort and clarity with ClearOne audio technology in a lightweight design.

Professional-Grade UC headsets combine ultimate comfort, executive styling, durability and the legacy audio clarity you expect from ClearOne.

ApplicationsUnified communications and softphones, personal conferencing with privacy, mobile conferencing, video conferencing and webinars.

InteroperabilityAudio compatibility with in-line volume and mute control for popular UC applications and soft phones like Avaya, Cisco, IBM, Skype, and others.

Environments Open office or cubicle, small office/home office, small/medium business, enterprise and call centers.

Plug-and-Play PC use is simple with standard USB connection.

Simple Control Call control (answer/hangup)*, volume up/down and mic mute with LED indicator.

Superb AudioProprietary noise-cancelling technology filters out background noise. Acoustic Shock Protection (ASP) technology prevents volumespikes or high-pitched tones.

*Compatibility with Microsoft ® Lync ™

CHAT 50

+ What is the CHAT 50?

> Multi-use personal speaker phone

+ CHAT 50 Features

> Single microphone and single speaker> Volume and Mute controls


> Volume and Mute controls > Acoustic Echo Cancellation> Full Duplex Audio> Noise cancellation> USB and Line In/Out audio interface> Rich HDConference™ audio performance

CHAT 50

+ CHAT 50 Applications


CHAT 150Personal Conferencing


+ CHAT 150 > An audio conferencing peripheral for individual or small group use

+ CHAT 150 Features (All Models)> Single Loud Speaker > 3 uni-directional microphones with adaptive ambient auto gating > First Mic Priority> Distributed Echo cancellation> Full Duplex Audio

CHAT 150


> Full Duplex Audio> Noise cancellation> Volume and Mute control

CHAT 150 Models

+ CHAT 150 USB> Connects to PCs for audio over USB applications

+ CHATAttach 150 USB > Connects to PCs for audio over USB applications in

medium to large conference rooms> Maintains all the features as CHAT 150 USB> Two CHAT 150’s linked together> 6 uni-directional microphones and two speakers


> 6 uni-directional microphones and two speakers> Parallel Volume and Mute Control

CHAT 150 Models

+ CHAT 150 for Enterprise Telephones> Connects to your phone’s headset port

- CHAT 150 VC Break Out Box included

> Retains phone’s features> Line Echo Cancellation> Connects to PCs for audio over USB

applications


CHAT 150 Models

+ CHAT 150 VC (Video Conference)> CHAT 150 VC Break Out Box included> Connects to video conferencing systems> Connects to PCs for audio over USB applications


CHAT Software

+ CHAT Software Application for CHAT 50, 150, Attach 150

>> Device SetupDevice Setup

>> My DevicesMy Devices

>> Firmware UpdatesFirmware Updates


>> Advanced setupAdvanced setup

+ MAX EX

+ MAX Attach

+ MAX Wireless

+ MAX Wireless Attach

MAX Product Family


+ MAX IP

+ MAX IP Attach

+ MAX Features

> 3 uni-directional microphones per pod provide 360°p ickup > Adaptive ambient auto gating> First Mic Priority > Distributed Echo Cancellation® > Noise cancellation > Full Duplex audio

MAX Tabletop phone Features


> Full Duplex audio> Selectable automatic level controls > Integrated loud speaker with ClearEffect™

MAXAttach

+ MAXAttach

> MAX conference applications in medium to large conference rooms

> Link up to 4 phones with MAX Expansion Kits


MAXAttach MAXAttach+Expansion 1 MAXAttach+Expansion 2

MAX Wireless

+ MAX Wireless Conference Phone> No Wires on the table> Maximum 150 foot range> Rechargeable battery and charger> 12 hrs talk time / 36 hrs standby time> 2.4GHz, Spread spectrum with 64 bit

encryption> Warning sounds


> Warning sounds> Paging button

+ MAXAttach Wireless > Expands the capabilities of the MAX Wireless to medium sized rooms.> Two wireless phone pods with a single base.> Same capability as the MAX Wireless.

MAX Wireless


MAX IP

+ MAX IP Conference Phone> SIP based VoIP tabletop conference phone system> Wired connection between base and phone/pod> Maintains all the features / functions of the MAX EX


MAXAttach

+ MAXAttach IP

> MAX IP conference applications in medium to large conference rooms

> Link up to 4 phones with MAXAttach IP Expansion Kits


MAXAttach IP MAXAttach IP+Expansion 1 MAXAttach IP+Expansion 2

MAX IP

+ What is SIP?> Session Initiation Protocol

> Signaling protocol for IP Networks

> Makes telephony another web application

> Industry Standard for VoIP signaling

+ MAX IP SIP Features> 3 way calling


> VLAN Tagging

> TLS & SRTP encryption

> Field upgradeability

MAXAttach Plus Two Pod Placement

> 28 people optimum in horseshoe configuration


ClearOne MAX – The Bottom Line

+ MAX offers:> Better price> Better room coverage (more mics, speakers, dial pads)> Better audio> Better warranty

MAX EX & MAXAttach EX


Ceiling Microphone Array

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+ Medium to large conference rooms+ Overflow areas+ Training rooms

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3 element, high performance microphone for the group room.

Where is it targeted to be used?

What is the ClearOne ceiling Microphone?



+ Free table area while maintaining audio performance .+ Minimizes noise pickup from ceiling sources.+ 3 individual elements utilize auto-mixer features.

+ Adaptive ambient+ First mic priority

+ Easy installation into drop ceiling tiles.

What are the key value props?

+ Multiple ceiling height support> Direct to ceiling> 12” drop cable> 18” drop cable> User can get custom cable lengths

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What are the features and benefits?



+ Simple installation+ RJ45 Cat 5/6/7 connection cable+ Plenum rated cable

+ 360 with degree pickup

+ Breakout cable to phoenix cables or XLRs


ClearOne®

Beamforming Microphone Array

Beamforming Microphone Array – Key Features+ Industry’s first professional grade beamforming microphone array

+ Patent-pending beamforming & adaptive streering technology

+ ClearOne’s Next-generation AEC


+ 24 Microphone elements

+ Mono & Stereo modes

+ Adaptive acoustic processing

+ Flexible mounting – ceiling, wall and table

+ Works with CONVERGE® Pro 840T, 880, 880T and 880TA

Beamforming & Adaptive Steering+ Beamforming is a way of combining signals from many microphones to create focused

pick-up patterns.+ Automatically steers pick-up pattern towards the talkers in the room and rejects

unwanted noise and reflections; reducing the hollow sound and room noise. + Beamforming technology reduces constraints on height, distance and angle.


Table

Ceiling

Wall

Beamforming Microphone Array Advantages

+ Flexible+ Powerful+ Familiar + Scalable

Ceiling


Table

Ceiling

Wall

Glink In

Glink Out


USB2.0

PoE802.3

Mechanical - 30.0” x 1.00” x 5.75” (762mm x 25.4mm x 146mm)

Sample connection 1

PoE


One Beamforming Microphone Array, connected with One Converge Pro unit using G-link

Beamforming Microphone Array

Converge Pro 840T/880/880T/880TA

G-Link

PoE can be through standard Power-over-Ethernet Switch or through external PoE power supply

Sample connection 2

Converge Pro 840T/880/880T/880TA

Beamforming Microphone Array 1

PoE

G-Link

G-Link




Multiple Beamforming Microphone Arrays (up to 3) are daisy-chained with One Converge Pro unit using G-link

PoE can be through standard Power-over-Ethernet Switch or through external PoE power supply

G-Link

PoE

PoE

Premium ConferencingINTERACT


+ Economical Priced for budget conscious projects

> INTERACT AT - Complete Room Audio Solution - Audio Mixer- Microphone Pods- Tabletop Controller

> INTERACT Pro - Customizable Professional Audio Mixer- Scales up to 16 Microphones- Balanced Input/Output

ClearOne ’’’’s INTERACT Series

INTERACT AT

INTERACT Pro


- Balanced Input/Output- Customizable Audio Signal Processing

+ Enables Unified Communications in the Conference Ro om

> Stereo Echo Cancellation for HD Video Conferencing and Telepresence

> Easy Integration with Microsoft Lync

> USB Audio Interface for software based collaboration clients (Skype, Google, etc)

> Headset Audio Interface for direct connection with enterprise telephone sets

INTERACT AT Product Overview

+ Premium Audio Conferencing Products> INTERACT AT

- INTERACT Software> INTERACT AT-Skype

- Skype Certified> INTERACT AT-OC

- Lync Compatible> Ceiling Microphone Array


System Diagram


INTERACT PRO Product Overview

+ Professional Audio Conferencing Products> INTERACT PRO

- INTERACT Software> INTERACT PRO 8i

- 8 mic add on> Ceiling Microphone Array


Collaborate All-In-One

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What is Collaborate Console?

+ Collaborate™ All-In-One is voice, video, and data collaboration console for organizations using Unified Communications software or web conferencing to handle voice, video and data communications.

+ Includes an HD Video Software Codec


What is Unified Communications (UC)?

+ Unified Communications/Unified Messaging is the architecture whereby communication tools are integrated so that both businesses and individuals can manage all their real time and non-real time communications in one entity instead of separately.

> For example, a single user can access a variety of communication applications such as e-mail, SMS, video, voice, and others through a single device.

+ Common Unified Communication tools/applications…..


CollaborateDesktop

+ Collaborate Console brings UC to the group environment, eliminating the traditional boundaries between audio, video, and web conferencing in a group environment….

Why Collaborate Console?


+ Designed for organizations for use with their existing Unified Communications platform

+ Collaborate Console allows users to work with the desktop interface they already use in daily communications, providing a consistent interface

Collaborate Bridging

+ In addition to it’s many features, Collaborate includes all the necessary audio equipment and peripherals to enable conferencing in a variety of conference mediums:

TeleconferencingUnified Communications


Video Conferencing

Collaborate

Collaborate Bridging

+ Collaborate provides the ability to internally bridge these mediums together with the local conference room

> ClearOne Collaborate HD Video Software Codec- Standards base H.323 and SIP conferencing

> Google Talk, IBM Sametime, Microsoft Lync, Skype, etc…

+ Bridging with Collaborate allows each bridged caller to interface with the local conference room and each other.


Collaborate Collaborate

Converge Pro Series

The Intelligent Choose


• Any Conference• Any Room• Any Media

E-Bus

Multiple units can be linked up-to 96 microphones


•Maximum distance between units up to 200 ft (61m) through G-Link in Ver 3 System

•Distance can be increased by using CONNECT CobraNet / AVB Bridges for Network Audio

+ Converge Pro TH20/ Converge Pro VH20> Telephone Interface (analog TH20, VOIP VH20)> 2 Line level balanced inputs> 2 Line level balanced outputs

+ Converge Pro 880TA

Professional Conferencing (Converge Pro I/O)

+ Converge Pro 840T> 4 Mic/Line level balanced inputs with AEC

> 4 Line level balanced inputs

> 8 Line level balanced outputs

+ Converge Pro 880> 8 Mic/Line level balanced inputs with AEC


+ Converge Pro 880TA> 8 Mic/Line level balanced inputs with AEC> 4 Line level balanced inputs> 8 Line level balanced outputs> Integrated Telephone Interface (analog)> 4 x 35 watt amplifiers (8ohm or 70/110v)

+ SR1212A> Same as the 880TA except:> No Acoustic Echo Cancellation> No Telephone Interface

+ SR1212> Same as the 880 except:> No Acoustic Echo Cancellation


> 12 Line level balanced outputs

+ Converge Pro 880T> Same as 880 Plus:

> Integrated Telephone interface (analog)

> Integrated single channel 10watt amp

+ Converge Pro 8i (Input expansion unit)> 8 Mic/Line level balanced inputs with AEC


> No outputs


ClearOne®

CONNECT™ CobraNet™ & AVB Network Bridges06/01/2012

Networked Audio Solution

Converge Pro Converge Pro


Ethernet LAN Network

Converge Pro

CONNECT Network Bridge

Converge Pro


Networked Audio Solution+ Adding Networked Audio capability to CONVERGE PRO a nd CONVERGE SR products to

transmit audio through Ethernet Network

+ CONNECT™ Network bridges> CobraNet™> AVB> StreamNet™


> StreamNet™

+ Networked Audio Applications> Extends system boundaries, transmitting channels through network> Corporate building with multiple conference rooms connected through Ethernet Network> Courts with multiple court rooms and centralized recording though Ethernet Network> Multiple conference/teaching rooms connected through network> Stadiums/Auditoriums with localized Sound Reinforcement and networked audio> Houses of Worship, Expo/Convention centers and overflow rooms

Networked Audio Technologies

Funct

Control


t ionality

T e c h n o l o g y

Audio Audio Audio

Video Video

CobraNet AVB StreamNet

No Interoperability Future Interoperability

Sample Connections 2




CobraNet™ or AVB



Connecting two conference rooms with stack of Converge Pro units in each room. CobraNet or AVB bridge on each side with Ethernet network for networked audio


Sample Connections 3



CobraNet™ or AVB



Converge Pro


Connecting Converge Pro units from multiple conference rooms into one common room (for ex: for recording) through CobraNet or AVB networks

Sample Connection 4

Ethernet LAN Network 1

Converge Pro

CONNECT

Converge Pro



CobraNet™ or AVBNetwork Bridge Network Bridge

Ethernet LAN Network 2

CobraNet™ or AVB

Converge Pro



Connecting Converge Pro units in different rooms that are on different networks using multiple CobraNet or AVB network bridges

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