Alberto Blogs on Twilio About Issue Diagnostics
It is hard to believe that it was under a year ago that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) announced that WebRTC was an official standard. Still, while it is being used by billions to communicate and was invaluable in keeping us connected during the pandemic, WebRTC is still evolving. Developers love Twilio Programmable Video because it simplifies WebRTC usage. But differences between browsers and operating systems can still be
Watch WebRTC Live #62: Notable Hacks from TADHack Global 2021
We concluded a great 2021 season of WebRTC Live by shining a light on the innovative telecommunication developers from around the world. We invited TADHack founder Alan Quayle to share his favorite hacks of TadHack Global 2021. TADHack is a great endorsement of all the work everyone in our industry is doing to make telecommunications as easy and as accessible to as many people as possible. Watch Episode #62! Save the date for WebRTC Live
Mariana Blogs on Twilio About Creating Great UX in Telehealth Applications
Building a quality telehealth application is about much more than getting the video to work. It’s about creating a reliable and trustworthy experience between a patient and their healthcare provider. Meeting tools may have the ability to deliver face-to-face video consultations but lack the crucial touch points in a patient's journey that your users deserve. In short: There’s more on the line with a healthcare application, so solid user experience (UX) design is critical. Thoughtful
Pedro Blogs on Twilio About Video App Considerations for Product Owners
Video applications are critical in today’s technology landscape and have played a crucial role in getting the world through the COVID-19 pandemic. Twilio Programmable Video is a great way to get started with building live video apps, in part because it’s straightforward for developers to use. Product owners, in particular, play a key role in their teams’ ability to deliver a high-quality video application. Thinking about items like call quality, waiting rooms, connectivity tests, and call data will
ICE Issues On Restrictive Networks and How To Alleviate Them
Recently, we faced some issues with an on-premise telehealth platform related to connectivity. It reminded us how important it is to keep your eye on the many different types of networks a peer can be utilizing and the subsequent connection issues that can arise in some particular networks. In this blog post, we will review the signaling process and share some tips on how to alleviate ICE issues that can be caused by certain network
The Vonage Conversation API and Telehealth
In a world of remote work, remote medical visits, and remote everything, the concept of completely unified communications is growing quickly. Omnichannel conversations with your bank or your doctor have moved beyond the conceptual phase and can now be implemented in a variety of ways, including via the Vonage Communications APIs. Our team at WebRTC.ventures has been using the Vonage Communications APIs for a long time. We were one of the first development partners for
How to Architect Your WebRTC Application
There is no “one size fits all” application architecture for live video applications using WebRTC. The options vary widely based on your use case and choices between commercial and open-source options for back end services. WebRTC.ventures CEO/Founder Arin Sime and CTO Alberto Gonzalez teamed up at TADSummit EMEA Americas 2021 for a presentation that covered WebRTC architectural considerations and typical use cases based on our team's experience working with a wide range of clients. Watch it
Bleeding Unit Tests
Today, with various tools and services available, developing applications with WebRTC can be done very efficiently. For example, CPaaS platforms offer a wide variety of features which abstract the complex details of WebRTC away from the developer. This enables developers to build new features very quickly. However, with rapid development, we have a greater need to maintain the code base. Automated unit tests are very good for this purpose and should be written to verify
Watch WebRTC Live #61: A Fireside Chat on the Future of WebRTC
On the November 2021 episode of WebRTC Live, Arin welcomed Callstats.io founder and (newly announced!) Daily.co Chief Product and Technology Officer, Varun Singh, to explore the future of WebRTC. Daily Co-Founder Kwindla Kramer joined the conversation as a special guest. After ten years of slow and steady increase, interest in WebRTC has been massively accelerated. The onset of the pandemic rocketed the need for real-time collaborative experiences at both small and grand scale, while at
Component-Driven WebRTC Architecture
Building applications with WebRTC has seen continuous improvement over the years, as our team can attest. Various WebRTC APIs have been developed to provide easier integration, as well as more functionality and control. WebRTC APIs have also become more standardized across browsers, making supporting multiple browsers easier for application developers. There has also been a rise in the quantity and quality of Communications Platforms as a Service (CPaaS) providers. Many CPaaS have great client integration
IEEE Real Time Communications 2021: WebRTC Track Talks
As chair of the 2021 WebRTC & Real-Time Applications track for the annual Real Time Communications Conference at Illinois Tech, our CTO Alberto Gonzalez curated an impressive lineup of WebRTC thought leaders. In this post, we’re including video from each of the 2021 WebRTC track talks. This year, IEEE Chicago was the main sponsor and IIT RTC became an IEEE International Conference. We appreciate IIEE, and all the sponsors, for the financial support that allows these sessions to
Watch WebRTC Live #60: What WebRTC Developer Need to Know About WebCodecs
On the October 2021 episode of WebRTC Live, Arin welcomed Google Senior Software Engineer and co-editor of the WebCodecs and MediaCapabilities web specifications, Chris Cunningham, to explore what WebRTC developers need to know about WebCodecs. WebCodecs is a low-level API that exposes encoders, decoders, video frames, and similar interfaces at the JavaScript level. As WebCodecs is built on top of the API, it is a unified interface for using a variety of codecs like VP9
Arin Sime and Alberto Gonzalez to Present at TADSummit 2021
WebRTC.ventures CEO/Founder Arin Sime and CTO Alberto Gonzalez will team up at TADSummit EMEA Americas 2021 for a presentation entitled, “How to Architect Your WebRTC Application.” This year, TADSummit will be another virtual event with a mixture of live and pre-recorded sessions in November and into December. Click here for the still-evolving agenda. There is no “one size fits all” application architecture for live video applications using WebRTC. The options vary widely based on your use
Voice Transcription with Symbl.ai and the Vonage Video API
Voice transcription, speech-to-text, and live closed captioning are in popular demand in today’s world where video/audio meetings are a primary form of communication. Symbl.ai excels at conversational intelligence. Today, we will be building live closed captioning into our SimplyDoc Telehealth Starter Kit using Symbl.ai’s streaming and insights API. Our video and audio will be powered by Vonage’s Video API. Let’s begin. Getting The Audio Track from OpenTok Publisher We get the audio track by calling
Conference Recap: IEEE Real Time Communications 2021 at Illinois Tech
The Real Time Communications Conference at Illinois Tech (my alma mater!) is a yearly event that joins real time communication experts and enthusiasts from all around the globe. They share their viewpoints on how RTC technology will define the future. This year, IEEE Chicago was the main sponsor and IIT RTC became an IEEE International Conference. Also this year, our team at WebRTC.ventures had the pleasure to be both sponsors and presenters, and I was
Real Time Communication Conference Schedule
Illinois Tech's Real Time Communications Conference is next week. It is virtual, free, and we have a very exciting WebRTC and Real Time Applications track planned for you. Three great reasons to register today! The overall conference runs from Monday, October 11 through Friday, October 14, with the WebRTC track running on the 12th and 13th. Without further ado, here is the WebRTC and Real-Time Applications track schedule! All times are listed in US Central Time
Watch WebRTC Live #59: What Have Our Own Experts Learned Lately?
On the September 2021 episode of WebRTC Live, Arin welcomed three of our team’s senior WebRTC engineers to each share a piece of WebRTC wisdom with our viewers. Who better to learn from than those who work with WebRTC each and every day? First up, Senior WebRTC Engineer Justin Williams talks about Bleeding Unit Tests. Today, with the various tools and services available for WebRTC, there is greater opportunity for rapid development and building new
Announcing the Real Time Communications Conference’s WebRTC Track Lineup
As the chair of the WebRTC & Real-Time Applications track at the 2021 Real-Time Communications Conference at Illinois Tech, I’m very pleased to share the list of speakers and topics. The October 11-13 conference will once again be virtual -- and free! So there is no reason not to take advantage of this opportunity to hear from what's happening in the WebRTC community. The answer is, of course, a lot! WebRTC was certainly a savior
How to Build HIPAA Compliant Video Applications
Building applications for healthcare can be daunting. There are so many stories about patient data breaches, cyberattacks, and ransomware that can destroy the business behind an application. You certainly don’t want those headlines to involve your data as a patient, or your business as an application developer! Moreover, building applications for healthcare that are HIPAA compliant can be incredibly challenging. It requires coordinated work between your business, legal, healthcare, and technology teams, as well as
What is DevOps?
As our CEO and Founder Arin Sime wrote in a recent blog post called The Importance of DevOps in Live Video Applications, DevOps is a set of skills that our WebRTC development clients are needing more and more, even if they don’t always ask for it by name. As our resident DevOps Engineer, I would like to share my thoughts about DevOps -- how we apply it internally and with our clients, and how its
