A brief guide to the different possibilities of conference call services, part 2

3. Continuing with the last point revised in part 1, regarding massive communication among peers, we must say that some enterprises offer the possibility of interconnecting more than a hundred people. In some cases, even two hundred or more people may communicate making use of conference call service. This feature can also be applied, at a higher cost, for VoIP communications, when video conference is applied and lots of peers can talk to each other while looking at themselves. This is a very important facility provided for big companies that need to analyze informations, and have every employee communicated even though they might be spread all over the world.

4. Recording your conference call: this is a special feature that you might ask for when agreeing to a service. It can be performed in any time of the talk, and it is provided in digital format, so as to have the recording and the quality of the talk with the best enhancement possible.

5. There exists also what is called “lecture mode”, where you can interact as if being in a lecture: every other participant has the veto of their voices, and you are the only one allowed to speak. You act like a person giving a lecture, or an actual conference or seminar, and the others participants of the communication listen and pay attention to what you are saying.

6. International communications: this is an other important feature given by the conference call service: the price won’t be any higher if calling to someone very far away from you, in another country or even continent. This possibility is usually included in the price you agree with each company offering conference call services.

7. Conference transcriptions: Some enterprises offer this as a service, if you want by any reason a complete and full transcription of the conference in which you took part. In general, it is applied to medical and legal processes, in which it is needed to have a fully written document that leaves stated everything that was said.

8. In some other cases, the possibility of recording a greeting, as if it was an answering machine, in which every participant is sent a message at your behalf, is also available. You pre-record the message and every time a new peer enters the communication he or she receives your message.

In conclusion, conference call services offer a wide variety of services. We have summed up what we think are more important and what you should analyze when applying to a service, as every additional service, in general, implies an additional cost. You may find lots of more features out there, it is up to you to decide which one best fits your needs.