User's Manual

Feature
Benefit
Usability
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Easy-to-understand activity circles correspond to the basic activities and workflows that users need to get
their work done
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Intuitive navigation, such as a home button and touchscreen, is a staple of mobile devices and familiar to
users
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Consistent user interface and workflow across the Cisco Spark Board and Cisco Spark app reduce the
user’s learning curve
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Familiar capacitive touch capability is the same as on smartphones and tablets, and allows for two-point
multi-touch, which lets two people work on the board at the same time
Continuous workflow
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Cloud registration lets everything created on the Cisco Spark Board be stored directly and securely in the
cloud and associated to a virtual Cisco Spark space
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Team members can pick up wherever they left off on the Cisco Spark Board when they leave the physical
room; work can continue from a different location, time zone, or device, such as another Cisco Spark Board
or any other Cisco Spark app-enabled devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops)
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Cisco Spark Board and the Cisco Spark service together provide end-to-end encryption, so your
communications and content are secure
Intelligent views
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Powerful 4K camera captures high-resolution image of virtually the entire room
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Intelligent software algorithms enable future capabilities such as automatic framing for the best possible
views and active speaker tracking (future software release)
Intelligent audio
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Built-in 12-microphone array amplifies sound quality – as if a microphone has been extended to each
speaker
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Automatically modulates the active speaker so that clear audio is delivered to the far end, whether the
speaker is close to or far away from the Cisco Spark Board
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No microphone wires to detract from the aesthetics of the Cisco Spark Board
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Powerful microphones cover a room with 8 to 10 people
Intelligent Proximity
Cisco Spark Proximity and ultrasound pairing technology enable the following:
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Cisco Spark Board automatically wakes up when it detects a Cisco Spark app-enabled user enter the room
and suggests an activity to choose from
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Wireless sharing of documents from a laptop is enabled both within and outside of a conference call;
connect seamlessly to personal and mobile devices using ultrasound (no need for dongles, adapters, typing
in PINs, etc.)
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Basic endpoint control of the Cisco Spark Board can be done through a Cisco Spark app-enabled mobile
device (make and disconnect calls, etc.)
Cisco Spark Board Prominent Features/Differentiators
The Power of the Cisco Spark Platform Enables Continuous Teamwork
The Cisco Spark Board is revolutionary in its capability, usability, and design, but the ability to connect teams
beyond the physical meeting room is thanks to the power of the Cisco Spark platform. The consistency, simplicity,
and reliability of experience across the Cisco Spark Board and other Cisco Spark app-enabled devices is made
possible by these key features of the Cisco Spark platform:
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Cloud based: The Cisco Spark Board is registered and delivered simply and securely with end-to-end
encryption through the Cisco Collaboration Cloud and offered on a subscription basis, so you can add or
update services automatically or on demand.
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App based: Once they are shared or created on the Cisco Spark Board and associated with a Cisco Spark
virtual space, content and messages live persistently and can be accessed from any mobile device – laptop,
smartphone, tablet – on the Cisco Spark app from wherever you are. This means work and knowledge can
be transferred seamlessly from one team member to the next, from one time zone to another.
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Activity based: The capabilities you enjoy on the Cisco Spark Board – meeting, calling, messaging, and
white boarding – are the same capabilities you will experience on any other Cisco Spark app-enabled
personal device. So you can start your work on the Cisco Spark Board and continue on your personal and
mobile devices, or vice versa.
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