Brio, the codename for the new generation of Adobe Acrobat Connect is in public beta testing now. You can have up to 3 participants in this free online web meeting right now in beta. Here’s a list of new features just added into Brio:
- Richer expression in the Chat Pod with sizes, colors, and emoticons.
- Text layout controls in the Note Pod including bullets, size, and color.
- Save as .doc file option for meeting Chat and Notes.
- Upload files to distribute to your meeting participants.
- Voice over IP option as an alternative to teleconferencing.
- Right click menus.
- Access to key meeting features while screen sharing with new palette.
- Whiteboard Pod with option to save your work as a .png file.
- Annotate over screen sharing using whiteboarding tools with option to save as your work as a .png file.
- Personalized display images in the meeting attendee list.
- Additional options (accept all and automatic room entry) for accepting attendees to a meeting.
- New Role names (host, participant and audience) for attendees and more capabilities for participants making it easy to collaborate during meetings. Participants can now share their screen, enter notes, whiteboard automatically without being promoted to a presenter.
If you do not have the money to obtain the license for Acrobat Connect previously, now’s your chance to give it a try. Built on Flex, Brio is available on all browsers and operating systems where Flash is installed.
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