Appendix A. Introduction to Video Calling

Introduction

While the majority of this book teaches you to use Google Talk for text and voice communications, this appendix and the next expand on video conferencing software, which was introduced in Chapter 5. Now, before we help you understand what you need to make video calls, let’s discuss the various flavors of videoconferencing so that you have a clear understanding of the differences among the various videoconferencing solutions. We divide these videoconferencing types into three categories:

These solutions can be software that you use with your ...

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