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Sep 1, 2023

Videoquality only medium; a lot of features missing

I’m not as convinced as many others here that this tool will replace Zoom.
I just tested it with a small group, all of whom have a good internet connection: The video images are often somewhat delayed relative to the speech and a bit choppy.

The cut-out with the blur background and the alternative video backgrounds is less accurate than with Zoom, it has blurred outlines, which is irritating.

What’s more, we were missing a timer (an integrated app in Zoom); you can’t download the recording as a video; there’s no option to live stream to Social Media; in the chat you can only write to all and not send direct messages. Breakout sessions are supposed to be possible, but they’re not intuitive to find.

Additional features that Sessions has and are missing from Zoom (so far), which I find really interesting about Sessions: Transcription into languages other than English, AI tool for extracting take-aways from the transcript, sharing the recording as a link, being able to take individual notes, scheduling calls.

So, to be honest, I am not sure yet whether I will keep this tool. Of course, I'll give it another try, but from now, I'm not totally convinced (and very much used to the features of Zoom).

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Carla74823

Carla74823

May 9, 2024

Hi Maria :)

Thanks so much for sharing your feedback, it helps us get better 💪
I'll share your review with the team.

Here are some tips and tricks:
- You'll find a timer at the top left of the screen during a live session (if by timer you mean a time code showing how long the session has been live for). Also, if you add an agenda, you'll see a time code for each agenda item.
- To download a recording go to Memory --> click on the relevant session --> click on "Play recording" --> on the right-hand side of the recording, you'll see the name of the session with a 3-dot menu, click on it --> Download
- Breakout rooms are located under Tools (Click on the share screen button --> Embed a tool --> Breakout Rooms
- The ability to live stream is coming soon
- Private chat is on its way

Not sure if you've come across it yet, but here's a link to our Help Center: https://resources.sessions.us/resources/help-center
If you would like a 30m overview, you are also welcome to book a demo with us :)
https://app.sessions.us/book/p-fe6f2ba4-85a5-4301-8dd7-be647f9f0310

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