Desired Features for At-Large use | Adobe Connect | LUCID Meetings | BlueJeans | ReadyTalk | GotoMeeting | Webex | GotoMeetNow | Join.Me | Meetingburner | MegaMeeting | Onstream Media Corporation Infinite Conferencing. | Clearside |
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Website / Review Notes | Adobe Connect | BlueJeans ; | ReadyTalk | webex.com | GoMeetNow | www.join.me | MeetingBurner | www.clearslide.com | ||||
Technology Support/ Email and Phone | phone/email | Yes | Yes | |||||||||
Supports a variety of Operating Systems/desktop browsers (Windows, Mac, Linux) | yes, requires Flash | yes | Windows and Mac ; browser plugin required, can use Skype | yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
Adobe Flash Required | yes | no | no | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||||
Supports a variety of Mobile/Tablet Platforms (iOS, Android) | yes, via apps | yes via browser | iOS app ; Android app planned | Yes | Yes | yes | ||||||
Public and private text chat | yes | yes | no ; public chat planned for future | yes | Yes | |||||||
Speaker's queue (ability for attendees to "raise hands", | yes | yes | no | |||||||||
Meeting Scheduling | yes | yes ; there is a plugin to add meeting information to Google Calendar | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Present documents (PDFs, DOCX, PPTX, etc) | yes, | yes | indirectly, via sceensharing | |||||||||
Poll attendees (show agreement / disagreement ) | yes | no | ||||||||||
Ability to share screens | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||
Member control of Presenter Screen | yes | yes | Yes | |||||||||
Archive of content from conferencing available after the call for public viewing | yes | yes | no | Yes | ||||||||
Bandwidth | ||||||||||||
Maximum number of participants | 100 | 25 | ||||||||||
Full Voice VoIP | yes | currently in beta | yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||
Whiteboard | yes | Yes | ||||||||||
support for video conferencing/use of webcams | yes | no | yes | |||||||||
cost (might be useful for ALS considering solutions for internal use) | ||||||||||||
Polling and analysis | No | no | Yes | Yes | ||||||||
Global accessibility - can the service be used in all countries? (difficult to evaluate, based on best knowledge) | yes | yes | ||||||||||
allows the management of Agenda during call | agenda displayed only | yes, timer and agenda is shown to all participants | no | |||||||||
Disable/Accessibility Compliance (1) | Yes |
- W3 checker Lucid Meeting
http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
No known problems