I just did my first face to face phone call on Facebook messenger. In fact, I didn't make the call. My friend Caroline called me to discuss the chapter of a book I am writing for her next book. I heard the phone ring and looked on my phone. Then I saw a message on my laptop screen. It asked me if I accepted. I did.\
I could hear her faintly. So I turned up the sound on a small amplifier I had plugged in. Hey presto - sound.
She asked, can you see me? I can only see your picture.
I scanned the screen. Like the zoom system with the strike through a microphone symbol for mute, there was a strike through a symbol for a video camera. I moved my mouse onto that and jiggled it and up came my picture complete with background on the lower right of the screen. She did the same and up popped her picture.
Useful Websites
Facebook messenger (app)
Zoom
Googlemeet
About the Author
Angela Lansbury was born and bred in Britain, and has lived in the USA and Singapore. Her family has worked in or lived in Spain and Switzerland.
She is the author of several book on public speaking and quotations.
She is a member of Toastmasters Clubs meeting on Zoom with visitors from the UK and USA, India, Sri Lanka, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Through the Toastmasters mentoring program Angela has connected with individuals in Vietnam and Romania, and Belize, a different connection each month. Please come to the next BHA Toastmasters meeting on the 3rd Saturday afternoon every month.
Angela is a member of Harrovian Speakers, London (two Monday evenings each month (BST or GMT) currently part in person and part on Zoom, and VP PR for BHA (1st Monday evening and 3rd Saturday afternoon Singapore Time; and TCA, one Tuesday evening a month, both currently on Zoom, as well as secretary for Singapore Online Dynamic which is online only and always, Friday evening 9.30 pm Singapore time.
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