ReadyTalk Audio and Web Conferencing (one-year subscription)

ReadyTalk's audio and Web conferencing services allow organizations to meet and collaborate on the phone and on the Web and to record and save their conferences. This product consists of a one-year subscription for discounted audio conferencing, free Web conferencing for up to 15 participants, and other discounted services.

Audio Conferencing Services: At a cost of 6 cents a minute for each participant, up to 96 audio conferencing participants can speak to each other toll-free from more than 80 countries. The conference's chairperson manages the audio conference either from a phone or in a Web browser, but the conference can also be set up to continue if the chairperson leaves or has a dropped connection. The conference can alternate between having a single speaker and having multiple speakers. Audio conferences can also coincide with Web conferences so that participants can see what they are discussing.

Web Conferencing Services: This subscription allows unlimited free minutes of Web conferencing for a chairperson and 14 participants and a reduced rate (see below) for additional participants. In a ReadyTalk Web conference, all participants can see the same slide show, desktop, or selected application in their Web browsers. The owner of a desktop or application can give remote control to another participant. Participants can communicate with each other through ReadyTalk's chat windows or through a simultaneous audio conference as described above. Conferences are Web-based, so the only software needed is a Java-enabled browser.

Additional Services Available at Reduced Rates: Nonprofits that obtain this donation can get additional services at below standard ReadyTalk rates.

For Web conferences with more than 15 participants, the charge is 15 cents a minute for each additional participant.

Recording, which requires audio conferencing, is available at 6 cents a minute. Recording preserves the audio and visual portions of a conference as a Flash presentation. Recorded conferences can be made into podcasts.

Subscribers who want ReadyTalk to store their recordings online can use ReadyTalk's Recording Hosting service at the standard rate of 20 cents a month per minute of recording. Hosted recordings continue to be available through the Internet and can be protected with password coding.

Subscribers who do not want ReadyTalk to store their recordings online can download them and then delete them from the ReadyTalk site. If your organization uses additional services, ReadyTalk sends an invoice at the end of every month only for the number of minutes used that month. There are no setup or maintenance fees.

Activating a Subscription: When your request has been approved, an email containing the activation key and instructions on how to activate the subscription will be sent to your organization email address.

Renewing a Subscription: To renew the subscription, eligible organizations can request a new donation from TechSoup Canada. Subscriptions that are not renewed will be converted to month-to-month accounts billed at standard rates unless the organization cancels the account.