[vcf-midatlantic] VCF East 2024 videos

[Dave Shevett]

There's a technical solution for this.  I was working on this with an
investor at one point, but the tech at the time wasn't ready.  Now it is.

https://www.biamp.com/products/product-families/crowd-mics

These can be expensive though - i haven't dug too deep into it, but the
technology is pretty straightforward.

It's possible VCF may be able to get a discounted license.

On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 10:23 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 9:21 AM Chris Fala via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> > For many of the talks, there was someone with a microphone running around
> > the audience to capture the questions. Sorry your talk was overlooked.
> > Can't fix yours after the fact, sadly, but let's hope to cover this in
> the
> > future.
> >
>
> Yes. We had a lot more speaker supporters this year, but we still came up
> short for some of the talks. I appreciate you and all those who *did* cover
> the microphones and speakers. It brought the quality of the talks up to the
> next level.
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 8:41 AM Crawford Griffith via vcf-midatlantic <
> > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Jeff B., All,
> > >
> > > Well,  looks like my VCFE talk was one of the first posted… it can only
> > get
> > > better from here folks!  My first Youtube video, in fact.
> > >
> > > I know the amount of effort that goes into recording and making these
> > > videos, so please do not take this as criticism. You folks do an
> awesome
> > > job.   I only want to make things better if possible, and do a better
> job
> > > myself next time.
> > >
> > > I encouraged questions and interactivity right upfront in my
> > presentation,
> > > I think the audience enjoyed that and I certainly did!  But there was
> no
> > > way a mike could be run to each person asking a question or making a
> > > comment.  I was also not diligent enough to repeat the question so it
> got
> > > recorded.  So, the questions were mostly inaudible, but I (mostly)
> > remember
> > > them.  But it left information gaps in the audio. How is this handled
> > > usually if at all?  Could the questions be captioned?  Could a
> > directional
> > > mike be used to pick up audience comments?  (I’m not looking to make
> more
> > > work for anyone but me!)
> > >
> > > Anyway thanks to all who worked the talk production.  And I will
> practice
> > > not saying ‘umm’ so much when I’m being recorded!
> > >
> > > -Crawford Griffith
> > >
> >
>


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Dave Shevett
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