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Ai-Media Introduces LEXI Viewer: Revolutionizing Live Events with Cutting-Edge Captioning Solution

BROOKLYN, N.Y., July 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ai–Media, the industry leader in technology–driven live captioning, transcription, and translation solutions, is delighted to unveil the ground–breaking LEXI Viewer. This innovative solution revolutionizes how event organizers captivate audiences. Say farewell to the constraints of traditional approaches and prepare to embrace a new era of unrivalled event engagement.

In today's dynamic event landscape, creating an exceptional experience for all attendees is paramount. LEXI Viewer offers a user–friendly and cost–effective solution to enhance inclusivity, catering to diverse audience types. By seamlessly integrating with our flagship LEXI automatic captioning solution, we can deliver unparalleled captioning quality. Users can effortlessly click their way to captioning, taking full control of LEXI through the front panel LCD screen or a wireless remote. This ingenious functionality ensures a captivating and dynamic experience for both event organizers and attendees alike.

“Enhancing the live event experience for all individuals is our unwavering commitment, and as pioneers in the industry, we proudly present LEXI Viewer as a groundbreaking solution,” says James Ward, Chief Sales Officer of Ai–Media. “With the exciting addition of click–to–caption functionality, coupled with cutting–edge technology and our powerful AI–driven captioning solution, we are revolutionizing inclusivity and uplifting the engagement of diverse audiences."

LEXI Viewer boasts an array of display modes designed to cater to diverse presentation styles and brand requirements, ensuring optimal visibility of presentation content while delivering crystal–clear captions:

  • Full Screen Mode: Captions are displayed on the entire screen, offering maximum accessibility to a large audience. Various line spacing and text size options are available, accommodating individual preferences.
  • Background Image Mode: Users can overlay four rows of captions on a custom background image, providing complete configurability of caption appearance, including font, text size, positioning, and color. This allows event organizers to maintain their branding while prioritizing inclusivity.
  • Caption Decoder Mode: Captions can be displayed over the input video to mimic the behaviour of a consumer caption decoder while offering customization options for font and text color.
  • Scaler Mode: Users can maintain full visibility of presentation content by scaling down the input video by 20% and displaying two rows of captions above or below the video.

Furthermore, event organizers can enhance captioning security and retain greater control of their data by pairing LEXI Viewer with LEXI Local. This powerful solution provides LEXI automatic captions on–premises, eliminating cloud–related concerns and ensuring complete data privacy.

“We understand the importance of data security and privacy, and our LEXI Local solution addresses these concerns, providing event organizers with enhanced control over their valuable data,” adds James Ward. “With LEXI Viewer and LEXI Local, we are offering a comprehensive accessibility solution that goes beyond expectations.”

To explore the future of live events, contact sales@ai–media.tv for inquiries or to request a personalized demonstration.

About Ai–Media

Founded in Australia in 2003, technology company Ai–Media is a global leader in live and recorded captioning, transcription and translation solutions. The company helps the world's leading broadcasters, enterprises and government agencies ensure high accuracy, secure and cost–effective captioning via its AI–powered LEXI automatic captioning solution. LEXI captions are delivered to millions of screens worldwide via Ai–Media's range of captioning encoders and its iCap Cloud Network "" the world's largest, most secure caption delivery network. Globally, Ai–Media delivers over 8 million minutes of live and recorded media monthly. Ai–Media trades on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX:AIM). For more information, please visit Ai–Media.tv.

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Employers Turn to Business School Grads for Skills of Today and Tomorrow

RESTON, Va., July 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Despite unfavorable macroeconomic conditions and looming uncertainties, employers remain confident in hiring graduates from business schools, according to a survey of corporate recruiters released today by the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC). GMAC, a global association representing leading business schools, published findings from the 2023 survey that explores which skills employers think will characterize the future workplace "" and how prepared they view candidates of MBA and business master's degrees to be.

Employers say communication, data analysis, and strategy are currently among the most important skills for business school graduates "" and most say their importance will continue to grow. Notably, U.S. employers interested in tech skills highly value their future importance but think business school graduates could be better prepared on specific technological capabilities. U.S. recruiters "" along with their colleagues in the finance and accounting sectors "" are also more critical of candidates' preparedness to leverage some important communication skills compared to other regions and think business schools could better build their graduates' intercultural skills.

"The outlook among most employers indicates that business schools are on the right track preparing their graduates with the skills of current and growing importance to successfully navigate an information loaded and AI–affected world," said Joy Jones, CEO of GMAC. "It is our belief that business schools and their graduates will rise to the challenge in upgrading the critical skills of the future "" be it cross–cultural competence, Web3 and Blockchain, or digital communication "" to allow them to thrive in global, hybrid organizations and make meaningful impact in an ever–changing environment."

Other Key Findings:

Overall, employers tend to believe business school can offer an advantage over talent without a graduate management education. Employers from Asia and Fortune 500 companies have a more optimistic view of the abilities and advancement potential of business school graduates, but also are more likely to recruit more heavily from "leading" business schools. And as in previous years, employers continue to value talent from in–person programs over those with online degrees or micro–credentials only.

"Graduates of online business degrees should talk about their credentials differently depending on the employer""employers in Asia are more likely to value the degree itself, while U.S. and consulting employers would rather hear about specific skills candidates attained," suggested Andrew Walker, director of research analysis and communications at GMAC and the author of the report. "Micro–credentials in and of themselves are less likely to impress employers compared to graduate business degrees though the skills they bring are appreciated by some employers."

The survey also examines how macroeconomic conditions are influencing hiring and salary decisions across industries and around the globe. Encouragingly, even after accounting for inflation, MBA salaries in 2023 in the United States are expected to be higher than 2022 projections, while industry and business master's salaries may drop. Despite reported recession concerns, 2023 hiring plans remain optimistic, with some anticipated growth in hiring among business master's compared to actual 2022 results.

About the Survey

For more than two decades, the Corporate Recruiters Survey from GMAC has provided the world's graduate business schools and employers with data and insights to understand current trends in hiring, compensation, skill demand, and perceptions of MBA and business master's graduates. GMAC, together with survey partners European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) and the MBA Career Services and Employer Alliance (MBA CSEA), collected input from 1,028 respondents in 34 countries and representing 55% of Global Fortune 500 companies from January to March of 2023, in association with the career services offices at participating graduate business schools worldwide. GMAC Research also worked with a market research firm to recruit additional participants to make the overall sample more globally representative.

About GMAC

The Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) is a mission–driven association of leading graduate business schools worldwide. GMAC provides world–class research, industry conferences, recruiting tools, and assessments for the graduate management education industry as well as resources, events, and services that help guide candidates through their higher education journey. Owned and administered by GMAC, the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam is the most widely used graduate business school assessment.

More than 12 million prospective students a year trust GMAC's websites, including mba.com, to learn about MBA and business master's programs, connect with schools around the world, prepare and register for exams and get advice on successfully applying to MBA and business master's programs. BusinessBecause and GMAC Tours are subsidiaries of GMAC, a global organization with offices in China, India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

To learn more about our work, please visit www.gmac.com

Media Contact:

Teresa Hsu
Sr. Manager, Media Relations
Mobile: 202–390–4180
thsu@gmac.com


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Improving Healthcare for All

By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Nazihah Noor
KUALA LUMPUR and BERN, Jul 19 2023 - In 2015, almost all heads of government in the world committed to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including universal health [...] Read more »