LEPS has modified unto an open source, a web conferencing application to create a unique line of services in the video conferencing and online meetings sector. The software has many advantages over the current commercial alternatives available, which include Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Apparently, it would appear that certain concerns exist as it relates to Zoom as a platform for businesses regarding security when conducting their virtual meetings. On the other hand, Microsoft Teams require an entry point on which a person must have a certain level of licensing to enable them to use this video conferencing platform. Once again, it begs the question: How critical is privacy to the client?
Our platform, LEPS Knecx Service, by default, provides all the services that these other platforms provide at a premium level only. That is, our differentiating factor is the number of concurrent users available for the client’s use. (Concurrent user is considered to be a person in an active meeting on the platform. Therefore, 50 concurrent users represent 50 persons involved in the meeting, whether it is a group of 50, or several smaller groups.)
Following is a list of some of the default services that our platform provides:
1. Privacy:
Our servers are dedicated to each platform that we roll out. That is, every client that has a commercial account has his/her unique server which houses the platform and no other person shares that server. Therefore, the client’s data is under his/her control when the platform is implemented.
2. Full User Control:
As mentioned previously, to gain certain level of user control in the competitors’ platforms, additional pricing must be paid over the base price, or even premium level account to access certain controls.
On several occasions, the Zoom platform was hacked thus allowing persons to enter and provide obnoxious and degrading information to disrupt meetings. In view of this, the LEPS platform connects software allows you to have full control of all users, to be able to remove a user from the meeting and prevent that user from reentering. This level of control is standard and there is no proprietary software to install.
3. Required Software:
Our software only requires HTML5 browser. This means that our platform can work across different operating systems from iPhone to Android to Windows to MacOS to Linux, making it easy for persons from around the world to participate on the platform with utmost ease.
4. Unlimited Moderators And Presenters:
Corporate clients enjoy the ability to have unlimited meetings with numerous moderators and presenters. Persons in the meetings can be promoted to moderators and presenters at free will, and this is a standard feature.
5. Unlimited Meeting Rooms:
Corporate clients can have unlimited amount of meeting rooms for their training and meetings. The only limit here is the number of concurrent users on the account.
6. Up to Eight (8) Breakout Rooms per Meeting:
Our service allows for breakout sessions during meetings to facilitate private discussions among small groups. This allows for a maximum of eight (8) breakout rooms per meeting room.
7. Screen Sharing:
This allows presenters to have the maximum flexibility to display software and files in their native environment, for participants to see the full operation of software and files for better understanding.
8. White Board:
This feature does not only allow for the presenter, but where necessary, for collaboration between users on a single document before the group.
9. User Control:
Each user in a meeting is able to adjust his video quality, language, and the ability to have certain pop-ups occur during the meeting to give subtle alerts to other activities being carried on in the meeting. User adjustment is only available to the specific user and no other.
10. Private and Public Chats:
Live chats are available for the participation of all users, whether public chats for everyone to see or private chats among other users in the group.
11. Close Captioning:
This feature allows for stenographers to have written dialog on the screen for the hearing impaired.
12. Waiting Room:
One of our security features is to allow persons to wait in the waiting room until the moderator ushers them into the meeting. As mentioned previously, this prevents persons not on the attendance list from entering. It also allows for the moderator to prepare slides and other documents prior to the start of the meeting.
13. Note Sharing:
This feature allows for persons in meetings, especially corporate meetings to share lists of activities to be completed following meetings. Each user in the meeting has the ability to contribute to the share notes, which can be saved as plain texts or HTML format, where they can be viewed in any browser or even Microsoft Word. The share notes have a basic word processor capability which include bold, italics, underline, strike outs, bullet points.
14. Video Sharing via YouTube:
The integration of YouTube videos into the platform is seamless and allows for the participants to view the same video at the same time. Participants would be unable to pause the video and it is fully controllable only by the presenter or moderator.
15. Streaming of Meetings:
This feature allows for one of the hybrid approaches to meetings, where a meeting with VIP membership can then be streamed to participants with view-only capabilities via YouTube or a specific RTMP URL.
16. Document Sharing:
Documents presented in the presentation can be made available for participants to download at their own request.
17. Hybrid Online Meetings:
This platform is able to integrate with other video conferencing platforms, as well as integration with cameras and sound equipment to allow for persons in a physical location, such as panelists in a room, to communicate through video conferencing with participants on the platform.
18. Scalable:
The platform is scalable to meet the demands of the clients and can go from 10 users to as many as 1,000 users as requested.
19. Customisability:
The platform is customisable to the corporate clients’ requirements, so that it reflects the clients’ themes and logos.
20. Recording of Meetings:
Meetings can be recorded in either Web M format or MP4 format. These recordings are available after the meetings for downloading and archiving. For security measures, the server is set to delete all recordings after 14 days.
21. Moderator Setups:
Moderators and presenters need to have their presentations cued up and ready so as to allow for a seamless flow during the conference. On our platform the moderator would be allow to enter the meeting room up to four (4) hours before the meeting and upload all necessary documentation and presentations as required, leave the meeting room and return at the time of the meeting without losing the documents previously uploaded.
22. Polling
Our software can provide polling for the meetings such annual general meetings and similar events.