Videoconferencing Without Busting Your Budget Miguel Bordo Deb Kinney
Budgets Not What They Used To Be Looking at alternatives Web based solutions Cheap equipment (webcams, mics, headsets, etc.) Ease of use for client (faculty, staff, students)
Why Use Video/Audio Conferencing Time/Convenience Environmental Impact
Why Use Video/Audio Conferencing Budget Resource Management
Why Use Video/Audio Conferencing Educational Opportunities - Distance Learning
Why Use Video/Audio Conferencing Document sharing Team building Legal proceedings Special speakers
Why use Free options? Budget Ease of use Highly Portable Lack of Technical Support No other options
Free VC Options Skype Sightspeed ooVoo palbee Wengomeeting iChat DimDim
More Free VC Options and One Low Cost Option Paltalk – Polycom PVX software
Live or Memorex?
Courtroom of the future Remote testimony Evidence sharing Courtroom 21 project
Webcams USB based or Firewire Automatic or manual operation Different resolutions Some come with built-in mics Cost - $20 - $130 Brands - Logitech, Labtec, Sony, Acer, Panasonic, Phillips
Microphones USB based Omni-directional Desktop Options from $10 to $150 Brands – Logitech, Phillips, GE, SYBA
Headsets Better than stand alone mics Uni-directional Noise cancelling Analog and USB connections Cost $40 - $150 Brands - Plantronics, Logitech, Altec Lansing and Labtec
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