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Vartalaap is a hierarchical distributed system for multimedia communication over a LAN, implemented to provide an environment that closely approximates a classroom, where interaction, in the form of text, graphic images and voice is two way. This paper presents some details of Vartalaap with a special reference to its support for multimedia based 2-way interaction between a “Presenter” and a “group of participants”. The Presenter and the participants may be situated anywhere, as long as they are connected through a LAN. Users access the system via a workstation which has “good” graphics capabilities and built-in support for audio. Issues covered in this paper include an overview of a presentation scenario which Vartalaap models, User’s view of Vartalaap, System’s view of Vartalaap, and Vartalaap protocol. A status report on the current implementation of Vartalaap is also given, along with its comparison with some other systems. We conclude with a discussion on the limitations of the current implementation and directions for future work.
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- Multimedia System
- Multimedia Communication
- Presentation Scenario
- Audio Data
- Computer Support Cooperative Work
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Talati, V., Mehndiratta, S.L. (1995). Vartalaap: A Network Based Multimedia Presentation System. In: Raghavan, S.V., Jain, B.N. (eds) Computer Networks, Architecture and Applications. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34887-2_7
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