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Audio Conferencing Technologies

David WortleyDirector of Serious Games Institute

Audio Conferencing Attributes

� Synchronous

� Verbal communication

only

� Multi party

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Audio Conferencing Solutions

� Audio telephony

bridges / spaces

� Web telephony

bridges / spaces

� Video support

� Collaboration tools

BT Audio Conferencing

Express

Plus

Premium

Global

Access

MeetMe

Global

Access

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BT Express (Pre-Booked)

BT MeetMe (On Demand)

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BT Premium (Pre-Booked)

Skype

� VOIP

� “Free”

� Video option

� File Transfer

� Document

Sharing

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How the Web Enhances Audio Collaboration� Audio meeting booking and management

� Video

� Meeting Recording

� Follow me web page demonstrations

� Presentation tools

� Text questions

� Polling questions

� Document sharing

� Application sharing

Audio Collaboration & Networking

Audio meetings are a cost effective way to

bring people together to collaborate and

make decisions – they are limited by the use

of the medium of voice as the primary

communications tool but web technology

brings many tools to support collaboration.

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Any Questions ?

Audio Conferencing Technologies

David WortleyDirector of Serious Games Institute