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General
What is HiDef Conferencing?
HiDef Conferencing is the only conference calling service that offers high
definition voice quality and works with Skype/Gizmo and regular telephones.
Who should sign up for HiDef Conferencing?
Anyone who participates in conference calls will find HiDef Conferencing better quality and less expensive than a traditional conference calling service.
What makes HiDef Conferencing unique?
HiDef Conferencing is the only conferencing service in the world to offer fixed price
monthly subscriptions and to have better than phone voice quality.
What do you mean high-definition audio is better than phone voice quality?
Phones are not able to transmit very much information. Like an AM radio, phones can only deliver the
mid-tones of your voice to the telephone at the other end making you sound a little tinny and as if you
are, well, using a telephone (limited to about 4kHz at the upper end whereas voices and the human ear
range up to about 22kHz). When you use Skype/Gizmo and your computer to get into a wideband audio HiDef
Conference, every caller hears a much wider voice range (extending up as far as 12kHz). The bottom line
is that your voice sounds richer, fuller, clearer and far more natural to everyone on the conference call.
What is the capacity for a conference?
The maximum conference size is 500 participants.
Is there a maximum amount of time a conference can be in session?
Yes. Maximum call duration on Skype/Gizmo is 4 hours and maximum call duration on regular phone line is 9 hours.
How many participants can be on the call at the same time?
That depends on the plan that you select. We offer conference rooms sizes from 10-500 participants.
Which countries have toll-free (800) service today?
USA
Canada
Australia
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Sweden
United Kingdom
Which countries will be added to the toll-free service?
We are planning on adding toll-free service in:
Ireland
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Spain
Switzerland
Which countries have toll service?
USA
Canada
Austria
Belgium
France
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Contact Customer Care
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Pricing
How do the fixed price monthly subscriptions work?
You can sign up for a one of our service plans and talk as much as you want on Skype/Gizmo or on the regular
telephone for a fixed-price per month. Learn more by contacting Sales.
What happens when my Free Trial is over?
When your free trial expires, please call us to find a plan that fits your needs.
What is USF?
USF or Universal Service Fees are NOT taxes. They are government assessments imposed directly on Vapps' HiDef Conferencing.
To learn more see our Terms and Conditions page.

Tutorial

How To
How can I tell how many toll-free minutes I have used?
The Host of the HDC Plan will receive a Conference Details email showing how many minutes were used
in a conference, once a conference has terminated.

In the future, Conference Hosts will be able to review their total minutes used in their 'My Accounts' section
at the HiDef Conferencing website.
How do I cancel my account?
To cancel an account, please contact Customer Care by telephone or email.
If I am a participant in a conference, how do I mute or un-mute my call?
There are several commands that the participant can issue to assist with the call. They are:
*1 Receive a list of commands
*2 Mute or unmute yourself
*5 Hear the number of attendees
*9 Raise your hand to ask a question (in lecture mode)
How do I download a recorded conference?
You will need to log into your account to download the recordings.
Log in, and then click on "Recordings". If you have a PC, you can then right-click on the reference
number link of the recording of your choice and save it to your computer. If you have a Mac,
then you can hold down the mouse button (with the cursor over the reference number link)
until the "Save Target As..." window pops up. We keep the recordings for a minimum of 30 days
before deleting.them. It may take up to 15 minutes after the end of your conference for
the recording to be available.
Where can I find more technical, how to, information?

Features
Do you offer recording?
Yes. All of our subscription plans include recording, playback and storage for at least 30 days.
Maximum recording duration is 4 hours.
Do I have to make a reservation ahead of time?
No. You can make a reservation, but you do not have to.
What is Lecture-mode conferencing? Why do I want to do it?
If you ever had a noisy conference, It's most likely due to all the participants being able to be heard
simultaneously. The best solution is to mute everyone in the conference once your final participant has
joined. By muting all of the participant except the host/moderator, will decrease the noise volume
immediately and put the conference in to lecture mode.
What is hand-raising? And, why do I want to do it?
Hand-raising is a feature enabled in Lecture-mode, which means that all participants in the conference
are muted except the speaker/moderator. When a participant, who is currently muted, would like to pose
a question to the speaker/moderator, they alert the host that they would like to speak by selecting "*9"...
a yellow hand icon then appears to the moderator on their web-controls screen.
What are Web Controls?
Web Controls allow the host to manage the conference from an online screen. Moderators can view
who has entered the conference, mute and unmute participants, etc.
What are Phone Commands?
Phone Commands are telephone/dial-pad control functions that allow the host to manage the conference.
The phone commands are:
*1 Obtain a list of commands
*2 Mute or unmute yourself
*5 Hear the number of attendees
*6 Lock or unlock the conference so that additional attendees may not join
*7 Start or stop the conference recording
*8 Mute or unmute all lines except for the host's

Technical
Recording file size limitation?
Although there is no time limit on the record feature - be aware that the file size is a direct correlation to
the length of the conference.
I hear an echo on my conference call, why?
If you hear an echo on your conference call, there is most likely someone on the conference call that
has a microphone that is causing the feedback. The best thing to do is mute everyone from your web controls.
I'm having trouble logging out.
If you are unable to log out of your account, clear your browser's cookies and try clicking the "log out" button again.

Go to "My Account" then clear your browser's cookies
To clear your cookies follow the instruction for your browser below.
    Internet explorer: Tools > Internet Options > Browsing History section > select Delete > Delete Cookies
    Firefox: Tools > Clear Private Data > select:Cookies > hit Clear Private Data Now
Click on "Sign out" and uncheck "Remember Me"

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