Videoconferencing
Goal
- platform for 10-20 people at one time
- One person shares screen
- Good to have other people share screens, too
- Video Capture of development session
- Clear voice
- Chat window
Videoconferencing is a way to connect multiple distributed parties via global communication networks to allow for video and audio exchanges between multiple parties simultaneously. This article is to describe what cross-platform software is currently available for cheap or free and their capabilities.
Comparison of Web Conferencing Software
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software
- Open-Source Software:
OpenMeetings
https://incubator.apache.org/openmeetings/
Meetecho (Partially Proprietary)
BigBlueButton
TokBox (Partially Proprietary)
Webhuddle
OpenMeetings
https://incubator.apache.org/openmeetings/
- Free and Open Source
- Audio and Video Conferencing
- Meeting Recording and Screen Sharing
- File Explorer and Moderating System
- Multi-Whiteboard and Chat
- User and Room Management
- Private Message Centre
- Integrated Calender
- Polls and Votes
- Backup
- Available as a Hosted Service OR Download and Install as Package on Server
- No Usage or User Limitations
MeetingBurner
- Skype integrated
- Meeting analytics
- Mac & PC
Skype
Available for:
- Mac
- Windows
- linux
- Android (audio only in group video chat)
- iOS (audio only in group video chat)
Pricing:
- One-to-one video conferencing: free
- Unlimited audio conferencing: free
- More than two simultaneous video conferencing parties: $4.95/mo
ooVoo
Available for:
- Mac
- Windows
- Android
- iOS
- Web-based
Pricing:
- Up to 6 simultanuous video conferencing parties: Free (with ads)
- Up to 6 simultanuous video conferencing parties: $9.95/mo (no ads)
- Up to 12 simultaneous video conferencing parties: $29.95/mo
buzzumi.com
Available for:
- Web-based
Pricing:
- Up to 6 simultaneous video conferencing parties: Free
based on OpenTok API
Expressway Flexchat
Available for:
- Web-based (multiple rooms)
Pricing:
- Unlimited domain license: $300
Notes
Joe Justice promotes freeconferencecall.com, a web-based audio conferencing software, as used in Scrum project management of WIKISPEED.