Talk-A-Phone Co. News

Talkaphone products are integrated with Arecont Vision cameras in a wide variety of verticals and applications Arecont Vision has announced that Talkaphone, a manufacturer of emergency call box products, is now part of the Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program. Talkaphone products are integrated with Arecont Vision cameras in a wide variety of verticals and applications including parks and open spaces, schools, corporate campuses, parking lots and structures, and city stre...

Talkaphone has introduced a compact video door entry station that features a contemporary new design and IP66 weather rating for tough environments. The embedded wide-angle megapixel camera is ONVIF compliant and offers a clear view of the caller. Unlike closed intercom systems, Talkaphone’s compact video door entry station works with major video management system (VMS) vendors and offers greater deployment flexibility to higher education institutions, healthcare and corporate facilities,...

Talkaphone has introduced compact Voice over IP call stations for front door entry, gates, and other applications where both space-savings and security are desired. The new VOIP-200 Series call stations feature a contemporary new design and IP66 weather rating for tough environments. Talkaphone’s high quality speaker and microphone components along with a proprietary audio enhancement algorithm offer the best sound clarity in the industry. This combination of performance and contemporary...

Talkaphone has introduced its updated LED Lighted Surface Mount Accessory featuring a new sleek, contemporary contoured design that improves the functionality of an emergency phone in small areas where both space-savings and security are desired. The emergency phone faceplate is illuminated by an ultra-bright, long-lasting LED panel light at all times, making it ideal for poorly lit outdoor locations. The customisable lettering on both sides helps make the unit recognisable as an emergency phon...

Talkaphone has released a new interactive emergency notification platform as part of its WEBS® family of products. WEBS Contact Plus™ makes it easy to send notifications through a wide range of media to defined groups of recipients and WEBS®-enabled devices. Recipients are able to receive notifications through various methods such as phone call, SMS (text message), email, and Android™/iPhone® mobile app. WEBS Contact Plus is a hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) mass no...

Talkaphone has added a surveillance option to the award-winning ECO TOWER emergency phone tower. The product features a durable and attractive design which marks a new milestone in the evolution of the blue light tower. Featuring the same lightweight aluminium construction for reduced ecological footprint, the new video surveillance arm can be deployed on any existing ECO TOWER emergency phone tower. The new option fits a wide variety of fixed and pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) video surveillance ca...

Talkaphone announces new self-diagnostic and reporting features of the VOIP-500 Series Phone / WEBS Paging Module. With Talkaphone’s latest public release of the VOIP-500 firmware, these devices can now perform a number of self-diagnostics on a scheduled basis: Check the status of the built-in button(s); Check the status of the built-in microphone and built-in speaker; Check the status of the WEBS speaker array; Report via an email, a phone call, or an activation of the Auxiliary Out...

Talkaphone has released a hardened, NEMA 4X rated, call box with a handset for noisy and harsh environments. Typically used at industrial complexes, transit facilities, bridges and similar outdoor locations, the unit features durable marine grade stainless steel construction and additional security with a latching door. The new call box offers extra room to accommodate any Talkaphone’s handset emergency phone, which offers privacy during conversation and clarity with a noise-cancelling mi...

Talk-A-Phone became the first company in the world to introduce an ADA-compliant emergency phone Last week Talk-A-Phone celebrated the 23rd anniversary of the passing of the Americans with Disabilities Act. President George H.W. Bush signed the ADA into law on July 26th, 1990, banning discrimination against Americans with disabilities and providing them with new-found opportunities to live fulfilling and productive lives. Talk-A-Phone has long supported the adoption of this m...

Talk-A-Phone has enhanced its blue light towers with an integrated high-efficiency LED area lighting solution Recognising that many security deployments are often compromised with inadequate lighting and poorly coordinated with CCTV cameras, Talk-A-Phone has enhanced its blue light towers with an integrated high-efficiency LED area lighting solution. To learn more about this product join us on either May 7th or May 14th for our LED Area Lighting Platform Webinar! Register soo...

Acquiring emergency phones is an effective way to improve security and safety How to maximise security capabilities of call boxes and emergency phonesFrom embedding a security camera to adding video surveillance capabilities to a call box to using emergency phone towers to provide enhanced perimeter security, some simple tips can significantly improve the utility of an emergency phone system for security applications. Here, Sam Shanes, Chairman at Talk-A-Phone, enumerat...

Recognising that many security deployments are often compromised with inadequate lighting and poorly coordinated with CCTV cameras, Talk-A-Phone has enhanced its blue light towers with an integrated high-efficiency LED area lighting solution. The new product features a photo-metrically optimised LED lighting array that covers the area surrounding the blue light tower. The new LED lighting array seamlessly integrates with video surveillance platforms, transforming the total solution from a pass...

Talk-A-Phone announces integration of the VOIP-500 series phone / WEBS Paging Module with Singlewire Software’s InformaCast Advanced Notification solution. With Talk-A-Phone’s public release of the VOIP-500 firmware version 1.0.1.12, users of the InformaCast Advanced Notification can now send audio broadcasts to Talk A Phone’s VOIP-500 series phones and WEBS paging devices over a network. “We are extremely pleased to announce the integration with Singlewire”, said...

Talk-A-Phone announces integration of the VOIP-500 Series emergency phone with the exacqVision VMS (Video Management System) manufactured by Exacq Technologies. In the event of a distress call, the Talk-A-Phone VOIP-500 Series emergency phone sends an event via standard ASCII output over the network to the exacqVision system. Based on the event, the exacqVision VMS can link to a nearby camera or lock a pan-tilt-zoom camera to a preset in order to view real-time video of the event. An event list...

PSA Security’s PVP program enhances the value of the PSA relationship to its vendor partners PSA Security Network recently announced that IQinVision is the newest addition to their Premier Vendor Partner (PVP) program. IQinVision is a market leader in high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras. The program was created to enhance the value of the PSA relationship to its vendor partners and subsequently to its owners and customers. The PSA Premier Vendor Program has a defin...

The emergency phone towers incorporate emergency communication, mass notification and camera surveillance Talk-A-Phone presented Victor Clime, Chief of Public Safety for Hillsborough Community College, with emergency phone towers that incorporated emergency communication, mass notification, camera surveillance, and access control capabilities. In recent years, colleges across the country have upgraded and improved the way they monitor, assess, and respond to security incident...

Talk-A-Phone, the industry leader in emergency communications, area of refuge and mass notification systems, recently announced the integration of its VOIP-500 series phone / WEBS® Paging Module with the Rave SafeCampus suite from Rave Mobile Safety, the trusted software partner for campus safety. The combined solution provides higher education institutions with a single point-of-control for managing emergency notifications across all modes of communication and types of devices, including VO...

The latest vendor partners to achieve Premier Partner status include: Talk-A-Phone and Security Lock Distributors Recently PSA Security Network® announced the newest Premier Vendor Partners (PVP) in the program. The program was created to enhance the value of the PSA relationship to its vendor partners and subsequently to its owners and customers. The PSA Premier Vendor Program has a defined process for evaluating vendor partners. By meeting specific and measurable objecti...

Fluidmesh will provide an integrated wireless solution for Talk-A-Phone's VOIP-500 series phones Fluidmesh Networks, a leader in wireless IP backbone systems, has partnered with Talk-A-Phone Co., a leading supplier of emergency communications and mass notification solutions, to provide an integrated wireless solution for its VOIP-500 Series phones and WEBS mass notification systems. “Now you can have the same Talk-A-Phone experience anywhere,” commented Alek Kirey...