Posted by: Morgan Moran | December 9, 2010

The Evolution of the Overhead Paging System

When human beings first discovered a need to communicate over a modest distance, yelling was invented.

Although effective, yelling does have some drawbacks.

  1. Yelling for an extended period of time causes one’s voice to become hoarse and ultimately unable to yell.

  2. Yelling, to those not involved in the conversation, can be considered disturbing and annoying.

  3.  Yelling does not account for the need to share delicate/private information.

First Public Address System

To address the first problem, the overhead paging system (a.k.a., public announcement (PA) system) was invented. While PA systems have replaced the need for yelling in many situations, they are not necessarily always ideal.

  • Audio quality tends to be poor, so it can be challenging to discern what is being announced.

  • Overhead paging does not address the second two issues related to annoyance and privacy.

Fortunately, the next evolution in public communication addresses all three issues, and many more.

Click here
to discover how the RX10 Connect Push-to-Talk (PTT) WiFi Bundle provides a convenient solution for quietly and privately reaching mobile personnel.


Responses

  1. Just surfing around for some general industry info, and came across this article. Definitely a nice break from the standard bar coding stuff. Nice work–thanks for breaking up what was shaping up to be a boring night!

    • Thanks Eric. I want to write more stuff like this because I agree that most of it is the same old stuff. I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reminding me that I need to do more.


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