How Can WebRTC.ventures Help You?
WebRTC.ventures builds and licenses custom video and voice applications for all sorts of industries and use cases. With decades of experience in web application and software development, and with over 200,000 hours invested in building real-time applications, we're globally-recognized as experts in WebRTC. What's WebRTC? WebRTC is a real-time technology that operates using your web browser -- no downloads necessary! This includes video chat, audio processing, data exchanges, live-streaming events, and anything else you can
Connecting the Phone with a WebRTC Call
WebRTC has growing applications by the day, but some may argue that it's limited by its domain: the web. The world’s cellular network is more expansive and accessible than the web. Is it possible to connect the two for a true 100% coverage solution? The answer is yes, and you can employ it today using OpenTok’s SIP interconnect API and Nexmo. Laying the groundwork There are many applications for having an SIP protocol in place
August 2, 2019
Paige Long
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Video Meet, a Video Conferencing Platform for Your Business
We're proud to introduce Video Meet, a video conferencing platform for your business! Customized with your company's logo and branding, Video Meet is an intuitive, easy-to-use video conferencing application that doesn't require any downloads. All you need to do is open a web browser, type in a secure meeting URL, and start meeting with your team, partners, and customers! Video Meet was built on top of TokBox's OpenTok Demo. Because it's already built, your platform
Telehealth Starter Kit Series: Admin Accounts
Welcome to our telehealth starter kit blog series! For the rest of the summer, we’ll focus on one feature of our telehealth starter kit in a new post each week. We’ll explain why each feature is important and how it can benefit your providers and your patients. Today, we’re talking about admin accounts. These accounts make it easy for you to run and manage your telehealth platform. Generate reports and view history See platform activity by generating reports and
Our Telehealth Starter Kit + Your Healthcare Practice
We've been talking about our telehealth starter kit a lot lately. We even have a weekly summer blog series about it! We're excited about our telehealth product because we know how many lives it can positively impact. Let's talk about working together to provide access and convenience for your patients. Why our telehealth starter kit? Customization Our telehealth starter kit can be customized, licensed, and white-labeled to your organization. We'll add your logo and branding,
July 25, 2019
Paige Long
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Telehealth Starter Kit Series: Professional Profiles, Directory, and Search
Welcome to our telehealth starter kit blog series! For the rest of the summer, we’ll focus on one feature of our telehealth starter kit in a new post each week. We’ll explain why each feature is important and how it can benefit your providers and your patients. Today, we’re talking about professional profiles, the directory, and our search function. These features make it easy for your patients to find you. Professional profiles When you create a professional account, you'll
July 24, 2019
Hector Zelaya
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5 Tips for Building Successful Medical Communication Software for Telehealth
It's no secret that telemedicine is a valuable tool for healthcare providers to increase access and improve their services. There are a lot of benefits of using telemedicine. Here are some of the most important aspects to consider when building a successful medical communication software for your healthcare practice. Focus on the process The most important thing is not to focus solely on the technology but on the process. Sure, technology is cool. It can perform video
Comparing and Evaluating Popular CPaaS Services
One of the most popular questions asked by WebRTC developers and enthusiasts alike is "Between Agora, TokBox, and Twilio, which WebRTC CPaaS is the best?" These three WebRTC and telephony giants dominate most of the CPaaS market, but customers aren't always sure which one best suits their needs. This is no easy question, and at the end of the day, it comes down to your specific needs. Let's evaluate these three platforms' pricing and performance
Telehealth Starter Kit Series: In-Call Features
Welcome to our telehealth starter kit blog series! For the rest of the summer, we’ll focus on one feature of our telehealth starter kit in a new post each week. We’ll explain why each feature is important and how it can benefit your providers and your patients. Today, we’re talking about the features within each video call appointment. One of the biggest advantages of using a telehealth platform is connecting patients and providers in different locations. With a webcam,
July 16, 2019
Hamza Nasir
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Integrating Health Navigator’s NLP API with WebRTC.ventures’ Telehealth Starter Kit
Last week, we took a look at natural language processing (NLP) and the various features of Health Navigator’s NLP API. Today, we'll integrate that same API with our own telehealth starter kit. Domain-level plugin Our starter kit pans out content based on domains. We'll integrate this API as a domain-level plugin so it can easily be turned on and off within each domain. Here's how this functionality looks on the admin side: With this functionality
Telehealth Starter Kit Series: Scheduled Appointments
Welcome to our telehealth starter kit blog series! For the rest of the summer, we'll focus on one feature of our telehealth starter kit in a new post each week. We’ll explain why each feature is important and how it can benefit your providers and your patients. Today, we're talking about scheduled appointments. One of the biggest advantages of using a telehealth platform is connecting patients and providers in different locations. With a webcam, microphone,
Introducing Our Telehealth Starter Kit Blog Series!
We've been talking a lot about telehealth and our telehealth starter kit lately. That's because we see immense value in using WebRTC for telehealth and in leveraging our WebRTC expertise to make healthcare more accessible for everyone. We are excited to launch a blog series about our telehealth starter kit! Starting tomorrow, we'll focus on one feature of our starter kit in a new post every week. We'll explain why each feature is important and
Using Natural Language Processing to Diagnose Patients
Natural language processing (NLP) is a revolutionary technology that allows users to communicate and interface with a computer through the most natural and efficient means known to mankind: speech. NLP uses core concepts from computer science and linguistics to break down sentence structure and categorize words into the eight parts of speech. The computer then uses models such as trees to comprehend the meaning behind each sentence. “Who is Doctor Who?” could confuse the computer
Speech to text in the browser using WebRTC
Rafael Viscarra, one of our engineers, wrote a blog post about using WebRTC to build features like speech to text. These commonly requested features require large amounts of engineering resources, but Rafael found a great way to help with that! Check out Rafael's blog post to learn about the Pion WebRTC library. Keep an eye out for more WebRTC tips on his blog soon!
WebRTC Status in 2019
The second quarter of 2019 has ended and we are now in the second half of 2019. Following the example of our good friend Tsahil from BlogGeek, we think it's is a good time to talk about the current status of WebRTC. WebRTC 1.0 specification is not final yet. Despite being widely used with several products, including Discord, Google Meet, and Facebook Messenger, WebRTC is not a perfect technology. As of this post's publication, there
TADHack Global to be held next to 2019 IIT RTC Conference
TADHack is a group of global hackathons around leading technologies like WebRTC, telecommunications, Internet of Things, and more. The WebRTC.ventures team has participated in many different TADHack events, so we’re excited to see them leading another major hackathon from Chicago this fall at the Illinois Institute of Tech’s (IIT) Real Time Communications (RTC) conference. WebRTC.ventures CEO and founder Arin Sime is chairing the WebRTC track at the IIT RTC conference this year, which will be
June 25, 2019
Hector Zelaya
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6 Advantages of Using WebRTC for Your Telehealth Application
There are multiple options for adding real-time capabilities to a telemedicine solution. Let's talk about 6 advantages of using WebRTC for your telehealth application instead of a technology that requires downloads. Instant Communication One of the most important aspects of a telehealth solution is the ability to connect patients and providers quickly. This is not always possible when using technology that requires downloads because new users must spend time downloading and installing the necessary software. With
The Future of Medicine Lies in Telehealth
It's easy to see how telehealth improves access to health care. With the ability to tune in from any internet-connected device, people can meet with their medical providers quickly and easily. Telehealth makes medical appointments more convenient by eliminating commute times, transportation costs, and geographic limitations, making health care more accessible to everyone. Telehealth brings the same quality of service to a more convenient location. When most households have a computer and an internet connection,
3 Methods for Connecting a Phone Call to Dialogflow
Emiliano Pelliccioni, one of our engineers, helped Chad Hart, analyst and consultant at cwh.consulting, write an article for cogint.ai. In the article, they analyze different methods of connecting Dialogflow to the PSTN. This is the first of a series of articles which will cover a real-life Dialogflow use case. Check out the first one here and be sure to come back and read the others that follow!
AllThingsRTC 2019
Last week, WebRTC.ventures was invited to the AllThingsRTC 2019 conference hosted by Agora.io in San Francisco! AllThingsRTC is a new Real Time Communications conference that brings together more than 300 RTC experts and enthusiasts from the US and beyond. The conference featured leaders, developers, and partners dedicated to real-time communications. Alberto and I attended the conference together, and we are excited to share with you what we learned. Conference Tracks The conference had two main