SaluteJazz (formerly SberJazz, Jazz by Sber)

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2024

Compatibility with MSVSPHERE 9

Inferit and SberDevices have confirmed the compatibility of the MSVSFERA 9 operating system with the SaluteJazz AI platform for corporate communications. Softline announced this on October 18, 2024. Read more here.

SaluteJazz Support in Sber Pro Interactive Business Panels

Sberbank introduced a line of business devices - interactive panels, professional Sber screens and two sets of video conferencing equipment. One of the main features of the new devices is full support for the AI-communication platform SaluteJazz, with which you can conveniently connect to online meetings in one touch from the calendar. Representatives of Sberbank reported this to TAdviser on September 4, 2024. The devices were developed by Sberbank's partner, SberDevices. Read more here.

SaluteJazz 2.0 with upgraded media core

The SaluteJazz communication platform (formerly SberJazz) moves to another media core (the main module responsible for audio and video processing), based on SberDevices' own developments. Due to this, the technical characteristics of the platform will be improved, which will provide users with the highest quality of communication, corresponding to the level of foreign video conference market leaders . The developer announced this on July 19, 2024.

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The updated version of SaluteJazz will provide improved image quality: adaptive adjustment of FPS (Frames Per Second) will allow you to achieve smooth and as realistic as possible display of dynamic content when showing the screen. SaluteJazz will also support the most modern video codecs (Vp8, Vp9, H264, AV1) and will provide high picture quality regardless of the communication channel width and client equipment capacity. And in order for the video quality not to depend on changes in the speed of the Internet, a dynamic adjustment of Concentration Control will be used. Opus + RED protocols will be responsible for the purity and stability of the audio signal, guaranteeing high-quality audio communication.

In addition, the platform will improve the quality of intelligent noise cancellation, it will be possible to upload images, for example with the company logo, to replace the virtual background. Also, users of the cloud version will be able to connect to meetings from meeting rooms from Cisco, Poly, Huawei equipment via SIP (Session Initiation Protocol). Previously, only users of the on-prem version of the product had this opportunity.

Since July 2024, the migration of platform users to the updated version of SaluteJazz began.

Automatic Video Meeting Summarization Available

videoconferences The function of automatic summing up of video meetings, implemented on the basis of the model, has become available to business customers of the neural network service for SberJazz. GigaChat This was Sber announced on February 20, 2024.

To quickly summarize online meetings with colleagues or partners, the organizer will need to press just one button "Get meeting results." SberJazz will automatically form an informative squeeze with fragments of a video call: key meeting topics, tasks and notes. The user will be able to copy the necessary information from the finished document, adjust it at his discretion and send it to colleagues.

Automatic summarization of the text will allow during the meeting to concentrate on communicating with colleagues and discussing important tasks, and delegate the creation of a protocol to artificial intelligence.

{{quote 'author=said Denis Filippov, Vice President, Digital Surfaces, Salute, Sberbank. | GigaChat is actively and continuously developing, for example, we recently announced that it surpassed the quality of responses in Russian and English. ChatGPT-3.5 This was shown by the results of the MMLU (Massive Multitask Language Understanding) exam, which includes 57 questions in mathematics, physics, history, medicine, as well as questions on general knowledge. And the software interface for accessing the neural network model GigaChat - GigaChat API opens up opportunities for our partners to effectively use generative artificial intelligence in business, which is already actively used by developers of applications and digital products. The service copes well with many tasks, including summarization of text. Developing SberJazz, we rely on the introduction of generative artificial intelligence technologies together with the speech technologies of the SaluteSpeech platform to strengthen the product and offer the business a Russian communication solution that can significantly increase the productivity of online meetings,}}

In large companies, dozens of meetings can take place during one day, during which many reports, protocols and other documents are formed. This takes a lot of time from employees and slows down the process of executing orders. The summarization built into SberJazz will allow managers and their assistants, sellers, HR specialists, employees of advertising and marketing agencies and many other specialists to save time. And users who, for some reason, could not take part in the meeting will not have to revise the recording of the entire video call or read its full transcript. They will be able to familiarize themselves with the key points in a few minutes, which will increase the efficiency of the entire workflow.

SberJazz has many other features for comfortable business communication. Users have access to video calls up to 200 participants, webinars for 3,000 listeners and 100 speakers, a built-in corporate messenger with personal chats, channels and threads (discussion branches). The service is also convenient to use in office spaces: it is easy to connect to it through video terminals in meeting rooms.

Summarization is already available in the cloud version of the product to all business license users.

2023

SberJazz XR

Sber expanded the capabilities of the SberJazz service and on November 27, 2023 presented video meetings in 3D spaces - SberJazz XR (Extended Reality).

SberJazz XR will enable vibrant presentations and create new customer experiences to increase brand loyalty and trust. For company employees who work in hybrid teams, the tool will make it possible to share ideas at a distance, but at the same time be able to relax from the camera and not lose contact with interlocutors. Also, the use of SberJazz XR will help add elements of the game and the feeling of being present in the online learning process in small groups, which has a beneficial effect on the perception of material by students.

The meeting in 3D space can be organized by all holders of SberJazz business licenses. To do this, you need to create an appointment in the browser, enable the "Meeting with 3D" option and send out an invitation. Participants who receive this invitation will need to click on the link, open the "View" tab and click on the "3D" button. After that, a virtual environment with animated avatars will appear on the screen, which can move in space and interact with each other, for example: raise your hand to take a word, show reactions with gestures, and much more.

As of November 2023, SberJazz XR meetings are PC-only and are designed for 50 avatars. At the same time, the rest of the participants can join them in the usual audio and video format.

Beta testing of corporate messenger

The corporate messenger function has appeared in the SberJazz video conferencing service as part of the closed beta testing. Users will be able to hold online meetings and conduct working correspondence in the same environment, the communication platform will become a single tool for communication between teams. This was announced on September 26, 2023 by SberMarketing.

Now in SberJazz it will be possible not only to schedule video meetings, but also to correspond with the team in chats: find colleagues in the search, send them text messages, exchange files, set reactions, configure notifications and much more.

With the added features, employees and managers will be able to stay in the same information field and maintain transparency of communication. The messenger is based on public and private channels - spaces for working communication between teams combined by a product, project or direction. In them, employees can discuss issues on topics, make announcements and be aware of all the news. For ease of communication, threads are provided - discussion branches under the message, they save users from unnecessary notifications and help them find what they need faster. information

Continuing the general philosophy of the brand, the corporate messenger in SberJazz is simple and easy to use. Everything is clear in it from the first contact, and even a new team member will be able to immediately start working with the service without the help of colleagues.

The ability to conduct interactive webinars to an audience of up to 2,000 people

The functionality of the Russian video conferencing service SberJazz has expanded. The platform has the opportunity to conduct interactive webinars to an audience of up to 2000 people with 100 speakers. This was reported by representatives of Sberbank on April 4, 2023.

Now users of the corporate version of SberJazz can add a webinar function to their tariff to organize online events for a large audience with separated virtual spaces for speakers and viewers.

The online tool will allow you to hold informational and final meetings, HR events, including onboarding of new employees, marketing activities, webinars of sales departments, educational events from lectures and seminars to scientific conferences and much more.

All options of the corporate version of the service will be available in SberJazz webinars, including automatic text decoding of dialogs, recording meetings, chat with reactions and simultaneous display of the screen by several speakers at once. In addition, forms for conducting polls in the chat will be added, as well as the ability to broadcast events to popular video hosting sites.

SberJazz is included in. Unified Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases Ministry of Digital Development

Astra Linux Special Edition compatibility confirmed

The service for videoconferences SberJazz is fully compatible with. OS Astra Linux Special Edition The correct work Russian software stack is officially certificate confirmed by No. 10498/2022 issued by the vendor as part of the Ready IT for manufacturers cooperation program. Astra Linux This was reported on February 02, 2023 at. GC "Astra"

Confirmation of product compatibility means that Russian organizations from different, industries economies including those who need the most reliable IT, protection can use for video conference in their internal circuit completely domestic software stack and at the same time be 100% confident in its performance.

The use of SberJazz on OS Astra Linux makes it possible to implement an increased level. information security Due to the presence of current systems enciphering protected and video protocols in the solution with any connection format, the level safety communications meets strict bank standards. And the protection of the product is helped by the company - BI.ZONE the service infrastructure is under the round-the-clock supervision of experts from the Center for Monitoring and Response to. cyber threats

The wide functionality of SberJazz includes text transcription of speech, simultaneous demonstration of participant screens, noise cancellation, etc. The flexible configuration provided by the developers allows the customer to gain full control over the corporate VKS: allow access to the system only to authorized users, analyze events, manage the actions of meeting participants, etc. The product is registered in the "Unified Register of Russian Programs for Electronic Computers and Databases" Ministry of Digital Development Russia, suitable for IT import substitution and focused on organizations from various industries that need to ensure the convenient and efficient operation of distributed teams.

In 2023, it is extremely important to provide market up-to-date domestic protected ones. decisions- Sber an expert who not only forms such proposals, but also relies on. import-independent technologies Thanks to the proven compatibility of Astra Linux Special Edition ON with SberJazz, the company confidently offers a high-level functional Russian software stack. data protection noted Dmitry Tarakanov, Head of the Department for the Development of Technological Cooperation of Astra Group of Companies.

2022

Organization of video meetings using the "Planerka" service

The Russian service for planning online meetings "Planerka" is integrated with the service for video conferences SberJazz, developed by the SberDevices team. Now users of the service can schedule and schedule video meetings in SberJazz without unnecessary correspondence, taking into account free slots in the calendar, form a call schedule, daily plans and configure notifications. This was reported on December 19, 2022 by representatives of the company "Working Solutions," the developer of the Glider service. Read more here.

Special tariff for educational institutions

Sber October 31, 2022 announced an increase in the availability of its SberJazz video conferencing service for educational institutions. So, now Russian schools, technical schools and universities can connect its corporate licenses at a special tariff 40% cheaper than the standard one. And for an annual subscription - get another 3 months as a gift.

"We understand how important quality education plays in the life of the country and all its citizens. And we are glad that the technologies and services we have developed help improve the educational process, give both teachers and students new opportunities. Many universities and schools already use SberJazz in the educational process. Therefore, Sberbank offered educational institutions a special corporate tariff - 40% cheaper than the standard one, "- Denis Afanasyev, director of the B2B products division of Sberbank Salute.

SberJazz has two types of licenses that are suitable for any educational institution. The Business tariff - up to 100 accounts - for 4800 rubles a year for one license at a special tariff. And the Corporate tariff - more than 100 accounts - for 6600 rubles a year at a special tariff. If necessary, you can increase the number of licenses and transfer them between teachers and students.

Thanks to the SDK and API tools, the service can be built into any educational platforms, instant messengers, portals and other corporate systems for communication.

Users with corporate licenses can invite up to 200 participants to the meeting without time limits, turn on noise cancellation, receive automatic text transcription of dialogs, create closed meetings, prohibit video meetings, turn on and off microphones, apply corporate login and password authorization, and much more.

Corporate VS public version of video conferencing services

In addition to the corporate version, many VKS services have a public version, which can be used for free for personal and sometimes business communication. And then the question arises, does someone other than big business buy paid licenses? And if so, what kind of functionality motivates organizations to pay for the video communication of their employees. Our editors tried to answer these and other questions with the SberDevices team, the developer of the Jazz by Sber video conferencing service. Read more here.

Import substitution in the VKS market: Jazz by Sber

From a practical point of view, the Russian corporate-level video conferencing system should become as convenient and functional as popular foreign counterparts. At the same time, it should attract the attention of users with their own technological ideas and successful business models that meet the needs and wishes of customers from the corporate sector of Russia. Based on such ideas, Sberbank has developed a service for video conferencing - Jazz by Sber. Read more here.

The advent of automatic speech recognition technology

On March 5, 2022, Sberbank"" reported that videoconferences the Jazz by service, Sber which allows you to create up to hangouts 200 people for free without restrictions on, time introduced Automatic speech recognition Speech Recognition (ASR) technology, thanks to which you can see the transcript of the conversation in real time or download the full text of the conversation at any time video meeting.

Jazz by Sber is suitable for communication with friends and family, as well as for corporate use. You can launch video in one click in the Salyut mobile application, web browsers, through the Jazz Desktop computer application, on the SberPortal smart display and a smart TV media center with the SberBox Top camera, while the service allows you to seamlessly switch between devices during a call.

The text of the meeting is at hand

You can use the decryption in the Jazz by Sber Desktop desktop application and in the web version of the service. Now, during a meeting, the user can concentrate more on communication, and not on taking notes. Also, transcribing will help a late or temporarily distracted participant quickly join the conversation, make it easier to use video calls for people with hearing impairment.

Recognition works on the basis of its own technology from SberDevices -, SmartSpeech- which provides high speed and quality of recognition, including names, complex terms and long words.

To use the decryption, you need to download the Jazz by Sber Desktop application or go to the web version of the service and log in to Sber ID"" on the site Sber (you don't have to be a Sberbank client to get an "ID"). Then you need to create conference and invite at least one interlocutor there. Recognition only works if two or more people participate in the meeting. The authorized user who created the conference will be its administrator and will be able to enable or disable decryption in the "Other" section in the service settings at any time. Any of the meeting participants will be able to see and download the text of the transcript of the conversation. Text is displayed online in the "Communication" tab along with messages in the chat. Thus, everything that is said by voice or written in the chat becomes available in the format - in the dialogue window.

Call Security and Management

The service has a smart noise cancellation function and the ability to connect without video in order to call up conveniently, regardless of the quality of the Internet and external conditions, as well as the option of video recording of the meeting.

The call administrator mode allows you to remove participants from the conference, control the switching on or blocking of microphones and cameras, manage screen display rights, open or close chat access.

The SOC Monitoring and Response Center team cyber threats BI.ZONE is responsible for connection security, which provides Threat Detection and Response to the Jazz service. Within its framework, incidents are monitored cyber security and responded to. Experts. BI ZONE monitor the appearance of early signs cyber attacks of any type around the clock and prevent them. Servers video services are located on the territory Russia and placed in. cloud SberCloud

As of March 5, 2022 information , according to the company, Jazz by Sber is available to users for free. And thanks to the presence of SDK the business, it is possible to implement the functions of video conferencing and video calls in its own products.

2021

The advent of smart noise cancellation technology from Nvidia

On December 6, 2021, Sber announced that Jazz by Sber, a video conferencing service, introduced smart noise cancellation technology based on Nvidia's Maxine platform, for which this integration was one of the first in global practice. Thanks to an artificial intelligence-based solution, extraneous noise is automatically removed.

Jazz allows everyone to create and conduct video conferences for up to 100 people without restrictions on, watch time video synchronously in, Internet make seamless transfer of calls between devices, and all participants can display the screen at the conferences same time.

The service can be used in a browser, in the Jazz Desktop application, as well as on Sber devices with a camera - the SberPortal smart display and the SberBox Top TV media center. You can also connect to the call in the Salyut mobile application. At the same time, Jazz is a service not only for home use, it is also intended to become a solution for the corporate sector. It can be used as a platform for video conferencing and remote work, and the business has the ability to implement video conferencing and video calling functions in third-party products.

Nvidia's solution, integrated into the service, improves the quality of communication if a person is in a noisy place during a call, removing extraneous noise and sharp sounds from the sound. For example, if a child cries against the background of a conversation, a dog barks, or construction noise comes from the window, thanks to the use of an AI model, the service drowns out these sounds, leaving only the speaker's voice.

Nvidia Maxine allows you to improve the sound and video quality of standard microphones and webcams in real time. Maxine technology is designed to scale up to thousands of simultaneous streams, and the simultaneous processing of thousands of audio and video streams occurs without compromising quality. Current AI models can remove background noise without affecting the sound of speech.

"During the pandemic, video calls have become a daily reality for millions of people, but the surrounding conditions reduce the quality of communication. When creating Jazz by Sber, the SberDevices team set itself the task of creating such a call service that will not limit users, no matter what conditions they are in, and will also support sufficiently high video and sound quality, and now the sound has become better, thanks to our partnership with Nvidia, "- says Konstantin Kruglov, CEO of SberDevices, Senior Vice President for New Digital Surfaces at Sberbank.

Launch of the Jazz by Sber service

On April 8, 2021, the day after the news that Zoom was stopping working with Russian government agencies, Sberbank announced the launch of the Jazz by Sber service, which will allow everyone to create and conduct video meetings using only a browser and an Internet connection. As of the day of the announcement, the service is at the final stage of testing, Sberbank said.

A quick reaction to emerging market challenges is one of the goals of Sberbank's Agile transformation

Jazz will become the basis of a solution for the corporate sector, which can be deployed in the technological contour of the customer company, on its infrastructure, and integrated into the existing IT landscape, the launch was announced. The advantage of such an architecture is security - all calls are made in the perimeter of the company, and the work of the service itself cannot be blocked or adjusted from the outside, add in Sberbank. Access to the video meetings themselves can be limited only to a certain circle of people, unlike decisions where anyone with a link can come to the meeting.

Enterprise Jazz will operate on the basis of the open WebRTC library, which uses a protected RTCP video protocol, uses OpenSource solutions, does not require downloading applications to the device, allows all participants to share images from their screen and quickly switch between them and, most importantly, has no time limit for the meeting.

Jazz is being developed by SberDevices, a division of Sberbank specializing in smart devices, solutions based on artificial intelligence in areas such as speech technologies, natural language understanding technologies, facial and voice biometrics.

The official distributor and technological partner of the corporate version of Jazz by Sber will be a company from the Sberbank ecosystem - "Dialogue" - the developer of a secure messenger for business Dialog Enterprise. The merger of the videoconferencing platform and the messenger will complement the Dialogue solution to create a communication working environment, they say in Sberbank.

Companies and corporations in Russia are interested in reliable solutions that will not turn off at the most unexpected moment. We took this need into account and in the near future we will offer the business a convenient and functional platform for organizing video conferencing Jazz by Sber, and in the future - similar mobile applications for iOS and Android. Our solution meets all the requirements of Russian legislation, safety standards and provides a comfortable customer experience, - said David Rafalovsky, CTO Sberbank Group, Executive Vice President, Head of the Technologies Unit of Sberbank

A quick reaction to emerging market challenges is one of the goals of Sberbank's Agile transformation, which can be read more about at the link.