SightSpeed Introduces Significant Enhancements to Award-Winning Video Calling Service; New Features to Include Unified User Interface, Enhanced Audio Quality and SIP Support.BERKELEY, Calif. -- SightSpeed, Inc., the award winning, real-time video calling solution for far flung families, friends, and colleagues, today announced an upgrade to the industry's leading Internet video Video material obtained from the Internet. It may refer to streaming video from real time broadcasts, streaming archival material or downloading video files for watching later, all of which are viewed on the computer. calling service. Building on its high-quality experience and ease-of-use, SightSpeed 4.0 offers more than 100 new enhancements, including seamless integration An addition of a new application, routine or device that works smoothly with the existing system. It implies that the new feature or program can be installed and used without problems. Contrast with "transparent," which implies that there is no discernible change after installation. with Microsoft Outlook For the e-mail and news client bundled with certain versions of Microsoft Windows, see . Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook , support for 10 languages, dramatically improved audio sound, and support for Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP), the emerging standard for IP-based communications sessions. "The features in SightSpeed 3.0, including video mail and multi-party video, made video calling for the masses a reality," said Brad Treat, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SightSpeed. "SightSpeed 4.0 is another big step forward for our service and the industry, addressing the specific requirements and needs of our customers and partners. We will continue to be the innovator in the industry, providing an overall communications experience unmatched by any service or technology." New features of SightSpeed 4.0 include: --Personal contact integration: Users can now import personal contacts directly from Microsoft Outlook, share their contact lists with other SightSpeed users and receive automatic notifications when the contacts in their Outlook database sign up for the SightSpeed service. --Multi-lingual support: To better serve SightSpeed's global user base, SightSpeed and the SightSpeed web site are now available in 10 languages, including English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, and Simplified and Basic Chinese. --Simplified user interface: SightSpeed 4.0 delivers an even easier and more intuitive interface and user experience, combining video calling service, video mail, and account tools into an all-in-one design. --Unlimited video mail box: Going beyond the storage of even the most popular fee-based email applications, SightSpeed provides subscribers with unlimited storage for video mails. This is ideal for individuals looking to integrate video messages into their blogs as well as organizations interested in reaching their customers with innovative video marketing messages. --Enhanced Quality of Sound: With SightSpeed's state-of-the-art adoptive a·dop·tive adj. 1. a. Of or having to do with adoption. b. Characteristic of adoption. 2. Related by adoption: echo suppression Turning off the receive side of a telephone conversation, effectively making the circuit one way (half-duplex). Echo suppressors were used to eliminate echo in satellite circuits before more sophisticated echo cancellation techniques could be deployed. See echo cancellation. , members can now speak to their family and friends over their computers' open air microphones without relying on headsets for a high quality audio experience. --SIP-based Connectivity: SightSpeed now supports secure SIP connectivity, improving secure corporate firewall transversal. "By combining award-winning cameras and video phone services, Ezonics and SightSpeed continue to enhance the way people maintain contact with each other," said Jason Loeffler of Ezonics. "We will continue to leverage innovation from SightSpeed to offer our customers an even greater video and audio communications experience. Availability and Pricing SightSpeed 4.0 is available immediately in three calling plans tailored to meet the needs of consumer and business customers, ranging from a free Basic Plan to more feature-rich plans that include unlimited video mail, multi-party calls and free cameras, offered at several pricing points. For information on specific plans, or to download the software, please visit http://www.sightspeed.com. About SightSpeed, Inc. Based in Berkeley, California Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington. , SightSpeed turns your PC or Mac into an easy-to-use video phone. SightSpeed's award-winning, instantly available software is the only one to deliver voice and video at 30 frames per second over broadband without delay -- providing clear, precise, natural communications. SightSpeed's software is easy to install and use with standard computers, cameras and a broadband Internet See broadband. connection. Its revolutionary human perception-based technology is patented and based on over seven years of research at Cornell University Cornell University, mainly at Ithaca, N.Y.; with land-grant, state, and private support; coeducational; chartered 1865, opened 1868. It was named for Ezra Cornell, who donated $500,000 and a tract of land. With the help of state senator Andrew D. . SightSpeed is accessible on Internet-connected computers, and can also be licensed for embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. commercial applications. For more information, visit http://www.sightspeed.com. |
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