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Teleconferencing Overview and Benefits

Teleconferencing began in the 1960s with AT&T's Picturephone and allows geographically separated parties to communicate via audio and/or video through telecommunications networks. It includes audio conferencing, web conferencing, and videoconferencing. Web conferencing allows sharing of text, video, and documents online while videoconferencing enables visual communication. Teleconferencing reduces costs compared to travel and helps include more participants to generate more ideas. However, it faces drawbacks like ethical issues regarding confidentiality and legal services as well as high initial costs for equipment and online practices.

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Teleconferencing Overview and Benefits

Teleconferencing began in the 1960s with AT&T's Picturephone and allows geographically separated parties to communicate via audio and/or video through telecommunications networks. It includes audio conferencing, web conferencing, and videoconferencing. Web conferencing allows sharing of text, video, and documents online while videoconferencing enables visual communication. Teleconferencing reduces costs compared to travel and helps include more participants to generate more ideas. However, it faces drawbacks like ethical issues regarding confidentiality and legal services as well as high initial costs for equipment and online practices.

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TELE-CONFERENCING

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Harini Valluri
Soman Nahata
Ankit Jangalwa
Gandharva Raj Sethi
Vishwajeet Narayan
Background
 It started in the 1960s.
 AT&T telephone company introduced new

device - Picturephone , which launched the

concept of teleconferencing.
Teleconferencing
 Audio or audio-visual meeting

between geographically separated


parties linked by
telecommunications network such
as telephones or internet. Also
referred as conference call and
videoconferencing.
Audio
Conferencing

WEB VIDEO
CONFERENCIN
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Web Conferencing

Web conferencing – Allows people to


communicate through text and video
in addition to audio.
 The simplest web conferencing

methods use chat and instant


messaging programs to host text
based discussions. More
sophisticated programs exchange
visual information with web cams
and streaming video.
 Some allow people to share to

documents online.
Etiquettes of Teleconferencing

Ensure that
the equipment
is tested and
ready for use.
Ensure that the
no. of people in
Arrange for the room are
some one to minimum.
help you with This is to
the equipment reduce
Give
adequate distraction
notice about
the date and
time of
meeting.
Benefits of Teleconferencing
Teleconferencing helps give
participants an equal footing
in planning and project
development. It helps
overcome geographical
dispersion and weather
problems.

Teleconferencing is effective when it focuses on


specific action. It should be used to address high
priority issues that require urgent attention and has
a concise solution.
Uses of Teleconferencing
 Teleconferencing can be used to reach large
and sparsely populated areas.

 It provides various access points to the meeting. Hence


more participants can be incorporated.

 A greater number of participants results in more ideas, views


and solutions

 Teleconferencing can reduce expenditure of


companies by reducing travelling cost
Recording while Teleconferencing
 Providers may have built in fully recording
facilities. This allows the users to generate a
legal copy which can also be used for future
references. The moderator uses a phone
command to begin or stop recording.
 These records maybe emailed to the other

party thereby eliminating any confusion with


respect to the conference.
Drawbacks
 Ethical issues on the delivery of legal services
including confidentiality, security,
unauthorized practices by law.

 Marketing your brand and online practices


can involve a large initial cost.

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