ILS celebrates 10 year anniversary

December 2006

Mid December 2006, Intelligent Lectern Systems b.v. was founded after thorough exploration and preparations of hardware and software earlier in the year. 10 years went by in no time.

June 2006

ILS had taken an earlier design effort of a totally new approach to lecterns to market. ILS obtained all design and production rights in June 2006, transferred these rights to ILS and dubbed it the ILS19P Presenter Lectern. A trademarked T-shape lectern, on a slim height-adjustable German made pillar with optional side tables. This lectern featured a 19” touch screen with integrated PC. ILS21, ILS15, as well as all ILS Synergy generations would follow this design in the 10 years to come.

January 2007

Sho-Q v1 released: We developed 18 prototypes of our unique seamless presentation and lecturing software and proudly named it sho-Q. After thorough testing with family, friends, parents and grandparents, we decided to go with prototype #17. A first thin release was shown during our participation in the Integrated Systems Europe expo January 2007. sho-Q1, sho-Q7, sho-Q10, and sho-Q2020 followed with increasingly more productive and robust features for presenting at events as well as for effective interactive teaching.

January 2007

ILS acquired all property rights to a larger lectern, with a cabinet and 19” rack inside and large side tables on each side; the SpeakersCorner lectern. This lectern was a formal development by the ETHZ in Switzerland, published in 2004. The lectern had already sold well in Switzerland and after we took over all Germany-made inventory we took this lectern all over the globe, and sold 100’s of this and newer models within the SpeakersCorner family. We shipped the first bundle of SpeakersCorner lecterns to UAE university in Al Ain. When we visited them in 2015, they were still happily in use.

January 2007

During ISE in January 2007 – only 5 weeks after founding Intelligent Lectern Systems – ILS had a 15 meter long booth showing 5 different lecterns. A flying start!.

January 2008

By ISE 2008 the next year we had designed the wider version of the SpeakersCorner - ILS24 - and demonstrated the true show-stopper ILS22. The ILS 22 featured an integrated 22” monitor, a keyboard, a touch pad and 3 function pads all under a single 31” piece of custom touch glass. We took a lot of orders right at the show! The ILS22 later got new touch technology, multi-touch, higher accuracy, and more powerful processors in its life cycle without changing the looks of this remarkable design, still available today.

April 2011

2011 was a banner year for ILS where we took our first large order for 196 of the large SpeakersCorner (ILS24) and needed to look for special production halls in the northern part of the Netherlands. The order employed 40 people for 4 months. We also participated in Infocomm Middle East for the first time, with a large 64 m ² booth.

June 2015

2015 marked the launch of the new Synergy series platform to bring all our different lectern models together. The Synergy series is made for easy switching between several top surfaces from simple wood or aluminum to a fully featured touch screen computer on top of a slim/wide pillar or rack cabinets. We unified logistics and production at various locations and continue to assure future upgradeability and consistent high quality.

November 2016

Sho-Q 2020 released. With the release of sho-Q2020 we added even more functionality to our Sho-Q software package. Appreciated by teachers, trainers and lecturers all over the world. This package comes with generous white board functions, seamless Document Camera integration, annotations, and much more!

February 2017

ISE 2017 marks the 11th time ILS is exhibiting at ISE . Add to this the 10 times we exhibited Infocomm USA, and 5 times we exhibited at Infocomm Middle East. We did well!

At this largest European AVpro show we again will present newer and better Presenter and SpeakersCorner lectern systems. We now embed an all new ILS presentation media matrix switch with CAT6 out, replacing 7 connection cables down to the bottom of the lectern, with unique loop back features for the lectern monitor to control external laptops. We also added a new audio module, designed by our Voicepoint high end audio engineers partner in Germany; and a custom made Zytronic touch glass based integrated system. We continue to put more and more emphasis on producing high quality and durable education solutions that are very user friendly, thus significantly reducing cost of ownership.

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At the United Arab Emirates University(UAEU) in Al - Ain 6 lecterns(type ILS16) were installed in 2008, and despite daily use all desks are still in excellent shape.

Henk de Groot, Managing Director of ILS states: “The ILS16 lecterns provided to the UAEU, at that time, were from the first generation of this lectern series.Our products are built to last, but it’ s always good to have this confirmed.We’ re currently working on several projects in the UAE and UAEU are just great references for us. "

ILS is currently presenting a completely new lectern series called“ Synergy” at InfoComm US.The Synergy series will also be shown in October at InfoComm MEA in Dubai.

The company developed the Synergy-Universal method that will allow conversion of one lectern into another type within a minute. This is a particular useful feature for rental companies and corporate venue support groups. Lecterns required to be presidential one moment with a nice wood or acrylic surface and become a large touch technology surface another time. This supports both the users preferring a direct presentation style as well as those keen to maximize use of interactive technology.

Synergy series Lecterns always come with the beautiful and functional lectern top that houses all standard items of a high-end lectern: shock-mounted XLR slot for a microphone, a reading light slot, laptop connectivity, control buttons and a stand for a smart phone or small tablet; optionally with internal loudspeaker array and/or 7” touch control panel.

Then, it allows to snap in – and exchange from one to the other – a wide range of table tops: wood grain, acrylic, brushed aluminum, VESA ILS HD pen and touch interactive monitors and a wide choice of touchPC’s and monitors such as WACOM and SMART with special mounting systems for DELL One 2350 and Lenovo A740 that have an adjustable stand with PC in the foot. Our current ILS21 and ILS22 solutions with integrated advanced touch and system control features will integrate into the systems as well over the course of 2015. For monitor-only solutions there is adequate space to house a small PC in the top. Use the Synergy series lectern in a “dumb”, intelligent or brilliant way as fit for the occasion! Depending on the size of the modules inserted, the support rail is remains functional even when hidden by wider surfaces.

The new Synergy series of ILS lecterns comes with a wide choice of pillars, electrical lift pillars, small and full rack cabinets to adapt to every function and different budgets. The ILS SpeakerCorner series (ILS12 – ILS18 – ILS24) will remain in the product portfolio.

For more information, contact Henk de Groot at ask@intelligentlecterns.com and watch the announcements on www.intelligentlecterns.com

We brought along our ILS16 teaching lectern, to configure to your needs. The ILS11 regular height adjustable aluminum top lectern – which we showed not so regular with integrated German engineered sound: a speaker array in the top and a subwoofer in the lectern base. The all new ILS22M integrated presenter lectern with room control and keyboard under a single sheet of PCT glass made especially for us by Zytronic UK, now with our extremely responsive implementation of multi-touch. Its different sections are seen by Windows 8 as native touch screen, keyboard and touch pad HID's. CONTROL/ALT/DEL to logon is no longer an issue on our touch based system!

Furthermore from our Joint Venture Partner Haijie we brought one of the totally new high capacity classroom chargers, its new integrated wall systems for PC and audio and for a document camera to mount in lockable boxes next to your interactive whiteboard. We launched the charger's new sync feature and student tablet interface for presenting, teaching, learning and sharing interactively. We demonstrated our classroom sound field solutions from Lightspeed and several capture and wireless audio solutions from Hovercam and Wise technologies.

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As announced we introduced our latest new products: the ILS27L, with 27" Lenovo tabletPC integrated into the lectern's updated shape; the new compact ILS14C (shown cordless on batteries!) and the ILS19P; a cost effective teaching lectern with solid electrical pillar base and pen interactive screen. The ILS22G with its new touch system developed in cooperation with Zytronic UK with its integrated control system again was the highlight that caught the eyes of many of our visitors.

The ILS21H, the Teacher desk and the ILS24H also made an appearance. We demonstrated the recording and streaming package cast-Q on the ILS24 side panel, and our new release of the sho-Q interactive teaching and presentations suite. The ILS16H with its newly machined top of thick aluminum was demonstrated for the first time in Amsterdam; an almost indestructible compact classroom system with built-in 19"rack.

Through our partners the show floor featured 65" Viditouch monitors, with the latest fast and accurate response technology for use in classrooms and corporate boardrooms, Lightspeed's latest portable and installed classroom sound field audio systems and Haijie's Classroom charging system for laptops and tablets. New to the portfolio of ILS lectern systems is Hovercam's attractive compact document cameras that are integrated with several lecterns as a budget alternative to the Wolfvision's cameras we often integrate. A special new design from NigelBdesign brings ILS the perfect lectern audio solution. The system uses 50 mWatt in permanent stand-by, and delivers 80 Watts of power when activated. The quarter-rack-unit sized system easily disappears into any lectern, keeping the controls easily available right from the PC.

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Expect to see next to new advanced lecterns in the ILS21 and ILS22 class with state of the art looks and functionality, a new DIY built lectern – ultra flat package for low cost transportation! – with an option for complete cordless capability on spherical wheels holds modern large tablet PCs, small tablets and smart phones to control any presentation and environment perfectly. Expect new announcements in audio systems for classrooms and specially for building in lecterns – very green audio that is only on when spoken to or fed with music, switching within 1/200th of a second – and try new document camera's, expect a new combo analog and digital matrix switching and controls, new classroom functional furniture.

Enjoy testing our new sho-QHD interactive, annotate on any slide, on any document, video or web page while having seamless control of many presentations simultaneously. Each day, ILS will give away 10 new sho-Q licenses, just say the magic words that you read it on the ILS website news section! Watch a demo of cast-Q recording and live streaming with an extensive and complete university solution.

Find ILS in the walkway between hall 1 and hall 2, between EPSON/Audipack in Hall 1 and Chief/Sennheiser in Hall 2. Make the right crossing! Stand numbers 1.E68 + 1.E72.
Call +31202400232 for an appointment or email to sales@intelligentlecterns.com

The new touch technology based on projected capacitive rather than vibration reflection technology improves the handling immensely. 25% of its visitors expressed an immediate interest in the new ILS22 and orders were received on the spot and the days after the show.

As usual the ILS22G all glass touch system was a show-stopper enjoying lots of interest. With the coming of the V24 series from Crestron, there was significant demand to be able to use the ILS12 VESA mountable compact height adjustable lectern in combination with the new Crestron. This is a wonderful combination allowing the new panel to be used comfortably from a lectern position whether you are seated or 6'6" tall.

After presenting ILS developing, production, and marketing activities (92% of ILS turnover is Export) there was a frank and healthy discussion on employment opportunity and solid government relationships with many countries in the world.

Henk de Groot featured the new ILS18 SpeakersCorner lectern for education while presenting the company. He also showed the new touch technology implemented on its home-grown all-glass covered ILS22 boardroom lectern, a touch technology developed by Hanze Institute of [Sensor] Technology students. ILS' infrared Redcat Soundfield system was used to provide easily audioble sound in any corner of the (class)room.

Here is the ILS3-22 as demonstrated during ISE12 at modest standing height. The height range of the central desk is between 74 and 116 cm. It is instrumental in good teaching that the teacher can stand and lecture while have all tools at his/her fingertips. Sitting down on a regular chair or higher stool will do fine here too!

ILS3-22 lowest and highest positions.
On the left the ILS3 desk is in between the popular ILS24 (front) and the new ILS16 in the back.

The central desk entry point ILS3-12F is without the height adjustment and allows placement of a tower PC in the left edge and vertically place 4 Rack units in the right edge, thus maximizing knee-space below the desk at almost 80 cm. The reversible monitor and on/off is by lock key. All other configurations feature electronics access control by RFID module and a touch button strip to control locks and heights.

ILS3 series central desk surface is adaptable to user needs. Users can choose from 3 monitor attachment packages. When the monitor is not in use, it is rotated upside down and locked. The surface of the desk is flush across the desk. When in use, the monitor is rotated to the comfortable slanted position for interactive pen use. However while leaning back and at the user preference, the monitor can be rotated to hold in any other comfortable viewing angle.

The 3 mounting packages allow for up to 19" 4:3 formatted monitors, for 19" wide monitors and for 24" monitors covering the likes of WACOM 2200 and SMART SP518 and SP525. On request dual monitor installation is possible, to write across 2 monitor surfaces and project on 2 projectors.

Control system: choose from popular brands or allow the default ILS 7" panel, button panel or docking station with controller/scaler switcher to be integrated. The standard electronics touch panel can already provide microphone, lighting, up/down and unlocking controls.

Optional expansion cabinets: For the user, to the left, the ILS3 series offer 2 cabinet options, 40 or 60 cm wide with place for tower PC and pull-out 19" rack behind a locked door and a lockable drawer. In the top there is a cable nook to pull out cables for e.g. notebook or visualizer use.
For the user to the right, there is an option to add a 19" rack cabinet with Lexan glass door or a smaller 19" rack with above it a lift box for a document camera. This is ideal for using e.g. a Wolfvision 9plus, it sinks into the cabinet and closes with a lockable surface. When up, the camera surface is flush with the table, the cover stays vertical to shield the audience from the light.

The 19" rack is on wheels and slides out totally from the cabinet for easy maintenance.
For audio there are microphone options using the Beyerdynamic MPR210 flat wide angle microphone to move freely along the width of the desk, a gooseneck, or an IR-based wireless sound field systems from Lightspeed technologies.

Due to the mix of cabinet placements, the ILS3 series Teacher Desks allow width of the total table to vary from 120 to 160, 180, 220 and 240 cm. Consequently we dubbed the nomenclature of the Teacher Desk family as ILS3-12, ILS3-16, ILS3-18, ILS3-22 and ILS3-24.
Cabinets can be added at a later stage when expansion is needed.

The new ILS16 and the ILS24 Intelligent lecterns fit right with the new range.
This makes the ILS3 family of Teacher Desks perfect for universities requiring a large number of the same style and functionality desks and lecterns tuned to the needs in the various classrooms, labs or lecture halls with larger or smaller space requirements and fewer or more integrated functions.

The ILS Teacher Desks are produced in the Netherlands.

Volume prices ex Works Netherlands start at 2000 euro for ILS3-12F with pen-interactive 19" monitor and room control system that includes line doubling and 6 source switching, IR, relays and digital IO.

For more information visit our web site at www.intelligentlecterns.com or call +31 20 2400 232 or write to sales@intelligentlecterns.com

Adding custom configurability for system integrators, the ILS24HX holds inside the system a 22" pen or touch display, a 12" touch panel for systems control, confidence monitor or teleprompter, a 5" panel area for integrating existing room control systems. The system is like a Swiss army knife, pull out what you need, close and lock the system totally, using identity card reader for secure access. The electrical lift and tilt mechanism allows users to find the best position; a 12U, 19" rack offers space for AV and PC equipment for presenting and streaming solutions. A special side drawer and the rotating 12" panel allow for seated use and ADA compliance. Similar features apply to the new slender version ILS16HX, with a 17" WACOM pen interactive monitor and same 12" side touch panel.

Despite high quality design and thick aluminum cladding, the systems are aggressively priced. System integrators have the opportunity to add a lot of value and move products frequently into universities and hotel meeting facilities.

The new HF versions are all-in-one complete turn-key solutions that large universities, meeting and training facility management easily implement themselves. HF versions come with interactive monitors, complete control systems and high quality audio integrated. ILS Room-Q supports remote assistance, management and streaming applications.

Added to the family is a budget podium version ILS20HJ for volume placements and a new 22" presenter lectern supported by the interactive sho-Q presentation delivery suite.

What is new in ILStranslator 2.0:

• System startup is faster and can be adapted via the ILS22Setup wizard.
• The system can be adapted to use an external PC instead of the standard embedded PC.
• In addition to control over a RS232 connection, the system can now also be controlled over a TCP/IP connection by the Remote-Q version 2.0 presentation and control software.
• Attached intelligent controllers can change the pedestal elevation over RS232 and TCP/IP, as well as other system and room control functions.
• ILS22Setup version 2.0 (the accompanying software system setup wizard) allows VAR's, ICT and A/V personnel to adapt the system environment, including RS232 and TCP/IP support.

Henk de Groot, CEO of ILS says: "We are proud to introduce our new Remote-Q software package. It complements our Sho-Q software, and it will allow you to streamline your event by setting up the presentations and allocated time-slots in advance. It will also let you control every aspect of the ILS22 and sho-Q remotely".

Remote-Q is an incredible tool that helps the ICT and A/V support personnel 'behind the podium'. Remote-Q provides support personnel with instant updates of what the presenter sees, and allows them to assist the presenter remotely and unobtrusively, without having to step/walk down to the lectern. Interaction is via RS232
or LAN (Wired or WiFi TCP/IP).

Remote-Q is licensed software and runs on any PC with Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows7.

Remote-Q features include:

1. Monitor the ILS22 status. ICT and A/V Presentation Support personnel see:
• what the current state of the ILS22 is (with respect to available and enabled buttons,
  audio volume, presentation slide nr, pedestal height etc).
• Which functions are performed locally or externally.
• Which button was pressed by the presenter.
• Which messages were returned by attached intelligent controllers.


2. ICT and A/V Presentation support personnel can exercise control remotely over the following features:
• Advance Slides on presenter request, forward or back.
• Exit the current presentation back to the presentation selection screen and logo screen or blank screen to the projector.
• Adjust pedestal height for the next presenter automatically via the Remote-Q presentation setup, or manually via the pedestal adjustment.
• Get a warning when the presenter is running out of presentation time, either via the system beeper or a music file.
• Send 1 or 2 automated messages to the presenter at preset % of allocated time slot. Also ad-hoc messages can be sent, becoming visible on the lectern.
• Kill a process or application on the lectern, e.g. to stop the presenter, or start the ILS Sho-Q presentation software (or restart it).
• Enable or disable buttons remotely so that the presenter can or can not use them. This includes (temporarily) disabling the touch screen.
• Adjust ILStranslator Setup parameters, such as all enable with one Room Control touch or enable drag and drop for Annotation.
• Set up a schedule for upcoming presenters, including presenter or presentation name, number of slides, presentation duration and requested pedestal height in inches or cm's. Remote-Q will automatically adjust to these parameters when the new presenter is about to go on stage.
• Load, Save or Print presentation setups for handout.

All software upgrades can be downloaded from our ILS22 Drivers and Software page

In order to jumpstart market expansion into the conference and corporate markets, HAIJIE will add from ILS the ILS21 and ILS22 presenter systems along with ILS sho-Q multiple presentations delivery and control system under its own logo for marketing in China/South East Asia.

Together the companies will develop a successor to the ILS24 SpeakersCorner lectern, to add new AV control, Audio integration and security systems in a completely lockable and remotely controllable package, while maintaining product durability, styling and quality of workmanship in the original ILS design. The companies will market the product under their own label in their respective territories.

The agreement was signed in Beijing today in the presence of Dutch minister of trade, H.E. Frank Heemskerk and Dutch Ambassador in China, Mr. Rudolf Bekink.

Henk de Groot, ILS CEO commented:  “in HAIJIE we found a truly complementary partner that is thinking in similar strategic terms and that makes products exactly complementary to those of ILS. As leading producer, integrator and supplier in China of Classroom lecterns and control systems, HAIJIE is addressing the planned upgrade of 650000 (!) classrooms within the country. Their quality and scale of manufacturing allows us to respond to requests for bids in the secondary/college and university level education with an unbeatable value and completeness of the solutions ILS will be able to offer.  We have decided to integrate the highest quality components available in the market and European style product finish. We can continue to guarantee the durability and reliability of our lecterns to our high-end research, university and military customers. Yet under this cooperation we will be able to potentially cut the price of the ILS24 in half”.

Qihai Zhang, HAIJIE’s Managing Director added: “HAIJIE is proud to team up with ILS and lead up to a joint venture company for future development.  ILS provides us with a lot of global marketing skills, market knowledge, essential technology and access to AV channels worldwide. We can immediately integrate their presenter systems and sho-Q software to allow us to address the conference/hospitality and corporate markets that are now emerging in China. As a long time ISO9001 and ISO14001 company, we feel we can meet ILS’ quality demands effectively. Our 200 person skilled workforce in engineering, manufacturing and software development will be testimony to that. HAIJIE is ideally placed in a vibrant economic development zone with within the hour access to China’s major DOHEI and TIANJIN ports to ship goods anywhere. Our area is planned to become 12x as large within the next 10 years, securing our access to qualified labor”.

Under the agreement, ILS will adapt sho-Q to a Chinese language version and provide a license to HAIJIE to procure the ILS21 locally (this product was designed in the Netherlands and is already made in China). The remarkable ILS22 with its all touch multi function surface will remain to be manufactured in the north of the Netherlands according to mil spec and exported to China with a HAIJIE label and Chinese language labeled touch functions. ILS room-Q will include support for its ILS22. A new small AV station cabinet will be developed to complement other ILS lecterns (ILS12, ILS15, 16, 17, 19) and make them available under fully centralized remote assistance and monitoring control system. (Current ILS installations can be upgraded in future)

The new room-Q suite (Remote On-line Operation and Monitoring system) is a web based system for central AV assistance, central surveillance and alarm management, centralized administrative support, device performance tracking, status and maintenance scheduling, recording for e-learning and streaming purposes for all classrooms or business center rooms or conference meeting rooms that are supported from a distant centralized position. All assistance calls are automatically Queued and logged, any room not scheduled to be in use will trigger an alarm (locally a loud noise will set off, in the surveillance control room it pops up on the control screen for action, the camera will show what is going on instantly in that room) Central AV support can take control over the system of a classroom and have visual and audio connection established over IP automatically to help the teacher/presenter without needing to leave the desk. Depending on configuration central AV support can take over any operation of the lectern and connected systems.

The new ILS24 SpeakersCorner Lectern will be announced later in the year, but is said to include the full control system for audio, video, 3 input sources (VGA1 and VGA2 of internal PC + Notebook), has slide-out side tablets, one including a large touch monitor for room/lectern control with duplicate functions serving as confidence monitor and optionally as control system for an extern streaming studio. The central 17 or 19” height adjustable monitor will rise well above the compact lectern cabinet to provide comfortable pen or touch interaction, display options include standard 17” monitor with a separate high density writing tablet combined with touch and multi touch capabilities; it will support the SMART Sympodium ID370 with SMART Hub, WACOM PL series of 17” and 19” pen interactive tablets, and ELOtouch touch interactive monitors. The optional high spec audio system includes a cardioid gooseneck microphone, lavalier and portable wireless microphones, mixer and a 2 x 100 Watt Frequency shift low noise amplifier. When tablets and drawers are sliding in and the monitor lowered, the approx. 60 x 70 x 100 cm column is fully locked and takes little space.

The system will be available from HAIJIE in China and South East Asia and from ILS in the rest of the world.

For further information contact ILS through info@intelligentlecterns.com

After experiencing the clarity in every corner of a class room with new sound field technology, teachers and lecturers have immediately felt the benefits of the latest NXT sound field expansion based products. Contrary to ordinary loudspeaker systems or those integrated in a whiteboard, the new technology will assure that for every student in the room the audio level will be the same, front or back, as if the teacher is standing right next to you. All from a single box.

Having come up with a extremely simple to install and to use system, Lightspeed Technologies out of Oregon has rapidly emerged as the market leader in the USA with its RedCAT system. School districts have started to place Redcats by the 100's in its schools, seeing clearly increased retention, effortless hearing and elimination of throat-related absenteeism of teachers. The sound is never interrupted when facing the whiteboard.

Next to adding the professional Lightspeed audio products to its SpeakersCorner lecterns line, ILS has become exclusive distributor for Lightspeed for the Benelux.

Henk de Groot, CEO of ILS commented: "I have been carrying a RedCAT in my car since this summer. Several events I participated in where speakers decided to do without microphone, the system came to the rescue, by simply placing the box in the back of the room and handing an infrared linked mini microphone on a pendant to the speaker. This is great technology. If I were a school principle I would certainly have one available for any teacher with a sour throat, it's installed within 2 minutes and it quiets down the class instantly"

Despite many white papers and research documented, ILS embarked on a project to formally test the technology to the primary school system in all of Friesland. Research has proven that when a different language is spoken
at home than taught in school, the results of improved understanding and retention are even more dramatic.

Follow this link for information, research documents and user feedback:
http://www.intelligentlecterns.com/ils_main/lightspeed.html

For the entire Lightspeed catalog, download from http://www.lightspeed-tek.com/product-downloads.aspx

The system was demonstrated with the new sho-Q7 presentation and annotation system using the recently announced Wacom 19” pen-interactive display on the lectern’s VESA-mount, running from the integrated PC in the foot of its pedestal.

Directly under the display mount, the ILS12 provides controls for the 3-position tilt adjustment, cable management, and a USB hub.

There also is a straightforward up and down switch for the electrical wide-range height adjustment, accommodating both the seated user as well as the taller-than-average one.

The lectern sits on an all aluminum high quality sleek Powerlift pillar with internal cable management, and it is positioned at a comfortable 12° angle. In the foot itself you will find an auxiliary function box in which (optionally) an industrial PC  can be mounted.

Due to its annotation and presenting strengths, the ILS12 combination as featured during Infocomm is a very cost-effective comfortable system suited for use in education and training markets.
The ILS12 is equipped with the Wacom 19” pen-interactive display, or alternatively with the new ELOtouch 22” APR touch display for fast touch interaction; furthermore it provides support to several other touch monitors such as the SMART Sympodium Dual Touch products.

ILS sho-Q7 is unique presentation software. It supports presenter-view slide control with a window for notes and the previous and upcoming slide, combined with a true live confidence monitor window. It allows for live annotation on existing slides, as well as on a temporary blank slide. All this on a single lectern monitor.  With one touch the user can get an overview of all the slides in a presentation, and any slide can be selected seamlessly from within multiple presentations.

Sho-Q7 is Windows 7 ready and separately available through www.intelligentlecterns.com

During Infocomm, the company also announced remote control of all features of its flagship ILS22 lectern. ILStranslator-remote lets an AV assistant control the lectern in an auditorium from a PC in the studio in the back. It can make room -, lectern- and presenter control functions available to the presenter, disable or override them. Features like lectern height can be preset for each individual presenter with a touch of a button in the studio

A touch system upgrade for the ILS22 allows the 31” touch surface to provide drag & drop capabilities for the monitor area and its mouse pad region. Under this tempered glass surface you will find a full keyboard, as well as functional shortcuts and integrated room control buttons, which are etched in the glass around the 22”diagonal monitor area.
The total package is less than 3” thick.

Despite an overall lower visitor count during Infocomm’09, ILS experienced an increase in visitor interest by 60%  compared to the previous year.  The ILS22 enjoyed overwhelming interest because of its design statement and the unique combination of so many features in a single small footprint lectern solution. One client of ILS, AMX of Richardson TX, demonstrated new products using their ILS22 in its Infocomm theatre.

The system was demonstrated with the new sho-Q7 presentation and annotation system using the recently announced Wacom 19” pen-interactive display on the lectern’s VESA-mount, running from the integrated PC in the foot of its pedestal. Directly under the display mount, the ILS12 provides controls for the 3-position tilt adjustment, cable management, and a USB hub.

There also is a straightforward up and down switch for the electrical wide-range height adjustment, accommodating both the seated user as well as the taller-than-average one.

The lectern sits on an all aluminum high quality sleek Powerlift pillar with internal cable management, and it is positioned at a comfortable 12° angle. In the foot itself you will find an auxiliary function box in which (optionally) an industrial PC  can be mounted.

Due to its annotation and presenting strengths, the ILS12 combination as featured during Infocomm is a very cost-effective comfortable system suited for use in education and training markets.

The ILS12 is equipped with the Wacom 19” pen-interactive display, or alternatively with the new ELOtouch 22” APR touch display for fast touch interaction; furthermore it provides support to several other touch monitors such as the SMART Sympodium Dual Touch products.

ILS sho-Q7 is unique presentation software. It supports presenter-view slide control with a window for notes and the previous and upcoming slide, combined with a true live confidence monitor window. It allows for live annotation on existing slides, as well as on a temporary blank slide. All this on a single lectern monitor. 

With one touch the user can get an overview of all the slides in a presentation, and any slide can be selected seamlessly from within multiple presentations.

Sho-Q7 is Windows 7 ready and separately available through www.intelligentlecterns.com

During Infocomm, the company also announced remote control of all features of its flagship ILS22 lectern. ILStranslator-remote lets an AV assistant control the lectern in an auditorium from a PC in the studio in the back. It can make room -, lectern- and presenter control functions available to the presenter, disable or override themFeatures like lectern height can be preset for each individual presenter with a touch of a button in the studio

A touch system upgrade for the ILS22 allows the 31” touch surface to provide drag & drop capabilities for the monitor area and its mouse pad region. Under this tempered glass surface you will find a full keyboard, as well as functional shortcuts and integrated room control buttons, which are etched in the glass around the 22”diagonal monitor area.
The total package is less than 3” thick.

Despite an overall lower visitor count during Infocomm’09, ILS experienced an increase in visitor interest by 60%  compared to the previous year.  The ILS22 enjoyed overwhelming interest because of its design statement and the unique combination of so many features in a single small footprint lectern solution. One client of ILS, AMX of Richardson TX, demonstrated new products using their ILS22in its Infocomm theatre.

Innovation: Sho-Q-box, lectern with large touch monitor.



After being placed in the Shell LiveWire top 200 list of innovative businesses, ILS now has earned a spot in the MKB top 100 of innovative businesses.

Intelligent Lectern Systems has three main goals: improving professionalism, productivity, and retention of information during formal and informal presentations.

Meetings can be much more efficient and productive by eliminating the need to switch PCs during the session. Highly improved support for and control of multimedia files within PowerPoint result in better presenting quality, and therefore better education.

This is why Intelligent Lectern Systems invented to sho-Q-box, a lectern with a large touch monitor. It allows for seamless transitions from one speaker to another, and one can switch from one presentation to the next within seconds.

www.syntens.nl (in Dutch)

Cebit, Hannover, March 3, 2009.

After very enthusiastic reactions during the previews at the Integrated Systems Europe in Amsterdam, and the Eventech in Glasgow, sho-Q and ILS have launched sho-Q 7.

The companies developed this software specifically for large touch monitors, and now for the latest operating system developments from Microsoft.
Sho-Q 7 queues multiple PowerPoint presentations and in its presenter view includes not only previous/current/next slide and slide notes, but also offers a live view of what is happening on the screen behind the presenter. Presenters can now see slide transitions, animations and videos on the single lectern monitor, exactly as they occur on screen projected for the audience.

A single touch allows the live view to be enlarged to almost full screen on the monitor; this may be at a higher resolution than what is actually projected and results in great legibility and increased presenter confidence. In this mode the presenter can now use his finger or a stylus to interactively mark the data at his/her slide, and draw or write on these slides. Touch the blank screen button before going to pen mode, and the system inserts a new blank slide on which you can write. You can move back to presenter mode any time. This contributes greatly to exciting presentations and creates more retention of the messages delivered in any seminar or lecture.

“With sho-Q 7 we totally eliminate the need for a confidence monitor”, says Henk de Groot, managing director of ILS, “we wanted presenters and teachers to get the best out of PowerPoint, we even went as far as embedding Windows Media Player inside Microsoft PowerPoint to get the best control of flash animations and videos while presenting with sho-Q”.

Unfortunately the sho-Q 7 live window is not available to XP users and VISTA users that cannot switch on Aero. Sho-Q 7 is however fully ready and designed for Windows 7.

Evaluation copies can be downloaded from www.intelligentlecterns.com and www.sho-q.com .
The retail price remains EUR 499.

Prerequisites are : a large touch or pen interactive display, extended desktop capability on the PC, running AERO, and MS PowerPoint 2007 or MS Office 2007.

Integrated Systems Europe. Europ's No.1 show for professional AV and electronic systems integration.
3-5 February, 2009 Amsterdam RAI, Netherlands.

You are invited to come see us at Booth# 02.E54 , please use this link for free registration or use invitation code 54579 for the event.

We are looking forward to meeting you there!

Why turn your back on your guests at an interactive whiteboard, when you can face them from our lecterns?

ILS brings a new, very complete and comprehensive interactive lectern, the ILS14A Maestro all-in-one education lectern.

To test the new ILS14A Lectern, ILS will collect evaluation unit orders that arrive before February 10, 2009 and combine them in a single production order and container shipment for all over Europe.
We accomodate tenders for lecterns with any functionality, and from our program bid we will take orders again by June 25, 2009 for another bundled volume shipment.

Program elements:

• Purchase of evaluation units: order entry deadline February 10th 2009, state action code ED141r.
• Allow time for public tenders
• Purchase window of additional units: May 28 – June 25, 2009
• Special pricing only valid during program windows, €450 extra discount due to transportation savings.
• Products can be viewed at our offices in the Netherlands, during the ISE European Systems integration show in Amsterdam Feb. 3 – 5 at booth 2E54, at CES Las Vegas Jan 8 – 11 and at Infocomm Orlando Jun 17 – 19.

We exploit:

• very large orders for these units from the Middle East and Korea/China/Japan causing a production plan of 2000, hence a very attractive lowering of production cost.
• Korean quality production with a decrease in WON currency of 30% versus Euro in 2008
• efficiencies by bundling orders, container shipments and delivery process cut costs.

We deliver:

• solid, completely lockable lectern with internal rack, 80 cm [18U] tall space and keyboard tray
• ergonomic use of electric tilt-adjustable 20” tablet monitor with pen and pen support software
• extensive equipment control system, pre-programmed with 7” touch control panel on top
• integrated gooseneck microphone, 2 wireless microphones, mixer and 240 Watt amplifier
• programmable room control for projectors, camera’s and other devices from the control unit
• notebook hook-up on top of the lectern next to the monitor with source switching (and camera input)
• DVD and VCR combo under the same program control of the 7” touch panel (free against voucher)
• Sho-Q Presenter system for instant delivery of multiple PowerPoint presentations
• 1 year module exchange warranty extensible to 3 full years including software updates
• Meets CE, UL, FCC certifications, RoHS compliance. Packaged in plywood crate
• A minimized delivery charge ex works Netherlands is added to its sharp price

Options:

• we will integrate your specified PC and XP or VISTA OS, MS Office, drivers and sho-Q ata nominal charge [PC, keyboard and mouse are not included in the base product]
• Control programming can simply be done by the user, but will be offered remotely by ILS
• Vvisualizer/document camera, XGA resolution, live & image store, automatic image correction , USB connection
• Warranty extension for module exchange + software updates for maximum 3 years for €390/yr including VAT.

Payment terms: 50% when ready at production site, 50% within 30 days of actual delivery on site

For more information, please email sales@intelligentlecterns.com

Intelligent Lectern Systems opened a showroom and lab facility where prospective buyers can see and test all ILS presentation and lecturing solutions side by side. ILS offers the widest choice in digital or intelligent lecterns with large touch displays in attractive stylish and ergonomic packages.

ILS lecterns come with optional PC, presenter software, room control and remote conferencing /
distance-learning / real-time streaming solutions.

The HIT, Hanze Institute of Technology has created a new campus in Assen with ample space, modern classrooms and teaching facilities. The institute is a first teaching facility entirely focused on sensor technology based solutions and attracts international bright students.

More than a dozen ILS systems have been set up in the showroom. Shortly, a complete set of streaming solutions can be evaluated on site as well: Camtasia Relay, Presentation2Go, Ubicast, DARIM Virtual Studio Presenter are ILS partners, this allows us to bring at increasing levels of sophistication live streaming solutions for distance learning.

ILS offices and showroom are found at the HIT Campus, Industrieweg 34a, 9403AB Assen, it is near the main Assen railway station with a direct train connection from Amsterdam Schiphol airport.

For more information and appointments call +31653857869 or write to enquiry@intelligentlecterns.com

DARIM will feature for the first time the ILS intelligent and elegant lecterns that house the VR Presenter technology inside the lectern for instant delivery, recording and streaming of presentations and lectures. Through automated user friendly touch control of presentations and of the presenter’s captured video image, data and video mix into a single XGA output to project and to stream over IP.

The new generation presentation delivery tools are so easy to use and automated that a presenter can take care of the total system operation himself. Remote viewers watch a full XGA picture over standard ADSL connectivity.

For sho-Q mix’n’present system summary shoQmixnpresent.pdf
For an overview of the entire ILS lectern programme ILS_brochure.pdf
For an explanation video of the DARIM Presenter system aspects, watch www.darim.tv
The sho-Q presentations delivery program is downloadable from www.sho-q.com

Come see us at IBC Amsterdam, Sept 12-16, booth # 12P.C39
Contact: Henk.degroot@intelligentlecterns.com and Jamie@darim.com

AMSTERDAM, July 10, 2008. Darim's innovative real time presentation streaming solution VR-Presenter will be integrated with ILS' sho-Q Presenter and Planning system and packaged as a complete solution in the ILS16 SpeakersCorner lectern. The two companies agreed this month to work on joint developments.

Where sho-Q is streamlining presentations in a seamless flow – regardless of the way the presenters choose to bring their presentations to the lectern – VRPresenter captures the presenter in real time and automatically mixes this image with the output of his/her presentation to form a single XGA data stream at full resolution.

There is no arduous posting process, the data is streamed to the net in real time and optionally recorded for later viewing in eLearning mode.

Like with sho-Q, the operation of the total streaming system is just as intuitive, and training is minimal. A few buttons will initiate the studio-session and allow for manipulation of pre-set camera views mixing the presenter with the presentation output. Transitions are seamless; it only takes one touch to have the presenter in full view, another to have the presentation in full view. Other buttons mix the two in various superpositions.

Henk de Groot, owner of Intelligent Lectern Systems: The Darim VR Presenter is incredibly advanced but very easy to use by the presenter; both our companies have the same vision, and that is to make presenting and distance learning both productive and professional, while requiring less specialist support than ever before. We will keep focus on the AV System Integrator, as where Darim keeps its focus on the broadcast market; this is a very synergetic cooperation.

The VR Presenter was featured for the first time during the INFOCOMM08 show for AV professionals in Las Vegas in June. The system was shown inside the ILS24 platform which has a full 19”rack space inside the lectern. On their booth N5754, ILS also demonstrated new ILS21 and ILS15 Presenter Lectern solutions. Sho-Q software comes with all ILS systems, it was specially written for operating multiple presentations seamlessly bringing productivity and professionalism to occasional presenters and conference organizers alike.



Further integration of the software systems is planned and the ILS16 lectern is a perfect match to offer the solution in a very attractive and robust lectern package which was designed in Switzerland.

Switch to different sources for input, import PowerPoint files, Flash animations, web pages, instructional videos and 3D graphics into the system for playback using a user- or template defined virtual 3D studio environment. Besides use in broadcast studios, lecturing, training, briefing to multiple crowds or classes, an abundance of uses is found in the best education and research institutes, car/plane/spacecraft manufacturing, banks, chemical plants, oil exploration, medical and pharmaceutical companies, government and military briefings and simulations.

Reo Kim, CEO of Darim: ILS is well positioned in the ProAV market, their lecterns are of the highest quality and durability and their Speakerscorner family has exactly the configuration that allows us to integrate our systems very well. The world-class user interfacing, studio template and leader generation capability within the sho-Q development team is a very important asset to our cooperation.

Full XGA image quality streaming has been found a must to create an effective distance learning environment where the student perceives a presence as if he/she were present in the lecture room itself. The VR Presenter system achieves this over regular internet lines at 500Kbps!

The ILS/Darim SpeakerCorner VR Presenter will speed up the changes in modern teaching environments with more professional, more effective, more productive cost-efficient solutions.

For more information:

Darim – www.darim.tv/elearning.html and watch a demo at www.darim.tv/elearning_clips.html

ILS - www.intelligentlecterns.com/ils_main/products.html and www.sho-q.com

The system will be demonstrated at the IBC in Amsterdam September 12 -16. Booth #12P.C39.

ILS has showcased its new ILS22G lectern platform during the Infocomm 2008 in Las Vegas. The new system makes use of Acoustic Pulse Recognition in multiple frames of one glass. It serves a 22” monitor field, keyboard, mouse pad, room control, source control and annotation under a single tempered glass sheet with no bezel around it.  Control buttons are back-lit on demand.
The ILS22G implementation includes complete PC functionality and microphone support in a 25” x 20” x 1.5“-3” package that can be integrated in any podium, table, and cabinet or on any pedestal. The elegant pizza box style package lives up to architects and AV system integrators needs.

3 serial ports, 2 LAN ports, 10 relay switches allow easy implementation of control protocol standards. Sho-Q Presenter provides the ideal support for multiple MS PowerPoint presentations on the integrated 22” display.

ILS provides own solutions to place the system flat on the table, at a lectern style slope, on the wall next to a whiteboard, on a pedestal with electrical lift, and integrated in its ILS24G cabinet. The latter includes 4way and 2way EXTRON switching, controlled again from the glass touch surface.

Henk de Groot, owner of Intelligent Lectern Systems commented: “we already offered a very wide range of intelligent lectern solutions, but found that many lectern shapes were dictated by architectural needs. The ILS22G platform allows quick integration of complete presentation support technology into any prescribed design. It also helps building production volume so that we can dramatically cut lectern costs over time”

Featured for the first time on booth N5754, ILS also demonstrated new ILS21 and ILS15 Presenter Lectern solutions and its ILS24 platform that has a full 19” rack space inside. Sho-Q software comes with all ILS systems, it was specially written for operating multiple presentations seamlessly bringing productivity and professionalism to occasional presenters and conference organizers alike.

In a move to satisfy popular request by the Audio Visual market, ILS announces the ILS24, a larger version of the ILS16 SpeakersCorner. This Swiss designed, German made cabinet now features a full 19” x 19” rack inside the lockable cabinet and has a VESA mount for a much wider range of monitors with tilt and height adjustment. Its marked T-shape allows for easy placement of laptops or beamers. AV systems integrators will find ample space inside to install amplifiers, streaming and multimedia equipment inside next to a PC.

Just like the ILS16 SpeakersCorner, the ILS24 comes professionally pre-wired for any PC, display and optional equipment in use such as a document camera. Also you can switch to the connectors for notebooks on the wing tablets. By implementing 2 Extron 4-way and 2-way switchers next to a KVM switch, you can now switch to different sources while the audience views the display output without interruption from the extended graphics port of the PC. The wing tablets have two height positions; the lower level was added to accommodate a visualizer more comfortably.

“ILS is the only European company in the SMART Technologies furniture catalogue”, says Henk de Groot, “The new VESA mounting capability on the ILS24 – also available on the ILS16 - allow universities, schools and corporations using SMART Sympodium equipment to install the DT770 dual touch display on our platform. New also is the ILS24D, with the capability to put two DT770’s or other displays side by side on a single tilt able plate serving 2 projectors”

During ISE, ILS also announced the capability to insert a SMART Sympodium ID370 into its popular ILS17 lectern and the availability of pedestals with electrical height adjustment and miniPC mounted between DT770 and the pedestal as a low cost alternative platform.

ILS and Audio Visual Material of Farnborough, UK’s highly regarded distributor of complementary systems solutions to the professional audiovisual systems integration channel, have concluded a distribution agreement for major portions of the ILS product line for the entire United Kingdom.
The move by ILS complements its dealer network in the Benelux, Germany and North America.

“We found it effective to support our dealers nearby directly; however for the UK, AV Material could quickly demonstrate to us, that they would be far more productive in supporting current and future UK resellers for ILS Lecterns and Presentation systems. AV Material’s sales and support team has established system integrator relations and tremendous knowledge and skills to serve corporate and institutional markets, education, government and the hospitality industry through its channels” says Henk de Groot, ILS managing director.

“This unique product line fits right in with our target markets. Wherever multiple presentations are part of regular activities, the lecterns with the sho-Q presentations management and delivery support tools is a natural choice for many meeting rooms, lecture halls, auditoriums and business centers, and for the board room. We carry all the complementary systems that round out the perfect solutions System Integrators in the UK are looking for”, says Mark Nisbet, Managing Director of AV Material.

The deal comes after Intelligent Lectern Systems established its North America Operation and set up a representative’s network across the States in the previous month.

ILS also announced sales successes and installations in key places for its sho-Q software and ILS lectern hardware, such as Boston Scientific (conference rooms), Roche Diagnostics (Auditorium for internal and external use), European Space Agency (studio and auditorium right next to all life sized manned spacecraft models), Major Dutch banks (auditorium and meeting rooms), Major European Union conference centers and e.g. the new Romerus University facilities in Vilnius. SMART Technologies of Calgary has added the ILS16 SpeakersCorner to its furniture catalog for its resellers.

Participating with its ILS booth at the largest AV Professional Specialist Show Infocomm in Anaheim, Henk de Groot President and Owner of ILS commented: “The hundreds of opportunities presented to us during the show, from many large AV dealers and system integrators, from large companies, from distributors and OEM’s made it abundantly clear to us, that we had to move quickly to establish a focal point for channel relations and support. In Niall we have the right experience and trust to get high quality business development and customer support for both our lectern hardware and our Sho-Q presentation software with a running start.”