If you were with TalkShoe on the old website, here is a comparison between the old TalkShoe and our brand new TalkShoe service:
Feature | Old TalkShoe | New TalkShoe |
Live Show Streaming | ||
Audio Streaming | Yes - requires Adobe Flash | Yes - Works in all web browsers - no plugin required |
Video Streaming | No | Yes - Works in all web browsers - no plugin required |
Stream to Host's YouTube Channel | No | Yes (Host must configure their show to link with their YouTube Channel) |
Teleconferencing | ||
Join live show by phone | Yes | Yes |
International Telephone Numbers | Yes (UK number only) | Yes (List of International Telephone Numbers) |
Start Episode from Phone (Conference on Demand) | Yes | Yes |
Auto Login from registered telephone number | Yes | Yes |
Participation on Smart Phone or Tablet (iOS Apple iPhone & iPad/Android) | Yes % | Yes ^ |
Participation on a Live Show Online | ||
Audio | Yes # | Yes * |
Share Web Cam | No | Yes * |
Share Desktop / Documents | No | Yes * |
Text Chat | Yes | Yes |
Moderator Controls | ||
Assign Secondary Moderators | No | Yes |
Mute All Callers | Yes | Yes |
Mute Individual Callers | Yes | Yes |
Disable Text Chat for all | Yes | Yes |
Disable Individual Chatters | Yes | Yes |
Content Distribution | ||
Recorded Audio from TalkShoe.com | Yes | Yes |
Recorded Video from TalkShoe.com | No | Yes |
Download Recordings from TalkShoe.com | Yes | Listeners - No (can stream recording) Hosts - Yes |
Stream from TalkShoe.com | Yes | Yes |
Text Chat recorded and available on TalkShoe.com | No $ | Yes |
Transcripts of Audio available on TalkShoe.com | No | Yes |
Dynamic Badges (player allowing streaming of host's live episode and playback of recorded episodes from host's personal website or blog) | Yes | No |
Show Statistics | Yes (visible to hosts) | Yes (visible to everyone - hosts and users) Advanced Stats visible to hosts only will be a premium service available soon |
Automatically Publish to Host's YouTube Channel | No | Yes (Host must live stream to YouTube and then the recording of the live show will be available on the host's channel afterward) |
% | - The old TalkShoe had limited functionality, for listening to a live call or a recorded call, on smart phones & tablets on the iApp site with no text & voice capability. - OR, a user could call in on their smart phone for participating on audio only |
^ | - Android devices have full functionality using Google Chrome browser - Android devices can call in using a call-in phone number or can listen & text only in a non-Google Chrome web browser (Google Chrome on Android has full capabilities) - iOS (Apple iPhones and iPads) devices can call in using a call-in phone number or can listen & text only in a web browser - Apps for full functionality on both Android and iOS will be available soon |
# | - Required the TalkShoe Live Pro client using the ShoePhone or using a VOIP softphone application |
* | - Google Chrome is required for these features on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android (will not work with iOS iPhone/iPad Google Chrome browser) |
$ | - Text Chat was archived for the old TalkShoe at http://www.chatgrabber.com |