These days, with downsizing and budget cuts, every company is trying to find ways to do more with less. Companies need to redefine the ways they are doing business. This includes less traveling and more efficient ways to communicate. Travel costs include airfare, lodging, ground transportation, and meals. In addition, when an employee is away from their office, they can be left out of touch. It is comforting to know somebody is close enough to the company that they can "put out fires" when necessary.

Most companies recognize technology as a way to reduce costs and increase efficiency. In the past, companies first found video conferencing as a good way to effectively communicate with other locations, suppliers and customers. As a second wave of technology, companies are now looking for a desktop solution. This means finding a system that can work with already existing computers. Most employees already have a PC on their desktop so the challenge is to find the best software for the companies' needs.

Too many companies try to be "all things to all people" but fail. Not all companies have exactly the same problems, the same resources, and the same needs. TeleWriter-AGS™ is not "all things to all people" but it is the best possible software for certain applications. The secret to our success is a steady and forward evolution of our product. When we solve a problem or add an enhancement for one client, we leave the solution in for everyone else to benefit from. Over time, all of the additions address almost every issue for our specialized applications. The TeleWriter-AGS™ product has evolved for over fifteen years. We have kept the product up to the highest possible quality standards. As technology improves we continue to add in the latest support to further enhance your TeleWriter-AGS™ experience.

It is one thing to simply have features. For example, many companies produce software with a "Whiteboard". If the whiteboard is not easy to use, functional, practical, and powerful your conference would not be successful. TeleWriter-AGS™ has features that are very well thought out and extremely refined. Some of our features are:

Multiple systems can be connected in one conference. If you are currently performing audio only conference calls, TeleWriter-AGS™ gives you a way to add several new dimensions to your conference calls. Because it is T.120 compatible, you can also use an optional MCU to take advantage of other T.120 server features.

With "Full Screen View" our whiteboard takes up 100% of your screen area. Floating toolbars can be minimized so the only thing showing is the whiteboard.

High resolution images can be displayed including .GIF, .TIF, .JPG, .PNG, .PCX, .BMP, and .TGA

Background images can be annotated (written on) and the annotations can all be undone with the press of one button. The background image will not be erased.

Tools include a marker, highlighter, pointer, text tool, eraser, and geometrics (rectangle, filled rectangle, circle, filled circle, and lines). Multiple colors and line widths can be selected.

Images are pre-stored on the participants computer. Graphics are not color reduced, not blurry (due to compression), and do not take up valuable bandwidth (Bandwidth is the size and speed of a connection to a network.)

Images can also be sent between systems with minimal or no compression. The speed that images are sent is determined by your available bandwidth.

The whiteboard image can be saved with the annotations in the above mentioned file types. The image can be zoomed in or out to any size between 25% to 800% of the original image size. This variable zoom feature allows for the optimum image size without the need to scroll around the screen. Physicians use the zoom to look closely at X-rays and medical photos for Tele-medicine CME images.

Motion video files can be started and stopped on command. All sites in the conference are synchronized. Because the files are pre-stored, the images are not compressed and streamed. This gives you television quality images. An additional advantage is that your network is not "clobbered" with huge streaming video files.

While giving a presentation to a live audience, hook your PC up to a projection system and use TeleWriter-AGS™ as a stand alone presentation tool. The same tools that make TeleWriter-AGS™ a powerful conferencing system will make your presentation professional and powerful.

• Share software to let others in a conference watch you run another software application.
• Conduct live "Web Tours" of other Internet sites by sharing your browser.
• Collaborate software to allow other users to control your shared application. (Collaborating is optional. If you are concerned with security or the integrity of your data only 'share' the application.)

• Use an audio bridge, bridging service or your regular telephone for the best possible quality audio.
• H.323 point to point audio and video can be done using the same connection as your software. IP based audio and video is dependent on the bandwidth of your connection and the disposition of your network. TeleWriter-AGS™ can produce good quality audio and video with as little as 28.8 bandwidth.
• Multipoint H.323 audio and video can be done with the use of a Multimedia MCU. Because TeleWriter-AGS™ is H.323 compliant almost any Multimedia MCU can be used.

• Related images can be easily linked together with our slide show feature.
• Thumbnail pictures are displayed so you can conveniently arrange the order of the slides and select slides.
• You can easily go out of order with the jump feature.
• Image directories can be synchronized without the involvement of the remote sites. The presenter can control the entire presentation or class.
• Buttons can be added to any image to link images and start multimedia elements.

• Remote interaction can be disabled during lecture portions.
• Private interaction can be done between instructor site and a selected system without the other systems seeing any annotations.
• Quizzes can be used to test comprehension.
• Questions can be asked discretely with the question button.
• Control can be passed to a new instructor.
• Instructor Override can be used to take control back from an unauthorized system.

• Address Book
• Fast Save
• Push to Talk Microphone
• Chat File
• Transfer Screen
• Capture
• Copy / Convert Files
• Grid
• Send Screen
• Delete Files
• Host Multipoint Calls
• Text Memo
• Eraser
• Printer Support
• TWAIN Compatible

TWAIN is a universal way to use scanners, digital cameras, and capture devices to import images directly into TeleWriter-AGS™ software.

• TeleWriter-AGS™ is TCP/IP compatible. TCP/IP is the universal language of networks. TCP/IP networks include LAN's (Local Area Networks) WAN's (Wide Area Networks) and the Internet. The Internet allows you to make a local call to your Internet service provider and conduct a data conference internationally, without paying long distance charges.
• Dial up devices can be used for people with modems to directly dial into a TeleWriter-AGS™ conference through the Internet.

• TeleWriter AGS™ works with other TeleWriters. TeleWriter AGS™ was specifically designed as a real-time communications tool. Up to 32 systems can be connected in one data call.
• TeleWriter AGS™ can be used with other technologies. Because TeleWriter AGS™ is T.120 compatible, it can be used in conjunction with satellite broadcasts, video conferencing, and other conferencing technologies.

The best way to use TeleWriter AGS™ is to ‘Store-and-Forward’ the class material. Images can either be pre-sent, or retrieved off of a web site, CD-ROM, or network drive. TeleWriter AGS™ has other major benefits:

• Images can also be sent ‘On-the-fly’ with TeleWriter AGS™ ‘Send Screen’, ‘File transfer’, or the Slide Show send slides feature.
• Instructor student controls let the Instructor enable and disable interaction and send quizzes. Students can "raise their hand" to ask questions any time.
• Software Sharing and Collaboration is useful for software training and ‘Web Tours’.

• Low stress on your network connection since the images do not need to be transmitted at the time of the class.
• High speed Images are recalled instantly since they are coming off of a local drive.
• There is No COLOR REDUCTION because compression is not applied to the images. The student’s images are displayed in the exact same quality as the original images.
• More bandwidth is available for audio and video

Ideal for Work-At-Home executives, remote offices, and large corporations. Telewriter AGS™ adds powerful tools to an audio-only phone call. While speaking on one phone line, the executive is connected to as many as 32 other users Via the Internet or a Local Area Network.

For one-on-one calls, Telewriter AGS™ has it’s own audio and video capabilities using only an Internet connection.

• Easy to use yet powerful Whiteboard. Interactive tools such as pens, highlighters, and pointers can be used by all of the systems in the conference.
• Software Sharing and Collaboration lets executives work on the same word processor document, spread sheet, legal brief, etc.
• High Resolution Still frame images can be captured and stored using any TWAIN compatible scanner or digital camera.

• It is extremely easy to learn. We realize that there are enough difficult things in business today. We make it easy so you will use it often.
• It has file transfer capabilities. Everything on your computer is a file. Telewriter gives you the ability to move files around between systems.

• Using a digital camera or scanner, an image is first captured and stored in TeleWriter-AGS™. Because TeleWriter-AGS™ is TWAIN compatible, almost any scanner or digital camera can be used.
• Designers connect up with each other using TeleWriter-AGS™ and send images of their products. The images are discussed in real-time and suggestions are directly written on the images.
• The changed images are then saved for future reference.
• Using Software Sharing and Collaboration, graphics programs, CAD programs, and other software tools can be shared. Every site in the conference will view the shared program. Only the site that is sharing the software needs the actual program installed on their system.
• Choose ‘Collaborate’ and any site in the conference can work on the shared program. It is as if they were using the mouse of the shared system.

• TeleWriter-AGS™ is the only program needed. E-mail images would need to be retrieved from the 'Net', ‘detached’, and brought into a graphics program. The images would then be ‘marked-up’, re-saved and re-attached to an Email.
• TeleWriter-AGS™ reads almost any file type.
• E-mail is not real-time. TeleWriter-AGS™ allows colleagues to discuss, brainstorm, and take action together. Two heads are better than one so why trust the evolution of your product to an off-line solution?