Sound Masking: The Trick to Keeping Things Private in a Public Place

Sound masking  is THE best solution to your privacy issues in the workplace.  It masks noise, without the big expense, such as when you build higher walls or partition the entire workplace into multiple offices, just to acquire privacy.  Read more about it.

In this time and age where information is available with just a click on the mouse, your privacy is constantly under threat.  Software has been designed to counter these threats and so far, the result has been impressive.  Although there have been reported cases of identity theft and other fraudulent activities on the internet, people took cognizance of various software and applications that protect their privacy; cyber crimes still exist, but their impact on unwitting victims have abated. 

What about your privacy at your work place?  What protects your privacy from eavesdroppers, or from colleagues who surreptitiously glance your way whenever you make a sales call?

The Sound Masking Phenomenon

Stops Eavesdroppers in their Tracks.  Sound masking creates speech privacy where privacy is most unlikely achieved, such as in a crowded office space, in a buzzing call center, or in a corporate boardroom where confidential information may leak through thin walls.

Sound masking is not totally obliterating oral communication from your work environment; in fact, the technology that puts an entire office on mute, as you work, has yet to be discovered.  Sound masking simply "masks" or neutralizes conversation to a level that it becomes less perceptible by the human brain, and therefore becomes incomprehensible to people who should not be privy to it in the first place.  This is how speech or oral privacy is achieved.

Stops Noise before it Distracts.  Sound masking creates buzz on the internet as more and more people have experienced the benefits of better concentration at work, without the incessant noise of foot traffic, office chatter and office equipments.  Sound masking does not eliminate noise, but it “overrides” it with its own low-level background sound making noise less intelligible.  This creates the desired privacy at work.

There is nothing rocket science about sound masking.  It simply operates on the theory that if noise or speech has been brought to a level that it cannot be understood, it cannot distract.   

A white noise generator produces low level whooshing sound, similar to the sound produced by your air conditioning unit.  It is so low you may not even recognize it's there.  Sound masking creates privacy anywhere and anytime you want it.

My Recommendation:  VoiceArrest sound masking system masks noise in an entire workplace; it is effective against noise in both multiple offices and open-spaces.

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