[PLUG] Remote video conferencing [RESOLVED]

[Denis Heidtmann]

I was just part of a Zoom call where one of the participants used just his
phone and he seemed to be able to see all of us.

-Denis

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 12:12 PM Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:

> You can fully participate in a Zoom call by telephone. You don't need a
> webcam to ask questions. If there's video, of course you would need a
> computer running for that, but dial-in works for both listening and
> talking, just like any teleconference service.
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 11:54 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 25 Mar 2020, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> >
> > > But I am interested only in receiving broadcasts of the PLUG meetings,
> > > hence I assume that I would not need a camera. On my desk I have my
> > laptop
> > > and the monitor for my desktop computer. I'd prefer to use the desktop
> > > computer for the meetings, so I assume its lack of a camera would not
> be
> > a
> > > problem. Do I still need to install Zoom? Oh wait ... what if I want to
> > > ask a question? Hmm, I think I need more instructions.
> >
> > To participate passively an audio connection (e.g., telephone) is all you
> > need. To ask questions you need a microphone which appearently comes with
> > webcams.
> >
> > Rich
> >
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