An Introduction To Audio Conferencing Services


by Dwayne Hall - Date: 2008-06-16 - Word Count: 375 Share This!

Audio conferencing services are offered by independent service bureaus. Long distance providers usually use sophisticated call connection "bridges" to join many different phone calls into a single conversation. Conferencing services allow meetings to take place even when everyone cannot be in the same room, connecting people in different branch offices for a sales meeting or providing quarterly results to investors.

Customer can access the conferencing service with a dial-in number and an optional password to disseminate among the group of callers. Such a password to access the service can be either permanent, with a limited usage (number of calls, time period, etc.), or created only for a single teleconference session.

Face-To-Face Technology

Also with web conferencing every participant will need to be online, which means everyone would need a computer and access to the Internet. If the conference is audio web video conferencing, it will have to be a high-speed connection. While web conferencing is usually more expensive, the fact that infinite amounts of data can be transferred and immediately reviewed easily outweighs this factor.

Audio conferencing can be used for group work when a small group of students is assigned a team project. They would meet via the audio conference bridge at scheduled times to complete their work. The project work can be presented by video, audio, and computer conference depending upon the content.

Smooth Communication

Web conferencing with audio provides an appropriate medium for incorporating certain visual elements into the flow of verbal communication, enabling participants to view a PowerPoint presentation, take a guided Web tour or collaborate on documents with others. In many cases, Web conferencing can even enable remote control of a participant's computer. Web conferencing differs from video or voice over Internet protocol in that it involves sharing data over a browser while the parties use a teleconference.

Some web meeting services provide just desktop sharing capability. Others give you the added capability to select and show a specific document or application only. You can also pass control to an attendee in your meeting, making that person the presenter.

In Conclusion

Some Web conferencing technologies are simply not ready for widespread use. Sometimes Voice over IP-real-time voice delivered via the Web-is one such technology because when it's used, the slides are often out of sync with the presenter's voice.

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