[NFBCS] Help finding a better conference calling service for the Deaf Blind Division

[maurice.mines]

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>
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