Something that is desperately missing from video conferencing software is walkie-talkie-like interface and capabilities that allow for stop-start convos. This might seem silly but it would help tremendously for those in developing countries.
Lots of our collaborators are in developing countries with terrible internet, so we end up resorting to video chat + phone call.
Phone calling is part of the problem and does not solve the issue at hand.
The central issue is that video conferencing software assumes face to face meetings. However if you use video conf for demonstrating anything it all goes to hell due to choppy video and compression.
If you ever extend your software to have stop start system let me know. It will spread like wild fire on developing countries
Push to talk can be nice though IME requires diligence and trust. I had a private Mumble server to chat with coworkers outside the company resources. It was OK-ish. Folks didn't really buy in to the always stay connected then push to talk or side rooms style.
Slack seems to be trying to find a middle path with huddles.
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Something that is desperately missing from video conferencing software is walkie-talkie-like interface and capabilities that allow for stop-start convos. This might seem silly but it would help tremendously for those in developing countries.
Lots of our collaborators are in developing countries with terrible internet, so we end up resorting to video chat + phone call.
FreeConferenceCall[.com] allows to participate in meetings by phone and SMS.
That's beside of typical video/chat conferencing capabilities.
Client is pretty small ~20 Mb monolithic (a.k.a. portable) executable that can be loaded in seconds even on low bandwidth networks.
If someone is interested, here https://terrainformatica.com/2022/02/19/freeconferencecall-a... I've explained how it was done (in 9 months).
Phone calling is part of the problem and does not solve the issue at hand.
The central issue is that video conferencing software assumes face to face meetings. However if you use video conf for demonstrating anything it all goes to hell due to choppy video and compression.
If you ever extend your software to have stop start system let me know. It will spread like wild fire on developing countries
Push to talk can be nice though IME requires diligence and trust. I had a private Mumble server to chat with coworkers outside the company resources. It was OK-ish. Folks didn't really buy in to the always stay connected then push to talk or side rooms style.
Slack seems to be trying to find a middle path with huddles.