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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hello Franz and All<BR>
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Yes, Dorfwiki then. I’m OK with that and since no one else has spoken up that’s proposed and seconded !<BR>
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Where on Dorf Wiki do we begin. How do we begin?<BR>
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The Robin Good list looks very ... well er ... Good - Franz<BR>
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My own interests are in grass roots applications, simple and effective and preferably free. I’m interested in applying this to distance learning, cultural exchanges and organisational meetings. I started thinking about the tools again for a couple of reasons: a project I’m putting together where some distance support would be useful. Secondly I’m a director of the UK Community Media Association. We meet every three months and with the board coming from all over the UK the travel costs are horrendous. In these financial times savings must be found. The only drawback is that most online conferences are spent shouting “Can you hear me, your lips are moving but I can’t hear you”.<BR>
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Steve T<BR>
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On 04/10/2010 16:42, "Franz Nahrada" <<a href="f.nahrada@reflex.at">f.nahrada@reflex.at</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hello Steve, everyone!<BR>
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I agree it would be good to start a comparative Matrix of Tools and In<BR>
would be honored if we can do it on Dorfwiki.<BR>
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I think we could cover several categories of products in One Matrix<BR>
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* Video Dialogue<BR>
* Visual Support for Collaborative Work on PCs<BR>
* Mass Streaming tools with Chat<BR>
* High Level Videobridging Environments to reach diverse targets (groups<BR>
in a room with projection, TVs at home)<BR>
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For the first step we might look whats out there<BR>
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I did some first look around<BR>
<a href="http://www.megameeting.com/web-conferencing-chart.html">http://www.megameeting.com/web-conferencing-chart.html</a><BR>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_conferencing_software</a><BR>
<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/irc/services/documents/conftools_compchrt.pdf">http://www.ucop.edu/irc/services/documents/conftools_compchrt.pdf</a><BR>
(facility specific with few option, but very infomative)<BR>
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but the absolute winner is our friend Robin Good in Rome<BR>
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<a href="http://www.masternewmedia.org/best-video-conferencing-tools-free-low-cost-one-to-one-and-multi-party-solutions-mini-guide/">http://www.masternewmedia.org/best-video-conferencing-tools-free-low-cost-one-to-one-and-multi-party-solutions-mini-guide/</a><BR>
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I think that we should co-operate with him and work from this base<BR>
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Franz<BR>
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