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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.
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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 http://www.skype.com/ • Sightspeed http://www.sightspeed.com/ • ooVoo http://www.oovoo.com/ • palbee http://www.palbee.com/index.aspx • Wengomeeting http://www.wengo.fr/ • iChathttp://www.apple.com/support/ichat/ • DimDimhttp://www.dimdim.com/
More Free VC Options and One Low Cost Option • Paltalk – http://www.paltalk.com • Polycom PVX software
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
Any Questions? Discussion? Tomatoes? • Miguel Bordo – bordo@law.duke.edu • Deb Kinney – kinney@law.duke.edu