eLecta Live Update

What’s new in Version 4.8

What’s New in V. 4.8

February 15 2007

A New Audio MenuA new Audio Menu is now available for accessing the most common audio options and settings.

The Audio menu gives you fast access to the Audio Setup Wizard and the Audio Settings Window

You can also access the Speakers and Microphone volume as well as the microphone Boost option

In case of Audio failure you can use the Reconnect Audio to reestablish your audio connection

More Settings for a Better ExperienceImproved settings window with several new options added.

Opens the Connection Settings page

Select Audio Devices and adjust performance

Configure alerts, sounds and notification.

Set a session recorder name

Some useful whiteboard settings

Settings for the Application/Desktop sharing

Configure the video camera and quality

Manage you stored favorite polls

Adjust voice quality and number of concurrenttalkers

Remote Audio ControlHelp your students to adjust their audio volume settings.

Moderators can remotely control students’ audio. Right-click on any name in the attendees list and choose “Remote Audio Control”. The Remote Audio Control window allows you to adjust the speakers and microphone volume of the selected user.

Say Yes or No. Flashing MotionsFast polling is implemented with the Yes and No motion button on top of the attendees list. The smiles, hand-rising and applause icons are now flashing to attract your attention.

Instead of creating a poll for simple question which answer isjust Yes or No you can ask your students to click on the positive (Yes) or negative (No) buttons located above theattendees. The answer appears next to each name.

Restoring a Broken ConnectionSometimes the audio of slow connection users or users with inconsistent internet connectivity may drop off. Now there is no need to close the application and enter the session again.

eLecta will automatically detect that your audio is lost. It willshow a “Connect Audio” button on the Audio Control Panel.

This very option is accessible at any time from the Audio menu on top.

In case you totally get disconnected simply click the “Reset Connection” button which appears on the bottom-right corner of the main window.

More Text-chat OptionsMore options are now added to the text messaging window. Right-click on the white area to call the pop-up menu.

Opens the text chat in a larger window.

Show / hide timing for new messages

Increase or decrease the font-size

You can clear your text messages window. Or you can save the message log to a file foran off-line review.

The Audio Setup WizardThis new eLecta Live release has a built in audio setup wizard. The wizard will help you to adjust the speakers and microphone volume as well as configure eLecta for better audio performance depending on the type of session you are attending.

You can get to the Audio Wizard from the main menu. Choose Audio and then click on theAudio Setup Wizard.

Or

Even faster you can do that at any time bysimply clicking the Audio Wizard buttonwhich is found on the main toolbar.

As soon as you start the Wizard you session audio willturn off and your name in the list will appear “Away”. Closing the Wizard will put you back Online.

Adjusting the VolumeThe Audio setup wizard helps you to select your input and output audio devices as well as adjust their volume to a comfortable level.

The playback test will play a prerecorded audio message. While the message is playing you can adjust the volume. The Microphone test is to adjust the volume of your microphone. Not all microphones allow volume adjustment. You can also choose an audio deviceif you have more than one sound card on your computer.

Audio OptimizationDepending on the session type and your role in the live event you can tell eLecta how to optimize the audio streams.

The Audio Optimizer offers you to choose from four different roles you can have in a live session.

With choosing a proper session type you can significantly improve your audio experience and performance.

This depends not only on your internet connection but also on the other attendees involved in the session.

For example if the person who is talking is on a slow connection you can hear his voice breaking although you are running on a fast internet connection.

If you and your attendees are all running on a fast connection then you may consider selecting the fourth (last) option.

Changing the Audio CodecThis new eLecta Live release supports several different audio compressors. For general type sessions you may not need to change the default audio compressor eLecta Live uses. In some cases however you may need to switch to another audiocompressor to increase or decrease the audio quality. The different compressors produce different audio quality and clarity as well as different audio bit rate. From the File menu

chooseSettings then click on theVoice Settings link.

From the Audio Compression drop-down list select the compressor to use.

You can also adjust the maximum numberof simultaneous talkers.

Please read the notes carefully.

The new settings will be applied and the audio connection will be automatically reestablished.

Enjoy Your eLecta LiveSessions

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