[tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:48:52 -0500
Thanks Lynn and Liz for the tip; I went and check out the "overview" of
talking communities, and listened to a demo session.
unfortunately, they do not have full duplex conferencing, and the sound
quality I heard was very inferior to that of TeamTalk, which is CD audio
quality, in stereo, with 3d placement simulation (if you want all that).
the shared desktop of talking communities does seem to be similar to
that of Accessible Events, which is a nice feature. I can't remember
right now if Accessible events is full duplex or not, but for free
usage, they only allow 4 participants, so that puts them out.
I don't know how I could get free usage of Talking Communities, and what
the limitations are on number of participants; Liz, did you mention free
usage through FCB?
assuming I could get free usage, and had a need for a shared desktop,
and more than 4 people, talking communities does seem to be the best
choice. If I were paying the modest fee, I'd rather use accessible
events, as I think it's full duplex. If I want just audio and shared
files without shared desktop, I'm still blown away by the capabilities
of TeamTalk.
I hope people will tune in tonight at 8, or any time if you'll contact
me, just so you can see what it's like to talk to one another and have
it sound like you're in the same room.
thanks again for the help in researching all these options.
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not
necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public Service Commission.)
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From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn Evans
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:45 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on Accessible
Event, offer ends December 31
Yes Chip it is thesame thing.
----- Original Message -----
From: Allison and Chip Orange
<mailto:acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:16 AM
Subject: [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on
Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
Do they have to download it to see it Lynne? if so,
then they'd have to have the associated software on their pc in order to
see it.
what accessible events has, which is what the commercial
meeting services have, is a shared desktop such that you can see what
the presenter is showing you from another window on their desktop. so,
I could show you how a new window eyes macro that I wrote is going to
work, without anyone having to own window eyes or have a copy of the
macro.
thanks to you and Liz for the update though on Talking
Communities.
Chip
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From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn Evans
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 1:37 AM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on
Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
talking communities client has a shared document
section. That is the group leader can put up a slide presentation for
each user to see.
However only one person can talk at a time.
There is a text chat area
Also each user can record the session on their own hard
drive.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
<mailto:Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: free account for personal
use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
Oh sorry, different software:
in this case, you get *a lot* more than just a
voice chat: you get a shared desktop, so that all the participants of
the meeting can see the powerpoint presentation, or the Word document,
you're making part of your presentation. they each can actually read
the document, each one having their own copy and so being able to read
at their own spot of the document.
It's not the same class of software as TeamTalk,
Skype, or the talking communities, which are only chat (except TeamTalk
which throws in common file sharing and video chat, but still isn't a
shared document presentation space).
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely those of the
author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida Public
Service Commission.)
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From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elizabeth S. Bowden
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 3:15 PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] Re: free account for
personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
I believe you can get the same access
through Talking Communities, as on the FCB Web page. I'm not sure
though.
----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Orange
<mailto:Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:57 PM
Subject: [tabi] Re: free account for
personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
Hi Everyone,
I'd really urge everyone to get one of
these free accounts (before December 31) after viewing the demo provided
on their home page. especially so if you belong to any committee or
group.
It does appear that as a participant,
you would have a distinct advantage if you're using a braille display,
as the screen changes under the control of the presenter as they display
for you a word document or a powerpoint slide or a web page, and it's a
little difficult to move around and listen to a synthesizer at the same
time as you are listening to the presenter speaking.
this aside, it's an amazing technical
feat to have audio streaming, while your pc is under remote control (in
a way) as they cause various apps on their computer to open, but which
allow you to move around to read the screen, and you can speak or write
questions and comments to the presenter.
It's a great tool for a business meeting
with documents to be discussed, it's not as good as a telephone
conference call if you're just needing to hold a conversation; but it
sure helps overcome the transportation problem, and in many ways allows
a participant to get more out of the documents being discussed, since
you're right there at a computer able to read them, than if you were at
the meeting in person, where you'd likely not have a computer.
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely
those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida
Public Service Commission.)
________________________________
From: tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tabi-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chip Orange
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:34
PM
To: tabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [tabi] free account for
personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
Hi all,
below is a sales pitch for the SeroTech
Accessible Event service. the interesting thing is that they are
offering free basic accounts, for personal use, if you sign up before
December 31. however, the free service which comes with this type of
account is free for life (they say).
the link in the press release for the
sign up is incorrect; it's for a paid type of account. you should not
enter your credit card number at any time for the free type of account.
I believe the corrected link is:
http://accessibleevent.com/services/gratis/5/
I got there by going to the "home" link,
and then choosing "sign up", and then "basic".
this account allows you to host an
online meeting with 3 attendees. there's a demo on the home page of the
web site showing you what's possible in such an online meeting. no
special software, other than a browser with flash, is required.
enjoy.
Chip
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Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
(Any opinions expressed are solely
those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Florida
Public Service Commission.)
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From: Serotek Announcements
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Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 12:05
PM
To: Chip Orange
Subject: Season's Meetings from Serotek
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- From: Elizabeth S. Bowden
- [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
- [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
- [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
- From: Allison and Chip Orange
- [tabi] Re: free account for personal use, on Accessible Event, offer ends December 31
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