in this demonstration, I explain what Ventrilo is, how you might use it and walk you through installing the program and connecting to a server. I then discuss some of Ventrilo's many options.

As I continue to search for an audio conferencing solution that can be used to bring you the Assistive Technology Show, Jerry, one of our regular participants, has kindly offered to let us use his online conference room.  This gave me an idea, why not take the next few shows and evaluate/compare various conferencing solutions?  Although I use online conferencing solutions to bring you the Assistive Technology Show and for teaching, you might use such solutions to conduct a group meeting, a virtual family gathering, to form an online club, or any one of a number of uses.  As with everything in technology, there are many options and many solutions, each with distinct advantages and disadvantages. Tonight, we'll examine the Talking Communities TC 5 conferencing solution, courtesy of Jerry.  We'll discuss the various features of TC5 and can compare it to the Ivocalize solution which was formerly used to bring you the show.