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Start meeting audio
Audio for meetings is not enabled by default.
To start an audio conference, do the following:
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Navigate to the Meeting Information page for a
specific meeting.
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Click Enter Meeting Room.
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From the Audio menu, choose one of the following:
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Microphone Rights for
Participants
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This option appears if there is no audio profile attached
to the meeting. Choose this option to enable audio conference using
VoIP.
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Start Meeting Audio
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This option appears if an audio profile is attached to
the meeting.
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Specify how you want the attendees to join the meeting’s
audio conference. You can specify one or more of the following.
The availability of the options depend on the meeting’s audio and
system configuration.
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Using Computers
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Choose this option if you want attendees to join the
audio conference using their computer speaker and microphone (VoIP).
All users can hear meeting audio using the computer’s speakers.
To enable Participants to speak, click Enable Microphone Rights
for Participants.
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Using Phone
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Choose this option if you want attendees to join the
audio conference over the telephone. Users can dial-in to the audio
conference or receive a call from the meeting. Click Start Broadcasting
Telephony Audio to enable attendees using computers to interact
with attendees on phones.
Note:
If Universal Voice is configured, you can select
both options. Participants can join the audio conference either
using their computer’s microphones, or join the meeting using their
phone. Start broadcasting to enable participants to hear any telephone-based
audio through the computer speakers and broadcast their voices to telephone
users using the microphone. When you stop broadcasting, VoIP users
will be audible to phone users, but phone users will not be audible
to the meeting users.
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Click Start.
Once meeting audio has been started, attendees need to
join the audio conference.
Join audio conference
After
a host starts an audio conference, a notification window appears
to all attendees. They can then broadcast their voices via their
telephones or computer microphones.
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To connect to
conference audio, click the telephone button
in
the main menu bar.
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In the Join Audio Conference dialog box, select one of the
following:
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Dial-out
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Receive a call from the meeting on the telephone number you enter.
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Dial-In
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Place a call via telephone using the number and instructions provided
in the text box.
If a dial-in token is provided, hosts can
mute specific attendees. Without a dial-in token, hosts must first
merge attendees with the related phone number in the Attendees pod.
(See
Merge two listings for the same caller in a conference call
.)
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Using Computer
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To connect using your computer microphone and speakers. (See
Broadcast your voice using VoIP
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