[Trainer-Talk] Help finding a better conference calling service for the Deaf Blind Division

[marsha.drenth at gmail.com]

Maurice, 

I believe that both Skype and Zoom have the options you are looking for. But
I do believe in both that its not free and that it must be paid for. 

Thank you, 
Marsha Drenth
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the Deaf Blind Division

Hello,
I am writing this email on behalf of the National Federation of the Blind
Deaf Blind Division board.
I am looking for advice on what conference calling service to switch to
other than Freeconference.com. The reason is simply this. Unfortunately free
conference calls audio levels of each caller vary so much that at times it
is impossible for us to hear each other. Then one must take into account
that all of us wear hearing aids, that can handle telephone audio at varying
levels. So unfortunately it is important to find a calling service where
there is a way to hopefully get better audio out of each individual caller
so that we can all hear each other. In addition looking for a service that
would allow either the caller to mute themselves when not talking, or the
conference leader to mute all callers except for the one that is speaking. I
think the ability to either mute oneself or the chair to mute all callers
except for the one who currently has the floor is critical. Because of the
issue that I explained above regarding the fact that we all wear hearing
aids of different types.
The other issue that this email is also going to touch upon is looking for a
text based messaging service that can supplement any potential calling
service so that if we have attendees who can't hear an audio call can
receive either a text message or a written record of the conversation that
is occurring. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we should proceed?




Maurice Mines, Board Member
National Federation of the Blind Deaf-Blind Division
Email: board4 at nfbdeaf-blind.org <mailto:board4 at nfbdeaf-blind.org>
Website: www.nfbdeaf-blind.org <http://www.nfbdeaf-blind.org> Live the life
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