Overview
What is ReadyTalk (Discontinued)?
From PGi, ReadyTalk is a web conferencing solution that has been discontinued. PGi's replaced the solution with GlobalMeet Collaboration... which is now also discontinued.
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ReadyTalk is the best
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ReadyTalk Makes Your Sales Campaigns That Much More Sophisticated
ReadyTalk, made easy
ReadyTalk: Meets our needs but customer support is their downfall
Basics covered, not much else
Decent Conferencing for a Distributed Workforce
Easy to use conference tool
ReadyTalk's Support & Integrations Streamline Business Operations
ReadyTalk, go ahead and give it a try!
Effective solution, but you can find better
My take on ReadyTalk
ReadyTalk: A Cost Effective Conferencing Solution
Popular Features
- Record meetings / events (15)9.393%
- Participant roles & permissions (16)8.888%
- High quality audio (16)8.888%
- Desktop sharing (16)8.787%
Pricing
What is ReadyTalk (Discontinued)?
From PGi, ReadyTalk is a web conferencing solution that has been discontinued. PGi's replaced the solution with GlobalMeet Collaboration... which is now also discontinued.
Entry-level set up fee?
- No setup fee
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features
Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
Features related to the performance, reliability & compatibility of web conferencing and webinar (online events) software.
- 8.8High quality audio(16) Ratings
High quality audio connection is consistently available, with few or no interruptions.
- 8.9High quality video(14) Ratings
High quality video connection is consistently available, with few or no interruptions.
- 8.6Low bandwidth requirements(12) Ratings
Software is optimized so that meetings do not require a huge amount of bandwidth.
- 8.7Mobile support(9) Ratings
Attendees can access meetings/webinars from mobile devices.
Screen Sharing
Features related to remote screen sharing capabilities.
- 8.7Desktop sharing(16) Ratings
Presenters can remotely share a view of their desktop with attendees.
- 9.1Whiteboards(7) Ratings
Presenters or attendees can share notes or annotations they’ve made on a whiteboard/meeting space within the web conferencing UI.
Online Meetings / Events
Features related to hosting and attending meetings and events online.
- 9Calendar integration(12) Ratings
Scheduling capabilities integrate with users’ Calendars.
- 8.9Meeting initiation(14) Ratings
Meetings can be easily initiated, whether they are scheduled or on the fly.
- 8.5Integrates with social media(5) Ratings
Integrates with social media sites like Twitter and LinkedIn to promote meetings and webinars.
- 9.3Record meetings / events(15) Ratings
Meetings and webinars can be recorded for playback.
- 8.6Slideshows(12) Ratings
Presenters can present slideshows during the meeting within the web conferencing platform.
Online Events Collaboration
Features related to collaboration between attendees during web conferences, webinars, and other online events.
- 9.3Live chat(14) Ratings
Participants can use one-on-one and group instant messaging to communicate privately or selectively during meetings.
- 9.6Audience polling(13) Ratings
Presenters can ask for audience input.
- 9.2Q&A(12) Ratings
Attendees can ask questions during the presentation.
Online Events Security
Features related to the security of meetings and other events held via web conferencing/webinar software.
- 8.5User authentication(13) Ratings
Administrators can require users to authenticate their identities before joining a meeting.
- 8.8Participant roles & permissions(16) Ratings
Administrators can grant users different levels of access to conferences, as moderators, presenters, attendees, or participants. Permissions can be set for individual users, or based on user role/group.
- 7.6Confidential attendee list(10) Ratings
Presenters, moderators, or admins can see a confidential list of attendees that is not visible to all attendees.
Product Details
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What is ReadyTalk (Discontinued)?
ReadyTalk (Discontinued) Technical Details
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Reviews and Ratings
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Reviews
(1-12 of 12)ReadyTalk Review
- Screen share/conference calling: They make it quick and easy to join a meeting for your guests. They don't need to download anything; all they need to do is click on the link and enter the access code.
- Mobile App: The app has been great for our team as they can now easily start a meeting with a click of a button from the app.
- Recordings: It is very easy to record a webinar or conference call which you can then download.
- The ReadyTalk system defaults to sending out the toll-free number which ReadyTalk changes extra for using. We have to have multiple calls with ReadyTalk to set it up where it defaults to sending the 303 conference line out.
- We use Readytalk with HubSpot (which they have an integration with), but it is a very complicated integration and confusing to use.
ReadyTalk Makes Your Sales Campaigns That Much More Sophisticated
- ReadyTalk has been great for conference calls.
- ReadyTalk's screen share feature allows you to choose specific monitors to share, specific applications to share and even specific portions of your screen.
- ReadyTalk allows us to engage with a client directly and efficiently in a very professional manner.
- If ReadyTalk provided an easier way to set up the initial call through a different platform aside from email, it may make things a bit simpler.
- ReadyTalk's monitor-specific screensharing process is a bit clunky and could be a bit better in identifying which monitor has been selected for sharing.
- ReadyTalk's admin dashboard could use a UI update.
ReadyTalk: Meets our needs but customer support is their downfall
- Ability to broadcast in various timezones
- Deep dive reports that give insight to various metrics
- Ability to schedule webinars far in advance
- Customer support is less than helpful and incredibly hard to get in touch with and get issues resolved in a timely manner
- It is not possible to schedule multiple simu-live broadcasts at the same time without purchasing a second instance
- There is not a direct integration to Marketo that works easily
Basics covered, not much else
- The basic conference line functionality provided by ReadyTalk is useful to convene meetings with folks in different geographical areas. I like that I can provide them with the phone number and code, and anyone can join from various remote corners of the world.
- I like that you can set an automated reminder to go out to invitees in advance of calls.
- When the functionality is working, I like the integration with Google calendar.
- Anything above the basic functionality is not super intuitive. For instance, the web meetings are "clunky" and I don't like how the last slides that were uploaded remain in place from one meeting to the next unless you manually remove them.
- Their engineering team is also slow to address glitches in my experience. Currently, there is an ongoing issue with ReadyTalk integration with Google calendar. To me, this is a major advantage of ReadyTalk, and missing that functionality decreases usefulness.
- There is no way to send a meeting reminder to ALL invitees, it only goes out to registered invitees.
Decent Conferencing for a Distributed Workforce
- Merges multiple collaboration capabilities in one place: screen share, IM, and voice collaboration
- Integrates with other products such as Outlook calendar
- Provides reliable recording technology to capture communications/meetings
- Buggy behavior especially for screen sharing; sometimes, screen sharing just stops working. We've often found this is because another instance of ReadyTalk is still running in the background and it failed to close entirely when we left the last meeting.
- Unreliable softphone - we typically have to dial in from a cell or landline and cannot use the computer itself to connect to audio as it won't work.
- Very slow at promoting co-presenters and can be buggy when trying to transition between people for screen sharing.
Easy to use conference tool
- The screen sharing process is very intuitive and easy to use. Participants can "raise their hand" to ask the presenter questions.
- When using ReadyTalk for webinars, attendees can be placed in "listen only" mode, their microphones are automatically muted, and the webinar is recorded.
- Sending invitations for ReadyTalk is very convenient for organizing meetings of all sizes.
- It would be beneficial if it were easier to switch from one presenter to another, when hosting webinars from multiple locations.
- Allow multiple screens to be shared at once.
- Allow open chat dialogue with all participants.
- Support from their team is much better than their competitors.
- HubSpot integration.
- Automation capabilities.
- Ease of use for attendees is sometimes difficult with the need to continually download.
- It takes longer to train and onboard meeting presenters/hosts.
ReadyTalk, go ahead and give it a try!
- Has a high capacity for number of attendees who can attend a training call and/or client development meeting
- Screen sharing option is very user-friendly and intuitive.
- Account managers and Readytalk blogs are really helpful. Provide great tips and user best practices which is essential
- The person who starts the meeting must be on the call the entire time, otherwise, the Readytalk conference line disconnects. If there is a way to pass off control, so the meeting arranger is able to leave the meeting without disrupting the flow of the call.
- More CRM (Salesforce ) integration capabilities down the road. For record keeping purposes
- If there was a Chrome extension that would be cool
Effective solution, but you can find better
- ReadyTalk provides a safe and secure conference network for you to host conversations and conduct business.
- Easy access to a shared communication line.
- Integrates well with other internal solutions.
- Not so friendly user interface—easy for us to navigate, but clients often get tripped up.
- Technical issues with launching the screen share are common (may be inevitable, but the screen share is far from quality).
- Difficult to access a shared network of conference recordings—would be very helpful for learning and instruction.
My take on ReadyTalk
- Working with an operator is extremely helpful, especially for new people who are just starting to use the tool.
- Running the software is very simple from my viewpoint. I download the software once and it just runs after that.
- Creating an event is very simple. I love how they allow you to easily adjust the time zones so you know when exactly you are creating the event.
- It would be great if they had a way for attendees to see the chat messages. I feel like that gives more transparency.
- If ReadyTalk had a little bit of an easier way to integrate an offer into the actual webinar that would be great too.
- Setting up event requests in advance through a separate area in the tool would be easier if it were built right into the original request.
ReadyTalk: A Cost Effective Conferencing Solution
- Screen share is very easy with ReadyTalk, as is the ability to grant control of a desktop to another user. This comes in handy when training.
- Recording with ReadyTalk is very easy; just a click of an icon and you're recording both audio and video.
- Editing a recording is EXTREMELY easy ... the easiest of any conference bridge tool I've ever used!
- ReadyTalk can be a bit cumbersome when you have more than one presenter. In this scenario, you need to start the call early so that each presenter can download their interface ahead of time. This is necessary because ReadyTalk will drop them from the bridge and they'll have to call back in.
To use or not to use
- Allows you to insert polls and polling questions even after the tool is live.
- Separates attendees from presenters (doesn't allow attendees to view the tool the same way, therefore not allowing them access to advancing the slides).
- Doesn't require the need for presenters to "pass control" when advancing slides.
- Good customer support.
- Not a robust enough editing tool for recordings. Can be a very tedious and long process.
- No social media integration.
- Better phone sound quality.
- Less instances of audio dropping or recordings not syncing up with original live webinar.
- Event manager should stay on until end of webinar.