Universal Telecommunications with Adobe Connect Update

Adobe announced yesterday, new features included in Adobe Connect Pro 7.5, one of which allows you to connect & stream any conference call or VoIP based phone service into your meetings.  The Universal Voice feature enables telephone audio to be recorded within your web meeting & broadcast over VoIP, so your participants can listen to the audio without having to dial in.

More updates to Adobe Connect Pro 7.5...

Webcast Module

A new webcast module will accommodate up to 80,000 users to join your online events.  Within the webcast interface, you can deliver rich media, slides, video & interactive Q&A.  

Secure Desktop Sharing

Allows administrators to have more control over what can be shared during meetings at your company

Universal Voice

The new universal telecommunication option allows you to integrate any audio conferencing provider into Connect Pro.  Plus you have more flexibility to broadcast your audio from a panel of speakers to an audience listening over computer audio (VoIP).  

Upload PDF

You can now upload and share PDF documents into a shared pod within your Adobe Connect meeting

Connect Pro Mobile

Coming soon, the ability to join a Connect Pro meeting from your iphone or ipod touch.  Users from these devices will be able to see what is being shared, chat conversation, & video from the presenters camera.

View the Adobe Presenter presentation here about the 7.5 update.  Also, you can find the whitepaper here on Adobe's vision for unified communications.