[AG-TECH] Mute switch for AG.

[Ivan R. Judson]

Unfortunately, audio has the lowest tolerance for disruption. Which directly
leads to Davids point below about it being the least robust.

As a result we are undertaking a large effort to work on audio and audio
tools to make it robust and reliable. If anyone who has had audio problems
could contribute to the wiki page at:

http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/fl/research/accessgrid/wiki/moin.cgi/AudioIssues
?action=show

And please include all the audio problems you've encountered, it would go a
long way towards helping us identify and prioritize the problems.

We'd love it if other wanted to help, but we know this is considered a big
problem and are addressing it as quickly as possible.

Thanks,

--Ivan

> In my experience, audio is still the least robust (and of 
> course the most important) part of an AG meeting -- it is 
> highly dependent on the individuals involved in the meeting 
> (especially if there is a phone
> bridge) and it is not usually practical to spend much time 
> testing/tuning audio with the actual participants (they want 
> to get to work).  I don't have a magic solution, but the more 
> we all avoid anything that can contribute to audio problems, 
> the better off we'll all be. (Of course a single site with 
> audio problems is enough to disrupt the meeting for all participants.)