Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating your first multilingual conference call. The process is very similar to creating a traditional (i.e. non-multilingual) conference call as described in our online Users Guide. This tutorial covers the few additional considerations involved in creating a multilingual conference. The following steps should be taken in […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
The ZipDX Web Sharing feature is integrated with the Call Recording function. When a conference is recorded the shared presentation goods are also recorded. The Web Shared visuals are saved with the conference audio. Invoking playback of the conference in our web portal (as described here) causes the web share visuals to be played, sequenced […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
ZipDX offers web sharing with every conference. Access to the web-sharing session follows our “no-codes” model. The Host and Participants all log in to ZipDX.com, and choose the Web Share link associated with their active conference. To be a Presenter in a WebShare session you MUST use Google’s Chrome web browser. Chrome is free and available for Windows, Mac […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
Why is this necessary? We have a customer that is an international organization. Their board of directors is globally distributed. Further, they speak multiple languages. As such, they use ZipDX multilingual conferencing to conduct their board meetings by telephone. The conference organizer noted that ZipDX provides a handy voting feature. Conference participants can vote on issues […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
Here are some guidelines when budgeting for a multilingual conference call. Bear in mind that the ZipDX service is targeted at professional (corporate, government, diplomatic) business meetings where accuracy and efficiency are of paramount importance. The most expensive aspect of these meetings is the valuable time of the participants; achieving the meeting goals with maximum […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
A multilingual conference call is uniquely able to facilitate productive conversation between parties who speak different languages. A professional interpreter delivering simultaneous interpretation ensures the most productive use of time while avoiding ambiguities or misunderstandings. Multilingual conference calls tend to work best with more formal meetings. The structure of a formal board or committee meetings […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
Multilingual Gatherings In the physical world there are meetings (conferences) where people from may different backgrounds engage in discussions of matters common to the gathering. Such gatherings may involve participants who speak many different languages. In order to ensure then the entire gathering is able to participate productively interpreters are used to allow participants to […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
Room #47: The Broadcast Room When expanded breakout rooms are enabled the system adds an additional special purpose room. Room #47 is a special purpose room, dedicated to making broadcast announcements to everyone in the various breakout rooms. When a participant moves into room #47 they hear a prompt advising that they are, “Broadcasting audio to […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
The following presumes basic knowledge of using breakout rooms on a ZipDX conference. Invoking Expanded Breakout Rooms Within a conference template there is a parameter labeled “Multilingual/Rooms.” This setting defines how many rooms are available to the conference. The default setting is “Monolingual / 10 Rooms.” Changing the setting to “Monolingual / 50 Rooms” invokes […]
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Posted by mjgraves on June 30, 2016
The ability to use the Breakout Participants tool in the conference dashboard requires that participants be assigned to groups. Each group corresponds to one of the breakout rooms. When group assignments are in place the system can quickly move each group into its associated breakout room. There are four ways participants can be assigned to a […]
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