Technical Specifications

Outgoing Calls

• Drag and drop icons to place call
• Create group aliases for group calling
• Create/edit groups
• Call listed groups
• Ring tone can be set via UI
• Number of rings can be set via UI

Incoming Calls

• Phone icon rings and image of caller flashes
• Ring tone (including none) can be set through UI
• Phone flashing on/off can be set through an X11 resource file
• Have multiple call conferences, all but one on hold
• Screen incoming calls and accept or deny via UI
• Switch between multiple calls via buttons on the phone

Hold

• Puts your call on hold

Privacy

• Allows you to see and hear others while they can't see or hear you

Freeze

• Your video becomes a static picture while you continue to receive interactive video from others
• Audio is unaffected

Open Shelf

• Opens and closes the Shared Shelf used for distributing files

Open Whiteboard

• Opens and closes the whiteboard

Invite others into an existing call

• Drag and drop icons of invited guests onto view area
• Use invite dialog window

Audio

• Dynamic silence suppression can be turned on/off via UI
• Multiple audio compression schemes available via resource file

   Intel/IMA DVI ADPCM        16 kHz       64 kbps(default)
   Intel/IMA DVI ADPCM         8 kHz       32 kbps
   CCITT/ITU-T G.711u-law PCM  8 kHz       64 kbps
   GSM 06.10 RTE/LTP           8 kHz       13 kbps
   uncompressed mono          44.1 kHz    706 kbps
  

Video

• HDCC Compression
• Multiple sizes:160x120, 280x156 (Indy and Indigo Video only) 320x240
  • can be changed dynamically
  • can use static images in place of video
  • frame rate 1-20 fps, can change dynamically via UI
  • automatically reacts to network congestion

Shelf

• Visual distribution of files

Whiteboard

• Selection tool
• Draw tool
  • free hand, square, circle, straight line, arrowhead line
• Snapshot (capture)
  • selected area of screen
  • entire contents of other window
  • full resolution, 24-bit image from camera
• Text
  • whenever you type
  • all text can be edited
• Multiple line colors (9)
• Multiple line widths (4)
• Multiple fonts (4)
• Multiple page
  • pages are tabulated for easy selection
  • caller's unique cursor appears on the page tab they're viewing
• Import data to whiteboard
  • previously saved Whiteboard files
  • text files
  • images
• Save Whiteboard
  • As a
• Import data to whiteboard
  • previously saved Whiteboard files
  • text files
  • images
• Save Whiteboard
  • as a Whiteboard file
  • as Encapsulated PostScript(TM)
• Print Whiteboard
• Cut, copy and paste text and objects
• Select text and objects
  • delete page
  • delete selection