Re: Live collaboration at Desktop Help Summit

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On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 10:04 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 03:22:09PM -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 19:17 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > > Shaun,
> > > 
> > > Here's a list of infrastructure resources to help with live
> > > collaboration:
> > > 
> > > * IRC Freenode #desktop-help -- doesn't seem like there's anything
> > >   more needed here, you're an auto-op and the channel is all ready
> > >   with zodbot waiting for you to use to log proceedings.
> > > 
> > > * Fedora Talk -- we have a local dial-in available in Chicago so any
> > >   regular phone can be used with our conference rooms.  You can record
> > >   if needed, although you'll want to let us know ahead of time so we
> > >   can make sure instructions are clear and everything's working.
> > > 
> > >   http://talk.fedoraproject.org
> > > 
> > > * You had mentioned that you were going to check phone and projector
> > >   availability.  Any word on that?
> > > 
> > > Let us know on the list if there's anything else we can do to help
> > > make the meeting a successful collaboration.
> > 
> > Hi Paul,
> > 
> > It looks like the room we're in doesn't even have a phone
> > connection, although Kevin is double-checking that for me.
> > I think somebody had mentioned that Fedora team members can
> > call in using VoIP software.  If I got a decent USB confernce
> > phone or something, could a Fedoran connect the event to the
> > phone bridge on their laptop?
> 
> Hi Shaun,
> 
> There are a few ways you can go.  Going from low tech to high:
> 
> * Simply dial-in to a Fedora Talk conference room using a cell phone's
>   speakerphone.  A little harder to hear usually, but requires zero
>   futzing around with tech.
> 
> * I can probably provide a desk-type VoIP handset for John McDonough
>   to bring along.  It's not too big to travel; I know many people that
>   do so regularly (with more than one for that matter).  Getting these
>   phones to work is usually simple as long as you can get SIP & RTP
>   traffic back and forth.
> 
> * Use a softphone like Ekiga or Empathy, with a speaker/mic type
>   connection that will work for the room (I assume this is what you're
>   talking about with the USB conference phone thingie?).

Yeah, I was thinking something like this:

http://headsetplus.com/category23_57/index.html

I think these things just behave like a USB headset.

Failing that, a decent pair of speakers (I own a few) and an
omni-directional mic (not too expensive) could handle it just
fine though.  If connecting with Ekiga or Empathy is already a
solved problem, then this seems like an easy solution to me.

--
Shaun


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