New Integrated Audio for StreamText.
Now you can get audio directly from the consumer through their web browser, a phone line, or through a SIP connection.
Cost: Please note there is an additional cost for using audio services. All audio connections are charged at $0.02/minute
Note: You must use the Chrome browser to get the best results however Safari, Edge, and Firefox are also alternative browsers that should work. Currently IE do not support the audio connection.
Note: The prerecorded audio that you hear on hold can be loud. We don't have the ability adjust the volume of the on-hold music so be careful not to set your volume too high until the call is picked up.
1. Schedule Event with audio enabled
First enable the audio feature you wish to enable when you schedule your event in StreamText. You will only select one browser, dial out or SIP . For the browser options you also have the option to show or hide the connect button by default.
Notice there are a number of audio options.
- The first two are related to using the option to connect to audio through the browser. That example is shown below.
- If you select the first option only ( Allow browser audio connections) - The StreamText link will by default show the connect button (see below). This is good for cases where you are using the audio for a class or meeting and all the attendees need to connect. If you need to distribute the link then you will need to add &controls-audio=false to the end of the StreamText link. That will hide the connect button for example if you want to QR code the link.
- If you also select the option (Hide Browser Audio) - The StreamText link will now default to not showing the connect button. You will need to enable it so you can connect to the audio source to do this add &controls-audio=true to the end of the StreamText link.
2. Connect from StreamText Caption Player
When the event is live you connect to the audio through the watch window/ the regular ST link will show a connect button in the upper left hand next to the event name. The client will do the same on their player page.
Also make sure to allow access to your microphone.
3. Starting the call
Before you start the call you may want to select the audio sources. You can select the microphone and the speakers the audio is directed.
Input: Allows you to select the microphone that will be used. This way you can select an external microphone or the laptops built in mic.
Output: You can select the speakers that the audio is received on. This defaults to your internal speakers on the computer.
Start Call : Click on this when you are ready to connect to the call. If there is no-one on the call you will hear music until the other person joins.
4. Hangup
When you are done with the call you or the client can click on Hangup. This will take you back to the start call screen. If you need to change any settings you can also hangup and then click on start call to rejoin.
You will also note you can mute your microphone too by clicking on mute.
Important the mute button will interact with the spacebar if your focus is in the StreamText window. You will notice it will change to Mute if you press the spacebar and you are in the player window.
5. Event Control
When audio features are enabled, you will see the calls and their status on the event control page. This allows you to check the status and also mange the audio controls which you will use if you select the dial out or SIP out options.
6: Event Control Manage Calls
This feature has two functions. Allow for muting of calls and dialing out to a phone or SIP number.
Muting: If you are connected there will be a mute button to the right of the connected number.
Phone or SIP dial out calls, there will be a new button on the Event Control page called "Manage Calls". You can add calls to the conference from this page. Depending on which calls were enabled for the event, you can add phone or SIP calls.
Note: to get the current status of the connections click on "Get Latest Call Details" .
Troubleshooting:
If you get kicked out of a call you can always hangup and rejoin. Also make sure the event is active and running.
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