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I liked the part about Chime calling you at the scheduled start of meeting. So simple yet I had never thought of this since my org uses WebEx. With a smart pho

by ultimoo 10y ago

I liked the part about Chime calling you at the scheduled start of meeting. So simple yet I had never thought of this since my org uses WebEx. With a smart phone that would pretty well via a push notification or an actual call, but not sure how that would work when you want a join a meeting from a physical meeting room with its own AV system. I'm sure there is a way to get that set up.

r00fus 10y ago
I wonder how Chime callback will work with back-back meetings. ie, I'm in someone's Chime/webex, and I need to join a different one. Also does it seamlessly join multiple connections - one benefit of Webex is that I can start my meeting on the iPhone while leaving a meeting room so that others can hop on, and then have my laptop join later so I can share my screen when I hit my desk.
- andy_ppp 10y ago
  It can/should tell everyone at the start and tell you specifically when it's time to say bye. Depending on the time of the next meeting you could opt to join that one late... obviously triple booked will never work.
apahwa 10y ago
uberconference does this
- sahaskatta 10y ago
  +1 for Uber Conference. Discovered it about a year ago and it's by far my favorite service for work. Just wish they add video calling support soon.
sandyjames 10y ago
our neighbor's mother in law makes 64 per hour on the internet. she has been out of work for ten months. last month her pay-check was 13214 just working on the internet 5 hours a day... check this site... http://tinyurl.com/lidfk88kl http://tinyurl.com/lidfk88kl
baconner 10y ago
Seemed like it was just a mobile join notification in the video similar to Skype for business or WebEx if you are using VoIP. No? My company used WebEx and I could make it dial me and start up my conference line without having to go through all the regular pin entry stuff. Now we're using Lync (Skype for business) which is similar although tragically buggy. That can also dial me and sends notifications if you hook it up. The key for these kind of apps is cost and reliability. Seems like they're advertising substantial cost reductions and better quality. If either one is true they'll likely make out really well.
- webmaven 10y ago
  Lync is still buggy? I haven't used it in about two years, but I'd have thought Microsoft would have solved those issues by now.
  - kybernetikos 10y ago
    Lync is shockingly bad. You'd think that after 45 years of sending text to each other over networks this would be a solved problem by now.
  - baconner 10y ago
    I must say I've been really disappointed with how often it crashes outright or has major rendering issues during screen sharing. When it works it's really convenient but 20% of meetings with screen share involved seem to have an issue. I really think quality is life or death for these products. If my company weren't a tight Microsoft partner I really doubt we'd be using it. WebEx wasn't as convenient but at least it worked correctly the vast majority of the time.
    - annnnd 10y ago
      > I really think quality is life or death for these products... > If my company weren't a tight Microsoft partner I really doubt we'd be using it. You answered yourself - no, quality is not life and death (at least not fast death) for this product. :)
TorKlingberg 10y ago
> not sure how that would work when you want a join a meeting from a physical meeting room with its own AV system. I'm sure there is a way to get that set up. As someone who works in video conferencing, this is often very broken. The are all kinds of compatibility issues and crappy UX. One of our core selling points is getting room systems into online meetings.
macspoofing 10y ago
>So simple yet I had never thought of this since my org uses WebEx. WebEx has (sort of) that capability. There is an option for it to call you when you join a meeting.
- sixothree 10y ago
  This is one of my favorite features. Using computer audio is awful especially on the go and GotoMeeting fails to recognize correctly the code I enter some 20% of the time it seems.
  - jerf 10y ago
    If there is anybody who happens to read this who is responsible for implementing the code that reads the meeting codes, please implement the following changes: 1. Make it so meeting codes are strictly forbidden from having repeating digits, by construction. 2. Make it so that when entering meeting codes, if you think you see repeated digits, consider it just one instance of that digit. The cell system does not use literal DMTF tones to dial calls; those are played by the phone itself for the user's benefit. If the cell system used DMTF for numeric signalling, we'd all be dialing a lot more wrong numbers. (And we'd all groan when we got a new line with a number with repeated digits in it....) Heck, even on VOIP systems very well connected to the internet, I've had trouble entering 9-12 digit codes without the remote system becoming convinced I'd actually entered a 11-15 digit code. I've gotten a few strange looks before for the way I push the buttons for the codes as rapidly as possible, because, ironically, the human intuition here is exactly backwards; you intuitively think that if the remote system isn't understanding your numbers you should press the number "longer" and harder, but that actually increases the chances of the system hearing multiple instances of that number. You actually want to pound the number buttons as quickly as possible. You still can't deal with the entire number being dropped, but it's still your best chance sometimes. .... 'course, there's probably some patent out that this is in violation of. In which case you are authorized and even encouraged to use this post as part of a defense that this technique is Obvious to One Skilled in the Art. I'm not a telecom engineer.
Proven 10y ago
I don't want to be called because I choose a different device every time.
m12r 10y ago
Absolutely aggreed with this. We still have to pay a 5 to 10% task to get the conference call going. Chime is the absolute good step in the right direction, however we will need need a layer on top to solve for all conference call systems. There are three pieces that needs to be figured out to make this work well: 1. How do you deal with (non?) presence? Are you joining from the AV hardware? 2. How do you deal with PSTN? 3. How do you deal with other VoIP solutions out there. I have a few ideas on this, especially on #2.
lloydde 10y ago
That does seem great for a distributed team with fewer meetings. As you suggest for a physical meeting or when people have back to back meetings, it would quickly get annoying. I wonder if this also reflects that calendar apps still suck.
iamdave 10y ago
I'm sure there is a way to get that set up. Hrm, SIP URIs maybe? https://www.wikiwand.com/en/SIP_URI_scheme https://www.wikiwand.com/en/SIP_URI_scheme

by ultimoo 10y ago

r00fus 10y ago

I wonder how Chime callback will work with back-back meetings. ie, I'm in someone's Chime/webex, and I need to join a different one. Also does it seamlessly join multiple connections - one benefit of Webex is that I can start my meeting on the iPhone while leaving a meeting room so that others can hop on, and then have my laptop join later so I can share my screen when I hit my desk.

andy_ppp 10y ago
It can/should tell everyone at the start and tell you specifically when it's time to say bye. Depending on the time of the next meeting you could opt to join that one late... obviously triple booked will never work.

apahwa 10y ago

uberconference does this

sahaskatta 10y ago
+1 for Uber Conference. Discovered it about a year ago and it's by far my favorite service for work. Just wish they add video calling support soon.

sandyjames 10y ago

our neighbor's mother in law makes 64 per hour on the internet. she has been out of work for ten months. last month her pay-check was 13214 just working on the internet 5 hours a day... check this site... http://tinyurl.com/lidfk88kl http://tinyurl.com/lidfk88kl

baconner 10y ago

Seemed like it was just a mobile join notification in the video similar to Skype for business or WebEx if you are using VoIP. No? My company used WebEx and I could make it dial me and start up my conference line without having to go through all the regular pin entry stuff. Now we're using Lync (Skype for business) which is similar although tragically buggy. That can also dial me and sends notifications if you hook it up. The key for these kind of apps is cost and reliability. Seems like they're advertising substantial cost reductions and better quality. If either one is true they'll likely make out really well.

webmaven 10y ago
Lync is still buggy? I haven't used it in about two years, but I'd have thought Microsoft would have solved those issues by now.
- kybernetikos 10y ago
  Lync is shockingly bad. You'd think that after 45 years of sending text to each other over networks this would be a solved problem by now.
- baconner 10y ago
  I must say I've been really disappointed with how often it crashes outright or has major rendering issues during screen sharing. When it works it's really convenient but 20% of meetings with screen share involved seem to have an issue. I really think quality is life or death for these products. If my company weren't a tight Microsoft partner I really doubt we'd be using it. WebEx wasn't as convenient but at least it worked correctly the vast majority of the time.
  - annnnd 10y ago
    > I really think quality is life or death for these products... > If my company weren't a tight Microsoft partner I really doubt we'd be using it. You answered yourself - no, quality is not life and death (at least not fast death) for this product. :)

TorKlingberg 10y ago

> not sure how that would work when you want a join a meeting from a physical meeting room with its own AV system. I'm sure there is a way to get that set up. As someone who works in video conferencing, this is often very broken. The are all kinds of compatibility issues and crappy UX. One of our core selling points is getting room systems into online meetings.

macspoofing 10y ago

>So simple yet I had never thought of this since my org uses WebEx. WebEx has (sort of) that capability. There is an option for it to call you when you join a meeting.

sixothree 10y ago
This is one of my favorite features. Using computer audio is awful especially on the go and GotoMeeting fails to recognize correctly the code I enter some 20% of the time it seems.
- jerf 10y ago
  If there is anybody who happens to read this who is responsible for implementing the code that reads the meeting codes, please implement the following changes: 1. Make it so meeting codes are strictly forbidden from having repeating digits, by construction. 2. Make it so that when entering meeting codes, if you think you see repeated digits, consider it just one instance of that digit. The cell system does not use literal DMTF tones to dial calls; those are played by the phone itself for the user's benefit. If the cell system used DMTF for numeric signalling, we'd all be dialing a lot more wrong numbers. (And we'd all groan when we got a new line with a number with repeated digits in it....) Heck, even on VOIP systems very well connected to the internet, I've had trouble entering 9-12 digit codes without the remote system becoming convinced I'd actually entered a 11-15 digit code. I've gotten a few strange looks before for the way I push the buttons for the codes as rapidly as possible, because, ironically, the human intuition here is exactly backwards; you intuitively think that if the remote system isn't understanding your numbers you should press the number "longer" and harder, but that actually increases the chances of the system hearing multiple instances of that number. You actually want to pound the number buttons as quickly as possible. You still can't deal with the entire number being dropped, but it's still your best chance sometimes. .... 'course, there's probably some patent out that this is in violation of. In which case you are authorized and even encouraged to use this post as part of a defense that this technique is Obvious to One Skilled in the Art. I'm not a telecom engineer.

Proven 10y ago

I don't want to be called because I choose a different device every time.

m12r 10y ago

Absolutely aggreed with this. We still have to pay a 5 to 10% task to get the conference call going. Chime is the absolute good step in the right direction, however we will need need a layer on top to solve for all conference call systems. There are three pieces that needs to be figured out to make this work well: 1. How do you deal with (non?) presence? Are you joining from the AV hardware? 2. How do you deal with PSTN? 3. How do you deal with other VoIP solutions out there. I have a few ideas on this, especially on #2.

lloydde 10y ago

That does seem great for a distributed team with fewer meetings. As you suggest for a physical meeting or when people have back to back meetings, it would quickly get annoying. I wonder if this also reflects that calendar apps still suck.

iamdave 10y ago

I'm sure there is a way to get that set up. Hrm, SIP URIs maybe? https://www.wikiwand.com/en/SIP_URI_scheme https://www.wikiwand.com/en/SIP_URI_scheme