And replying for myself - first, insert the usual 'not everyone wants
to use Google Hangouts' statement, whether over privacy, 'all the eggs
in one basket' concerns, their tax stance or whatever...
Secondly, a plea to consider the quality of the experience for the
online viewer! For example, the Institute for Historical Research sets
up a chat and a slide window alongside the video of the speaker and a
twitter hashtag, and they regularly post to say which slide is on the
screen in the room (if it's not visible on the video feed). It sounds
like a lot of faff but it does make it much closer to the experience
of being in the room.
I've also just come across this presentation from Erin Blasco on
'Videotaping & Webcasting Museum Lectures: Access, Social Learning,
and Recycling' http://www.slideshare.net/erintangerine/webcastin-ppt
which is full of tips of audience-centric webcasting.
Cheers, Mia
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On 23 May 2013 19:51, Mia <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: Marieke Guy <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 23 May 2013 18:43:10 BST
> To: Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>
> Cc: HARRIS TONY <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Video conference/conferencing
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> Hi Tony,
>
> There are lots of different ways to do this, it really depends on the
> quality of streaming you want and how much you want to pay.
>
> I wrote a blog post a while back on different approaches you can take:
> http://remoteworker.wordpress.com/2011/11/14/business-models-for-video-streaming/
>
> Good luck!
>
> Marieke
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>
>
> On 23/05/2013 18:35, HARRIS TONY wrote:
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> Can anyone recommend a simple and cheap/free way of having a live
> 'broadcast' feed of a conference available to remote users via a web
> connection? I suppose a kind of video conference solution via the web.
>
> Regards
>
> Tony Harris
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