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Dial Vapps for High Definintion Audio Conferencing

April 22nd, 2008 (9:00am) Jason Harris 3 Comments

If you’re a user of a high-quality audio program such as Google Talk, Gizmo Project, or Skype, you know the difference these tools produce in audio quality when compared to a normal landline or cell phone call.  The sound quality is simply amazing with these tools - callers sound crisp and clear.  When explaining to this people, I compare landline sound quality to AM where Skype etc. sounds like a CD.

vappsAs useful as high definition audio is for person-to-person calls, it would be great to have this type of option for conference calls as well.  Vapps provides this type of service, called high-definition conferencing, to Skype.  In the Tools menu of the Windows version of Skype, there’s a Do-More button that launches the Vapps-powered conferencing solution.  Within this interface, you can start an instant meeting or schedule one in the future.  Meeting attendees are notified either by a Skype IM message or an email. Meetings can consist of up to 500 attendees.

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