Systems and methods for integrated conferencing platform

A computer-implemented method of audio processing for a conferencing environment, the computer-implemented method comprising:(a) executing, by one or more processors of a conferencing device comprising one or more microphones, a conferencing application stored in a memory of the conferencing device, the conferencing application comprising a digital signal processing component and a virtual audio device driver;(b) capturing, using the one or more microphones of the conferencing device, near-end audio signals produced by conference participants situated in the conferencing environment;(c) receiving far-end input audio signals at the virtual audio device driver from a third- party conferencing software module;(d) processing the near-end audio signals and the far-end input audio signals using the digital signal processing component, the processing comprising:applying acoustic echo cancellation techniques to one or more of the near-end audio signals, andgenerating audio output signals based on the near-end audio signals and the far- end input audio signals;

• and(e) outputting the audio output signals to the conference participants situated in the conferencing environment via one or more networked speakers.

A conferencing device for audio processing in a conferencing environment, the conferencing device comprising:one or more processors, a memory, and a conferencing application stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the conferencing application comprising a digital signal processing component and a virtual audio device driver, wherein the virtual audio device driver is configured to receive far-end input audio signals from a third-party conferencing software module, and wherein the digital signal processing component is configured to:

• apply acoustic echo cancellation techniques to one or more near-end audio signals captured from one or more microphones, andgenerate audio output signals based on the near-end audio signals and the far-end input audio signals.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a conferencing device comprising one or more microphones, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:capturing, using the one or more microphones of the conferencing device, near-end audio signals produced by conference participants situated in a conferencing environment;receiving far-end input audio signals at a virtual audio device driver from a third-party conferencing software module;processing the near-end audio signals and the far-end input audio signals using a digital signal processing component, the processing comprising:applying acoustic echo cancellation techniques to one or more of the near-end audio signals, andgenerating audio output signals based on the near-end audio signals and the far-end input audio signals;

• andoutputting the audio output signals to the conference participants situated in the conferencing environment via one or more networked speakers.